High-precision injection moulding tools for thermoplastic and thermoset parts from Lüdenscheid
Klaucke & Meigies Formenbau GmbH
Gielster Stück 6, 58513 LüdenscheidNew on Amplifa
Company Profile
Klaucke & Meigies Formenbau GmbH is a family-run tool and mould maker founded in 1994 and based in Lüdenscheid. The company with 16 employees manufactures high-precision injection moulds in all technical versions for thermoplastic and thermoset parts. The value chain ranges from design in 3D-CAD/CAM (eight networked workstations, simulation, concept and feasibility studies) and in-house mould making through to worldwide commissioning of the tools at the customer's site. The core competence is the forming tool internals; standard catalog components are used as standardized parts on a modular system principle. The machine park comprises five CNC milling machining centres (3- and 5-axis, HSC), sink and wire EDM machines with automatic handling systems, and a coordinate measuring machine. Customers come mainly from the automotive, electrical, IT, household appliance and railway industries as well as from pump manufacturers; many moulds are in use worldwide, including in China and Kazakhstan.
- Site
- Lüdenscheid
- Processes
- Design of injection moulding tools (3D-CAD/CAM), Manufacture of injection moulds/injection moulding tools for thermoplastic and thermoset parts, Design (3D-CAD/CAM, concept and feasibility studies, simulation), Toolmaking of injection moulds for thermoplastics and thermosets, Sink and wire EDM, Hard milling, Commissioning of the tools at customers worldwide, On-site training of customer staff (tool maintenance/modification)
- Materials
- Steel (tool steel, hard milling up to 56 HRC), Graphite (electrode material), Thermoplastic, Thermoset, Plastic (injection moulding material), Tool steel (hard milling up to 56 HRC)
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1994
- Employees
- 16
- Industries
- Automotive industry, Electrical industry/electrical supply industry, IT industry, Household appliance industry, Railway industry, Pump manufacturers
- 01
Design (3D-CAD/CAM, simulation)
- 02
Material procurement (standard parts, P-plate)
- 03
Contour machining of the plates (Hermle machining centre)
- 04
Hard milling (3-/5-axis HSC, up to 56 HRC)
- 05
Sink and wire EDM
- 06
Mould assembly
- 07
Commissioning and training at the customer
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Tool steel (hard milling up to 56 HRC)
Base material of the injection moulds, hard-milled with accuracies down to 5 μm without rework.
Graphite (electrode material)
Electrode material for the sink EDM of the forming components.
Thermoplastic
Class of plastics for whose parts the injection moulding tools are manufactured.
Thermoset
Class of plastics for which injection moulds in technical versions are also built.
Lüdenscheid Site
Lüdenscheid
DEProduction and administration
- Part weight / size
- Moulds up to 800 × 800 mm, up to 3 t
- Lot size
- Single-piece and small-batch production of tool internals
- Materials
- Tool steel, graphite
- 5 × CNC milling machining centres (3-/5-axis, HSC)
- Röders RXP 501 DS 5-axis machining centre (2022)
- Zimmer & Kreim sink EDM machine Genius 850
- Zimmer & Kreim handling system Chameleon Quad
- 2 × Sodick wire EDM machines VL600Q and VL400Q (2023)
- Hermle machining centre (contour machining)
- Coordinate measuring machine
- 8 networked 3D-CAD/CAM workstations
Reference Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design of injection moulding tools (3D-CAD/CAM)Engineering | – | – | – | – | Steel, Graphite |
| Manufacture of injection moulds/injection moulding tools for thermoplastic and thermoset partsEngineering | – | – | – | – | Thermoplastic, Thermoset |
8 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-axis HSC milling machine / 5-axis machining centre | Röders RXP 501 DS | 1 | – | 2022 (in | Lüdenscheid |
| Sink EDM machine | Zimmer & Kreim | 1 | – | – | Lüdenscheid |
| Handling system for EDM automation | Zimmer & Kreim Chameleon Quad | 1 | – | – | Lüdenscheid |
| Wire EDM machine | Sodick VL600Q | 1 | – | 2023 (Inve | Lüdenscheid |
| Wire EDM machine | Sodick VL400Q | 1 | – | 2023 (Inve | Lüdenscheid |
| Machining centre (contour machining of plates) | Hermle BAZ | – | – | – | Lüdenscheid |
| CNC milling machining centres (3- and 5-axis, HSC) | – | 5 | – | – | Lüdenscheid |
| Coordinate measuring machine | – | 1 | – | – | Lüdenscheid |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Precision is ensured by a highly accurate coordinate measuring machine; required accuracies are 5 μm without rework in hard milling up to 56 HRC. The company is certified to ISO 9001 (TÜV CERT) and operates fully paperless with a networked CAD-CAM-CNC chain.
| Evidence | Lüdenscheid |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1994
Founded by Bernd Klaucke and Robert Meigies; introduction of a 3D-CAD system.
- 1999
Move into the company's own production halls in Lüdenscheid.
- 2006
Finalist of 'Excellence in Production' in the category external toolmaking with fewer than 100 employees.
- 2019–2023
TRAUMFIRMA AWARD of the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten and Form+Werkzeug.
- 2022
Handover of the management from Bernd Klaucke to Jan Meigies; commissioning of the Röders RXP 501 DS 5-axis machining centre.
- 2023
Investment in two Sodick wire EDM machines (VL600Q, VL400Q); finalist of 'Excellence in Production' (external toolmaking with fewer than 50 employees).
- 2024
Finalist of 'Excellence in Production' in the category external toolmaking with fewer than 50 employees.