Nägeli Swiss AG from Güttingen is expanding its manufacturing capacity for small and medium deep-drawn parts. The family-owned company has put another 63-ton forming press into operation, preparing for an increasing demand for complex, high-precision parts. This demand comes from many industries and is increasingly met by the creative think tank from Lake Constance.
"With the further investment in our manufacturing, we are responding to increased inquiries from our existing as well as new customers for small and medium deep-drawn parts with the highest precision," reports Christoph Nägeli from the management of Nägeli Swiss AG. With a new eccentric press ERH 63 from Helmerding, the Swiss company is expanding its manufacturing capacity for deep-drawn parts in the medium forming range. The family-run company thus manufactures high-precision parts up to a size of 40x40x40 millimeters in batch sizes of up to 500,000 pieces.
Increasing demand for precisely manufactured small parts
Growing automation solutions in many industries generate immense demand for precisely manufactured sensor caps, in which sensors for position detection and other functions of automated manufacturing processes are integrated. Companies are primarily addressing the shortage of skilled workers. This will intensify in the coming years as the baby boomer generation gradually retires. "Automation is a crucial factor across industries for areas with increased demands for higher precision," emphasizes Fritz Rüegg, head of the stamping department at Nägeli. Furthermore, the demand for sleeves and nozzles, such as injection nozzles, is also rising. Additionally, inquiries for precision parts continue to come from the textile and furniture industries as well as power tools. New manufacturing inquiries are increasingly reaching Nägeli through e-mobility, electrical engineering, and defense technology.
With 630 kN pressing force, the eccentric press ERH 63 is ideally suited for forming processes in the medium range. Its massive cast body, derived from the 100-ton sister press, provides great stability and ensures maximum vibration damping. It is powered by a servomotor, whose control optimizes the speed for process and auxiliary times. Continuous measurement of the pressing force immediately stops the forming process if the predefined envelope curve is violated. All these measures increase precision in the production of tightly toleranced small parts.
Forming creative ideas and solutions within tight tolerances
With the renewed investment in its manufacturing, Nägeli Swiss AG can promise its customers process-safe, repeatable, efficient, and economically manufactured formed parts. "Especially for our often creative and sometimes unusual solutions, it is important that we can implement our ideas with the new press in a highly precise and manufacturing-safe manner," summarizes Niklaus Nägeli. The Swiss company has already distinguished itself multiple times as a think tank for tricky tasks and processes in the development and production of parts made from strip material and primarily manufactures products with a high engineering component and significant value creation for customers. "Our new press will provide ideal support in this," Nägeli is confident.
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