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12The rapid response force for prototypesErodiertechnik Naumann
30 A star ofthe screenKarl Küfner
36
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
German Branch
Mechatronics Machinery
Gothaer Strasse 8
40880 Ratingen · Germany
Tel: +49 . 2102 . 486 6120
Fax: +49 . 2102 . 486 7090
edm.sales @ meg.mee.com
www.mitsubishi-edm.de
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EDM
06 Nohurdletoohigh
Highlycomplexmouldsforinjectionmouldingandmore
sk-werkzeugbauGmbH
12 Therapidresponseforceforprototypes
Ittakesskilltobefastandspot-on
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbH
16 Alivewire
Whateverthematerial–molybdenumorotherhard
materials–it’sthecutthatcounts
ControlledVonkTechnologieB.V.
04 Editorial
05 Newsflash
21 Just4weekstothefinishedproduct
Shorterdevelopmentcyclesneedextracreativity
RomingWerkzeugbauGmbH
26 24/7,8employees
Teamspiritforcustomerloyalty
SDFormentechnikKG
30 Astarofthescreen
Asectorthatseparatesthemenfromtheboys
KarlKüfnerKG
35 Profilemagazine
You’vemissedoneofourissues?Noproblem!
Orderingbackissuesandchangeofaddress
42 Userhoroscope
Miscellaneous
36 Service–fromeasternWestphaliatoMexico
Contentedcustomersasthesignofservicequality
A.&H.MeyerGmbH
Service
Contents
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Contents Contents
Editorial
Kaizen … A philosophy that benefits the customer
HAns-Jürgen Pelzers Newsflash
“Pleaseholdtheline,yourcallisimportanttous.”We’reallfamiliarwiththiscall
centremantra.Beingkeptwaitingbyfriendscanbeannoying.Butifthishap-
pensatwork,itcansometimesbeutterlyexasperating.If,forinstance,thecus-
tomeriswaitingforanurgentjob,themachinehasgroundtoahaltandthe
serviceteamfailstoarriveontime,thingscangetreallytight.Treatingservice
notasatiresomechorebutasafront-line,top-priorityactivityisachallengefor
anycompany.Manystepshavetobetakentoachievethis,andoneofthese
isabsolutelyessential:thattheideaofsatisfyingthecustomerwithanexcellent
servicejobisfullyembracedbythecompany’sstaff.Hugeimportanceis
attachedtothisatMitsubishiElectric.OntheJapaneseprincipleofkaizenor
“changeforthebetter”,weaimtodothisalittlemoreeachday.
BestregardsfromRatingen
Hans-Jürgen Pelzers
Distribution Manager Europe
Kaizen(Japanesekai=change;
zen=forthebetter)isaJapa-
nesephilosophyoflifeandwork
thataspirestocontinuousim-
provement.
Aversatile venue
Mitsubishi electric has been the official sponsor of the
Mitsubishi electric HAlle since 1st April 2011. The pop-
ular and longstanding Düsseldorf venue has been pro-
viding the ideal setting for a huge diversity of events for
what is now 40 years. Following a major revamp of the
façade and the interior, the Mitsubishi electric HAlle
now has a new face. The face of Mitsubishi electric.
Flexibledesignmeetshighperformance:the new Scara RH-3S robotThe Mitsubishi electric rH-3s is a high-performance
and cost-effective alternative to spider robots. Attached
to the ceiling, it can be installed right where it is needed
without taking up unnecessary space. The robot is also
impressive in terms of performance: with a clock cycle
of 0.32 seconds, it performs up to three pick-and-place
motions within a second.
PowerfortheCongo:Mitsubishi Electric supports Médecins sans FrontièresWhat we take for granted is for people in the Congo
more the exception than the rule: electricity. even hos pi-
tals rarely have a power supply. Together with rA6 from
Putte, Belgium, Mitsubishi electric has equipped a Con-
golese hospital operated by the organisation Médecins
sans Frontières with a 5 kW photovoltaic system.
Animpressiveview:the OLED Globe from Mitsubishi Electric
The first spherical large-format screen of organic leDs
has been on display at the science Museum in Tokyo
since June 2011. 18 metres above the ground, 6 metres
in diameter, 10,362 OleD panels measuring 96 x 96 mil-
limetres. The effective is remarkable. like the OleD sys-
tem from Mitsubishi electric. 10 million pixels – rough ly
ten times that of the existing leD display.
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racyoftechnicaldataandinformation
inarticles.
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Editorial Latestdevelopments
No hurdle too high
no challenge is too big for stefan Korbach. On the contrary: he enjoys develop-ing complex injection moulds for technically sophisticated plastic parts.
andhighquality.Andthat’swhythey
recommendustoothers.”
Committedtoservingthecustomer
Theapproachofsk-werkzeugbau
GmbHisalsostronglymarkedbyacom-
mitmenttoservethecustomer,now
secondnaturetotheentireteam.“Our
broadrangeofmachinesenablesusto
offernotonlycomplexmoulds,butalso
toprovideservicesandfabricateone-
offunits.”StefanKorbachstopsinfront
ofaninjectionmouldinhisproduction
shop.“Thismouldisagoodexampleof
themodificationsthatcustomerssome-
timeswant.Thisonewassentittous
byacustomersothatwecanadapt
ittohismodifiedendproduct.Insuch
cases,itisalsoimportanttorespond
quickly.Thesameappliestorepairs.
Obviouslytheuserwantstokeephis
downtimetoaminimum.”
sk-werkzeugbaualsogainsthecon-
fidenceofitscustomerswithadvice.“If
itturnsoutthataplasticitemcanbe
producedmoreeconomicallythanwith
theoriginallyenvisagemethod,we
pointthisoutandsuggestredesigning
itifpossible,”Korbachstresses.He
benefitsherefromhisownexpertise
andthatofhisskilledstaffwhotogether
contributeover45years’experience
ofmouldmaking.
Onhislaptop,Korbachopensupatime
schedule.“Weleavenothingtochance,
keeptrackofthedeadlinesforeach
projectanddocumentprogress.Every
twoweeks,wedrawupascheduleand
statusreportandsendthisautomatical-
lytothecustomer.”Thecompanyalso
producesmeasurementreportsthat
itgeneratesinternallyonaCNCma-
chine.sk-werkzeugbauisalsocapable
ofcarryingouttraceableflatnessmea-
surementsandadjustmentsonplastic
itemsandworkpieces.Theseareim-
portantforthecustomerif,forinstance,
theproductshavetobeultrasonically
welded.
State-of-the-artmachinepark
OnourtourStefanKorbachintroduces
ustohismachinepark.“Tostaycom-
petitiveweregularlyinvestinnewplant.
Wewantourcustomerstoseeouref-
fortstostaytechnicallyahead,because
thequalityofourworkdependsessen-
tiallyonthis.”sk-werkzeugbauthus
machinesitsinjectionmouldsonhyper-
modernCNC-controlledmachines,
Amanofprinciple:StefanKorbach,
ManagingPartnerofsk-werkzeugbau
GmbH,Extertal,stepsbetweenthe
halvesofaninjectionmouldthatcomes
uptohisshoulders.“Thiscomplex
mouldforthermoplasticsisafineex-
ampleofourcompanyphilosophy.”The
injectionmouldsthatthecompanypro-
ducesalsoincludehigh-temperature
andmulti-componentmoulds.These
arejoinedbyhybridmouldsintowhich
othermaterialsareinsertedandin
whichseparatelyintroducedinlaid
elementsareintegrallyinjection-
moulded.Korbach:“Wenei-
therservethemarketwith
simplecomponents,norare
wewillingtohandleanyjobat
anypriceortocompetewithFar
Easterncut-pricesuppliers.Ourcus-
tomersappreciateourstrategy
andaspirations,technicalsupport
sK-WerKzeugBAu
Injection moulds for plastic parts
For the mass production of plastic parts, injection moulding machines
that give the products the desired shape in the injection mould are used.
The machine’s injection unit plasticises the feedstock, which usually
takes the form of plastic granules. It then injects it into the closed mould.
usually of steel, it is made specifically for the product in question and
forms the negative shape of the plastic part with the aid of a cavity and
a mould core. The mould opens after each cycle, and the prod-
uct is demoulded. A mould equipped with several
cavities and mould cores is capable of producing
the equivalent number of parts in a single
cycle. If a user wishes to produce mouldings
made of different plastics, e.g. rigid
and flexible, a multi-component mould
has to be used.
StefanKorbach(right)andMarioKramer,operatoroftheFA20-SAdvance,discussthenextwire-cuttingjob.
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oneofthesebeingtheFA20-SAd-
vancefromMitsubishiElectric.
Themachinereceivestheproduction
dataforthecomponentandtheinjection
mouldingCAMdataviaaninternal
network.Thecomponentsthatsk-werk-
zeugbaucutsontheFA20-SAdvance
withwirediametersof0.1to0.3milli-
metresaremainlymadeofheat-treated
ESRsteelsthatarelessliabletocrack
thanstandardsteels.Tosuittheapplica-
tion,thesurfacetreatmentsrangefrom
roughingtofinefinishing.
