BL Lasertechnik GmbH turned a disaster into a success story. Despite the devastating fire that destroyed its production halls, the company opted for a quick restart. Thanks to the support of partners such as HEDELIUS, production was resumed and even expanded in a very short space of time.

The powerhouse for heavy-duty machining - a TILTENTA 10-3600 from HEDELIUS Maschinenfabrik in Meppen - has been in the production hall just outside the gates of Eindhoven for a year now. The long-established Dutch company De Rooy machines very large, often complex workpieces from a wide variety of materials.

"Never change a winning team" - this could be the headline for the collaboration between HEDELIUS Maschinenfabrik and automation specialist BMO at the Dutch manufacturing company Edumar Metaalbewerking. On the way to even more flexible unmanned production, the choice has now been made for the second time in favour of a joint solution from the two manufacturers.

"In 2012, we were faced with the challenge of having to modernise our entire CNC chipping process," says Tim Sprenger, Production Manager at BAADER, looking back. "We wanted a supplier who was just as interested as we were in a partnership-based collaboration and who would approach the issue with us on an equal footing. We found what we were looking for with HEDELIUS."

The Swiss company Meag AG invested in two identical HEDELIUS 5-axis machining centres from the ACURA-85 series with the aim of being able to supply customers even more efficiently and quickly in the future.

The factory halls of Kreiselmeyer Umformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG in Nuremberg are dominated by systems for laser cutting, pressing, turning, edging and welding steel plates. However, with the increasing shift towards the production of complete assemblies, chipping is also becoming increasingly important. With the TILTENTA 7 from HEDELIUS Maschinenfabrik in Meppen, Kreiselmeyer has found the right milling centre.

WFT Werkzeug- und Frästechnik GmbH** specialises in the precise production of pre-series and series tools for the plastics processing industry. The company's example impressively demonstrates what can be achieved with the right automation solution - and why employees also benefit from it.

MFC - Modell- und Formenbau Chemnitz manufactures aluminium moulds for the plastics processing industry and devices and gauges for vehicle construction on two TILTENTA machines: small, fine workpieces during the day, large workpieces with long running times at night.

Anyone visiting WuM Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, will get an impression of the end products that are manufactured using their tools from the entrance lobby. WuM machines high-precision stamping tools for the automotive industry on a TILTENTA 7, an ACURA 85 and a FORTE 11.