FRANKE INNOVATIV The Magazine for Customers and Partners Franke is steadily growing New plant 5 creates more space for the future Ultra-Light Bearings Bespoke bearing assemblies with housing parts from 3D-Printing Direct Drive Bearings LD-Drive in a mobile satellite antenna

Dear Customers and Partners, With our magazine Franke Innovativ we inform you about what we do for the sustainable development of our company. Franke is currently very active and on the move. A clear sign of our development is the newly created Plant 5, which represents the largest investment in the company‘s history. The extended capacities allow us to optimize the production structure throughout the company. Further machines were purchased and through a matrix organization the company works on product lines that independently serve their respective products. You as our customer benefit from...

Franke 2020 Customer-oriented corporate development Completion of Plant 5 is a major step in increasing Franke‘s performance. Two years ago, under the motto Franke 2020, profound change processes in the areas of investment, organization and corporate culture were triggered. Now the results are gradually becoming visible. For our customers and for ourselves. The Franke plant in Aalen. Around 250 people work here on the development and manufacture of innovative lightweight bearings and linear systems. Plant 1 - 1956, Administration, production of bearing elements Plant 2 - 1978, Machining of housing...

>> + 3,000 sqm Investment and Organization: Plant 5 is a sustainable step into the future With our new production plant 5 we are opening a new chapter in the history of Franke. Plant 5 is the largest investment to date and the outwardly visible sign of fundamental change. More than 450 pile foundations are anchored up to 10 meters deep in the ground. The bottom plate is 40 cm thick. Individual areas of the ground are separated from each other to compensate for vibrations. Over the past decade, we have invested a great deal of energy into the development of special bearings for high-dynamic applications....

Culture and Brand Values: We want to offer you the best service As part of the Franke 2020 measures, the „Best Service“ campaign has been launched. It aims to provide the best service to our customers and to work together internally as best as possible. Customer Journey - here we start Our customers are looking for solutions to a technical problem. Whenever we succeed in winning them over for a solution from Franke, our customers can rely on us: Franke products fulfill their promises. Our technical solutions convince every time anew. For satisfied customers, we want to improve our communication....

>>>>>>>>>>> 90% lighter Lightweight Bearings from 3D-printing: 3D-printing revolutionizes the Production Less material means less weight. 3D printing processes enable the production of components whose shape and internal structure can be freely designed. Combined with Franke wire race bearings, this creates the lightest bearing assemblies on the market. The Principle of Wire Race Bearings Integrated into an enclosing housing the wire race bearing absorbs forces from all directions. In order to adapt wire race bearings to the requirements of the application, numerous options are available in terms...

Lightweight Bearings from 3D-printing: New chances for designers and manufacturers 3D printing opens up completely new possibilities for designers. Philipp Engert from the Technical Sales Department talks in an expert interview about how the new technology can be used to build lightweight bearings. And about the benefit of this technology. Mr. Engert, what is 3D-printing all about? What has 3D-printing to do with lightweight? Philipp Engert: In principle, this means production processes in which objects are built up in layers of small particles. We also call it „additive procedure“. Philipp Engert:...

Franke at Trade Shows Facts & Figures Start of planning: Opening: No. of working places: Size: Light Bearings for Innovation around the World Motek (Germany), AIM (Germany), KOMAF (Korea), FMB (Germany), ELMIA (Sweden), ILA (Germany), Automatica (Germany), MECSPE (Italy), MetalMadrid (Spain) – the trade show year at Franke is densely packed. Together with our representatives, the advantages of wire race bearing technology were presented at the trade show booths in Germany and abroad. Lightweight design, customer-specific solutions and high-tech bearings with integrated direct drive testify to...

>>>>>>>>>> 50% stronger Rock & Roll: Cross Roller Bearing for higher Load Capacitiy We differentiate between two variants of the cross roller bearing: 1-row bearings in which the rollers are alternately arranged crosswise (Fig. Top left) or 2-row bearings which are filled with twice the number of rollers (Fig. Bottom left). The standard series Type LVG with aluminum housing has a double row design and has been adopted in KKØ 200, 300 and 400 mm in the Franke standard product range. Detailed information can be found on our website www.franke-gmbh.de. Roller bearings are used wherever high load...

Light Weight: Swivel Bearing for Camera Crane Small, Strong and Smart: Direct Drive Bearing for Antennas Advantages: lightweight, high rigidity, maintenance-free Advantages: small mounting space, high rigidity, integrated direct drive The Task: A mobile camera crane, which is mounted on vehicles, is to be rotated pivotally. The bearing has to cope with high tilting moments due to the boom. Lightweight construction and robustness against impacts and vibrations are further requirements for the bearing. The Task: A radar antenna should be moved by motor. The antenna rests on the telescopic boom...

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