Process Consulting at MANZ
We approach stamping and forming technology with a process-oriented mindset – from selecting suitable materials to cost-optimized series production. Our goal is to harmonize function, quality, and economic efficiency.
Process Consulting with Technical Excellence
When stamping and forming technology is mentioned today, some still envision stuffy workshops and supposedly outdated technologies. When they hear that one manufactures “stamped and formed components,” the question often arises: “And what else do you do?”
Comprehensive Process Solutions: Stamping and Forming Technology Conceived as a System
MANZ does not define itself solely through individual manufacturing processes. Our strengths lie in developing comprehensive processes in which stamping and forming technology is an essential component.
We combine materials, manufacturing processes, and surface as well as heat treatments into technically and economically viable complete solutions. The goal is not only to manufacture components, but to develop them optimally together with our customers to achieve functionality, cost-consciousness, and series production capability.
“Design to Cost”: Material and Process Expertise
We advise you along the entire value chain – from material selection through manufacturing and surface processes to quality assurance, project management, and series production. The goal is to develop technically sophisticated and economically optimal solutions.
Process Consulting with Technical Excellence
When stamping and forming technology is mentioned today, some still envision stuffy workshops and supposedly outdated technologies. When they hear that one manufactures “stamped and formed components,” the question often arises: “And what else do you do?”
Yet steel processing is far more than a single manufacturing process. It is a journey through the STEM disciplines: from the physical fundamentals of matter to precise technical application in everyday industrial practice.
The element iron was formed billions of years ago from a “helium nebula” that brought together protons, neutrons, and electrons to form the element iron (Fe) through cosmic processes.
How a quantum leap in the sun generates a photon that, after 8 minutes at the speed of light, strikes the Earth’s atmosphere, is refracted there, and makes the sky appear blue. The same photon strikes the solar cells at our facility and triggers electron movements with which we generate the forces for forming. The “photoelectric effect” for which Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921.
Energy, Light, and Physical Interactions Continue to Shape Our World
The photon that once originated in the sun and reached Earth after just a few minutes now provides, through photovoltaics, the energy with which we operate our systems and generate forming forces. The photoelectric effect, for which Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921, is thus not only physical theory, but lived reality in modern industry.
I am fascinated by this interplay of natural science, technology, and industrial application. It demonstrates that stamping and forming technology is not a relic of the past, but an economically viable, innovative process with a future.
I invite you to join us on this journey of fascination and passion for technology.
Marc Funke
“Design to Cost”: Material and Process Expertise
Beyond the value chain within our company, we offer you solutions for the following areas:
- Selection of suitable hot-rolled and cold-rolled strips as well as higher-strength and high-strength steel materials
- Non-ferrous metals such as aluminum and copper
- Corrosion-resistant materials such as stainless steels or pre-coated materials
- Materials with defined spring properties
- Materials for downstream heat treatments
- Integration of standard components and special parts directly in the stamping process
- Corrosion protection systems in the area of barrier and electroplating technology
- Joining processes and connection technologies with robotic support
- Grinding technology to ensure plane parallelism
- Surface processes for producing defined cleanliness levels for adhesive bonding processes
- Edge processing for safety or functional relevance
- Rotary cutting processes for edge processing
- Adapted measurement methods with capability analyses
- Project management with structured milestone and status communication according to IATF standards
- Transparent cost breakdowns
- Carbon footprint disclosure
- Optional 100% inspections
- International purchasing and sales management including customs processing
- Prototype construction with clear focus on subsequent series production