Development, production and marketing of multi-channel power controllers (HC Heater Controller) for electric heating elements
HETRONIK GmbH
Kempten (development, production, sales) · Freeland, MI (importer North America, GANNON Sales, Inc.) · Beijing (sales representative, H.E.N.N Group) · Busan (importer South Korea, JSYS Co.)New on Amplifa
About HETRONIK
HETRONIK GmbH, headquartered in Kempten, specializes in the development, production and marketing of multi-channel power controllers sold under the designation HC (Heater Controller). The systems individually control a few dozen up to many thousands of heating elements, with 1 to 100 A per channel, 24 to 480 Vac, 50/60 Hz, single- or three-phase, and full-wave, half-wave and phase-angle control. This includes functions such as softSTART for limiting the inrush current of IR lamps, failure detection via per-channel current measurement, temperature control with autotuning and automatic data exchange with PLCs from SIEMENS, ALLEN BRADLEY, ABB, BECKHOFF, OMRON and MITSUBISHI via PLC master projects developed by HETRONIK (PROFIBUS-DP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP). The products are manufactured exclusively in Germany and used in thermoforming machines, PET stretch blow molding machines, laminating presses, infrared ovens, paint drying ovens, extrusion and hot runners; main customers are series machine builders in Europe, Turkey, North America, China, Korea and Japan. In addition to new products, the company offers repairs, retrofits of outdated controls and spare parts supply for all HC products ever manufactured; complete HC systems are delivered within 20 working days.
- Site
- Kempten
- Processes
- Manufacture of multi-channel power controllers / Heater Controllers (HC) for electric heating, Repair of defective HC products, Retrofit/revamping/rebuild of outdated controls, PLC projects (PLC master) for automatic data exchange with SIEMENS, ALLEN BRADLEY, ABB,, Diagnostic software (Windows), Spare parts supply for all HC products ever manufactured, Delivery of complete HC systems within 20 working days
- Materials
- HC500 – high end, HC700 – low cost, HC600 – traditional, Older HC series
- Founded
- 1994 (prec
- Industries
- Automotive and aerospace industry (Tier-1 suppliers), Thermoforming machine building, PET stretch blow molding machines, Packaging industry, Laminating presses/laminating, Paint drying/curing
- 01
Component procurement (self-managed, early detection of
- 02
Development of the HC power controllers
- 03
Manufacturing in Germany
- 04
Testing
- 05
Sales and support (formerly MULTIBA GmbH, since 2010 HETRONIK GmbH)
- 06
Spare parts supply and repair/retrofit of all HC products
Technology and Functions
HC500 – high end
High-end multi-channel power controller for a few dozen up to many thousands of channels, 1–100 A per channel; second generation since 2016.
HC700 – low cost
Cost-oriented product family for smaller multi-channel requirements, in use since 2015.
HC600 – traditional
Traditional product family for classic power controller applications.
Older HC series
Historical product lines (HC100 from 2001, HC200 from 1996, HC300 from 2002, HC400 from 1998), still available for spare parts requirements.
Locations
Kempten
DEDevelopment, production and sales
- Materials
- Power electronics (triacs/thyristors, processors)
- HC500
- HC600
- HC700
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of multi-channel power controllers / Heater Controllers (HC) for electric heatingEngineering | – | – | – | – | Electronic components (triacs/thyristors), Processors |
7 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-channel power controller (Heater Controller, high end) | HETRONIK HC500 | – | a few dozen up to many thousands of channels, 1...100 A per channel, 24...480 Vac, 50/60 Hz, | – | HETRONIK GmbH, Germany |
| Multi-channel power controller (Heater Controller, low cost) | HETRONIK HC700 | – | – | – | HETRONIK GmbH, Germany |
| Multi-channel power controller (Heater Controller, traditional) | HETRONIK HC600 | – | – | – | HETRONIK GmbH, Germany |
| Multi-channel power controller | HETRONIK HC100 | – | – | 2001 | – |
| Multi-channel power controller | HETRONIK HC200 | – | – | 1996 | – |
| Multi-channel power controller | HETRONIK HC300 | – | – | 2002 | – |
| Multi-channel power controller | HETRONIK HC400 | – | – | 1998 | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1991
Christian Haug and Andreas Farrenkopf meet at SCHLEICHER ELEKTRONIK in Munich
- 1994
Christian Haug founds HAUG ELEKTRONIK (development and production)
- 1995
Andreas Farrenkopf founds INGENIEURBÜRO FARRENKOPF (sales and support)
- 1996
First commissioning of the HC200 at T2 in Italy; HC products available since 1996
- 1998
First commissioning of the HC400 at ILLIG; HAUG ELEKTRONIK renamed HETRONIK GmbH
- 1999
Move to larger premises
- 2000
ING.-BUERO FARRENKOPF renamed MULTIBA GmbH
- 2001
First commissioning of the HC100 at KRONES
- 2002
First commissioning of the HC300 at AVT (USA); move to the current building
- 2005
First commissioning of the HC500 at FRIMO (Hungary); doubling of production space
- 2010
HETRONIK GmbH takes over sales and support of the HC products from MULTIBA GmbH
- 2015
First commissioning of the HC700 at CANNON (Italy); move within the building for 30% more space
- 2016
Start of migration of customers to the second HC500 generation