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Boundless possibilities in spring technology

April 2012

On the Swiss booth at Hannover Messe I also met with the specialists from Federtechnik Kaltbrunn. This company aims to offer the whole world of spring technology from one source…

Federtechnik Group specialists, Manuel Jud, Area Sales Manager and Toni Rüegg, Technical Sales.

The Federtechnik Group has four production sites and over 80 years of experience in the development and manufacture of technical springs from wire and metal strip. The company combines advanced laser technology that allows it to carry out precision welding and cutting operations to his know-how.

The company offers a wide range of products

compression, traction and torsion springs ranging from 0.15 to 20 mm in diameter
curved embossed parts (stamping, thread forming, welding and assembly)
manufacture of modern tools and prototyping workshop for the company
manufacture of assembly parts and components
laser technology (welding and cutting)
precision cutting and forming up to 630 t.

Flexible and efficient The Federtechnik Group’s machine pool guarantees fast, flexible and cost-effective production of small, medium and large series for their domestic and international customers whatever their sector of activity (automotive, medicine, cable car, electronics, machinery, building or plastics). The company offers technical support at all stages of development from pre-series to final serial production. ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001

Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG Benknerstrasse 54 8722 Kaltbrunn Tel. +41 (0)55 293 20 20 Fax +41 (0)55 293 20 00 [email protected] - www.federtechnik.ch

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Injection moulding part design for dummies...

November 2012

At Midest, I discovered an excellent book about how to design parts for moulding. This yellow book is part of the well-known "Something for Dummies" series and has been published in collaboration between the publisher and proto labs, the worldwide specialist for on-line injection moulding and parts machining. Meeting with Bernard Faure, proto labs’ commercial director for France. The concept of proto labs is to provide real parts within very short deadlines. By real parts we mean parts in (…)

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What about doing “impossible” parts?

March 2012

Thanks to the technology of SLS additive manufacturing (Selective Laser Sintering), Ecoparts located in Rüti near Zürich (Switzerland) can achieve functional prototypes in metal and small series of complex parts with very short delivery time. "Ecoparts is the only company of its kind in Switzerland," says Mr. Kündig its director. Working with two EOSint M 270 machines produced by EOS (recently represented in Switzerland by Springmann) this small structure is specialized in the (…)

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Proto Labs finds space for continued expansion

December 2011

Proto Labs Limited has recently moved to an expansive, purpose-designed manufacturing facility on Halesfield, one of Shropshire’s largest industrial parks (UK). We met with Bernard Faure responsible for Proto labs France and Richard Vaughan head of European marketing at Midest to discuss the evolution of the company (full article on Eurotec will follow). The company’s new, 12,600 m2 home has ample room for its growing fleet of injection moulding machines and CNC machine tools, and is (…)

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Have you ever heard about fineblanking?

February 2011

Fritz Schiess AG carries out complex parts by fineblanking using leading-edge technologies. It is equipped with new presses in order to increase its manufacturing performance. Thanks to intelligent solutions implemented to address the issues of design and tooling, the company is now able to increase its production rates. Characteristics Fritz Schiess AG produces gears and many small precision parts and assemblies using a method of fine blanking enabling a considerable reduction of (…)

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Micro components in advanced materials

September 2010

The Ruby-Precis/Micropierre group has grown considerably in 2009 in all metals machining: stainless steels of every type, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, or, Platinum, as well as in ultra hard materials like technical ceramic, sapphire, silica, carbide Current capacities for metals are from diameters 0.40 to 32 mm, tolerance 1 micron on some machines with 10 axes, 45 tools and counter-spindle. A new workshop of 500 sqm equipped with NC lathes and machining centers is operational since (…)

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Laser Jura, job shop capacities in metal sintering

April 2010

The company design and implement industrial laser applications. Advices, research and development and production of metallic parts are the main activities of the company. Parts created layer by layer The fusion process can generate large-volume components layer-by-layer using 3D CAD data. Laser Jura only uses original materials, no powder mixes, are used which are uniquely suitable to manufacture cooled tool inserts for instance. The process allows complex component geometries to be (…)

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Visionary Entrepreneur

February 2010

Two or three hours of downtime represents a non-acceptable loss of production, moreover if the company produces just in time for the automotive industry, the risk of stopping a production chain is also not an option. For this reason the subcontractor Balduini located next to Bologne (Italy) has invested in a generator that ensures his energy supply even in the event of a failure in the delivering network. Meeting with a visionary entrepreneur in Castel Guelfo (Bologne). Specialist for (…)

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World class supplier close to Istanbul

May 2009

When you type ["Turkey"->http://www.tourismturkey.org on Internet you arrive quickly to websites that emphasize the beauty of the country and all the holiday possibilities. With its slogan Turkey welcomes you, the Turkish tourism office do a great job. But Turkey is also an industrial country that has nothing to be jealous of other countries. We went to Gebze/Kocaeli, at about 80 km from Istanbul International Airport to meet a Tornos customer, Cengiz Makina. Ms Cigdem Calvez, Plant (…)

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