Author: Stephen

October 2018: Linz, Austria – WFL is acquiring FRAI Elektromaschinenbau GmbH. FRAI, founded in 1984, and focusing on automation solutions in the machine tool industry, is passing with 100% to WFL Millturn Technologies. CEO and founder, Aitzetmüller Friedrich, will go into retirement after am agreed transition period. He was searching for a succession for his company and found it in WFL Millturn Technologies.

WFL Millturn Technologies, the in Linz based manufacturer of multifunctional complete machining centers, is acquiring company FRAI Elektromaschinen with October with 100%.

The perfect symbiosis of highly productive machinery and manufacturing solutions combined with automation solutions will reform the WFL product portfolio from now on. The company FRAI Elektromaschinenbau Gesellschaft m.b.H, located in St. Konrad (about 50km away from Linz) will be taken over by WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & Co. KG by 100%. There will be a complete takeover of the trade name, the established customers, the reference projects, the production capacity and also its professional staff. The office and production site will remain in St. Konrad. Mr. Aitzetmüller, CEO and founder of FRAI will direct the operational management for a defined time period to ensure a smooth integration.

Automation solutions have been and are still a constant companion when it comes to a purchasing decision of a MILLTURN. Especially with the smaller sized MILLTURN series automation becomes essential. Also the topic digitalization demands an increasing offer of automation solutions. “Automation solutions have a high importance to many of our customers or are in several cases a prerequisite for an order. With the takeover of FRAI Elektromaschinenbau GmbH we see the ideal opportunity for this solution“, so Mr. Jungreithmayr, CEO of WFL Millturn Technologies. WFL Millturn Technologies and FRAI Elektromaschinenbau GmbH are already connected through a long-standing partnership in the area of automation solutions.

„We are very pleased to have FRAI as the perfect addition to our existing manufacturing solutions and see this expansion of our automation competence and individual automation solutions as significant success factor”, Mr. Norbert Jungreithmayr, CEO WFL.

Stefan Haas (Regional Sales Manager) takes Mark on a tour of their stand at AMB 2018 WFL presents its progress by dealing with different topics concerning Industry 4.0, such as the new WFL DATA ANALYZER or the brand new version of CrashGuard Studio. The actual highlight of the show is the presentation of the new M50 MILLTURN with a bigger centre distance and increased performance as well as an option for a counter spindle version.

The MikroTurnGrind 1000 is a brand new development that combines the advantages of high precision hard turning and grinding in a single machine. This machine has been developed to meet the demand from manufacturers read more

NEW: The Mikroturn® 100 XLD
The Mikroturn 100 XLD, (XLD stands for extra large diameter) is a modified version of the Mikroturn 100. The Mikroturn 100 XLD has a turning diameter of up to Ø 610 mm instead of Ø 380 mm for the  standard Mikroturn 100. Despite a small machine floor surface of only read more

Automated finish hard turning replaces grinding
Hembrug supplies a German manufacturer of drive shafts for hydraulic pumps with a fully automated high-precision hard turning process with an integrated grinding operation. The manufacturer has a large spectrum of products and was looking for a more flexible process for an older grinding machine. Read more

Where else to meet us in 2018?
Also this year Hembrug is taking part in a large number of international trade fairs. We have already participated in the Grindtec in Augsburg, the MACH in England and the CCMT in Shanghai. Want to know more about our latest developments and meet us in person? Visit us at one of the exhibitions below. We very much look forward meeting you!

IMTS, Chicago
10-09/15-09-2018
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AMB, Stuttgart
18-09/22-09-2018
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BIMU, Milan
09-10/13-10-2018
Hall 9, Booth C132-D197

Precision Fair, Veldhoven, the Netherlands
14-11/15-11-2018
Booth nr. 105

Simon Pollard (MD of Kyal Machine Tools – UK distributors of WFL machines) explains to MTDCNC about the launch of the new M30-G Millturn. The M30-G is a entry level machine to help reduce delivery lead times but also offering a great competitive price for an entry level WFL Millturn. Simon explains that their are 3 versions of the machines and also talks about the benefits to the customer. Watch this video to find out more…

Stefan Haas discusses the partnership between WFL and Sandvik to fit a boring bar which is 18xD the diameter giving it World Record status. This offers such great advantages as the boring bar is loaded with special sensors giving unique information to the customer and offer unbeatable performance. Talk to Kyal Machine Tools who represent WFL in the UK for further information.

Hans Bienfait from Hembrug talks to MTDCNC how they have managed to make the Mikroturn 100 even better. Hans talks about the benefit to the customer and the advantages of the machine. A number of key developments are now available from Hembrug & Kyal Machine Tools to make it one of the world’s most accurate machine tools performance and repeatability even better. If you are looking for outstanding repeatability then Hembrug should be on your lists. Hembrug are distributed by Kyal Machine Tools in the UK