Spindle and motor spindle manufacturing for special machines and OEM integrators
Brochexpress designs and manufactures custom spindles and motor spindles for special machine builders and integrators who prefer to subcontract this key component rather than develop it in-house — with the reduced volumes such projects usually involve.
Why special machine integrators subcontract their spindle
TLDR: Designing a special machine calls for cross-disciplinary expertise (mechanics, automation, process) that does not always extend to designing custom spindles. Many special machine builders and integrators prefer to subcontract this component to a specialist, particularly when their own production volumes do not justify building a dedicated in-house skill.
A special machine builder or industrial integrator generally masters the overall architecture of its machine — frame, axes, automation, process — without necessarily having in-house the design expertise specific to spindles and motor spindles (bearing selection according to load and speed, winding sizing for a motor spindle, tool clamping system suited to the application). Rather than developing that skill in-house for volumes often limited to a few units per machine per year, these companies turn to a specialist design office that takes charge of designing and manufacturing the component, working within their space, mechanical interface and functional specification constraints.
Technical collaboration built into your machine project
TLDR: Our design office works directly with the integrator engineers to define the spindle or motor spindle according to the overall constraints of the machine (space, mechanical and electrical interfaces, operating environment), with deliverables suited to batch integration across several identical machines.
When an integrator approaches us for a special machine, our design office works in direct collaboration with its engineers to define the spindle or motor spindle according to the overall constraints of the machine: available space, mechanical and electrical interfaces with the rest of the architecture, operating environment (temperature, presence of cutting fluid, dust or humidity constraints depending on the sector). This collaborative approach delivers a component perfectly integrated into the rest of the machine, rather than a generic part adapted after the fact. Once the first unit is validated, the reproducibility of the technical file allows subsequent units to be manufactured like for like, as the integrator receives further machine orders.
What Brochexpress brings to special machine builders
- Collaborative design with your engineering teams, integrated into the overall machine architecture
- Adaptation to specific constraints: space, interfaces, operating environment
- Reproducible manufacturing to equip several identical machines over time
- No minimum order quantity, suited to the production rates of special machines
- Technical support after delivery, for commissioning and in-service follow-up at your end customer
Sectors and applications concerned
The special machine integrators and OEM builders who turn to Brochexpress cover a wide range of applications: automated assembly machines, industrial test benches, in-line quality control machines, production equipment dedicated to a specific sector (food processing, pharmaceutical, electronics), or specialised machine tools intended for a single use at an end customer.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work directly with the engineers in my design office, or only from a frozen specification?
Both are possible. We can be involved from the design phase in collaboration with your teams, or respond to a specification that is already established.
Can you manufacture several identical spindles as my machine orders come in, over several years?
Yes, we keep the technical file of every project, which allows faithful reproduction of subsequent units, even after an interval of several years.
Do you manufacture spindles for sectors with specific traceability requirements?
Yes, we can adapt our manufacturing process to the documentation requirements of regulated sectors according to your need.
What is the minimum volume to start working with you as an integrator?
There is no minimum order quantity, which suits the needs of special machine builders whose volumes are often small.
Can you respect the confidentiality of my machine design?
Yes, confidentiality is a normal condition for this type of industrial collaboration.
Brochexpress, your spindle partner for special machine projects
Our design office and manufacturing workshop, based in Beaurepaire (France) and Lussery-Villars (Switzerland), support special machine builders and OEM integrators in designing and manufacturing their spindles and motor spindles.
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