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Before-and-after levelling comparison: The improved flatness and stress relief of the processed part are clearly visible. Part levelling on the FlatMaster ®.
Strategic and technical focus
“ We want to be the first stop for sheetmetal levelling and deburring for sales and services. At our levelling and deburring centres, customers can see everything we offer around sheet metal levelling, deburring, automation etc. We also do contract work for customers which is very popular, especially in North America where we have opened a second centre for levelling work in Greenville, South Carolina. Customers often go on to buy one of our machines afterwards,” continued Andreas Hellriegel.
ARKU has also invested in India and expanded its sales and service capabilities in Pune. It will be exhibiting at the IMTEX trade show in Bangalore early next year. ARKU also considers Southeast Asia, and Japan particularly, as interesting markets and exhibited at MF Tokyo this year.
“ We also see growth opportunities in particular market sectors, such as defence, and technologies such as AI and automation for easy operation as well as in areas such as service. We have developed service partnerships in different countries and continue to develop these. Our team is very happy with customer feedback here in Stuttgart. It shows that we’ ve developed the right products, meeting real needs and creating real value. It’ s exciting to see that our major investments in innovation are truly paying off,” added Andreas Hellriegel.
Market trends and challenges
ARKU coil line technology
ARKU develops and supplies coil processing lines with stable process control for industrial sheet metal processing. Its product portfolio includes coil-fed laser blanking systems, press feeding lines for integration into press lines, coil preparation systems for roll forming applications to avoid cycle time losses and custom-designed, cut-to-length lines for coil material.
ARKU’ s coil laser system, a joint development with TRUMPF, enables sheet metal fabricators to flexibly process medium batch sizes directly from coil.
ARKU also offers coil line retrofit services( upgrades and overhauls) to its customers.
Precision levelling: the FlatMaster ®
At Blechexpo 2025, ARKU demonstrated, with its FlatMaster ® levelling machine just how critical postcut levelling is to the quality of sheetmetal parts. Unevenness and internal stresses caused during cutting can be eliminated.
“ The FlatMaster ® levellers bring sheet metal from 0.1-60mm thick into a flat, low-stress state. This precision levelling technology adapts flexibly to a wide range of requirements, from thin-gauge sheet metal to heavy plate,” said ARKU.
The part, sheet or plate is subjected to a series of alternating bends in the hydraulic machine. The material is formed quickly, allowing stamped, laser-cut or plasma-cut parts to be levelled in seconds.
Hellriegel also highlighted various global market trends and challenges to ISMR.
“ From our point of view, the continuous growth of the fibre laser market has been good for us as our machines are designed to remove
ARKU coil line technology.
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