ISO 9001 ISO TS 16949

Development &
design


RETHINKING YOUR DRIVE

From the initial idea to the finished product, we have the goal of meeting requirements in such a way that our solutions enable a balanced use of components and thus achieve balance in the system. Our understanding of the system and the entire powertrain, including the interfaces, enables us to provide holistic and customer-oriented solutions. Implementing future technologies from the very first idea starts with us.

We view and understand customer requirements holistically
With our experience from various and often complex projects, we help to define the requirements in collaboration with our customers and to fulfil them in a target-oriented way.

Our products are characterised by intelligent tuning of performance between requirements-specific, commercial and production factors. The focus here is always on optimising the cost-benefit ratio.

Our many years of experience and the skills we have acquired enable us to implement solutions for customer-specific drive solutions. These solutions are used in a variety of projects and industries.

The integration of existing know-how and, where necessary, subsystems into a coherent new drive solution rounds off our expertise.

MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER ...

In collaboration with you, we analyse and optimise the key task of your application. Specifications are precisely evaluated and consistently implemented by our experienced engineers. We fulfil your wishes in a targeted manner.

Under what circumstances ...

... is a special drive far more cost-effective than a standard transmission or a standard modification?

Why should you design your product around the transmission design? A lot of money can be saved if your product development is not made more expensive by costly adaptations to standard transmissions. An individually designed transmission is functionally subordinate to the product and adapted to all specifications. This results in solutions with the best possible added value.

Key processes in manufacturing


PRODUCTION

In addition to the production of standard transmissions, our production is specially designed for custom applications. Special technological processes guarantee an exceptionally high degree of flexibility and quality assurance.

The use of individual finishing techniques and automation processes means that our production facilities add value in terms of quality and at the same time cost-efficiency. Our key processes are:

TURNING

Short and long CNC lathes with bar loaders are capable of handling complete machining operations from a bar diameter of 3 mm to 65 mm.

Machines with loading gantries are available for larger parts up to a diameter of 160 mm.

MILLING

The programs for the CNC machining centres can be generated directly from the 3D data model.

Machines with up to 5 axes and quick-change clamping devices are available, so that prototypes and serial articles can be manufactured under optimum economic conditions.

ROLLING AND FORMING

Roller burnishing as an economical finishing process for smoothed surfaces such as spindles.

HOT-GAS WELDING

This method is used to safely join plastic housing parts. With the help of the hot gas welding process, we achieve leak tightness classes up to IP 69. This process is used to prolong the service life of drive units that are exposed to extreme ambient temperatures.

 

GEAR CUTTING

Our portfolio is rounded off by the following manufacturing technologies:

Gear cutting of worm gears, gear wheels, bevel gears or special gear parts in the module range from module 0.2 to module 3.

REAMING

We have mastered the reaming process for producing spline grooves, polygonal and polygonal profiles, calibrating bores, and outside reaming.

ASSEMBLY

Assemblies and the final assembly of drives in annual quantities from 500 units up to 500.000 units per year. Depending on the application, assembly can be manual, semi-automated or fully automated.

CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES

In addition to steels, we also process stainless steels and non-ferrous metals, plastics. Of course, we also refine products by hardening or grinding, for example. Complex plastic housings up to protection class IP 69 can be firmly joined together using hot gas welding.

Depending on the specific requirements of our customers, we use machining production technologies, plastic injection moulding, zinc die casting, aluminium casting or sintering technologies. Here, too, each process is adapted to the individual requirements and optimised accordingly.

 

Measuring technology


MODERN MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS

Measuring and simulating

Modern measuring systems are becoming increasingly complex. A production-oriented test environment with application-oriented measurement technology offers the best conditions for the highest quality demands.

In order to assure the quality of the numerically simulated gearing design, the geometry of the manufactured parts is measured during production and the surfaces are checked to ensure the defined running behaviour, a noise-optimised function and an optimum contact pattern.

In the assembly department, we use a large number of specialised workstations which are precisely tailored to the customer's individual requirements. The mechanical layout, the control of the test bench as well as the required documentation are designed and released in our test equipment construction department.

During the development phases – e.g. when testing prototypes – we make use of a large number of special test benches and measuring techniques. Furthermore, we use an acoustic chamber with first-class equipment, climatic chambers and special simulation software as early as the development phase. Through individual solutions, our experts in development and construction create optimal product results in line with your requirements.

 

Our experience from innumerable projects, technical costing and simulations based on jointly developed load and test collectives are the basis for successful qualification and for a robust product in series production.
 

 

We offer you the following metrology options:

  • Acoustic chamber with structure-borne and airborne sound measurement
  • Gearing measuring machine
  • Environmental simulation cabinet
  • Optical wave measuring machine
  • CNC image processing measuring device
  • Profile measuring device
  • Hardness measurement
  • CNC coordinate measuring machine
  • Surface and roughness tester

The PRIMUS principle:
transparent process
design


PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The efficiency of PRIMUS’s development capability makes the process design clear. Short decision-making paths and closely interlinked processes ensure results at the highest level. Even for time-critical projects.

 

1
Prozessgestaltung

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Through a defined project structure,
...mehr lesen
2
Prozessgestaltung

PROJECT LAUNCH

A kick-off meeting takes place after the contract award.
...mehr lesen
3
Prozessgestaltung

DEVELOPMENT TO PROTOTYPE MATURITY

The design and numerical simulation
...mehr lesen
4
Prozessgestaltung

PROTOTYPE PRODUCTION

Based on the released concept design,
...mehr lesen
5
Prozessgestaltung

PROTOTYPE QUALIFICATION

Qualification is carried out according to
...mehr lesen
6
Prozessgestaltung

Industrialisation

Based on the validation results, your product is industrialised.
...mehr lesen
7
Prozessgestaltung

Tools, assembly systems, test beds & initial samples

The first samples are
...mehr lesen
8
Prozessgestaltung

INITIAL SAMPLE QUALIFICATION

The initial samples presented are
...mehr lesen
9
Prozessgestaltung

PROJECT COMPLETION

After the release of the initial samples (e.g., grade 1), the
...mehr lesen
10
Prozessgestaltung

SERIES PRODUCTION

SOP and series production are based on customer-specific
...mehr lesen
11
Prozessgestaltung

Process control

Depending on customer requirements, your products are
...mehr lesen
Top