Manufacturer of collet chucks and custom clamping fixtures for workpiece clamping technology
FN Niederhauser AG
Sempach (CH) · Horw (CH, former site)New on Amplifa
Our Company
FN Niederhauser AG, based in Sempach (Canton of Lucerne), specialises in workpiece clamping technology and offers complete solutions from simple clamping tasks to complete system solutions from a single source. The company is a manufacturer of collet chucks in versions ranging from standard to special collet chucks, operated manually, pneumatically or power-actuated, usable both rotating and stationary. Steel and cast iron are used for this; pneumatic chucks PML achieve a repeatability of less than 0.002 mm. The company's core businesses include trading, own products and custom-made solutions: part-specific clamping fixtures, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic, special clamping jaws, auxiliary devices, special clamping setups and production of operating equipment, supported by in-house design and a professional machine fleet. For the industrial locations of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the company represents renowned manufacturers such as SMW-Autoblok, the ROEMHELD Group (Römheld/Hilma/Stark), Flaig Magnetsysteme, Erwin Halder KG, Mytec, Witte Barskamp, PML compressed-air chucks and Schaublin collets. Customers include companies from machine tool manufacturing, mechanical engineering, automotive, aerospace, medical technology, the watch and micro-industry, and energy.
- Site
- CH-6204 Sempach
- Processes
- In-house production of collet chucks (standard to special collet chucks), Custom-made solutions: part-specific clamping fixtures pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical, Trading and distribution of clamping technology systems (clamping devices, zero-point clamping, In-house design (Technical clerk, design department), Production of pneumatic chucks PML (high-precision compressed-air chucks), Complete clamping technology solutions from a single source, Own products: production of collet chucks (manual, pneumatic, power-actuated), Design of part-specific clamping fixtures (mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic)
- Materials
- Steel (tool steel inserts, steel collets, scroll chuck in steel), Cast iron (scroll chuck in cast iron version), Steel (tool steel), Cast iron
- Founded
- 1989
- Industries
- Machine tools, Mechanical engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Medical technology, Watch and micro-industry
- 01
Design of part-specific clamping fixtures
- 02
CNC manufacturing (turn-mill centre Okuma Multus B300II)
- 03
Assembly and service
- 04
Trading and distribution of clamping technology systems
Materials and Processes
Steel (tool steel)
Used for tool steel inserts, steel collets and scroll chucks in steel version.
Cast iron
Construction material for manual scroll chucks (SPA/REM/RES, SHP/SHH, BC/NBC).
Sites
Sempach
CHHeadquarters with design, manufacturing and administration (own new building since January 2012)
- Materials
- Steel, cast iron
- Okuma Multus B300II turn-mill centre (multitasking)
- Mytec Mytrunnion-4G 5-axis machining centre
Horw
CHFormer site; production floor space until 2011, had become too small
Components and Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-house production of collet chucks (standard to special collet chucks)Joining | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Custom-made solutions: part-specific clamping fixtures pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanicalEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trading and distribution of clamping technology systems (clamping devices, zero-point clampingEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| In-house design (Technical clerk, design department)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Production of pneumatic chucks PML (high-precision compressed-air chucks)Joining | Repeatability <0.002 mm | – | – | – | Cast iron, Steel |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn-mill centre (multitasking machine) | Okuma Multus B300II | 1 | – | – | Sempach |
| 5-axis machining centre | Mytec Mytrunnion-4G | 1 | – | – | Sempach |
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1989
Foundation at the end of November 1989 by Fritz Niederhauser under the name Fritz Niederhauser Service AG as a trading company for clamping devices with its own service department
- 1991
The name Fritz Niederhauser Service AG was used until 1991
- 1992
Takeover of the company by Daniel Manetsch; transformation into an efficient service company in the field of workpiece clamping technology
- 2012
Move into the company's own new building in Sempach (January 2012) after the production floor space in Horw had become too small
- 2015
Takeover of the company by long-time employee Roland Helfenstein as of 01.01.2015
- 2022
Partnership with Flaig Magnetsysteme; expansion of the Switzerland/Liechtenstein sales territory by two exclusive partners (Erwin Halder KG)