OnthemonitoroftheAdvanceCNCcon-
trol,whichisequippedwiththehigh-
precisionanddependablewireerosion
system,StefanKorbachcallsupthe
CADdrawingofamouldcomponent.
Thecustomerneedstheunitforthepro-
ductionofbrakeboosters.“Wemainly
boughtthemachinebecauseitcancut
thesesafety-criticalparts.Astheex-
ampleshows,wehavetocomplywith
extremelynarrowtolerancesandpro-
ducethecomponentsforaperfectfit.”
Precisionisalsoindemandforaplas-
ticpartforalight-actuatedrainsensor
projectoftheautomotiveindustryfor
whichsk-werkzeugbauhascutejector
holesintherequiredmouldwithapre-
cisionoffivemicrometresandwithout
flashing.
Themachine’suser-friendlywire-thread-
ingsystem,whichtakesamereten
secondsforthreading,wasanotherim-
portantselectioncriterion.Korbach
presentsaworkpiecewithastarthole
diameterofonly0.5millimetres.“In
averychallengingtest,weasked
MitsubishiinRatingentocheckwhether
thewirecouldbethreadedautomatically
Complexmouldfor
thermoplastics.
JörgMicklitzisoneofthehighlyskilledemploy-
eesofsk-werkzeugbauwhocollectivelycontrib-
ute45yearsofexperiencetomouldmaking.
Stefan Korbach goes for quality
Having run the mouldmaking ac -
tivities of Friedrichs & rath
gmbH, a manufacturer of high-
grade plastic parts, for many
years, stefan Korbach took over
the department and started
his own business in 2008. Build-
ing on his expertise acquired
there, he and his 30 employees
now produce high-quality injec-
tion moulds that achieve long
service lives. This has impressed
his customers, who can be
found mainly in the automotive
industry, but also in medical
technology and the furniture
industry.
Distribution of sales
germany
usA, Czech republic
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intothegivenholesizeofthis
componentand,ifso,howquickly
andreliablyitcandoit.Theresults
satisfiedourexpectationsineveryre-
spect.Wearethereforecapableof
runningthemachineunmannedeven
withtinystartholes–anadvantage
thatweregularlyexploit.”Despite
automaticproduction,everythingre-
mainsundercontrol.Andifamal-
functioneveroccurs,themachine’s
intelligentTelecontactfunctionsends
amessagefromthecontrolviatext
messagetoaphonenumberspecified
bytheuser.
AnothercomponentthatStefanKor-
bachshowsusisconical.“Aboveand
beyonditshighprecision,thesystem
mustalsobecapableofcuttingconical
andothergeometries.Theequipment
featuresthatweconsiderabsolutely
essentialincludechangingcutting
heightsandthepossibilityofsmoothly
interruptingcutssothat,forexam-
ple,thecutcanbeexecutedthrougha
bore.”ThesecondMitsubishiElectric
wire-cuttingmachineusedbysk-werk-
zeugbauisanFX20-KPlus.Thejobs
ithandlesaremuchthesameasthose
oftheFA20-SAdvance.Itisonlyfor
verysmallstartholesandlargecutting
heightsthatthereisnoalternativeto
theFA20-SAdvance.Thelatterisalso
morereliableandmoreeconomic.
Focusonprocessoptimisation
StefanKorbachneverrests.Hecon-
stantlyshuttlesbetweenhisofficeand
theproductionshop,immerseshimself
innewjobs,makesphonecallsortalks
tohisteam.“We’recurrentlyfurtherde-
velopingmouldcomponentsincoop-
erationwithBielefeldTechnicalCollege.
Thegoaloftheprojectistoreducethe
cycletimeofinjectionmouldinginorder
tomaketheproductionprocessmore
economic.”
Professionals in Profile: Stefan Korbach
Nameandplaceofcompany:
sk-werkzeugbauGmbH,
Extertal,Germany
Foundingyear:
2008
Managingdirector:
StefanKorbach
Numberofemployees:
30
Corebusiness:
Productionofhigh-qualityinjection
moulds
Please describe in a sentence what sk-werkzeugbau GmbH does!
We make steel moulds (injection moulds) with which our customers pro-
duce plastic articles.
How did you earn your first money?
Making injection moulds and repairing and modifying them.
What motivates you?
My goal of positioning a well-known and successful mouldmaking oper-
ation on the market as well as communicating with interesting people every
day and learning from them.
What’s different about how you do things now, compared to five
years ago?
Today I work “in order to win” and not “in order not to lose”.
Where do you see your company in five years?
The company will be at least as big as it is now and we shall continue to
specialise in certain product categories and position ourselves accord-
ingly.
What was your biggest business success?
Piloting sk-werkzeugbau together with my staff through the global finan-
cial crisis.
What’s your favourite way to relax?
At home with my family and with friends and practising sport and my
hobbies.
What attributes do you value most in other people?
reliability, honesty and punctuality.
sk-werkzeugbauGmbH
Papenweg4
32699Extertal
Germany
Tel +49.5262.6189788
Fax +49.5262.9962859
www.sk-werkzeugbau.com
www.sk-werkzeugbau.com
MarioKramermonitorstheuser-friendlywire-
threadingsystemoftheFA20-SAdvancethat
takesameretensecondsforthreading.
» The wire- threading system
has satisfied our expectations in
every respect. «
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The rapid response force for prototypes
“Asajobshop,weearnourlivelihoodbybeingable
torespondflexiblyandatshortnoticetocustomer
requests.”OliverNaumann,ownerandmanaging
directorofErodiertechnikNaumannGmbH,has
madehismarknotleastasaresultofthisrealistic
assessmentofthemuch-embattledEDMjobbing
market.Ontopofthis,therearehismanyyears
ofworkingforthecompanyandtheexperienceof
hiseightemployees.“Longstandingcustomers
thereforestayedtruetousevenafterthechange
ofname.”
Whenitcomestoattractingnewcustomers,Nau-
manncanalsopointtomajorsuccess–thisbe-
ingduetotheserviceprovider’sabilitytorespond
quickly.“Ifnecessary,weactlikearapidresponse
forcethatrushesouttopreventacrisis,”Oliver
Naumannexplains.Thishasbrought
himanumberofnewcustomers–
andfollow-upjobs.“Anyone
who’ssatisfiedwithourwork
ishappytoentrustfurther
componentstous.”
ThecomponentsthatNau-
mannmachinesareas
variedashiscustomers.
“Wemainlydealwithone-offs
anddoalotofworkformak-
ersofprototypes,”saysOliver
Naumann,describinghishighlycus-
tomer-specificoffer.Aseriescomprises
amaximumof100parts.However,whattheparts
allhaveincommonistheirhighstandardofqual-
ity,astheskilledmouldmakerelucidates:“Thede-
greeofcomplexitycanbeextremelyhighandyet
weachieveprecisionintheµmrangewithsurface
qualitiesasgoodasRA0.2.”
MitsubishiElectricfordependability
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbHsatisfiesitsas-
pirationsintermsofqualityandprecisionboth
withthenecessaryexpertiseandwiththeverylat-
estmachinetechnology.TwowireEDMmachines
fromMitsubishiElectric–bothFA10-SAdvance
machines–alongwithanEA12-VsinkerEDMma-
chinehavebeeninoperationheresince2008.The
firm’spositiveexperiencewiththesethreema-
chinesculminatedinthemostrecentpurchasing
decision,saysOliverNaumann:“Thedependabil-
ityoftheMitsubishiElectricmachinesisoutstand-
ingacrosstheboard,notonlybecause
weregularlyserviceallthemachines.
Ouroperatorswerequicktoac-
climatisethemselvestothem.”
ThefourthMitsubishiElectric
machineinNaumann’s
machineparkisaBA8and
erODIerTeCHnIK nAuMAnn
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbHevolvedin2007outofErodiertechnikMersetzkyGmbHfoundedinElchingenin1988,whereOliverNaumannhadbeeninchargesince2006.Asthenewcompanyowner,hehascontinuedtheexistingbusinesspolicybyofferingcustomersintoolmaking,machinemanufactureandaerospaceabroadspectrumofservices.Alongwithwire-cutandsinkerEDM,thisrangeofactivitieshasalsoincludedwaterjetcuttingsince2008.Intermsofhardware,NaumannreliesonadvancedEDMtechnologyfromMitsubishiElectric,asdem-onstratedrecentlybythepurchaseofaBA8.
One-offsforspecificcustomersmakeupa
largeportionoftheproductrangehandledby
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbH.
» Our plan is to buy two more machines in the next three to
five years. «
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbHhasbeenworkingwiththetwo
FA10-SAdvancemachinesfromMitsubishiElectricsince2008.
For erodiertechnik naumann gmbH, wire eDM is a still young but all the more successful line of business – thanks in part to Mitsubishi electric.
