Swiss gear manufacturer for ropeways, turbo and heavy-duty gears as well as custom drives to customer specification.
Kissling AG
Bachenbülach (Switzerland)New on Amplifa
Gear manufacturing since 1925
Kissling AG from Bachenbülach has been designing and manufacturing gears for demanding industrial applications since 1925. The portfolio includes ropeway gears, turbo gears up to 10 MW and 60'000 min⁻¹, heavy-duty planetary gears up to 5'000 kNm, extruder gears, spur, bevel and worm gears as well as special gears for test rigs, amusement rides and research projects. Design is carried out to ISO, DIN and AGMA standards using the KISSsoft calculation software and FEM simulations (ANSYS Workbench). All gears are assembled in the company's own workshop, tested on in-house test rigs, painted and packaged. A dedicated Service Center offers repairs, overhauls, re-engineering and spare parts for its own and third-party products, complemented by an in-house shot-blasting facility. Customers include ropeways, the cement and sugar industries, paper machines, extrusion systems, test rigs and power plants worldwide.
- Site
- Bachenbülach
- Processes
- Gear development and design (design, manufacturing drawings, new development,, Assembly of gears in own workshop including test rig testing and painting/coating, Shot blasting (own shot-blasting facility, also as a service; parts up to 2 m³, max. 220 x 350 x, Gear repair, overhauls and inspections in-house and on site, re-engineering,, Testing of all gears on own test rigs, Manufacture of ropeway gears (bevel planetary gears up to 800'000 Nm, bevel gears up to, Manufacture of turbo gears (ER, ORION, SIRIUS, WEGA, ASTRO series; up to 10 MW, up to 60'000, Manufacture of heavy-duty gears (planetary gears up to 5'000 kNm rated torque, up to 2'000 kW;
- Materials
- Steel
- Certificates
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 (formerly OHSAS 18001), ISO 45001, IATF 16949, EN 9100, ISO 13485
- Founded
- 1925
- Industries
- Ropeways, Turbo/turbomachinery industry (compressors, generators, gas turbines), Cement industry, Sugar industry, Plastics and food extrusion, Paper machines
- 01
Consulting and requirements analysis
- 02
Engineering and design (KISSsoft, FEM/ANSYS)
- 03
Procurement and manufacture of components
- 04
Shot blasting and painting
- 05
Assembly in the Bachenbülach workshop
- 06
Test rig testing
- 07
Packaging and shipping
- 08
Service, overhaul and spare parts
Materials & Processes
Steel
Material for toothed gear components; hardened and ground gears have also been part of the product range since the 1950s.
Site
Bachenbülach
CHHeadquarters, design, assembly, test rig, Service Center, shot-blasting facility
- Lot size
- Small to medium series
- Materials
- Steel
- Gear test rig
- Shot-blasting facility (2017, max. 220 × 350 × 300 cm, 6 t)
Gears
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gear development and design (design, manufacturing drawings, new development,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly of gears in own workshop including test rig testing and painting/coatingAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shot blasting (own shot-blasting facility, also as a service; parts up to 2 m³, max. 220 x 350 xSurface | – | 350 cm × 220 cm × 300 cm | 6 t | – | – |
| Gear repair, overhauls and inspections in-house and on site, re-engineering,Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Testing of all gears on own test rigsTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of ropeway gears (bevel planetary gears up to 800'000 Nm, bevel gears up toForming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of turbo gears (ER, ORION, SIRIUS, WEGA, ASTRO series; up to 10 MW, up to 60'000Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of heavy-duty gears (planetary gears up to 5'000 kNm rated torque, up to 2'000 kW;Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of extruder gears (twin-screw extrusion, center distances 25 - 150 mm, internalForming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of planetary gears (power 2 - 2'000 kW, output torques 1'500 - 610'000 Nm,Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of spur and bevel gears (power 3 - 3'000 kW, output torques 700 -Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of coaxial spur gears (power 0.1 - 100 kW, output torques 300 - 800 Nm,Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of worm gears (power 0.1 - 30 kW, output torques 10 - 5'000 Nm,Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of special gears (test rigs up to 80'000 min⁻¹, roller coasters up to 240 km/h,Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot-blasting facility | – | – | max. 220 x 350 x 300 cm (2 m³) | 2017 | Bachenbülach |
| Gear test rig | – | – | – | – | Bachenbülach |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality & Certification
All gears are thoroughly tested on in-house test rigs before delivery. The manufacturing process is certified to ISO 9001; ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications are also in place.
| Evidence | Bachenbülach |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | |
| ISO 14001 | |
| ISO 45001 | |
| IATF 16949 | |
| EN 9100 | |
| ISO 13485 |
History
- 1925
Company founded
- 1950
Introduction of hardened and ground gears
- 1959
First ropeway gears for the Squaw Valley Olympics
- 1975
Entry into the extruder gear market
- 1989
First test rig gear for AAR exceeding 60'000 rpm
- 1997
Ulrich Kissling founds KISSsoft AG
- 2001
Amusement parks rely on Kissling quality
- 2003
Artec represents Kissling in North America
- 2008
Dr. Esther Kissling takes over management in April
- 2009
Relocation to Bachenbülach and renaming to Kissling AG; most powerful ropeway gear for a gondola lift in Rio de Janeiro
- 2012
Martin Kissling takes over management
- 2016
Environmental certification ISO 14001 and occupational safety OHSAS 18001
- 2017
New SKP ropeway gear developed; in-house shot-blasting facility
- 2019
Return to the extruder market
- 2022
New development Sirius CS-175
- 2025
100 years of Kissling AG