FOCUS ON PUNCHING
HMH Hungerbühler gave sheet-metal processing specialist Boschert a development order for the Boschert MP 4020 .
PACKING A PUNCH
Swiss subcontractor , HMH Hungerbühler GmbH , awarded a development order to Boschert for a punching machine that could process super-sized XXL sheets .
“ The MP 4020 can punch , nibble , form or mark sheets of up to 6mm in thickness . The 12-station tool changer is designed to significantly reduce non-productive time .”
HMH Hungerbühler GmbH in Arnegg in the Swiss canton of St . Gallen has earned a strong reputation as a contract manufacturer over the past 25 years . The products from company founder and managing director , Markus Hungerbühler , and his 25-person team , are in demand among craftsmen and mechanical engineers in German-speaking Switzerland and beyond .
Customers have highlighted the company ’ s rapid , high-quality production and sensible advice on feasibility and material processing . Hungerbühler mainly processes stainless steel but also aluminium and some brass and copper . The company sells around 2000 tons of material every year .
“ We mostly produce small series . We usually run 20 to 30 different programs every day ,” explained Hungerbühler . “ If we bend the same part for two days , that is already a large series for us .”
Markus Hungerbühler ( left ), founder and managing director of HMH Hungerbühler , and Michael Roser , sales manager at Boschert .
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