Alfred H. Schütte (Company)

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Alfred H. Schütte GmbH & Co. KG

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legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1880
Seat Cologne , NRW, Germany
management Carl Martin Welcker (Managing Director)
Number of employees 700 (2009)
Branch mechanical engineering
Website www.schuette.de

Machine tool from Schütte

The Alfred H. Schütte GmbH & Co. KG is a German machine tool manufacturer based in Cologne . The product range includes multi-spindle automatic lathes and 5-axis CNC - grinding machines . Schütte is represented with these products through subsidiaries as well as sales and trading partners on several continents and holds numerous patents .

history

The company was in 1880 in Berlin by Alfred Heinrich Schütte (1854-1936) and Bernhard Schuchardt (1855-1913) under the company Schuchardt & Schütte founded as import representation of a British steel and tool dealer. From 1893, American lathes, milling, grinding and gear cutting machines were also imported to Germany and all of Europe. In 1902 the company began in Cologne-Ehrenfeld with its own production of devices and tools as well as the sale of machines from well-known German manufacturers. Branches in Stockholm , St. Petersburg and New York were established. In 1905 Schütte separated from Schuchardt and founded the family company Alfred H. Schütte in Cologne .

In 1910 he began building his own factory on Cologne's Poller Rheinwiesen, and in 1912 he began manufacturing grinding and drilling machines. In Berlin-Treptow he built single and multi-spindle high-speed boring machines, universal milling machines, turret benches and automatic molding machines. In 1915 Schütte introduced the “four-spindle automatic lathe”, and in 1919 he built the first tool and universal grinding machine.

In 1934, Schütte introduced the tool grinding machine series WU2, WU3 and WU4. After Alfred Heinrich Schütte's death (1936), all shares in the company passed to his son Alfred Hugo Schütte. From 1937 four and six-spindle automatic lathes of the "B" series were manufactured.

After the First World War , the import of machines was rebuilt. The global economic crisis forced sales of subsidiaries. In 1940 the multi-spindle automatic lathe with independently controlled longitudinal slide was developed, the principle of which became known among experts as the "Schütte type". or as "Schütte-Block"

After 1945 the factory, which was almost completely destroyed in the war, had to be rebuilt. The reconstruction was largely completed in 1955 with the celebration of its 75th anniversary.

In 1953, Schütte applied for a patent for the space diagonal grinding head. In 1958, the "E" series was developed based on the same principle for workpieces with a smaller workpiece diameter. Claus Welcker, grandson of the company founder, took over the management of the Schütte-Werke in 1965.

The "F" series developed in 1970 was particularly successful. It achieved high sales figures in all sizes and is still considered the standard machine on the multi-spindle market in many ways. In 1969 Schütte presented the tool grinding machine series WU32, WU50, WU63.

In 1980, Schütte presented the first 4-axis path-controlled tool and universal grinding machine WU50CNC4 as a world first. In the following years there were further developments of 2-axis and 3-axis path-controlled grinding machines. The size WU50CNC was supplemented by the sizes WU32CNC and WU63 CNC.

In 1988 Schütte presented the tool and universal grinding machine series WU500 / 750 CNC 4 with path control and the first 6-axis path-controlled tool and universal grinding machine WU500 / 750CNC6.

Carl Martin Welcker, 2019

The great-grandson of the company founder, Carl Martin Welcker, took over the management of the company in 1993.

The EMO1999 in Paris marked the birth of the new 305 series of grinding machines. The hallmarks of this series are an extremely stable and at the same time compact design. In 2003 the first fully CNC-controlled six-spindle automatic lathe with digital motor spindles was presented to the public.

A further development of the SCX series was presented to the public for the first time at AMB 2010. The successful 305 series has been expanded. At GrindTec 2012, Schütte presented the first grinding machine of the new 325 series.

The company is currently owned by the fourth generation. Hermann Simon counted Schütte among the hidden champions in 2012 .

