Manufacturing of hot-gas-path components and assemblies made of superalloys for gas turbines, aerospace and space.
Franke Industrie AG
Aarburg (CH) · Ampfing (DE) · Spreitenbach (CH)New on Amplifa
About Franke Industries
Franke Industrie AG, headquartered in Aarburg (Switzerland), manufactures hot gas path parts, components and assemblies made of heat-resistant superalloys for the Energy (industrial gas turbines), Aerospace & Space and General Industry business segments. Core competencies include forming technology, laser technology (including laser drilling and laser cutting), water jet machining, fusion welding, mechanical machining (cutting) and non-destructive testing. Materials processed include stainless steel, titanium and aluminium alloys as well as rare nickel- and cobalt-based superalloys such as Hastelloy, Inconel, Nimonic, Waspaloy, Rene 41 and Haynes alloys, at material thicknesses of 0.25 to 35 mm. The companies of the Franke Industries group include Franke Industrie AG (Aarburg), Franke Industrie GmbH in Ampfing (Germany, formerly Ammatec GmbH, Aerospace) and, since 2022, the Spreitenbach production site (formerly VERWO). The company emerged from a traditional supplier to the Swiss Army and today supplies OEMs such as Pilatus, Rolls-Royce and MTU with the corresponding customer approvals.
- Site
- Aarburg
- Processes
- Forming, Laser Processes (laser technology), Machining (mechanical machining), Water Jet Machining, Welding, Non-destructive testing (NDT), Quality Management, Manufacturing of hot gas path parts, components and assemblies made of heat-resistant superalloys
- Materials
- Hastelloy X, Haynes 25, Haynes 188, Haynes 230, Haynes 282, Waspaloy, Rene 41, Nimonic 75
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 3834-2:2021, EN 9100:2018 / AS9100:D, Nadcap NonDestructive Testing, Nadcap Welding, Nadcap Nonconventional Machining, EN 9100 / AS9100:D, Nadcap NDT / Welding / Nonconventional Machining
- Founded
- 1950
- Industries
- Energy / Gas turbines, Aerospace & Space, Space, General Industry
- 01
Forming technology
- 02
Laser technology / laser processes
- 03
Water jet machining
- 04
Mechanical machining (cutting)
- 05
Welding
- 06
Non-destructive testing (NDT)
- 07
Quality management
Materials & Processes
Hastelloy X
Heat-resistant nickel-based superalloy for hot gas path parts in gas turbines and engines.
Haynes alloys
Cobalt- and nickel-based alloys for components under extreme temperatures.
Waspaloy
Nickel-based superalloy for highly stressed engine and turbine components.
Rene 41
Heat-resistant superalloy for the hot gas zone.
Nimonic
Nickel-chromium alloys for thermally highly stressed components.
Inconel
Nickel-based alloys for components in gas turbines and aviation.
Aluminium alloys
High-strength aluminium alloys for aerospace structures.
Titanium alloys
Lightweight and corrosion-resistant components for aerospace applications.
Stainless steel
Components and assemblies for energy and aviation applications.
Sites
Aarburg
CHHeadquarters and production
- Materials
- Superalloys, stainless steel, titanium, aluminium
- Forming technology
- Laser technology
- Water jet machining
- Welding
- Cutting machining
- NDT testing
Ampfing
DEFranke Industrie GmbH (formerly Ammatec GmbH), aerospace manufacturing
- Materials
- Superalloys, stainless steel, titanium, aluminium
Spreitenbach
CHProduction site (acquired from VERWO in 2022), competence center for the gas turbine, aviation and machinery industries
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FormingForming | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel, Titanium, Nickel-based superalloys, Cobalt-based superalloys, Aluminium |
| Laser Processes (laser technology)Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Machining (mechanical machining)Cutting machining | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel, Titanium, Nickel-based superalloys, Cobalt-based superalloys, Aluminium |
| Water Jet MachiningCutting machining | – | – | – | – | – |
| WeldingJoining | – | – | – | – | Steel, Stainless steel, Nickel alloys (material groups 8.1, 43, 44 per ISO |
| Non-destructive testing (NDT)Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Quality ManagementTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacturing of hot gas path parts, components and assemblies made of heat-resistant superalloysAssembly | – | – | – | – | heat-resistant superalloys |
| Fusion welding (processes 131, 135, 136, 138, 141, 142, 145, 147 per ISO 4063, incl.Joining | – | – | – | – | material groups 1, 2, 7, 8.1, 21, 22, 23, 24, 43, 44 per |
| Laser cuttingCutting machining | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality & Certifications
The management system is based on the EFQM model and is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 3834-2 and EN 9100/AS9100; this is complemented by Nadcap accreditations for NDT, welding and non-conventional machining as well as customer approvals from Pilatus, Rolls-Royce and MTU.
| Evidence | Aarburg |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001:2015 | |
| ISO 14001:2015 | |
| ISO 45001:2018 | |
| ISO 3834-2:2021 | |
| EN 9100 / AS9100:D | |
| Nadcap NDT / Welding / Nonconventional Machining |
History
- 1950
Start of manufacturing experience; from the 1950s onward, production of combustion chambers for Venom and Vampire jet fighters; supplier to the Swiss Army, including the afterburner module (ATAR 09C) for the Mirage fleet of the Swiss Air Force.
- 2004
Conversion into an independent public limited company; focus on hot gas path parts.
- 2018
Acquisition of Ammatec GmbH (Ampfing) in April 2018, renamed Franke Industrie GmbH; merger as Franke Industries.
- 2022
Acquisition of the VERWO production site in Spreitenbach.