During the pandemic, with the help of machining centres from DMG Mori, German firm Franke GmbH is meeting the challenge of soaring demand for the urgent supply of system components used in medical equipment such as CT scanners.

High-end special bearings with integrated drives for CT scanners, bearings for ceiling lights in intensive care units, and special bearings for medical centrifuges and laboratory equipment, are just a few examples of the components Franke produces for manufacturers in the medical industry.
To meet the high quality that users demand, Franke relies for its production on six machining centres featuring turning capability from DMG Mori, including some with twin-pallet change and an accuracy pack. A special focus at present is on the imminent delivery of two more DMC 125 FD duoBLOCK mill-turn centres with 1,250 x 1,250 x 1,000 mm working volume.
Sascha Eberhard, managing director of Franke, says: “We are being presented with a challenge during the pandemic of ensuring uninterrupted supply of our products to vital industries, while at the same time diligently implementing social distancing and other protective measures in our factory.”
The company has used machining centres from DMG Mori since 2008 to ensure flexibility of production. Depending on the type of product, batch sizes are between 1 and 1000-off per project. Workpiece materials range from diverse types of wire, through aluminium, brass and cast steel, to plastics and carbon fibre.
One of the two recently ordered DMC 125 FD duoBLOCK machines will be equipped with the DMG Mori ‘gearSKIVING’ technology cycle to enable the in-house production of straight and helical external/internal spur gears using skiving tools, reducing both cost and throughput times.
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