Manufacture of equipment and tools for road construction, horticulture, snow clearing, signage and occupational safety
FRIKE Geräte GmbH
8602 Wangen b. Dübendorf (CH)New on Amplifa
About FRIKE Geräte GmbH
FRIKE Geräte GmbH is a Swiss manufacturer and supplier of equipment, tools and signage for road construction, horticulture, winter service, occupational safety as well as measuring and marking. Most of FRIKE's own products – including aluminium shovels and snow pushers, installation rakes, replacement handles, spring steel blades, road carts, path scrapers, rubber squeegees and bitumen ladles – are manufactured in the company's own machine shop. Production is carried out in aluminium, steel and sheet steel as well as spring steel, complemented by ash and beechwood handles, plastics and neoprene rubber. Manufacturing processes include welding, riveting, painting, galvanizing, powder coating and anti-snow-adhesion coatings. The own product range is complemented by a broad supply program with stock items for road construction, horticulture, snow clearing, barricading, occupational safety and construction trades.
- Site
- Wangen b. Dübendorf
- Processes
- Own production in in-house machine shop (FRIKE own products), Welding (welded sheet tub of road cart, perforated welded bars of installation rakes), Riveting / joining with rivets (spring steel replacement blades fastened with rivets), Painting (painted black, painted blue, hammer-finish paint), Galvanizing (galvanized, electroplated), Coating (anti-snow-adhesion coating Mod. HA, powder-coated), Own production in in-house machine shop, Replacement handles and spare parts for equipment
- Materials
- Spring steel / spring steel strip, Steel / sheet steel, Aluminium (light metal), Ash wood, Beechwood, Plastic (PVC, polypropylene), Neoprene rubber, Nylon
- Industries
- Road construction, Horticulture, Winter service/snow clearing, Signage/barricading, Occupational safety, Construction trades
- 01
Own production in in-house machine shop
- 02
Welding (sheet tubs, bars)
- 03
Riveting (spring steel blades)
- 04
Painting / galvanizing / powder coating
- 05
Assembly with handles (ash/beechwood)
- 06
Stock keeping and distribution from stock
Materials and Processes
Steel / sheet steel
For shovels, grit rakes, road cart tubs and reinforced tool blades, partly hardened, galvanized or painted.
Spring steel / spring steel strip
Replaceable edge protection and replacement blades as well as knives, fastened with rivets.
Aluminium (light metal)
For leaf shovels, snow pushers, installation rakes, curbing blades and bitumen ladles.
Ash wood
Handles for shovels, rakes, brooms and hoes in various lengths.
Beechwood
Bodies for brooms, brushes and squeegees.
Plastic (PVC, polypropylene)
For cones, paving scoops, watering cans, brooms and barricading material.
Neoprene rubber
Rubber squeegee profiles for pushing water and snow.
Nylon
Replaceable inserts for non-recoil nylon mallets, bristles for hand brooms.
Lead (lead weights)
Stabilizing weights for Triopan folding signs Type 90.
Locations
Wangen b. Dübendorf
CHHeadquarters, manufacturing (own machine shop), sales
- Materials
- Steel, spring steel, aluminium, ash/beechwood, plastic
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own production in in-house machine shop (FRIKE own products)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Spring steel, Steel, Ash wood |
| Welding (welded sheet tub of road cart, perforated welded bars of installation rakes)Joining | – | – | – | – | Steel, Aluminium |
| Riveting / joining with rivets (spring steel replacement blades fastened with rivets)Joining | – | – | – | – | Spring steel, Aluminium |
| Painting (painted black, painted blue, hammer-finish paint)Surface | – | – | – | – | Steel, Aluminium |
| Galvanizing (galvanized, electroplated)Surface | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Coating (anti-snow-adhesion coating Mod. HA, powder-coated)Surface | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Steel |
Additional services
History
Manufacture of FRIKE quality products for over 65 years; most of the products are made in the company's own workshop.