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isnowfullyintegratedintheproductionpro-
cesssinceitsinstallationafewweeksback.Al-
thoughitscontrolwithoutatouchscreenissimpler
thanthatoftheFA10-SAdvance,OliverNaumann
doesnotconsiderthisadrawback:“Thishardly
makesitselffeltduringoperationasthemachine
technologyispracticallyidentical.”It’stheresults
ofEDMthatcountalongwiththemachine’sinte-
grationinthecompany’sworkflow.
AsfarasNaumann’sexpectationsareconcerned,
theBA8’sequipmentleavesnothingtobedesired.
Ahigh-performancegeneratorensuresthatthe
machineworksswiftly–OliverNaumannquotesa
20percentincreaseinspeedoveroldermodels–
andatthesametimeguaranteesreproduciblepre-
cision.Overandabovethis,theautomaticwire
threadersupportscontinuousworkflow.“Likethe
twoFA10-SAdvances,wealsoruntheBA8in
unmannedshiftsinordertoboostourproductivity
andflexibility.
Themachines’highrateofutilisationalsopresup-
posesahighlevelofprocesssecurity,whichNau-
mannensureswiththeservicingmentionedabove.
However,evenwhenhelpfromthemanufacturer
isrequired,thesolutionsarestraightforwardand,
moreimportantly,quick,OliverNaumannhas
found.“Whetherviathehotlineorhereonsite,the
MitsubishiElectrictechniciansarecompetentand
actfastenoughtokeepourdowntimetoamini-
mum.”Heisequallyappreciativeoftheorderingof
sparesandothermaterialsviaMitsubishiElectric’s
onlineshop,whichboastsproductavailabilitywith
deliveriesatshortnotice.
Concentratingoncorecompetences
Wire-cuttingatNaumannhasevolvedintoacore
lineofbusinessinthelastfewyearsbecausethe
technologypermitsformsofmachiningthatwould
beimpossibleorexorbitantlyexpensivewith
conventionalmethods.Theteamthereforeconcen-
tratesonservicesofpreciselythiskind.Oliver
Naumannhasdeliberatelydecidedagainsttime-
consumingdevelopmentjobs:“Althoughwe’ve
certainlygottheexpertiseforsupportingcustomers
intheengineeringofcomponents,we’dhaveto
investsomuchtimethatourflexibilitywouldsuffer.”
OliverNaumannaimstostaycommittedtoflexibil-
ity.Withthecurrentworkforce,he’sgotsufficient
potentialforfurthergrowth–andinvestment.“Our
planistobuytwomoremachinesinthenextthree
tofiveyearssothatwecanservethemarketwith
abroaderrangeofactivities.”
Professionals in Profile: Oliver Naumann
Nameandplaceofcompany:
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbH,
Leipheim,Germany
Foundingyear:
2007
Ownerandmanagingdirector:
OliverNaumann
Numberofemployees:
7
Corebusiness:
WireandsinkerEDM,waterjetcutting
Please describe in a sentence what Erodiertechnik Naumann GmbH
does!
Our core line of business is wire eDM.
How did you earn your first money?
In steel mouldmaking and later as a mouldmaker and master fine
mechanic.
What motivates you?
satisfied customers and a good job of work for the envisaged application.
What’s different about how you do things now, compared to five
years ago?
Thanks to our larger workforce, we’ve become more flexible and delivery
deadlines have become tighter.
Where do you see your company in five years?
We’d like to become more flexible by buying two more machines.
What was your biggest business success?
growth and buying a shop and moving the business during the crisis
in 2010.
What’s your favourite way to relax?
Walking the dog.
What attributes do you value most in other people?
Openness and honesty.
How would you briefly describe what you do to someone with no
technical knowledge?
We burn metal with a fine wire.
ErodiertechnikNaumannGmbH
Schuberstrasse3
89340Leipheim
Germany
Tel +49.8221.964330
Fax +49.8221.9643319
www.werkzeugbau.de
www.werkzeugbau.de
ThecontrolsfromMitsubishiElectriccanbeoperatedwitheaseandintuition.
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C.V.T.cutssmallcomponentstogetherin
amulti-workpiececlampingoperation.
If you haven’t got customers, you’ve got no right to exist, the Dutch say. not a sentiment to worry Albert van Heugten, a man who’s made his mark with prod-uct and delivery quality.
COnTrOlleD VOnK TeCHnOlOgIe (C.V.T.)
WireEDMishislife–somethingyou
immediatelynoticewhenyoumeetAl-
bertvanHeugten.Butisthesuccess
ofControlledVonkTechnologieB.V.
(C.V.T.)inHoogeloonintheNetherlands
entirelydowntotheowner’sdrive?
VanHeugten,aself-confessedworka-
holic,laughs:“Notonly.Ourcompany
philosophyisjustasimportant.We
aimfortopicqualitywithrapidthrough-
putandpunctualdelivery.Theseare
anythingbutemptywords,because
everythinghereispartofanintegrated
system,fromfindingthesolutionand
wire-cuttingmachinesfromMitsubishi
Electricthroughtologistics.”
EDMskillsandhonestyasaservice
Thisalsoappliestotheservicethat
C.V.T.offersduringjobprocessing.It
involvesbeingopentocustomerre-
quests,takingaholisticapproachand
pointingouttheopportunitiesforopti-
misation.OnhisPCscreen,Albertvan
Heugtenopensapictureofalittlespi-
ralforX-rayequipment,machined
inmolybdenum,ahigh-strengthmetal.
“Weadvisethecustomeronthecompo-
nent’sfeasibility.Aboveall,wecheck
whetherthedemandedqualityofcut
canbeachievedwiththegivenmaterial.
Ifnot,werecommendanalternative.”
VanHeugtenalsoalwayshighlights
themostcost-effectivesolutionfora
product.Intermsoftherangeofjobs
handledbyC.V.T.,wire-cuttingusually
provestobethefastestandmosteco-
nomicalprocess.Onereasonforthis
isthatthepartscanbestackedfor
wire-cutting–somethingthat’simpos-
siblewithlaser-cutting.
Referringtothree-dimensionalCAD
files,AlbertvanHeugtendemonstrates
thediversityofproductsthatcanbe
producedwithEDM.“Ifinexceptional
caseslaser-cutting,turningoretching
turnsouttobelessexpensive,weturn
downthejobandrecommendthemore
competitivemethod.Honestadvice
paysoffinthelongrunbecauseyougain
thecustomer’sconfidence.Thisis
anadvantagethatWesternEuropeas
aproductionlocationultimatelybenefits
from.”Butthisisnotall:C.V.T.shares
itsexpertisewithotherwireeroders.
Heugtendoesn’texpectanyloss
ofcustomfromthis,ashehashisown
highlyspecialisedmarketniches.
» Everything here is part of an
integrat ed system, from finding the
solution and EDM machines through
to logistics. «
Aspiralused
inX-rayequipment.
A live wire
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Theoutcomeisahighlyflexibleproduc-
tionset-upthatisalwayscapable
ofsqueezinginanextrajob.Albertvan
Heugtenplacesaspiralspringonthe
table.“Ourflexibilityisalsomadepos-
siblebytheB
axesoftheFA10-S
Advanceand
ofthePA20,with
theaidofwhich
we’reabletopro-
ducespringslike
this.”
Viewingthefuturewithoptimism
Themarkethas
rewardedtheap-
proachofthefirmthat,inaddition
towireEDM,alsoperformsmeasuring,
abradingandultrasoundcleaning
asservices.NotonlyintheNether-
landsandBelgium,whichaccountfor
about50and30percentofthesales
ofover500,000peryear(2010),but
alsoinGermanyandSwitzerland,cus-
tomersappreciatewhatC.V.T.hastoof-
fer.ArelaxedvanHeugtenleansback
inhischair.“Thesatisfactionofour
customers,whomainlycomefromthe
semiconductorindustry,medicaltech-
nologyandma-
chinemanufac-
ture,canbeseen
ifonlyfromthe
factthatnoneof
themhavesofar
switchedtothe
competition.”
C.V.T.doesn’t
evenhaveto
activelyadver-
tiseforbusiness.
Potentialcustom-
erscometo
AlbertvanHeugtenviatheInternetand
byword-of-mouthrecommendation.
Thankstothiscomfortablestateofaf-
fairs,hehaseveryreasontoviewthe
futurewithoptimism.
InC.V.T.’sview,anyonewhowants
toestablishhimselfonthemarketasa
competentwire-cutterhastohavenot
onlyawealthofexperienceoferod-
ingprocesses,butalsoanin-depthun-
derstandingofthemachinesand
ofworkpiececlampingoperations.Van
Heugtenlaysanerodedworkpiece
onthetablethathegluedontoaclamp
andthenmeasured.“Itwasouridea
touseadhesiveinthiscase.Ifthework-
pieceisn’tcorrectlyclamped,stress-
esmayarisethatcandiminishqualityof
thecomponentorevendestroyit.”
