Pre-setting and measuring for semi-automated tool making: with the DEA GLOBAL and PC-DMIS

A black cube with an imposing glass facade. You almost think you are in front on a museum for contemporary art. The visitor is not actually so far off with this impression, as what is behind the facade is truly a work of art. The organisation Wild & Küpfer based in Schmerikon on the east bank of Lake Zurich specialises in plastic parts for a very wide range of sectors. Every part is unique, every tool is custommade. The accuracy of the tools is ensured with the aid of a DEA GLOBAL Advantage and the software PC-DMIS. As a result Wild & Küpfer has reduced the errors during pre-setting by 90%. Furthermore: measuring is easier.

Showcases in the bright, spacious offices at Wild & Küpfer show off the business’s products in a favourable light. The exhibits provide a view of the varied industrial landscape of Europe: here there are plastic gear wheels for gearboxes, as well as displays for home controllers, complete optics carriers, electricity meter housings, sockets, parts for coffee machines, housings for electrical tools, surgical instruments for eye surgery... Wild & Küpfer is at home in countless industries.

“We have a wide customer base with the emphasis on medical technology. Cleanroom production is currently commencing”, says Daniel Wild, Head of Technical Division. “We offer our customers everything related to plastic injection moulding – from development and design, through mould building and injection moulding, to component assembly. A series starts with a few 100 pieces and can be as large as several million pieces.” Coordinate metrology right in the middle of the action...