Quality policy

Gomselmash is one of five leading producers of combine harvesters. At the same time with increase of production volumes, flexible software-controlled technological systems are being steadily implemented at holding’s factories. The entire combine production today, from foundries, billets and machining to painting and assembly, is equipped with advanced technological equipment provided by the best producers. The results of modernization are not only increased work efficiency, accuracy and solidity of combine harvester parts. No less important are the possibility of prompt production preparation of new machines, the transition from one model to another and at the same time the release of a wide line of models and their variation.

The companies of Gomselmash holding concurrently produce over 20 types of production, the main part of which are technically complex machines. Along with their constant modernization and creation of new variations of basic models, the production of new products of a high engineering level is successfully mastered.

Gomselmash receives the opportunity to improve the product line from season to season in compliance with the requests and preferences of customers, providing significant volumes, stable quality and wide range of produced machines due to constant technical re-equipment of the factories. Modern high-tech production has been created on the basis of advanced equipment, enabling to provide the reliability and quality of GOMSELMASH machines with optimal labor, energy, and metal costs.

In particular, the foundry production has been radically modernized. The quality of iron casting is provided by modern induction furnaces for smelting high-strength cast iron with computer numerical control of the loading and melting processes, automatic molding lines, and the latest mixing equipment. The steel department has been modernized based on new generation melting furnaces.

The updated press-and-billet production is equipped with CNC laser metal cutting machines, enabling with high precision to cut parts of any configuration from a sheet of various thicknesses without additional processing and with minimal waste material, automated transport systems that give metal sheets for cutting, the latest laser technology systems, providing highly dynamic automated cutting of sheet material, pipes and sections without thermal metal deformation. Advanced laser technologies are also used in cold-sheet stamping.

CNC sheet bending presses, capable of storing up to 50 thousand types of various bends, ensure high-quality manufacturing of complex-shaped parts bent in different planes. Presses performing high-precision three-point bending and thick-sheet presses are also used.

The "flexible" equipment implemented for processing non-metallic materials enable to perfectly withstand the assigned parameters of manufacturing parts.

In thermal production, automatic chemical and thermal lines of part processing are effectively operated. These lines allow to perform a range of operations during one holistic process: carburization, nitrocementation, quenching, light annealing, low and high tempering. Modern equipment for straightening shafts after thermal processing has also been implemented.

High wear resistance of the part surfaces is provided by ion-plasma nitration systems. In this case, part processing at a temperature of 350-6000 allows to produce them in their final dimensions without lineal and diametrical deformation before thermal processing.

The basis of the modernized forging production is formed by 7 highly efficient cutting lines for section and rounds, including belt–cutting machines with roller system, which replaced milling machines and section iron shears. The replacement of heating devices before hammering and stamping became a serious help.

In particular, gas heating before stamping has been replaced with induction heating. The introduction of four such induction units makes it possible to improve the structure of forgings by reducing the heating zone, while providing significant energy savings.

The modern belt-sawing system, which replaced 4 outdated gas furnaces, also contributed to a significant reduction in production costs.

Welding production has become more efficient due to the use of new energy-saving semi-welding machines of the inverter type.

The welding of important components, the grinding roller of GOMSELMASH forage harvesters, is produced by an innovative robotic welding system. It provides the quality of the welds corresponding to the 1st class of welded joints and the technical requirements of the construction documentation.

In the future, it is planned to mechanize and automatize the welding process of GOMSELMASH combine harvesters.

In the machining production, the emphasis is on high-efficient metal-cutting equipment with CNC and the “processing center” type.

Multifunctional machines for processing long shafts, pulleys, and high-precision equipment for final processing work effectively.

Multioperation lathes with power tools and sub-spindles are also used to process shafts and bodies of rotation. Due to controlled steady and tracking systems, this latest equipment allows to produce holistic processing of complex parts in a single setup at high speeds. Modern coordinate measuring machines allow to increase the control of the accuracy of manufacturing parts.

The quality of mechanical transmission manufacturing is the result of the work of high-efficient centers with high-speed tools that effectively process complex parts of final reduction gear, as well as high-precision pinion manufacturing machines.

The processing of complex hydraulic parts on modern bar lathe machines ensures high-quality manufacturing of hydraulic joints.

Due to the complex processing of the axle beams of the driving wheels on modern horizontal processing centers, a 5-fold increase in efficiency is provided, compared to previously used equipment.

Technologies have been implemented in the paint production, allowing to obtain coverage of exceptional solidity with improved decorative characteristics. Modern paint systems with computer control and control of the painting process work for this holistic result. The coating is applied to the painted parts by cataphoresis, which ensures its connection with the metal at the molecular level. Painting is produced in an automatically controlled mode by applying powder paints by robots without using a solvent.

Fundamental changes also affected the assembly production, where a major modernization of the main conveyor was conducted with the implementation of innovative tools. In this way, the assembly of Gomselmash's main products, combine harvesters, is conducted on a well-equipped general assembly system. The targeted supply of components from the block of donor workshops for assembly is implemented according to the schedule by the system of suspended conveyors. In this case, conduction of “assembly charts” for each assembled machine allows to clearly control the quality of work on each part of the process.

It is important that the use of the latest high-tech equipment and energy-saving production technologies enables to ensure a beneficial for the customer value for money of GOMSELMASH machines, as well as agricultural machinery, which is created from Belarusian machine sets at joint companies in Russia (Bryanskselmash), Kazakhstan, China and other countries. Being highly competitive in price and quality, GOMSELMASH equipment is in great demand today and works effectively in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, China, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina and many other countries.

The fundamental principle of Gomselmash's work is that the quality of the machines produced must fully correspond to the high technical level initially placed in their construction.

The motto of the Quality Policy is: what is better for the customer, that is better for us.

By producing, providing and maintaining high-tech equipment for agricultural work, we constantly attempt to improve the productivity and efficiency of the quality management system of OJSC “Gomselmash” in order to increase customer satisfaction by meeting their requirements, as well as legislative and other mandatory requirements in the organization.

For constant improvement of work in the organization, the principles of system management are used in accordance with the requirements of the standards STB ISO 9001 and STB 16949 (STB - The National Standard of Belarus). Each employee influences the quality of the products through their actions and is responsible for the quality of their work.

Understanding responsibility for work results and taking advantage of quality work is provided by constant training and professional development of staff members.

The work done by the organization's team to produce high-quality competitive products and implement modern effective quality management methods has repeatedly been positively evaluated by higher authorities.

OJSC “Gomselmash” has repeatedly been awarded the title of the Government's Quality Award, the winner of the contests “The Best Goods of the Republic of Belarus” and “The Best goods of the Republic of Belarus on the Russian Federation market”.