Asanotherexampleofhiscreativity,the
committedwire-cuttertakesacircular
electrodeoutofaglasscabinet.After
eroding,hemanuallycurveditsedge
upwardsandthusgotthecomponent
intothedesiredshape.
Complexcutsofsupremeprecision
Tomakehisideasreality,Albertvan
Heugtenhastherequisitemachinepark.
He’sbeenworkingwithwireEDMma-
chinesfromMitsubishiElectricforsix
yearsandhasabsolutelynocomplaints.
Withthetipofapencil,hetracesthe
complexcutsina110x85x20millime-
treplatethathemachinesinseries
forthesemiconductorindustry.“Thisis
theproductthatourNA1200Essence
handlesmost.”
Thehigh-precisionmachinehasanAd-
vanceCNCcontrolandtubulardirect
drivesfittedwithanopticalcommunica-
tionsystem.It’salsoequippedwitha
digitalFSgeneratorthatfacilitatessur-
faceswithmeanroughnessvaluesof
only0.05micrometres.Onthismachine
theprocessingtimeforthecutplate,
withvariousclampingoperations,is15
hours.Clampedhorizontally,three
ofthesecomponentscanbeerodedsi-
multaneously,andsixvertically.One
seriesoftheseparts,ofwhichC.V.T.pro-
duces400peryear,runsforabout
24hoursvirtuallyunsupervisedonthe
NA1200Essence.Thecompanycuts
with0.25millimetrediameterwire.For
thefinalcut,itusesthinwireof0.1milli-
metrediameter.
Thefinishedplateconsistsoftwoseg-
mentsthatpivotaroundadefinedpoint
withoutthembeingseparable.Albert
vanHeugtendemonstrateshowthetwo
segmentscanbemoved.“Wesecure
theplateduringtransportbylockingthe
segments.Thiswasalsoouridea.”He
slidestwopinsintoexistingopenings.
“Whenourcustomersuggestedbolting
themtogether,weproposedthesepins
asthesimplestsolution.”
WhatvanHeugtenalsolikesaboutthe
NA1200Essence,whichC.V.T.invested
inatthebeginningof2011toextend
itsproductioncapacity,isitsrapidwire
change,easeofoperationanditsvirtu-
allymalfunction-freerunning.Theseare
benefitsthatinstilconfidenceandgive
himagoodfeelingaboutmeetinghisde-
liverydeadlines.
AlongwiththeNA1200Essence,C.V.T.
hasotherwire-cuttingmachinesfrom
MitsubishiElectric:anFA10-SAdvance,
aPA20andaPX05.Theoperatoruses
theFA10-SAdvanceforstandardap-
plications.AsitissimilartotheNA1200
Essenceintermsofoperationandpre-
cision,C.V.T.canalwaysquicklytrans-
feritsworkpiecestotheothermachine.
Albert van Heugten: A bright spark
Albert van Heugten founded
his first company in 1991. After
two and a half years with two
employees, he sold the busi-
ness and became a director of
the same firm. With this firm
and ultimately 13 employees, he
provided eDM and conven-
tional turning and cutting ser-
vices. From this company, he
launched Controlled Vonk Tech-
nologie B.V. in January 2002.
In making this move, the spark
(the “Vonk” in the company
name) has kindled a flame: Van
Heugten now concentrates
exclusively on eDM technology.
JosTiggelman,C.V.T.employee,setsupthe
NA1200Essenceforthenextworkpiece.
Our flexibility is also made possible by the B axes of the FA10-S Advance and PA20
AlbertvanHeugtenadvisescustomersonthecomponent’sfeasibilityandcheckswhetherthe
demandedqualityofcutcanbeachievedwiththegivenmaterial.
www.cvtbv.nl
PotentialcustomersarriveviatheInternetandby
word-of-mouthrecommendation.
www
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Nameandplaceofcompany:
ControlledVonkTechnologieB.V.,
Hoogeloon,Netherlands
Foundingyear:
2002
Managingdirector:
AlbertvanHeugten
Numberofemployees:
1
Corebusiness:
80percentofsalesaregeneratedwith
thesemiconductorindustryandma-
chinemanufacture,andtherestiscon-
tributedbymedicaltechnology
Please describe in a sentence
what Controlled Vonk Technologie
B.V. does!
C.V.T. is a specialist in high-grade and high-pre-
cision parts. This applies as much to prototypes as to
series production.
How did you earn your first money?
In mouldmaking. After my training, I gathered experience of all forms of
machining, i.e. turning, milling, grinding, cylindrical grinding and, finally,
wire-cutting.
What motivates you?
satisfied customers and being able to create something that verges on
the impossible.
What’s different about how you do things now, compared to five
years ago?
Today I share my knowledge with an employee. Previously, I worked by
myself for eight years.
What was your biggest business success?
In crisis year 2009, when we had very little work, I contacted the design
engineers of potential customers in order to explain the possibilities and
advantages of wire eDM. This proved to be highly successful.
What’s your favourite way to relax?
I’m a workaholic and enjoy working. But I can also relax reading and on
holiday.
What attributes do you value most in other people?
Honesty and frankness about their machining work. It’s best not to keep
one’s knowledge to oneself. A free flow of expertise is important, because
the whole economy benefits. What’s more, the Chinese won’t then be a
threat to the europeans.
How would you briefly describe what you do to someone with no
technical knowledge?
I saw complex shapes electronically.
ControlledVonkTechnologieB.V.
Groenstraat5A
5528Hoogeloon
Netherlands
Tel +31.497.541040
Fax +31.497.540205
www.cvtbv.nl
Thanks to its many years of experience and advanced production methods, roming Werkzeugbau supplies superlative quality, how-ever large or small the series.
rOMIng WerKzeugBAu
Professionals in Profile: Albert van Heugten
Just 4 weeks to the finished product
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Anycomponentsupplierwhowantstostaycom-
petitiveintheautomotivesectorhastorespond
flexiblyandsupplyhigh-gradeproducts.AndRo-
mingWerkzeugbauGmbHhasbeenactingon
thisprincipleformanyyears.Theinjectionmould-
ingandmouldmakingexpertsfromRottweilsup-
porttheircustomersinthedevelopmentofanew
product,maketheassociatedmouldsandpro-
ducethemouldingsinanythingfromsmallseries
toproductionrunsamountingtomillionsofparts.
“Notonlyareourcustomersaccustomedtothis
comprehensiveserviceandhighquality,butthese
twoattributesarealsonecessarytodayifwewant
toholdourowninthefaceofhigh-outputcom-
petitionfromabroad,”saysMichaelRoming,head
ofmouldmaking,outliningeverydaybusiness.
Rominghasbeenengagedininjectionmoulding
forabout50yearsandhasbeensupportingits
customersasasuitablyexperiencedandcompe-
tentserviceprovider.ThefactthatRomingsup-
pliesnothingbuthigh-gradecomponentsisthusdue
tothehighlevelofskillsoftheworkforceandto
high-performancemachinesininjectionmoulding
andmouldmaking.KarlRominghighlightsatthis
pointthestrongdeadlinepressure.“Dependingon
thesizeofthemould,wesupplythefinishedprod-
uctwithinfourweeksinsomecases.”Thisperiod
coverstheentiredevelopmentofanewmouldon
thebasisofa3Dmodeloftheend-product.
WireEDMakeytechnology
ThisrapidresponseisonlypossiblebecauseRo-
mingcanresorttoafullyequippedmouldmaking
shopthatencompassesallconceivableproduction
technologies.AlongwithHSC,whichhasrevo-
lutionisedproduction,sinkerEDMhaslongplayed
animportantpart,backedupinrecentyearsby
wire-cutting.Themostrecentinvestmentinmould-
makingwasmadeinwireerosion,oneofthekey
technologiesinmouldmaking.“Weconsideredcon-
ventional5-axismilling,butwire-cuttingcurrent-
lyhaspriority,”saysMichaelRomingreviewingthe
purchase.Theadvantageswereobvious.“Dimen-
sionalaccuracyandreproducibilityinautomated
operationareimmenselyimportantforus.”
Thedecisionin2010wentinfavourofawire-cut-
tingEDMmachinefromMitsubishiElectric,the
NA1200Essence.Firstly,theyhadalreadyhad
positiveexperiencewithMitsubishiElectricinthe
sinkerEDMsector,andsecondlythearguments
infavourofthismodelwerehighlypersuasive.
“Themachine’sexcellentprice/performanceratio
wasdecisiveandsuchfeaturesastheFSgen-
eratorandthin-wiretechnologymatchedourre-
quirementprofiletoperfection,”saysMichael
Roming,summinguptheadvantages.Inaddition,
theNA1200Essencehasslightlylargerdimen-
sionsthantheFA10-SAdvance,whichmakesit
bettersuitedtotheproductrange.
