Complete machining of turbine and special shafts
In highly technical, innovative, and sensitive industrial sectors such as the aerospace industry or the defense and energy sectors, the demands on the production of complex components and the machining of high-strength materials are constantly increasing. In particular, the reduction of error within production processes for highly complex and cost-intensive workpieces is becoming more important with regard to the »cost-per-part« and the accuracies to be achieved.
Happy & healthy new year 2021
We wish our employees as well as our customers, suppliers and partners a successful and healthy 2021. We look forward to a continued exciting cooperation with unique results. Stay healthy.
Chemnitz becomes European Capital of Culture 2025
With the decision for Chemnitz, a four-year application process ends and Chemnitz has won with a unique bid book (book of application). We congratulate to this result and we are glad that the bid book has the focus on the »hidden champions« of the Chemnitz cultural and industrial region, which includes NILES-SIMMONS as a subsidiary of the renowned NSH Machine Tool Group. The economic stimulus package also includes many other regions in Europe, which is a strong statement for a cosmopolitan community across national borders. We would like to take…
Substitution of grinding processes in crankshaft machining – NILES-SIMMONS Industrieanlagen GmbH introduces new technology hard milling
In today’s market place, the most important driving forces in the field of automotive industry are sustainability, resource conservation and economic efficiency. These trends do not only drive the development of new innovative technologies and final configurations for new products, but also push the ever-increasing requirements of the manufacturers to find new cost-efficient manufacturing concepts for the production of the existing components in production.
We congratulate on the completion of the cooperative engineering training
We would like to congratulate Maxi Klausnitzer and Ferhat Macar on the successful completion of their cooperative engineering training in our company. Maxi Klausnitzer is now working in the work preparation department (production planning and control) after finishing her final thesis. »During my training I gained a very good insight into the various processes and I enjoyed working on my project together with my supervisors. The topic was the fine conception and pilot introduction of a tool management system, which is to be introduced in the foreseeable future«. Ferhat Macar…
Annual employee volleyball tournament
This year, the annual NILES employees」 volleyball tournament took place again, which is also financially supported by the company. In the best of weather, there was diligently splashing, digging and blocking. We are pleased that the event attracts more and more employees every year and that the cohesion among colleagues, which is especially important in these times, is further strengthened. A small selection of pictures can be found here:
New parking lot and planning of a technology and demonstration center
Recently, our employees have been able to enjoy a new parking area. The reason for this is the long-term planned construction of a technology and demonstration center. For this purpose, the old parking lot had to make way to create enough space for the future technology center. With the future new building we are able to present our latest machine developments to our customers in the context of an in-house exhibition. Due to the current economic situation, the execution of this planning of the technology center has been postponed for…
NILES-SIMMONS mechanic is German Futsal Champion
It is a sport that is not yet very well known in Germany, although it looks like normal soccer to outsiders. We are talking about Futsal. A jump reduced ball, a hall, 4 field players and 1 goalie are needed to play this sport. Our colleague Christopher Wittig, 24, mechanic, masters this sport with his team the best in Germany. He has recently become German champion.
HEGENSCHEIDT MFD: Increase of fatigue strength by deep rolling of large crankshafts up to 200%
Two in one – Increasing fatigue strength and reducing TIR of large crankshafts in one machine The redesign of the Deep Rolling and Roll Straightening machine 7625 is now completed and maximum crankshaft length up to 6000mm are now possible. Take advantage of an efficient, simple and economical technology that has been established in the automotive car sector for many years. Deep Rolling of main and pin bearing fillets increases the fatigue strength of crankshafts up to 200% and improves surface hardness and roughness of the fillet radii. Deep Rolling…