Business areas

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Multi-spindle automatic lathes

Schütte offers a comprehensive range of multi-spindle automatic lathes. The multi-spindle automatic lathe is a highly productive means of production in which the manufacturing steps and processes required to manufacture a workpiece run in parallel. Several machining spindles are cyclically switched to different machining stations in which the workpiece is created step by step. All processing stations work in parallel and can also have several tools in action.

Series G

  • Cam machines, optionally with CNC functions
  • 6 and 8 spindles, up to 20 mm bar passage

PC series

  • CNC machines, servo-hydraulic linear drives
  • 6 and 8 spindles, up to 51 mm bar passage

SCX series

  • CNC multi-spindle machine with up to 62 axes
  • Highly flexible, modular and tidy
  • 6 to 9 spindles, up to 46 mm bar passage

5-axis CNC grinding machine

The Schütte 5-axis CNC grinding machines of the 325 series are highly precise, very flexible and can be used in a variety of ways. Schütte grinding machines are used in almost all areas of modern industry and are suitable for the manufacture and resharpening of cutting tools as well as for the grinding pre-machining and finishing of production workpieces. The very complex geometry and form elements that can be produced with the 325 series open up an extremely wide range of applications. Numerous machines from the 325 series are used in medical technology, e. B. for grinding artificial knees or hip joints.

service

The focus of the Service division is on supporting Schütte customers in keeping the availability and efficiency of their machines at the highest level over the entire life cycle.

One of the cornerstones of this lifecycle partnership is the supply of original spare parts, which can be delivered to customers from the central warehouse in Cologne and from the decentralized warehouses in the main markets, usually within less than 24 hours. This also applies to older and long-established Schütte machines.

Highly qualified service technicians with locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas support customers on site with technical problems or maintenance. In addition, customers can rely on Schütte remote expert service via the machines' Internet connection.

Schütte accompanies innovative maintenance concepts with an extensive range of service packages: from advice and regular checklist-based inspections to predictive maintenance. In addition, a customized range of retrofits and upgrades ensures that Schütte machines are kept up-to-date with the latest technology throughout their entire life cycle.

A machine is only as good as the people who operate it. And that is why the Schütte After Sales offer is rounded off with an extensive training program. In the state-of-the-art training center SVZ in Cologne or on site at the customer's premises, operators and maintenance staff are trained on the basis of modular courses for the optimal use of Schütte machines.

structure

Schütte Group in Cologne

  • Alfred H. Schütte GmbH & Co. KG
  • Schütte Schleiftechnik GmbH
  • Schütte Service Center GmbH

Schütte worldwide

  • Schütte-Mehrtech sarl (France)
  • Alfred H. Schütte SA (Spain)
  • Schütte ITALIA Srl (Italy)
  • Schütte MSA, LLC (North America)
  • Schütte TGM, LLC (North America)
  • Schütte Shanghai Office (China)
  • Gosho Co. Ltd. (Japan)

Influential holdings

  • Maschinenfabrik Rhenania GmbH
  • Alfred H. Schütte, hardening shop Cologne-Deutz
  • Schütte Industriebeteiligung GmbH (HRB 68913)
  • Schütte Holding GmbH & Co. KG (HRA 27620)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inge Kloepfer: In 2010 we will grow - a little bit. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of December 27, 2009 ( online )
  2. ↑ Alfred Hugo Schuette - Assignee (engl.) , Accessed on August 8, 2013
  3. ↑ a b c Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß:  Schütte, tool and machine tool manufacturer. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 650 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Photo of the administration building (PDF; 1.8 MB), accessed on August 8, 2013
  5. ↑ Peter Blum: Older employees. Experience as a guarantee for success. In: General Association of Employers' Associations of the Metal and Electrical Industry (Ed.): Article service , issue 5/2007 (from May 23, 2007) ( online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically defective Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.habenmetall.de  
  6. ↑ Carmen Salvenmoser: Schütte boss Welcker. The modest internationalizer from the Rhine. In: Handelsblatt of March 9, 2008 ( online )
  7. ↑ Hermann Simon : Hidden Champions. Departure to Globalia. The success strategies of unknown world market leaders. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-593-39714-6 , p. 387.

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