Sheet metal, light and hard metal processing

It is unde­niable that deco­ra­ted alu­mi­num in a car inte­ri­or exu­des a spe­cial cha­ris­ma. The peo­p­le at Alut­rim Euro­pe GmbH have taken this up as a pro­fes­si­on, as they trans­fer inspi­ra­ti­ons found in natu­re and indus­try into deco­ra­ti­ve sur­faces from genui­ne metal. A major pro­ject for Audi neces­si­ta­ted a con­sidera­ble expan­si­on in mil­ling capa­ci­ties in 2017.

The refi­ned HSTM 150 HD places us in a posi­ti­on whe­re we can offer a ful­ly-auto­ma­ted pro­ces­sing cent­re to the manu­fac­tu­r­ers of tur­bi­ne and com­pres­sor blades for the aero­space indus­try. A com­ple­te­ly inte­gra­ted work­pie­ce sto­rage and chan­ger sys­tem allows for the enti­re­ly self-suf­fi­ci­ent ope­ra­ti­on of the line, mea­ning that it can be ope­ra­ted unman­ned for seve­ral hours.

At first, “a deli­be­ra­te invest­ment in future capa­ci­ties” sounds dar­ing, abo­ve all when it refers to a big CNC-mil­ling unit inclu­ding robot sys­tems. For MN Coil, an important sup­pli­er of the auto­mo­ti­ve and air­craft indus­try, howe­ver, it con­sti­tu­tes a well-con­side­red step to reach a posi­ti­on whe­re they can react to chan­ges in the mar­ket at any given time and ensu­re eco­no­mic stability.

Our busi­ness phi­lo­so­phy con­sists in deve­lo­ping lines that appeal to our tar­get groups. Nor­mal­ly, to achie­ve this goal we base the con­cept for each line on our modu­lar sys­tem. For the first time our approach has been dif­fe­rent in the case of the TUBE. The auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try has seve­ral pecu­lia­ri­ties which we want to accommodate.

How can high-pre­cis­i­on holes be made into dou­ble-wall V2A- or sheet steel panels in an eco­no­mic­al­ly sen­si­ble way? Spe­cia­lists from AL-KO Therm had set out to find an ans­wer to this ques­ti­on. The­re, ven­ti­la­ti­on and air con­di­tio­ning units of all sizes and ver­si­ons are deve­lo­ped and tes­ted for most dif­fe­rent appli­ca­ti­ons in their own test centre.

The avia­ti­on indus­try has had a hard landing, and with it sup­pli­ers of all stripes. What remains is the insight that in such unsta­ble times only the will to chan­ge is a way out. Parts for high-per­for­mance appli­ca­ti­ons in par­ti­cu­lar requi­re the tigh­test tole­ran­ces and high-pre­cis­i­on surfaces.

The requi­re­ments for the manu­fac­tu­re of tur­bi­ne- and com­pres­sor blades, blisks or radi­al com­pres­sors are very chal­len­ging ones. A HSC-machi­ning cent­re needs excel­lent pro­per­ties to meet the­se extra­or­di­na­ry demands as to the requi­red accu­ra­ci­es and sur­face qualities.