EversinceFranzRomingfoundedRomingWerkzeug-bauGmbH85yearsago,thefirminRottweilhasbeenahallmarkofqualityandreliabilityinmouldmaking.Withinjectionmouldingasthemainactivity,Romingisnowafull-rangesuppliertocustomersintheautomotiveindustryandelectronicssectorwhoappreciatetheflex-ibilityoftheinjectionmouldingexpertsaswellastheircommitmenttoqualityandrapidresponsetocustomerneeds.Romingrecentlyinvestedinawire-cutEDMma-chinefromMitsubishiElectric–forgoodreason,be-causethisproductiontechnologyhandlesagoodthirdoftheworkloadinthemouldmakingdepartment.
Thedevelopmentofwhatareoftenhighlycomplexinjection
mouldsisoneofthecorecompetencesofRomingWerkzeug-
bauGmbH.
» Our customers are accustomed to
comprehensive service and high
quality. «
TopTheNA1200from
MitsubishiElectric
hasbeenworkingde-
pendablyinRoming’s
mouldmakingshop
sinceMay2011.
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AlthoughtheNA1200Essenceisthefirstwire-
cuttingEDMmachinefromMitsubishiElectric,
Roming’semployeeswereabletoresortdirectlyto
theirexperiencewiththesinkerEDMmachines.
Inthiscontext,MichaelRominghighlightsthecon-
trol.“Theuserinterfaceisintuitivelystructured,
sofamiliarisationdidn’ttakelong.”Atanyrate,the
investmentsoonpaidoff,asaglanceattheresults
shows.Romingoperateswithtolerancesofjusta
fewµmandmachiningperformancehasbeen
almostdoubledcomparedtothatoftheprevious
machines.
MichaelRomingalsodrawsattentiontothema-
chine’sdependability:“Ourflexibleworking
methodcallsforasmooth-runningmachinepark
inalldepartments.”TheNA1200Essencehasso
farproventobeextremelydependable,and
healsohasnothingbutpraisefortheMitsubishi
Electricservice.“Thehotlineisbothcompetent
andeasytoreachandtheonlineshopisauseful
sourceforanypartsthatweneed.”
Abroadbasisforthefuture
MichaelRomingisunabletoestimateexactly
howthevarioussectorsofindustrywillactually
develop,butheknowsthatdemandforelec-
troniccomponentswillcontinuetogrow.“That’s
whyweshallcontinuetohaveabroadbasisand
supplyasmanyandasdifferentcustomersas
possible.”Thisisthebestwayofmasteringthe
upsanddownsoftheeconomy.Theworkforce
isalreadysettogrow.Romingcurrentlyemploys
22skilledoperatives,anumberthatwillsoon
increase.Romingensuresthestandardofquality
inthisareabytrainingitsownstaffandthuscoun-
teractstheshortageofsuitableyoungjobcandi-
dates.
InthefieldofwireEDM,theoptimumhasnowbeen
achieved,MichaelRomingbelieves.“TheNA1200
Essencewillbethebenchmarkforthenextfive
years,butweshallofcoursekeepaneyeondevel-
opmentsintechnology.”
www.roming.com
Nameandplaceofcompany:
RomingWerkzeugbauGmbH,
Rottweil-Neukirch,Germany
Foundingyear:
1926
Managingdirector:
KarlRoming
Numberofemployees:
22
Corebusiness:
Developmentandproductionofhigh-
precisioninjectionmouldsandplastic
mouldings
Please describe in a sentence what Roming Werkzeugbau GmbH
does!
Injection moulding and mouldmaking.
How did you earn your first money?
I’ve been working here since 1961 and completed the classic course of
training as a mouldmaker.
What motivates you?
Aiming for supreme craftsmanship and the fact that we develop solutions
with dependable people.
What’s different about how you do things now, compared to five
years ago?
HsC has brought about the biggest change, much like the introduction of
sinker eDM in 1965.
Where do you see your company in five years?
The growing importance of electronics and specialisation in niche prod-
ucts and super-small series promise stability.
What was your biggest business success?
We have managed to amass a storehouse of experience and knowledge
over the years and offer everything from a single source with the virtues of
craftsmanship.
What’s your favourite way to relax?
Breeding scottish highland cattle on our certified organic farm.
What attributes do you value most in other people?
Honesty and dependability.
RomingWerkzeugbauGmbH
ZepfenhanerStrasse7
78628Rottweil-Neukirch
Germany
Tel +49.7427.94850
Fax +49.7427.948525
www.roming.com
LeftRoming’sflexibilityalsoextendstoinjectionmoulding.
Partswithuptoeightcavitiesaremouldedhere.
Compared to 5-axis milling, wire-cut EDM has the advantage of higher dimensional accuracy and reproducibility in automated operation
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24/7, 8 employees
In the wire-cutting of mould components, sD Formentechnik banks on customer loyalty and machines from Mitsubishi electric.
smallmouldcoresinamulti-workpiece
clampingoperation.“Thesamealso
appliestothesecomplexpartsthatwe
machinestep-by-stepbywire-cutting,
die-sinkingandrepeatedwire-cutting.”
Theoperatorhasthechancetomonitor
theunmannedsystemviaremotecon-
trolandadataline.Thistoolcanalsobe
usedforcontrollingthesysteminreal
time.
Ontopofthis,theFA20-SAdvanceV
isequippedwiththeTeleservicetoolvia
thatenablesMitsubishiElectric’sAfter-
SalesServicetocarryoutremotediagno-
sisifdesiredandaccessthemachine
controlsonlinetoeliminatefaults.Inthis
connection,SDFormentechnikdraws
attentionthemanufacturer’sexcellent
service,stressingthatit’salwaysquick
toarriveandprovidesahotlinethat
worksreallywell.Theservicestaffalso
makeacompetentimpression.What’s
more,thecallerisn’tsimplypassed
fromoneservicetechniciantothenext,
asisusualelsewhere.
JensDryzynskitypesinacommand
viathePCkeyboardoftheWindows-XP-
basedAdvanceCNCcontrol.The15
inchtouchscreenthendisplaysa3Dsim-
ulationofthecomponentthathewants
tocutnext.“Themachineisstraightfor-
ward,reliableanduser-friendly.We
wereimpressedbyitsconceptwithdual
directdistancemeasurement,work-
placedesignandthesealingofthe
lowerarm,whichisneverthelesseasily
accessedformaintenance.”Whatre-
allyclinchedthedecisioninfavourof
themachine,however,wasthetestcut
thatSDFormentechnikcarriedouton
allthewire-cutEDMmachinesshort-
listedforpurchase.“Themachinefrom
MitsubishiElectricprovedtobeone
ofthefewthatpassedthetestwithout
anyreservations,”JensDryzynskiex-
plains.“What’simportantforusisthat
theFA20-SAdvanceVisequippedwith
amorepowerfulgenerator.Thismeans
wecanmachinehigherworkpiecesat
IfyoudropinonSDFormentechnikKG,
Schalksmühle,duringthelunchbreak,
youcansensetheteamspiritwafting
overtoyoufromoutsidetheproduction
shop.ItsmanagersJensDryzynskiand
HolgerSchulteenjoythebreaktogether
withtheirstaffintheyard.“Oursmall
teamisbigenoughtorespondflexibly,”
Schulteexplains.“Thisisakeyadvan-
tageintermsofourcompanyphilos-
ophythatstressesstrongcustomerloy-
alty,”Dryzynskiadds.
SDFormentechnikhasalsocreatedthe
basisforlong-termbusinessrelations
withthequalityofitsworkandhighman-
ufacturingdepth.Allthisisbacked
upbypunctualityaswellasswiftreac-
tionintheeventofanyproblems,un-
foreseenrepairsortightdeliverydead-
lines.Thankstothisrapidresponse,
customersbenefitfromvirtuallycontin-
uousprocessesandplanningsecurity.
Sightssetonwin-winsituations
Customersalsoappreciatetheadvice
givenbythecompanyfoundedin2003.
Thisisbasedonexperienceandon
theresultantexpertise.Inthebuilding
ofinjectionmoulds,SDFormentechnik
coversalltheplanning,development
andrealisationstages,fromtheinitial
designthroughtothefinishedinjection
moulding.HolgerSchultegoesover
toaglasscabinetcontainingproducts
ofhiscustomers.Theseincludeinte-
riorcomponentsforcars,electricaland
electroniccomponents,syringesand
cannulaeformedicaltechnology,and
assemblypartsfortheconstruction
industry.“Withourexpertise,we’reable
toproducemouldsforawiderangeof
industrialsectorsandapplications,and
alwayswithhighprecisionandreliabil-
ity.Andthiscanbeanewmouldorthe
repairormodificationofanexistingone.
We’reoftenabletoproducein-
jectionmouldswithsim-
plerandlessexpensive
designs.Inallthis,
onethingalways
staysthesame:
ouraspirationto
achieveawin-
winsituation.”
Whatsetthe
companyapart
fromitscompeti-
torsintheregionare
itsmoreadvancedmachineparkand
mouldsizeswithbasiclengthsand
widthsofupto900and600millimetres
respectively.Auniquesellingpointin
theimmediategeographicalsurround-
ingsisthatthecompanydevelopsand
producesinjectionmouldsnotonly
forthermoplasticsbutalsoforthermo-
settingplastics,materialsthataremore
stabledimensionallyandtemperature-
wisethanthermoplastics.
