Precision engineering
Precision engineering is about achieving the highest accuracy in the smallest spaces. Even the slightest deviations can affect functionality. Whether in watchmaking, sensor technology or drive systems – dimensional accuracy at the nanometer level determines reliability and quality.
Our forming technologies create components that combine precision, strength and cost-effectiveness. The result: solutions that deliver outstanding performance across diverse precision-engineering applications.
Challenges in precision mechanics
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Precision manufacturing demands extreme dimensional accuracy, minimal tolerances and high load-bearing capacity. At the same time, components must be produced efficiently without compromising on quality and reproducibility.
At Felss, we offer technologies
designed precisely for these challenges:
We understand what matters when it comes to tiny, high-precision components. Our machines and solutions ensure maximum accuracy, efficiency and strength, even at the smallest dimensions.
Nanometer precision
Our technologies achieve dimensional precision at the smallest scale – reliable, repeatable, and consistent even with complex geometries.
Excellent surfaces
Whether fine wire profiles or hollow glow tubes, our processes create smooth surfaces that ensure optimal functionality and long service life.
High strength
Cold forming and uniform material distribution result in components that remain resilient even with delicate dimensions.
Production Efficiency
Minimal material waste, favorable grain direction, and automated processes enable cost-efficient manufacturing with consistent quality.
Felss solutions for precision engineering
Precision mechanical components are small, delicate and highly complex in their functionality. With our technologies, we enable manufacturing solutions that combine precision, surface quality and resilience.
Maximum precision for the smallest components
Mechanical watches require springs that store energy and release it evenly. Even the smallest deviations affect timekeeping. Our technologies offer:
Exact geometries
Ultra-precision rolling forms wire profiles with minimal tolerances.
Consistent quality
Inline measurement systems ensure reproducible results at nanometer precision.
Finest surfaces
Cold rolling creates smooth surfaces for optimal functionality and low friction.
Hollow components for delicate strength
In drive systems, precision-engineered components must withstand high loads despite their small size. A typical example are glow tubes for glow plugs that endure extreme temperatures and mechanical stress.
Dimensional stability
Precise forming ensures reliable operation under all operating conditions.
Weight reduction
Optimized wall thicknesses reduce weight while maintaining stability.
Efficiency
Chipless forming, optimized grain flow, and complete machining on a transfer system ensure economical production and durability.
Your advantage with Felss
With Felss, you can be sure of manufacturing systems that enable maximum precision even with the smallest dimensions. Our modern facilities and technologies ensure maximum output with minimal downtime and high production rates. Whether you need finished components from our production or a machine for your own manufacturing, we offer the solution that fits your requirements.
Technologies that drive progress
Our manufacturing solutions for precision engineering are based on processes that enable maximum precision for the smallest components. We use state-of-the-art technologies that we continuously develop and tailor precisely to the requirements of precision engineering applications.
Axial forming
High-quality gear components with precise shaping and high production speed:
- Exact profile geometries for form-fitting connections and reliable function.
Advantage: Complex gear teeth are created directly in the forming process – without additional machining steps.
Rolling
With our HMP rolling technology, we produce wires, strips and profiles that meet these high requirements.
- Ultra-precise profile wires for watch and instrument technology.
- Flat wires and contact strips for sensor technology.
- Small teeth and profiles for measurement and control technology.
Advantage: HMP Rolling produces high-precision cross-sections without chips, compacts the surface and increases strength.
Rotary swaging
Ideal for manufacturing glow tubes in glow plugs, where precision and resilience are crucial:
- Glow tubes: Precise shaping with excellent surface quality.
Advantage: Good dimensional accuracy, minimal chip formation, favorable grain direction and complete machining on a transfer system.
Combination of processes
Depending on requirements, we combine rolling, rotary swaging and axial forming into a continuous manufacturing process with tailor-made solutions.