Pushing forward digitalisation in the machine tool industry with intelligent algorithms and platform technology
VDW joins Spanflug Technologies - Start-up automates parts procurement in the manufacturing industry The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, is taking a minority stake in Munich-based Spanflug Technologies GmbH. The contract was signed in November last year. The start-up has been on the market since 2018 and was formed from the Institute for Machine Tools and [...]
Expanded offer in the online shop
From now on, we can also take into account threads according to the common US standards NPT, NPTF, UNC and UNF in the automatic price calculation, if these are stored accordingly in the technical drawing. In contrast to the metric threads commonly used in Europe, the size is specified here in inches. This means that the American standard, [...]
Batch prices for turning parts and milling parts at the click of a mouse
With our new scale price function, you can calculate prices for individually selectable scale quantities in just a few seconds. This gives you a very quick overview of the development of unit costs and allows you to plan your requirements from prototype to series production in the long term. You can then export a PDF quote and process it further. You can see how it works in our video. https://player.vimeo.com/video/657426738 [...]
How to efficiently procure larger part packages and reduce ancillary procurement costs for CNC parts by up to 90 %
In special machine construction and prototype construction, many different components often have to be procured. Here, the traditional procurement process is particularly time-consuming and inefficient. In most cases, various suppliers with different specializations have to be requested, offers evaluated and several orders processed. The effort and thus also the ancillary procurement costs are disproportionately high and often amount to up to 30 % percent of the [...]
More than 20 post-treatments for turning parts and milling parts available online
Users of the Spanflug platform can now choose from more than 20 post-treatment processes for their turned and milled parts and call up corresponding instant quotes with price and delivery time at the click of a mouse. Spanflug Technologies has significantly expanded the offering on the Spanflug manufacturing platform to include a selection of the 20 most common surface and heat treatments and coatings, such as anodizing, burnishing, hardening, [...]
Component of the month - September 2020
Our component of the month September 2020 is a crystal holder for laser optics. The component was milled from copper and then coated with gold.
Calculate large quotes faster
From now on you have the possibility to upload several CAD models and technical drawings at once. The files are automatically assigned and the calculation starts simultaneously for all components. Especially for larger component packages, as they often occur e.g. in special machine construction, the entire procurement process is again significantly simplified. Also the users of our calculation software Spanflug for manufacturers [...]
New version of the "Spanflug for Manufacturers" calculation software: Individually optimized quotation prices for CNC manufacturers
Spanflug Technologies introduces a new version of the calculation software "Spanflug for Pavers". This offers CNC manufacturing companies extensive possibilities to individually adapt the automatic price calculation for turned and milled parts to their business and to calculate offer prices with just a few mouse clicks. The basis for this is a CAD model and optionally a technical drawing. "Our goal is to make manufacturing companies fit for the [...]
Deliveries to all EU countries
We expand our delivery area and deliver turned and milled parts to all EU countries with immediate effect. Simply enter the corresponding delivery address in the store and you will immediately see the shipping costs. Furthermore we deliver to Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. To the online store
CNC turning parts now also available in large quantities
The manufacturing platform Spanflug now offers the possibility to order turned parts immediately and uncomplicated online, even for large series of up to 200,000 pieces - until now this was limited to 1,000 parts. The key technology of the Munich-based startup is an algorithm that evaluates highly complex turned and milled parts in terms of their manufacturability in just a few seconds and calculates a precise price in line with the market, at [...]