Unmannednightandday
Thecompany’smachineparkhasin-
cludedaFA20-SAdvanceVwire
EDMmachinefromMitsubishiElectric
sinceJuly2008.Themachine
isequippedwithawire-
threadingsystemthat
reliablyandauto-
maticallythreads
thewireinten
seconds,aten
kilowirestation
andawirechop-
per.Themachine
canrununmanned
andhencearound
theclock.JensDry-
zynskishowsus
» The competent service can always
send someone round quickly and provides a hotline that really
works well. «
sD FOrMenTeCHnIK
JensDryzynskiandHolgerSchulte,managersofSDFormentechnikKG,haveincludedthe
FA20-SAdvanceVwire-cuterosionsystemfromMitsubishiElectricintheirmachinepark.
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highercuttingrates.Andit’seasier
toerodegraphiteelectrodesevenwith
coarsergrainsizes.”Thereasonfor
thisisthehigh-performancegenera-
tor’shighervoltagethatpermitserosion
ratesofupto500squaremillimetres
perminute.Anotheradvantageofthe
FA20-SAdvanceVquotedbySDFor-
mentechnikisthehighqualityofitsfiner
cuts.Thisputsthecompanyinaposi-
tiontocarryoutwireEDMtasksofthis
kind,evenundersubcontract.
Complexcomponents
HolgerSchultepicksupacollapsible
corewithamiddlesegmentandouter
contourpartstodemonstratethecom-
plexityofthecomponentsheproduces.
“Thecollapsiblecoreisrequiredinin-
jectionmouldsforinteriorundercutsso
that,forinstance,threadedpartswith
mouldcontourscanbedemoulded.To
thisend,themiddlesegmentretracts
anddrawstheoutercontourpartin-
wards,thusexposingtheundercut,and
theproductcanbereleased.“Thecom-
ponentsthatthecompanyproduces
forinjectionmouldsaremadeessential-
lyofsteel.Theirdimensionsrange
fromthesizeofapinto1050x800x295
millimetres(WxDxH),themaximum
sizeforwhichtheFA20-SAdvanceV
isdesigned.Thankstothemachine’sin-
credibleversatility,allthechallenges
thatariseinmouldmakingcanbemas-
teredwithease.Virtuallyallworkpieces
arecutwith0.25millimetresbare
brasswirewithoutanycompromises
insurfacequality.
Confidentaboutthefuture
Theflexibilityresultingfromthecompa-
ny’steamspiritpermitsahighstandard
ofdeadlinecomplianceandshortre-
sponsetimes.Theseattributescom-
binedwiththequalityofthecomponent
andtheconsultationservicesprovided
bySDFormentechnikyieldawin-win
situationandultimatelystrongcustom-
erloyalty.Inviewofthispositivesitua-
tion,JensDryzynskiandHolgerSchulte
areconfidentaboutthefuture.
“Weinvestandcontinuetogrow.It’s
somethingyoucanseehappening.”
Dryzynskipointstopartoftheshop
wherebuildingisgoingon.“Here,for
example,wherewe’resettingupanew
robotsystemfor5-axismilling.”
Nameandplaceofcompany:
SDFormentechnikKG,Schalksmühle,
Germany
Foundingyear:
2003
Managingdirectors:
JensDryzynskiandHolgerSchulte
Numberofemployees:
8
Corebusiness:
Developmentandproductionofinjec-
tionmoulds
Please describe in a sentence
what SD Formen technik KG
GmbH does!
We design and build moulds for thermo-
plastic and thermosets.
How did you earn your first money?
We earned our first money as apprentice toolmakers.
What motivates you?
schulte: The challenge of producing moulds that always satisfy the cus-
tomer’s needs. Another motivation is to build a one-off on which parts for
series production can be produced.
What’s different about how you do things now, compared to five
years ago?
Dryzynski: We now operate more advanced machines.
schulte: Five years ago, we had just two employees and did almost all the
work ourselves. now that we’ve got eight employees, we can concentrate
as managers on specialised, more sophisticated and administrative tasks.
Where do you see your company in five years?
schulte: If things go well in terms of the economy and the order situation,
automation will grow in importance. We may invest in injection moulding
machines for the pilot and small series production of plastic parts so as to
extend our value chain.
What was your biggest business success?
Dryzynski: That we gained the confidence of our customers after setting
up the business and build increasingly high-grade and complex moulds.
What’s your favourite way to relax?
Dryzynski: When everything in the company is going well.
What attributes do you value most in other people?
Honesty and reliability.
How would you briefly describe what you do to someone with no
technical knowledge?
Dryzynski referring to wire-cutting: I cut things with an electrified, tooth-
less saw.
SDFormentechnikKG
ImGewerbepark8
58579Schalksmühle
Germany
Tel +49.2355.501088
Fax +49.2355.501087
www.sd-formen.de
A new robot system for 5-axis milling will soon be installed here
www.sd-formen.de
BottomleftMould
coreforahousehold
wiringbox.
BottomrightThis
complexcollapsible
corewithamiddle
segmentandouter
contourpartsisre-
quiredininjection
mouldsforinternal
undercutssothat,
forexample,thread-
edpartswithmould
contourscanbe
released.
TopThesmallmould
coresinamulti-work-
piececlampingoper-
ationaremachined
step-by-stepbywire-
cutting,die-sinking
andrepeatedwire-
cutting.
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ThestrengthandeaseofinstallationofthisclipfilterdevelopedbyKüfnerareimpressive.
Karl Küfner Kg’s filter screens are adapted to any customer requirement. And this individuality starts with the making of the mould.
WhenKarlKüfnerKGwasfoundedin1951,productionwasfocusedonweav-ingreeds.Ashortwhilelater,theprod-uctrangewasextendedtoincludefil-terscreensandstrainers–productswhoseapplicationscanbefoundinahugespectrumofindustries,rangingfromautomotiveengineeringandma-chinemanufacturetomedicaltech-nology.ThecompanyinAlbstadthasremainedtruetothesetwoproductgroupsthroughtothepresentdayandconsistentlybuiltonitsexpertiseinthedevelopment,designandconstruc-tionoftailor-madesolutions–awealthofexperiencethatbenefitswellover500customersworldwide.Withanextremelyhighmanufacturingdepth,Küfnerensuresthatthisexperiencestayswithinthecompany.Thebestex-ampleofthisismouldmakingandspe-cial-purposemachineconstructionwherethescreen,strainerandfilterexpertsrelyonadvancedwire-cuttingtechnologyfromMitsubishiElectric.
Weavingreedsontheonehand,andfilterscreens
ontheother–KarlKüfnerKGunitestwoprod-
uctgroupsthatappeartohavelittleincommonat
firstglance.Asecondglance,however,reveals
acloserelationship,astheweavingreedsareused
intheproductionofthemetalmeshesrequired
forthemanufactureofhigh-gradefilterscreens.Küf-
nerthereforehasaprofoundunderstandingof
theneedsofscreenandstrainertechnology,evolv-
ingovertheyearsintooneofthetechnological
A star of the screen
KArl KüFner
ThepatentedV-filterfromKüfnerachieves
minimalflowresis-
tancecombinedwith
anextremelyhighfil-
trationrate.
Morethan500customersworldwidebenefitfromthewealthof
experienceofKarlKüfnerKG.
>500
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leadersonthismarket.Theplastic-over-
mouldedmetal-meshscreensandstrainersfrom
theAlbstadtfirm,forexample,areabsolutely
unmatched.
Focusonall-inclusivecustomerservice
Inallareaswherefilters,screensandstrainersare
requiredforliquidandgaseousmedia,manufac-
turerscanrelyonthecustomer-orientedsolutions
fromKarlKüfnerKG.Itisthereforealmostalogical
consequencethatthecompanyhasbecomefirmly
establishedinmanybranchesofindustrywithits
productsandaimstoexpanditsalreadyextremely
broadbasis.“Whereasnooneknowshowthe
automotiveindustrywilldevelop,growthinmedi-
caltechnologyisourassuranceofbeingableto
operatemoreindependentlyofthefluctuationsof
thebusinesscycle,”saysHenningOetjen,head
ofmarketing.Itmakesnodifferencewhichsector
customerinquiriescomefrom.“Ourproductsare
withoutexceptiongearedtotheparticularrequire-
mentsandaresynonymouswithtopquality.”
Küfnerisalsosynonymouswithall-inclusiveap-
proaches,withitsrangeoftasksextendingwellbe-
yondthemanufactureofaparticularproduct.“We
coverallthestepsfromtheoriginalideaviathefirst
trialmouldingsthroughtotheready-to-installfil-
ter,”saysHenningOetjen,explainingtheirmodus
operandi.Theiraimistosupportthecustomerto
suchadegreethatinfutureeventheneighbouring
technologies,suchasmeasurementandcontrol,
willbeintegratedinfiltermanufacture.Thiseffort
isnecessaryifthecompanywantstosatisfyits
ownaspirationsintermsofqualityandcustomer
orientation.Anditalsoexplainsthehighproduc-
tionvolume,asthemarketingmanagerexplains:
“Asinglejobcanamounttoover10millionparts
peryear.Ifdesired,wecanalsohandlethedesign
andengineeringforsmallandmedium-sizedse-
riesandthenensurethecost-effectiveproduction
andpunctualdispatchofthescreensandfilters
developedspecificallyforthecustomer.”
