Facilities

Wire EDM

• Various Fanuc wire EDM machines, including a six-axis machine
• Maximum X – Y table travel: 370 x 270 mm with a height of 255 mm
• Maximum travel of the U and V axes: 60 mm
• Wire EDM with 0.25 mm and 0.10 mm wire. 0.05 mm wire can be used if necessary.

Micro EDM

• Sarix SX200 micro EDM machine: zinc wire machine with a wire EDM unit
• X – Y table travel: 250 x 150 mm with a height range of +/- 200 mm
• 4th axis
• A precision of 0.005 to 0.01 mm can be achieved
• Working range (XYZ): 350 x 200 x 200 mm

Milling

Milling: A wide range of very precise milling work is possible.

Fehlman Picomax 825 Versa:

• Enhanced precision version
• Precision: 0.001 mm per axis
• Ability to mill 5 axes simultaneously
• Equipped with an Erowa zero-point workholding system

Fehlman P90, P60, P56 TOP and several P55 machines

• With the 4th and/or 5th rotation axis
• Well-suited for carrying out complex fine-precision milling
• Ability to work with milling depths of up to 0.01 mm.
• A CNC simultaneous 5-axis milling machine with a maximum table travel of 850 x 700 mm and a height of up to 500 mm

Multiple Hermle CNC simultaneous 5-axis milling machines

• A maximum table travel of 850 x 700 mm and a height of up to 500 mm
• Maximum workpiece weight: 1400 kg (Hermle C40)

CNC simultaneous 3-axis machine (Hermle U1130):

• A maximum table travel of 700 x 1100 mm and a height of up to 800 mm

Various conventional milling machines:

• Maximum table travel of 600 x 800

Lathing

• CNC lathing using powered tools and a controlled C-axis to modify the top surface or the outside of the workpiece in a clamp
• Conventional lathe with a maximum diameter of 450 mm and a length of 800 mm

Maximum modification dimensions: Diameter 275 x 400 mm and diameter 150 x 750 mm

Plastic 3D printing

Two build platforms with different sizes:

• 1 platform is 115 x 72 x 230 mm with an xy resolution of 30 µm and
• 1 platform is 84 x 52.5 x 230 mm with an xy resolution of 21.5 µm
• Both platforms have a z-axis resolution of at least 25 µm.

Various types of plastic material can be printed
Examples:

• High temperature resistant material
• Ceramic-filled plastics
• Biocompatible materials
• ABS and rubber-like materials

3D Metal printing

Sisma Mysint 100 PM

• Building volume of 100 x 100 mm high in diameter
• In principle, stainless steel is used for printing, but other materials such as aluminium, titanium and bronze are also possible
• The printer is fitted with a glove box to enable reactive materials such as titanium to be printed.

Modifying plastic

There is a separate workplace for modifying plastics

• Modifications to a wide variety of plastics are possible
• CNC milling, lathing, sawing and planing
• Connecting plastics by welding or glueing
• Bending the plate and tube

Welding

Laser welding:

• Trumpf pulsed laser 5004       
• Max. 5 kW
• Max. weld spot size 2.236 mm
• Min. pulse power 250 W
• max. pulse power 5 kW
• Min. pulse time 0.2 ms
• Max. pulse time 50 ms

Orbital welding:

• Diameters of up to 38 mm, including the possibility of welding connectors to the tube
• Each weld can be recorded and stored in digital form

TIG and MIG welding of:

• Stainless steel
• Aluminium
• Steel

Sheetwork

• Cutting 3000 x 8 mm
• Press-brake bending lengths of up to 3000 mm, 150 tons
• Rolling of sheets and profiles
• Various 3D clamping tables for clamping and modifying welding and assembly work.

Welding

Laser welding:

• Trumpf pulsed laser 5004       
• Max. 5 kW
• Max. weld spot size 2.236 mm
• Min. pulse power 250 W
• max. pulse power 5 kW
• Min. pulse time 0.2 ms
• Max. pulse time 50 ms

Orbital welding:

• Diameters of up to 38 mm, including the possibility of welding connectors to the tube
• Each weld can be recorded and stored in digital form

TIG and MIG welding of:

• Stainless steel
• Aluminium
• Steel

Water jet cutting

Omax micro water jet cutting machine

• Work envelope: 650 x 650 mm
• Axes: controlled X, Y and A axes , fixed Z axis
• Precision: high precision of 0.01 mm
• Cutting area: from 0.1 mm to 25 mm material thickness (depending on material). With tilted jet, enabling dead square cutting on one side without divergence.
• Cutting pressure: 2800 bar (water leaves cutting nozzle at 300m/s)
• Options: Automatic abrasive feed system, abrasive removal system with hopper, water softener.