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Rollers and wheels
Rollers and wheels

for escalators, moving walks and intralogistics-systems

Hanging straps
Hanging straps

for tram, subway or bus

Sliding elements
Sliding elements

for railroad cars and escalators

Semi-finished products
Semi-finished products

Over 1,200 dimensions and made from more than 100 different materials on stock

Injection moulded products
Injection moulded products

for escalators, shuttle-systems and latex dipping lines

Machined finished parts
Machined finished parts

Manufactured to custom specifications

 

Industries
Escalators
Escalators and Moving walks
 
Latex dipping lines
Latex dipping lines
 
Intralogistics
Intralogistics-systems
 
Plant engineering
Mechanical and plant engineering
 
Passenger transport
Public transport
 
Freight wagon
Railways
 
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Products
Products
Rollers and wheels
Rollers and wheels

for escalators, moving walks and intralogistics-systems

Hanging straps
Hanging straps

for tram, subway or bus

Sliding elements
Sliding elements

for railroad cars and escalators

Semi-finished products
Semi-finished products

Over 1,200 dimensions and made from more than 100 different materials on stock

Injection moulded products
Injection moulded products

for escalators, shuttle-systems and latex dipping lines

Machined finished parts
Machined finished parts

Manufactured to custom specifications 

Industries
Industries
Escalators
Escalators and Moving walks

 

Latex dipping lines
Latex dipping lines

 

Intralogistics
Intralogistics-systems

 

Plant engineering
Mechanical and plant engineering

 

Passenger transport
Public transport

 

Freight wagon
Railways

 

Materials Semi-finished products & Shop
Company
Company
Gebäude faigle Kunststoffe_Hard_Korrektur
About us

 

HÖCHSTER UMSATZ SEIT UNTERNEHMENSGRÜNDUNG  faigle
Facts and figures

 

Reith-Baracke am See
History

 

Career
Contact Developement Quality Management Downloads News & Dates

Custom development

faigle develops new products and materials. Modifying plastics materials has enabled us to engineer unrivalled properties for applications across a range of industries, including improved sliding friction, abrasion resistance and the electroconductivity of plastics.

Use case "Shuttle flaps" Do you have any special requirements?
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Use case "Shuttle flaps" Do you have any special requirements?
To make contact

Hello, I am Clemens Vögel,

I´ll be pleased to help you

clemens.voegel@faigle.com
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01 Consulting

  • Consulting on applications engineering
  • Selecting plastics materials
  • Presenting practical use cases

02 Ideation

  • Jointly identifying customer needs and operating conditions
  • Developing concepts and product ideas
  • Implementation and technical feasibility checks
  • Implementation and economic feasibility checks
Ideation

03 Engineering

  • Developing new, custom materials
  • Implementing detail engineering
  • Calculating specifications
  • Performing simulations

04 Prototype construction and test samples

  • Separate in-house R&D department with team of experts
  • Technology and process refinement
  • Own injection moulding plant
  • 3D printing

05 Efficient transition to volume production

  • Product realisation
  • Project and process management
  • Quality management
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"When we developed the new shuttle system flap, we focused on two decisive aspects: weight reduction and maximum durability."

Michael Schrom

HEAD OF R&D

Do you have any special requirements?

We serve as a development partner for customers, suppliers, partners and research facilities around the world.

Specialist industry expertise

The combination of all-round expertise in plastics applications and industry experience is one of faigle’s core competences. And our development centres in Europe and Asia mean we are close to our customers around the globe. For decades, faigle has been a development partner to a wide range of OEMs.

Our teams of experts use filling simulation programs and rapid prototyping to help the customer get  a feel for the product early on the development phase. In turn, this enables customers to become familiar with the product, and test its properties and behaviour in the early stages of the product development process. This ensures a smooth transition to volume manufacturing once the item enters production.

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Materials

Materials

Shuttle flaps and shuttle wheels

Lightweight design with stregnth-optimised geometry

01.

Customer requirements

02.

Plastic instead of metal

03.

Products

Klappe Spannungen_p.jpg

Material flow and warehouse logistics solutions for warehousing, production, order picking and distribution need to become more efficient in terms of performance, speed and dynamics, if they are to keep up with increasingly rigorous requirements. Particularly when it comes to storing and picking goods, unwanted vibrations must be avoided so that stored packages do not shift out of position or tilt, which means that they can no longer be picked up by a shuttle’s grippers. In such cases, the shuttle level concerned must be shut down under certain circumstances and the goods retrieved by hand – stoppages like this are expensive and a nightmare scenario for high-performance logistics centres.

Shuttle wheels have a metal hub, which makes them very stiff and means they are unable to dampen vibrations effectively. So faigle set about producing special shuttle wheels as well as new shuttle flaps, both made from plastic . The aim was to overcome the problem of vibrations, while also reducing the weight of the parts. faigle’s plastics specialists worked closely with TGW and used state-of-the-art simulation tools to calculate the components’ complex geometry, including anisotropic fibre orientation. During the various phases of the shuttle redevelopment, faigle provided TGW with a range of sample wheels and flaps for testing and evaluation.

The new flap is 80% lighter (a reduction of 150g per flap); it is also electroconductive. Although it is extremely light thanks to the material used, the flap is highly resilient with outstanding durability. Injection moulding also helps to cut manufacturing costs and delivery times. Now that vibrations have been reduced, packages can no longer shift and the shuttles can transport even the most sensitive products without any problems. The new wheels have also made the entire system quieter, which has been particularly well received by the workers at the logistics centres.

Shuttle flaps and shuttle wheels

Lightweight design with stregnth-optimised geometry

01.

Customer requirements

Klappe Spannungen_p.jpg

Material flow and warehouse logistics solutions for warehousing, production, order picking and distribution need to become more efficient in terms of performance, speed and dynamics, if they are to keep up with increasingly rigorous requirements. Particularly when it comes to storing and picking goods, unwanted vibrations must be avoided so that stored packages do not shift out of position or tilt, which means that they can no longer be picked up by a shuttle’s grippers. In such cases, the shuttle level concerned must be shut down under certain circumstances and the goods retrieved by hand – stoppages like this are expensive and a nightmare scenario for high-performance logistics centres.

02.

Plastic instead of metal

Shuttle wheels have a metal hub, which makes them very stiff and means they are unable to dampen vibrations effectively. So faigle set about producing special shuttle wheels as well as new shuttle flaps, both made from plastic . The aim was to overcome the problem of vibrations, while also reducing the weight of the parts. faigle’s plastics specialists worked closely with TGW and used state-of-the-art simulation tools to calculate the components’ complex geometry, including anisotropic fibre orientation. During the various phases of the shuttle redevelopment, faigle provided TGW with a range of sample wheels and flaps for testing and evaluation.

03.

Products

The new flap is 80% lighter (a reduction of 150g per flap); it is also electroconductive. Although it is extremely light thanks to the material used, the flap is highly resilient with outstanding durability. Injection moulding also helps to cut manufacturing costs and delivery times. Now that vibrations have been reduced, packages can no longer shift and the shuttles can transport even the most sensitive products without any problems. The new wheels have also made the entire system quieter, which has been particularly well received by the workers at the logistics centres.

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