Mouldmakingwithhypermodernwireerosion
Thelargepoolofcustomerscombinedwiththe
highstandardofcustomisationnecessitatesa
flexibleresponsefromKüfner.Theshareofinter-
nallyproduceditemsisconsequentlyhigh.This
becomesparticularlyobviousinmouldmaking
andspecial-purposemachineconstructionwhere
everythinghastobejustright.Thisiswherethose
toolsandmouldsareproducedthatintheongo-
ingproductionprocessaredecisiveforthequality
ofthenumerousproducts.“Thedepartment’s
workisdominatedbytheconstantconfrontation
withnewchallenges,”saysHenningOetjen,sum-
minguptheday-to-dayexperienceoftheemploy-
eesinmouldmakingandspecial-purposemachine
construction.
ThehighmanufacturingdepthatKüfneralso
stronglysuggeststhatnothinginmouldmaking
islefttochance.Theyresorttoallconceivable
manufacturingtechnologies,whichareputtouse
wheretheyaremosteffective.Thisalsoapplies
towireEDMwhenitcomestohigh-precisioncom-
ponentswithtop-notchsurfacequality.Mitsubishi
Electrichasbeenthepreferredsupplierheresince
2007.Thereweremanyreasonsforthepurchase
oftheFA20-S.“Aninvestmentinamachineisal-
waysinitiallyaneconomicconsideration.Itwas
herethatMitsubishiimpresseduswiththe
bestprice/performanceratio,”says
HenningOetjen,lookingback.
TheFA20-Sisindeedahigh-
poweroverallpackage.Run-
ningfastanddependably,
itachievesprecisiontothe
nearest2–3µmandsurface
qualityinthe2µmrange.
HenningOetjenseesinthis
machinetheperfectbasis
fortheoverallprocess:“The
machine’sprecisionisdeci-
siveforallthedownstreamproductionstepsand
itsdependabilityisasinequanonforcontinuous
workflow.”Longmachiningtimesarebynomeans
rareinwirecutting.Itisthereforeallthemoreim-
portantthattheFA20-Sisalsocapableofrunning
unmanned.Reliableautomaticwirethreadingis
animportantfeature,andtheintuitivecontroland
toolsformonitoringalsoplaytheirpart.
Themachine’sreliabilityisexceptionallyhigh.How-
ever,shouldamalfunctioneveroccur,helpfrom
MitsubishiElectricisnaturallycalledfor.Küfneris
morethansatisfied:“Theserviceteamprovides
super-fastassistanceeitherviathehotlineorby
sendingouttechnicians,”HenningOetjencon-
firms.Thispositiveexperiencewiththetechnology
andservicehavecontributedtoKüfnerremain-
ingfaithfultotheJapanesemanufacturerthisyear
andpurchasinganothermachinefromMitsubishi
Electric,thistimeinthesinkerEDMfield,anEA12-V
Advance.
Extendingitsexpertise
Küfnerhasplottedaclearcourseforthefuture.
Bothinmouldmakingandspecial-purposema-
chinemanufactureaswellasinotherlinksinthe
processchain,thecompanyiscommittedtoqual-
ityandexpertisesothatcustomersinallsectors
willcontinuetoreceivetop-flightandtight-fitting
screen,strainerandfiltersolutions.
LeftThemachine’s
highspeedandreliabil-
ityaretwodecisive
factorsforthehigh
outputoftheFA20-S.
All our products are individually tailored to the demanded requirements and exhibit superlative quality
» A single job can amount to over
10 million parts per year. «
www.kuefner.com
BottomWithwire
diametersdownto
0.1millimetres,the
FA20-Sachieves
super-finecutsand
radii.
EDMandmore
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32 KarlKüfnerKG
Professionals in Profile: Henning Oetjen
Nameandplaceofcompany:
KarlKüfnerKG,Albstadt-Tailfingen,
Germany
Foundingyear:
1951
Managingdirector:
BerndKüfner
Numberofemployees:
Over300
Corebusiness:
Manufactureofweavingreedsand
filterscreens
Please describe in a sentence what Karl Küfner KG does!
We supply customer-specific screen and filter solutions for gases and
liquids, from the idea through to mass production.
How did you earn your first money?
With the production of weaving reeds.
What motivates you?
The goal of being the industry leader with customised solutions.
What’s different about how you do things now, compared to five
years ago?
We’ve raised our standard of quality considerably, e.g. with automated
image processing, and can adapt our production extremely closely to the
needs of our customers.
Where do you see your company in five years?
Measurement and control technology will be increasingly integrated in our
screen and filter solutions, and we shall focus increasingly on engineering
and design for customised solutions.
What was your biggest business success?
We are the technology leader with hybrid solutions, i.e. plastic over-
moulded screens and filters with metal mesh.
What’s your favourite way to relax?
Many of our employees find the area ideal for mountainbiking and other
mountain pursuits.
What attributes do you value most in other people?
Dependability and precision.
KarlKüfnerKG
Rossentalstrasse87–89
72461Albstadt-Tailfingen
Germany
Tel +49.7432.9510
Fax +49.7432.951115
www.kuefner.com
EDMandmore
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Theautumnsunbathesthesurround-
ingsinawarmlight,butChristianCasil-
daWeissenhashiseyesonotherthings
atthemoment.It’searlymorningand
he’sstartedworkonannualpreventive
maintenanceatA.&H.MeyerGmbH
inDörentrup,Ostwestfalen-Lippe.The
internationallyactivecompanythat
developscustomisedandsafeelectri-
ficationstrategieshassignedamainte-
nanceagreementwithMitsubishi
ElectricforitsFX10-KPlatinwireEDM
machine.
Theservicetechnicianstandsatthe
openswitchcabinetofthemachinecon-
trolandmeasuresitsvoltage.When
he’sfinished,hetickstherelevantinspec-
tionboxonhismaintenancechecklist.
“Doingthiskindofwork,it’simportant
toproceedsystematically,”hestresses.
“Ifthepumpwerefaulty,forinstance,
Iwouldfirstcheckthevoltage.”Christian
CasildaWeissenalsocheckstheworking
ofthefansresponsibleforcoolingby
illuminatingthemwithatorch.Inhis
checklisthenotesthatthecustomer
usesanautomaticfusesysteminstead
oftheusual,singlefuses.Nextinturnis
thebatterythatgoesintoactionwhen
themainspowerisoff.Duringtheprevi-
ousyear’smaintenance,theservice
technicianreplacedthebatterybecause
thesoftwarehadtobereloadedafter
eachmachineuse,whichsuggestedthat
thebatterywasatfault.
Butterfliesinhisstomach
Askedwhetherhisworkingdaysare
muchthesame,ChristianCasildaWeis-
senshakeshishead.“Sincemydaily
routineisconfinedmerelytobasictasks,
ahighdegreeofflexibilityisindispen-
sable.Thisappliesasmuchtomydaily
tasksastomymentalapproach.What’s
more,notwomachinesarethesameand
themalfunctionsarealwaysdifferent.
It’salsoessentialtobeopentothecus-
tomer’sad-hocrequests.”Ontopofthis,
therearetheunscheduledmaintenance
andrepairs.Inthesecases,theopera-
torcallsthehotlineoftheMitsubishi
ElectricservicecentreinRatingen.It’s
fromherethattheassignmentsofthe
servicetechniciansarecoordinated,
appointmentsmadeandanyspareparts
sentoutinadvance.Ifproductionstop-
pagesareinvolved,there’sahighlevel
ofurgency.
Theworkingdayofaservicetechnician
usuallylastseighthours.ChristianCasil-
daWeissen,whohasbeenworkingfor
MitsubishiElectricsince1998,mainly
servescustomersineasternWestphalia
andtheRuhrdistrict.Ifrequired,hiswork
maytakehimanywhereinGermany,
andaboutfivetimesperyearabroad.
Here,thefocusisonSpainbecausehe
speaksthelanguagefluently.“I’veeven
beenflownonaserviceassignment
toMexico,”herecalls.Hehassimilar-
lyfondmemoriesofthebutterflies
inhisstomachwhenhefirstglimpsed
Service – from eastern Westphalia to Mexico
Boredom is practically unknown to Christian Casilda Weissen. The term “flexibility”, on the other hand, means more to him – for if it didn’t, he would hardly have become a service technician for Mitsubishi electric.
A. & H. Meyer
Profile12.2011 3736 A.&H.MeyerGmbH
Service Service
Mitsubishi electric offers maintenance agreements that cover an-
nual machine maintenance and attractively priced replacement
parts. If the customer chooses one of the three agreements avail-
able (Wire eDM Basic, Wire eDM extended, sinker eDM), all the
relevant units of his machines are regularly looked at and checked.
