Metal Service Center: Sourcing, Processing and Logistics of Aluminium, Stainless Steel, Copper, Brass, Bronze and Steel Slit Strip
Debrunner Metallservice AG
Menziken AG · Sennwald SGNew on Amplifa
About Debrunner Metallservice AG
Debrunner Metallservice AG is a Metal Service Center headquartered in Menziken AG with a second site in Sennwald SG. The company sources and processes aluminium, stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze and steel slit strip for customers of any size and industry. Its range of services includes the processing of rolled and extruded products in the areas of strip, sheet, plate and long products: slitting and cross-cutting of strip, sheet metal working with strip production, circle blanking and soft annealing, cutting of profiles, bars and tubes, plate working as well as the manufacture of machined milled and turned parts in plastic or metal. At the Sennwald site, the company operates a competence and service centre for slit strip serving all of Europe, with a highly automated slitting line with a capacity of 12'000 tonnes per year. More than 80 employees process and deliver around 44'000 tonnes of metal annually, complemented by material testing, certification according to EN 10204 and just-in-time logistics. Since 2005, the company has been part of the Debrunner Koenig Group.
- Site
- Menziken
- Processes
- Slitting of aluminium strip, Steel strip processing (recoiling, slitting, cross-cutting, shearing), Long product working (cutting of profiles, bars and tubes to size), Plate working (sawing, deburring, heat treatments, flatness checks), Mechanical components (milled or turned parts in plastic or metal), Edge processing of slit strip (trimming, low-burr slitting, double-sided edge rolling), Contract manufacturing (toll conversion of master coils into slit strip including storage and, Material testing (hardness determination, electrical conductivity and further tests)
- Materials
- Aluminium, Stainless steel, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Steel slit strip, Aluminium EN AW-1050A (Al99.5), Aluminium EN AW-1085 (Al99.9)
- Certificates
- ISO 9001 (SQS certificate), Ecovadis Scorecard, SVTI restamping authorisation, ISO 9001 (SQS/IQNet)
- Employees
- 80+
- Industries
- Transformer and coil manufacturing, Mechanical and equipment engineering, Household appliances, Furniture industry, Companies of any industry, Transformer and coil manufacturing (transformer/magnet coil strip)
- 01
Consulting and Sourcing
- 02
Warehousing
- 03
Processing (Strip, Sheet, Plate, Long Products)
- 04
Material Testing and Certification according to EN 10204
- 05
Logistics and Distribution (Just-in-Time)
Materials and Processes
Aluminium
Strip, sheet, plate, profiles, bars and tubes; core business as the largest aluminium distributor in Switzerland.
Steel slit strip
Strip processing by recoiling, slitting, cross-cutting and shearing.
Stainless steel
Sheet and long products for a wide variety of industrial applications.
Copper
Sheet, plate and bars, among others as E-Cu, Cu-OF, Cu-OFE and Cu-DHP.
Brass
Sheet, plate and bars in common alloys such as CuZn37 and CuZn39Pb3.
Bronze
Bars, among others EN CC493K (CuSn7ZnPb).
Plastics
Milled and turned parts in plastic as an alternative or complement to metal.
Slitting
Slit strip from aluminium and steel with strip widths 20–1500 mm and thicknesses 0.20–3.00 mm.
Cross-cutting and shearing
Cutting of sheet and strip to customer specifications.
Milled and turned parts
Mechanical components in plastic or metal.
Long product and plate working
Cutting of profiles, bars, tubes and plates including deburring and flatness checks.
Sites
Menziken
CHManufacturing and logistics site, sales site
- Materials
- Aluminium, stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze
- Circular saw Cross Cut (Briganto)
- Cross-cutting line for aluminium sheet
- Band saw
Sennwald
CHCompetence and service centre for slit strip, specialised steel service
- Part weight / size
- Coils up to 5.5 t
- Lot size
- from 200 kg (depending on thickness 300 kg/500 kg from 1.20 mm)
- Materials
- Aluminium, steel
- Highly automated NOBAG slitting line (0.20–3.00 mm, coil width up to 1300 mm)
- FIMI slitting line (strip widths 20–1500 mm)
- Line for protective film application on coils
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slitting of aluminium stripForming | – | 1300 mm (coil width) | 200 kg minimum quantity (from 1.10 mm – 5.5 tonnes coil weight | 200 kg | Aluminium, Steel |
| Steel strip processing (recoiling, slitting, cross-cutting, shearing)Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Forming | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Stainless steel |
| Long product working (cutting of profiles, bars and tubes to size)Machining | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Stainless steel |
| Plate working (sawing, deburring, heat treatments, flatness checks)Machining | – | – | – | – | Aluminium |
| Mechanical components (milled or turned parts in plastic or metal)Machining | – | – | – | – | Plastics, Metal |
| Edge processing of slit strip (trimming, low-burr slitting, double-sided edge rolling)Forming | – | 20 to 1500 mm strip width | – | – | Aluminium |
| Contract manufacturing (toll conversion of master coils into slit strip including storage andForming | – | – | – | – | Aluminium |
| Material testing (hardness determination, electrical conductivity and further tests)Testing | – | – | – | – | Metals |
| Certification according to EN 10204Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cross-cutting of aluminium sheet (cutting)Forming | – | – | – | – | Aluminium |
5 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slitting line for aluminium coils (highly automated) | NOBAG | 1 | – | – | Sennwald |
| Slitting line | FIMI | 1 | Strip widths 20–1500 mm | – | Sennwald |
| Circular saw (cross cut) | Briganto Cross Cut | 1 | – | – | Menziken |
| Cross-cutting line | – | 1 | Cutting of aluminium sheet | – | Menziken |
| Band saw | – | 1 | – | – | Menziken |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Certification
Material tests such as hardness determination and electrical conductivity are certified according to EN 10204. The company is certified to ISO 9001 (SQS/IQNet) and holds an SVTI restamping authorisation.
| Evidence | Menziken |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 (SQS/IQNet) | |
| SVTI restamping authorisation | |
| Ecovadis Scorecard |
History
- 2005
Debrunner Metallservice becomes part of the Debrunner Koenig Group.