OTEC News

 10/19: Focus on applications

Quality & accurary in the manufacture of high-precision parts:
Aerospace specialist IFT opts for an OTEC finish

The exacting safety, precision and quality standards of the aerospace industry are as stringent as it gets. Every single manufacturing step has to be closely monitored and documented. Not every production facility can meet these multi-level requirements. OTEC customer IFT GmbH & Co. KG, based some 30 miles south of Frankfurt in Ober-Ramstadt, specialises in high-precision parts for the motorsport, medical technology and aerospace industries.
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10/19: Focus on applications

Precise, effektive Surface processing: The Special requirements of lasercut parts

Laser cut parts are used in many industries, from jewellery to automotive, electrical and optical engi-neering. Once manufactured, their edges are slightly burred, and the parts often suffer from unsight-ly discolouration. Much of the time, these defects are removed by hand, which is time-consuming and costly. The challenge is almost always the same: how to deburr and polish extremely thin parts – i.e. less than 0.4 mm thick and usually made of stainless steel – without changing their geometry. But also, during processing, how to prevent the parts from chafing against each other, or from get-ting wedged in the container or stuck in the gap.
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09/19: interview

"Growth through innovation": from Startup to mediumsized Technology leader

The company was founded in 1996 by Helmut Gegenheimer and Soran Jota in Straubenhardt, near Pforzheim in the Southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Since then, as a specialist in surface processing, it has grown from a mechanical engineering startup serving the jewellery and watchmaking industry to a global technology leader in deburring, grinding, smoothing and polishing. Today, international customers from industries as diverse as jewellery and watchmaking, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, automotive and aerospace, electronics, toolmaking and additive manufacturing rely on the expertise we’ve acquired over the course of more than twenty years. Here's an insight into the OTEC Story, with CEO Helmut Gegenheimer.
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09/19: press release

Quality creates strong Bonds: Dörfler & Schmidt and OTec Präzisionsfinish

Dörfler & Schmidt Präzisionsfinish and OTEC Präzisionsfinish are based about 140 miles apart – but it’s what bonds them that matters: a passion for precision finishing and a working relationship spanning two decades.
 Felix Dörfler tells us why OTEC is the go-to machine manufacturer for service providers in surface processing.
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08/2019: FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS

ROLL FORMING PARTS: A BETTER SURFACE = TOP QUALITY TOOLS = OPTIMISED TOOL SERVICE LIFE!

Forming rollers are used in applications like the manufacture of reinforcement mesh. The typical structure required is formed using appropriate machinery and dies. Our Italian customer also sup-plies its customers with the associated forming dies for notching, chamfering and marking, made from either reinforced steel or hard metals.
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07/2019: PRESS RELEASE

UC Tools & OTEC: Precise Surface Processing of PKD-Tools

OTEC has developed a custom surface polishing process for UC Tools’ PCD range (PCD is an ultra-hard synthetic cutting material made from sintered diamond particles). The result: tools polished to perfection.  
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07/2019: Focus on Applications

DENTAL DRILLS: OTEC PRODUCES OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN 60 SECONDS

The manufacturing process for stainless steel surgical drills used in minor or major procedures produces burrs. Manual deburring is not just time-consuming but also produces a lot of rejects, not to mention the fact that every drill ends up slightly different. It’s an unreliable process. OTEC SF Series machines are designed for reliable, reproducible precision processing. Drills pose specific challenges. 
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06/2019: new Design

OTEC DISC FINISHING MACHINE – REDESIGNED AND EVEN MORE REMARKABLE 

The new design of the OTEC CF Series disc finishing machine is sure to impress. Modular and compact, it has an optimised welded structure that guarantees trouble-free operation and a long service life. more...

03/2019: PROSTHETIC HIPS

PERFECT SURFACE FINISHING WITH THE OTEC DRAG FINISHING MACHINE

The DF machine from OTEC ensures the correct combination of abrasive, tool holder and process parameters for a surface finish that is on a par with hand-finished quality. To guarantee these results, OTEC supports its customers by using its long years of expertise to develop customised processes.
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02/2019: Parts for glasses

A unique zero gap system for damage-free processing

Glasses are mainly worn as an optical aid to correct defective vision and misalignment, in which case they are also referred to as corrective glasses. The parts for glasses have to be deburred, rounded and highly polished. Due to OTEC's unique zero gap system, small metallic parts for glasses can processed without damaging and get a flawless, highly polished surface.  
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