This way it is possible to spot malfunctions early on and prevent
breakdowns. The customer benefits for many years from the high
precision and availability of his machines and from the matching
quality of his products. The Wire eDM extended agreement covers
the adjustment of the associated machine units in addition.
To back this up, Mitsubishi electric has set up a free hotline, which
is available from Monday to Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. In ad-
dition, an on-call service has been established from Monday to
Friday, 5 to 8 p.m., and on saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fast-
est-possible support is thus assured in all cases. sending out tech-
nicians to the customer is usually possible at one to two working
days’ notice.
For customers who want to have their eDM systems under control
at all times, Mitsubishi electric has solutions available. This can
mean giving the operator access to his machine functions from any
location, having messages from his machine sent by text message
to any compatible phones, and remote diagnosis or online support.
Maintenance made to measure
anFA50-SAdvance.Hewasthe
firstservicetechniciantoinstallthebig-
gestMitsubishiElectricEDMmachine
inGermany.However,hisrangeofdu-
tiescoversmorethanjustmaintenance,
repairsandinstallation.Hisspeciality
islasermeasurement,whichheusesfor
checkingmachinegeometries.
Cuttingdownstreamcosts
Againstthisbackground,theexperi-
encedservicetechnicianseesmainte-
nanceatA.&H.Meyerasanythingbut
routine.UsingtheFX10-KPlatin,aCNC
submergedwireEDMmachinewith
automaticthreadingand5-axisCNC
control,thecustomermachinescom-
ponentsforinjectionmouldsusedinthe
productionofplasticparts.Withregu-
larmaintenanceoftheusedmachine
boughtin2002,whichhadhadayear’s
servicefordemopurposesatMitsubishi
Electric’sTechnologyCenterinRatin-
gen,hereducesthedownstreamcosts.
Apartfromthis,
amachinestop-
pagewouldhave
knock-oneffects
onproduction.
BecauseChristian
CasildaWeissen
takestimefortalks,
hemaintainsclosecontactswithhis
customers.OneoftheseisA.&H.Meyer,
wherehehasgoodrelationswith
WadimFriesen,whoisresponsibleat
thecompanyformachinetoolsand
mouldsandhencealsofortheMitsubishi
ElectricEDMmachine.WadimFriesen
suggestshavingthemachine’scontacts
cleaned.ThenChristianCasildaWeis-
seninspectsthesensorthatmeasures
theconductanceofthedielectricfluid.
He’snotsurprisedthatitselectrodes
areclean.“MrFriesenkeepshiseyeon
themachine.Sinceheregularlycleans
certainareasandcomponents,like
thisconductancesensor,themachine
iskeptinanim-
maculatecon-
dition.Thisisan
advantagethat
reducesthetime
spentonannual
maintenancefrom
abouteighttosixhours.”
Goodrelations
WadimFriesentellstheservicetech-
nicianabouttheunevenrunningofthe
wireinthemachine,whereuponthe
servicetechnicianreplacesoneofthe
wirethreader’sdeflectionbearings,
atypicalwearingpart.“We’vegotgood
relationswiththecustomerandcoop-
erationisexcellent.Thecustomerhan-
dlestheminormaintenancejobshim-
selfandusesoriginalpartsfromthe
MitsubishiElectricconsumableslinefor
this.”Inthelastfewyears,A.&H.
Meyerhasmainlypurchasedbarebrass
wireof0.2and0.3millimetrediameter
TopWadimFriesentellsChristianCasilda
Weissenabouttheunevenrunningofthewirein
themachine.
LeftTheservicetechnicianreplacesoneofthe
threader’sdeflectionbearings.
Maintenance agree-ments for reliability
early identification and rem-
edying of malfunctions
reducing downstream costs
spares at reduced rates
Rapid assistance
Free hotline
On-call service
Constant monitoring
Text messages from the
machine to any phones
remote diagnosis
Online support
» Doing this kind of work, it’s im-
portant to proceed systematically. «
Profile12.2011 3938 A.&H.MeyerGmbH
Service Service
A. & H. Meyer gmbH with its parent plant in Dörentrup, Ostwestfalen-lippe,
is the market leader and trendsetter in customised electrification and
cable management systems in the office sector. suppliers of furniture and
furnishing strategies to hotels, public buildings and shops are also resort-
ing increasingly to the reliable plug connection technology and hence
on the company’s almost fifty years of experience. Along with its leading
position with electrification expertise, A. & H. Meyer is also noted for
having one of the biggest ranges of neat multiple plug socket boxes and
data sockets and for its international distribution network.
The electrification strategies for power, data and multimedia are organised
on the “plug & play” principle. The range of switches and plug sockets
is one of the world’s most comprehensive. The units are compatible with
most international standards for power sockets and with many standards
for data and telecommunication sockets. As the company also aspires
to high standards of quality and safety for its products and services, they
all comply with the international safety standards for electrical equipment
and quality standard IsO 9001/2000ff.
Founded in 1961, the company specialising in connectors employs a work-
force of over 100 in germany. Another 50 employees work for A. & H. Meyer
sdn. Bhd. domiciled in shah Alam, Malaysia, in which the company has
an 80 per cent stake. While the base in germany mainly serves europe, the
subsidiary in Malaysia works solely for the Asian market.
The customers include big-name manufacturers of furniture for a huge
range of applications. In addition, A. & H. Meyer serves building equippers,
hotel furnishers and large corporations such as yahoo, nokia, google
and Dell. These appreciate the high safety of the company’s electrification
strategies as well as the extra efficiency of the installation process and
minimised input of materials. Also worth stressing is the strong emphasis
on design, enabling the cable and plug socket solutions and multi -
media components to integrate smoothly and unobtrusively into the inte-
rior architecture.
no less important for A. & H. Meyer is sustainability in its environmental pro-
tection efforts united under the “meynature” banner. The emphasis here
is on the use of environmentally compatible materials and on resource-con -
serving production processes and products. This aspect of company phi-
losophy also finds expression in participation in environmental projects.
Well connected
A.&H.MeyerGmbH
LeuchtenundBüroelektrik
Fermke8
32694Dörentrup
Germany
Tel +49.5265.94880
Fax +49.5265.948811
Nameandplaceofcompany:
A.&H.MeyerGmbH,Dörentrup,
Germany
Foundingyear:
1961
Managingdirector:
HorstMeyer
Numberofemployees:
Germany:100
Malaysia:50
Corebusiness:
Marketleaderwithtailor-madeelec-
trificationandcablemanagementsys-
temsintheofficesector
www.ah-meyer.de
fromthisrange.Theconsumables
linealsoincludespowerfeeds,filters,
measuringinstrumentsandclamping
accessories.
ThejobsduringwhichChristianCasilda
Weissengetshishandsdirtyhereserves
untiltheend.Todayhehastodismantle
andcleanthepumpbecausethema-
chinefillsitsdielectrictanktooslowly.
Hisfreshlywashedshirtnowalso
showstracesofhiswork.Maintenance
sometimescallsfortheuseofhisears.
“Ifthepumpcausesmechanicalnoises,
it’llsoonbreakdownandhavetobere-
placed.”
Maintenanceendswithfunctiontests.
Afterthis,theservicetechnicianwrites
afinalreport,whichhesupplements,
ifnecessary,withrecommendations.
Hemay,forexam-
ple,drawatten-
tiontofaultyparts
thatdon’tyet
affectthesmooth
runningofthe
FX10-KPlatin,but
willstillhaveto
bereplacedinthe
nearfuture.
Againaquestionofflexibility
ChristianCasildaWeissenpackshisbag.
“Itwouldbegreatifthingsalwayswent
sosmoothly.Somedefects,however,
arenotalwaysimmediatelyidentifiable.
Thisdependsoftenontheexpanding
useofelectronics,whichmakesthe
machinesandmaintenancemorecom-
plicated.”Itoccasionallyalsohappens
thataservicetechnicianisonsitebut
themalfunctionfailstooccurthewhole
daylong.Orthemalfunctiononlyarises
intheafternoon.Iftheservicetechnician
doesn’tmakeprogresswithhiswork,
heasksforsupportovertheMitsubishi
Electrichotline.Thismaybenecessary
intheeventoffaultsintheperipheral
equipmentormalfunctionsthatarenew
andwithwhichthereisnoexperience
tofallbackon.Findingsolutionsin
suchcasesisultimatelyagainaques-
tionofflexibility.
www.ah-meyer.de
Because Weissen takes time for talks, he maintains close contacts with his customers
WadimFriesenthanksChristianCasildaWeissenforhisprofessionalmaintenance.
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Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
German Branch
Mechatronics Machinery
Gothaer Strasse 8
40880 Ratingen · Germany
Tel: +49 . 2102 . 486 6120
Fax: +49 . 2102 . 486 7090
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Issue 02 · December 2011
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