Successful cooperation for 50 years: Klaus Meier / HASCO, Arno Schiebler, Robert Schiebler and Frank Rode / RB-Technik GmbH (from left) Picture: HASCO

QUALITY THROUGH RELIABILITY

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Two anniversaries in one year: in 2024, HASCO is celebrating its 100-year anniversary with customers­ and employees worldwide. For exactly 50 years, the precision mouldmaking company Schiebler GmbH has trusted the HASCO know-how and appreciated­ the leading manu­facturer of modular standardised quality mould units and customised hot runner systems, as a reliable partner at its side. “Whenever we have a problem, we always are getting help. Quickly, expertly and highly competently,” says Arno Schiebler, Managing Director­ of the German family-owned company.

Schiebler is a typical mouldmaker. With currently­ eleven employees, it can call on capacities similar to those that exist at over 80 % of the German companies in this segment. It also shares its historical development with many other market players – Schiebler is a family enterprise that is now managed in the third generation by Arno and Robert Schiebler, in the city of Offenbach/Germany. What is less typical of this segment, however, is, for both brothers, the cooperation from their suppliers. The cooperation from HASCO has been there for exactly 50 years. With Klaus Meier, a technical sales engineer in the North Team, and with his predecessor, Schiebler has been able to rely on constant support from just two personal consultants over a period of five decades. “I have known Klaus Meier for 27 years. Prior to that, it was Jochen Günther who always supported us,” explains Arno Schiebler – “what we call ‘quality through reliability’.” He emphasises that this reliability and trust are, as far as he is concerned, the main factors for this outstanding partner-like cooperation. For this reason, Frank Rode (RB-Technik GmbH), is also sitting at the table during the discussions. He has, for decades, been responsible as an external supplier for the development and design of the Schiebler moulding tools. As a mouldmaking company, Schiebler can call on many decades of experience, with its expertise being utilised in a variety of industries. Apart from the automotive industry and the medicine and bioengineering industry, it also builds high-performance moulding tools for the electrical and packaging industries. From the initial idea and the subsequent design right through to the precise production of the moulding tool and the sampling, Schiebler offers the full added value from a single source. The know-how is nowadays utilised for the manufacture of highly complex moulds, which are particularly sophisticated as far as their function is concerned. In fact, the Schiebler team can design moulds that weigh up to 2 tonnes. The part size covers a range from 0.5 to 700 grams. “Our expertise lies in the multi-cavity segment through to high-precision technical components with delicate contours,” explains Robert Schiebler. 

The company also meets the high demands of its cus­tomers through the intensive cooperation and targeted communication in several languages. “This is where HASCO comes into the picture – a company that is represented internationally at 35 locations. Especially because of the specific customer demands, we must come up with new solutions all the time. Here, we can always call on competent contacts around the world – and that is important, also short-term. That is where HASCO really stands out from the rest,” says Arno Schiebler mentioning at this point one of the reasons why the two companies have been working together successfully since 1974. Robert Schiebler: “We rely on HASCO’s full range of products.” Frank Rode then quotes the example of one plastic product that illustrates the high demands that Schiebler strives to meet for its customers: “We built a moulding tool in which a 4 mm wide membrane is injected in the middle of a pipe-shaped plastic component. Not everyone can manufacture such complicated moulding tools in this form.” But that was not all. The width of this membrane must be interchangeble without the need to take the moulding tool apart. “This creates a high level of flexibility for the customer,” says Arno Schiebler.

Clamping device A8001 allows greater flexibility

There are always a large number of questions to be answered during the course of a project. Where should the gating point be located on the mould? How do I obtain the optimum wall thickness? Which material is best suited for the production of this plastic component? These are answers that are supplied by Schiebler through its own expertise. “In our company’s history, there has never yet been a project that we were unable to successfully carry out.” But in order to be able to operate competitively on the international market, fast – and above all, economical – design and production are essential for a German mouldmaker. “Here, my colleagues and I consistently present ourselves to the customers as certified suppliers of standard mould units, in combination with many inno­vative new products from our range,” says Klaus Meier, who regards it as essential to keep the customers constantly informed of the current state of the art. As an example, he quotes the multi-functional clamping device A8001. It enables the precise clamping and alignment of K-plates and ejector plates from the HASCO range, and also configures the set-up process accurately and with high repeat accuracy,” says Klaus Meier. Previously, the clamping was carried out at Schiebler in the “old-fashioned way” – on the vice. “With the HASCO clamping device, we are able to consistently optimise our setting-up times and are far more flexible,” says Arno Schiebler. The clamping device supports the horizontal and vertical processing of the commonly used mould dimensions in the company. Apart from that, the machining of five sides is made possible by the “expansion-type clamping”. The aforementioned reduction in setting-up times is supported by the use of coloured plugs to mark the hole positions for the system plates. The clamping devices are available in three standard sizes, as well as special customised versions, which are avail­able at the request of the customer. 

Cooperation as a win-win situation

When you ask the Schiebler brothers why the company trusts HASCO such a lot as a partner, the answer is short and to the point: “Because it works.” It is important for the customer that the processes are dealt with systemically, starting with the consulting by Klaus Meier in Offenbach, via the simple and comfortable ordering process, right the way through to fast supply – with delivery of the HASCO standard mould units usually the next working day. Also welcomed by the company is the networking through HASCO, which en­ables Schiebler to repeatedly come into contact with new firms and business partners. Frank Rode contributes a further key argument from the point of view of the design engineer: “By providing us with the design data from the portal, HASCO helps us enormously in being able to tackle several tasks simultaneously.” With regard to cost calculation or design optimisation, we are in a position to provide the customers with quick and valid answers. Speed, expertise, certified quality and price are all attributes that the customer demands from the moulding experts at Schiebler. Attributes, which HASCO, as a full-service provider for mouldmaking, conversely guarantees as a supplier. “At the end of the day, it is this win-win situation that makes us successful,” which is why Arno and Robert Schiebler are convinced that they will continue the partnership with HASCO that has already lasted for five decades.

The HASCO clamping device­ is supplied with a variety of accessories and is also offered in customised­ form (Picture: HASCO)

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