Efficient part purchasing creates free capacities for in-house manufacturing

Zwicker Kugellager GmbH, a company of the KÜNEMUND GROUP, supplies a comprehensive range of special-purpose ball bearings, from deep groove with special lubrication to ceramic, superhard and custom cages to matched pairs. As a manufacturing company, Zwicker Kugellager GmbH has found a reliable partner in Spanflug for sourcing CNC parts fast and efficiently.

The parts ordered from Spanflug are used for special ball bearings or assemblies with bearings. The parts are mostly made of bearing steel 100Cr6 (1.3505) but also of normal steel or aluminum. In addition, bearing housings have already been manufactured via Spanflug, into which bearing pairs from Zwicker’s own production were then inserted. By outsourcing parts to Spanflug, the company creates free capacities for its in-house manufacturing.

“We have been customers of Spanflug from the very beginning. The inquiry and ordering process is simple and clear. The software is easy to use. We have also ordered parts from Spanflug as part of project RFQs without using the platform. The process here was just as streamlined as in the software solution.”

“Compared to the conventional process, Spanflug releases us from a lot of tasks. The simple upload of part data in batches and also getting batch prices at the push of a button helps significantly with the calculation of even larger projects. This enables us to also get quotes for our products out to our customers more quickly, helping us to improve our service to them.
Intuitively and fast we can generate prices and delivery times for the parts we need. In addition, we can also compare these with the costs of our in-house machining, which we use for some of our parts. However, sourcing via Spanflug has proven to be easier and more cost-effective for us in many cases. Also, the ordering process is just as fast and easy.”

“We have parts with special requirements, which we initially manufactured in-house, but it then proved more economical to purchase them via Spanflug. Here, we have benefited greatly from the direct contact with the Spanflug experts, who alsways support us with their machining knowhow. It is also very helpful that we can request samples of larger orders for approval. This helps to detect potential errors at an early stage. Should reworking of parts be necessary – we had a case where our drawing was unfortunately not clear – this process also worked perfectly.”