Development and manufacture of breather and ventilation elements for gearboxes as well as oil dipsticks, pneumatic cylinders, joints and tube bending parts
hunger Pneumatik GmbH
Meckenbeuren · KehlenNew on Amplifa
About hunger Pneumatik
hunger Pneumatik GmbH is a mid-sized production company based in Meckenbeuren on Lake Constance. Since 1962, the company has developed and manufactured breather valves and filters for gearboxes, hydraulic systems and axles, as well as oil dipsticks, oil sight glasses, special pneumatic cylinders and special valves for commercial vehicle and rail applications, hydraulic regulators, ball and axial joints, magnetic sealing screws, compensation tanks and tube bending parts. Production includes machining, tube bending up to 40 mm outer diameter and assembly; oil sight glasses are produced from galvanized steel, stainless steel, brass, aluminium and plastic. Several thousand articles are in ongoing production, complemented by customer-specific special solutions developed in the company's own design department. Customers include vehicle, gearbox, machinery and plant manufacturers; the components are in demand worldwide. A quality management system according to ISO 9001:2015 as well as incoming and outgoing goods inspections ensure product quality.
- Site
- Meckenbeuren
- Processes
- Manufacture of breather valves/filters for gearboxes, hydraulic systems and axles, Manufacture of oil dipsticks (also flexible, customer-specific), Manufacture of special pneumatic cylinders, Manufacture of special pneumatic valves for commercial vehicle gearboxes, Manufacture of hydraulic regulators (single-/double-acting, with rapid-traverse/stop valves), Manufacture of oil sight glasses (standard, high- and low-temperature variants), Manufacture of magnetic sealing screws according to DIN906, DIN908, DIN910, Manufacture of ball joints, axial joints and special joints (e.g. tripod joint)
- Materials
- galvanized steel, Stainless steel, Brass, Aluminium, Plastic, Steel, Galvanized steel, Machining
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1962
- Employees
- ca. 60
- Industries
- Commercial vehicle construction, Rail applications, Gearbox construction, Mechanical engineering, Plant engineering, Hydraulics
- 01
Development/Design
- 02
Machining
- 03
Tube bending
- 04
Assembly
- 05
Incoming and outgoing goods inspection
Materials & Processes
Galvanized steel
Standard material for oil sight glasses and magnetic sealing screws.
Stainless steel
Used for oil sight glasses and magnetic sealing screws with higher corrosion requirements.
Brass
Material for oil sight glasses and magnetic sealing screws.
Aluminium
Material for ball and axial joints.
Plastic
Used for oil sight glasses.
Machining
In-house production, in its own hall since 1975.
Tube bending
Manufacture of guide and filler tubes up to 40 mm outer diameter.
Locations
Meckenbeuren
DECompany headquarters, production and warehouse
- Machining machines
- Tube bending machine (up to 40 mm outer diameter)
Kehlen
DEWarehouse
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of breather valves/filters for gearboxes, hydraulic systems and axlesJoining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of oil dipsticks (also flexible, customer-specific)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of special pneumatic cylindersAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of special pneumatic valves for commercial vehicle gearboxesAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of hydraulic regulators (single-/double-acting, with rapid-traverse/stop valves)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of oil sight glasses (standard, high- and low-temperature variants)Assembly | – | – | – | – | galvanized steel, Stainless steel, Brass, Aluminium, Plastic |
| Manufacture of magnetic sealing screws according to DIN906, DIN908, DIN910Machining | – | – | – | – | galvanized steel, Stainless steel, Brass |
| Manufacture of ball joints, axial joints and special joints (e.g. tripod joint)Machining | – | – | – | – | Aluminium, Steel |
| Manufacture of compensation tanks (customer-specific)Machining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tube bending (guide and filler tubes)Forming | – | – | – | – | – |
| MachiningMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tube bending machine (tube bending up to outer diameter 40 mm) | – | – | – | – | Meckenbeuren |
| Machining machines (production hall for machining since 1975) | – | – | – | – | Meckenbeuren |
Additional services
Quality
hunger Pneumatik GmbH is certified according to ISO 9001:2015 (DQS GmbH, certificate 226415 QM15). In addition, incoming and outgoing goods inspections are subject to in-house quality standards.
| Evidence | Meckenbeuren |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1962
Founded in Wuppertal by Ernst Hunger; design and manufacture of valve 1001 in a rented garage
- 1969
Relocation to Kehlen as "ernst hunger Industriebedarf", first employees, product range expanded to include breather valves and filters
- 1971
Range expanded to include oil dipsticks, ball joints, compensation tanks, pneumatic cylinders, hydraulic regulators, oil sight glasses and magnetic filter screws
- 1975
Construction of a production hall for machining
- 1984
Construction of a larger assembly hall; the previous hall becomes the incoming goods area
- 1986
Martin Hunger joins as 2nd generation
- 1989
Acquisition of the adjacent Old Schoolhouse Kehlen as an office and warehouse building
- 1994
Foundation of hunger Pneumatik GmbH; Martin Hunger becomes managing director; Ernst Hunger passes away
- 1998
Construction of a second warehouse
- 2004
Relocation of company headquarters to Meckenbeuren; doubling of space to approx. 5,000 m²
- 2008
Production expanded to include tube bending parts