MSG machine service Gera
40 year old milling machine from scratch renovated
As at 31 December 1994 closed the factory gates of the Union, the era of development, design and manufacture of Großbohrwerken, machining centers and flexible machine systems in Gera was over. Gerhard Stohl, however, managing partner of SK-Maschinen Handels GmbH in Tönisvorst, wanted to use the expertise and bring back life into the venerable halls.
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The upgraded Waldrich Siegen portal milling machine.
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In March 1996 he founded the MSG machine service Gera Ltd. Today the company offers a wide range of mechanical engineering technical services ranging from trading in used machinery to the contract manufacturing of machine parts, especially the processing of large parts. MSG also upgraded engines, is also the preference in the field of heavy machinery.
Contract manufacturing is an important pillar of the MSG-business
"With our equipment we are able to machine beds and other large parts of both as new parts to work for engineering companies as well as parts on behalf of other providers of modernization support to pass," said Dieter Rudert, head of order processing and production for MSG.
One way to achieve high accuracies, Rudert sees the use of milling machines, "where we can such as machine beds direct mounting on the machine table. That is, we edit the machine bed in the position in which it will later also be installed. In addition, milling machines are suitable to process in an efficient, five sides of a workpiece in one setup. For this reason, we have recently received a third portal milling machine, which was to renew from the ground up. "
Portal milling machine retrofit as a reference
"The renewal of the 40-year-old milling machine," said MSG representative Hans-Helmut Tillmanns, "has brought us not only an additional machine, the mouse has also shown that we are capable of large machines work up an efficient manner and to . modernizing From this power to benefit other companies. Therefore, we now also offer refurbishment services for large used machinery. "
were from the forest-rich Siegen-milling machine worked practically only the castings, so stand, beds, and cross beams. Tillmanns: "To make the machine for the expansion of our service offerings fit, we have the machine bed by 8 m and the two tables extended by 2.5m."
