Structural parts in record time

When a sports car manufacturer was running short on structural parts, it put its trust in the process expertise of the mechanical engineers at August Wenzler Maschinenbau GmbH. In order to meet ambitious deadlines set by the automobile manufacturer, the HELLER Group subsidiary Wenzler pooled its expertise with tool manufacturer MAPAL.

Established in 1954 in Spaichingen, Germany, August Wenzler Maschinenbau GmbH started by constructing specialised machines. Over many decades, they produced rotary table machines, which were used to manufacture fittings for the most part. Wenzler became part of the HELLER Group in 2009. The machine portfolio was completely revamped at the time from specialised machines to manufacturing standard 5-axis machining centres. Wenzler is responsible for structural part solutions within the HELLER Group. What’s special about the machining centre model VKM is that up to two centres can be integrated in one machine base. This enables a compact layout with good accessibility. Combined with a high degree of agility and minimum quantity lubrication, this makes the VKM model ideally suitable for machining aluminium structural parts.

All complex technological parts (e.g. rotary axes and main spindles) are sourced by Wenzler from HELLER. The machine’s translational axes are located in the tool and the rotary axes in the workpiece. This allows the integration of large travel ranges with dimensions of 1500 x 1250 mm.

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