Regional roots; international success. This applies to the three companies GABO Stahl, Mössner and Mapal equally. It is only logical that a co-operation benefits everyone: for the end machining of round steel, GABO Stahl now relies on an automated solution from Mössner, which in turn works with Mapal tools.

Sawn round steel bars with lengths of 9 mm are just as much a part of GABO Stahl’s portfolio as round steel bars with a length of 6000 mm. The company has a large customer base and its products find use in a wide range of applications – from electrical and hydraulic parts production to large bolts for wind turbines.

GABO Stahl is not only a steel trader, but also a steel processor, with products manufactured typically in small series. As a result, the company’s manufacturing equipment must be flexible, which is why it relies on machine builder Mössner.

“Tooling specialist Mapal is our go-to partner,” says Markus Fuchs, purchasing manager at Mössner. “We work closely together and receive quick, straightforward support.”

Mapal and Mössner partnered together for around eight weeks on the system that is now in-situ at GABO Stahl. Marc Wagner, technical consultant at Mapal, recalls: “The tool for facing, chamfering and centre drilling different types of steel and diameters was a major challenge.”

Adds Fuchs: “We got everyone round the table. Once the right tool had been defined and designed, we built the machine around it.”

The team found the optimum solution with a milling tool accompanied by cartridges and a centre drill. It is possible to machine the many different materials and workpieces with the same coated indexable insert. The cartridges quickly and easily set different diameters for the workpiece chamfer.

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