Already recognised as one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of very fine wire springs (from 0.1 mm) for the locksmith and electromechanical sectors, Filame is taking a new step forward in its industrial development. The company has just installed a high-speed machine dedicated to the production of springs between 0.1 mm and 0.8 mm, thereby strengthening its capacity and precision in this strategic area.

 

100% automated quality control

Like all the machines in this range owned by Filame, this new equipment is equipped with a 100% camera control system, ensuring that each spring strictly complies with the specifications of the plan. This requirement is essential for industries where the assembly of locks or electromechanical devices is fully automated. The springs are blown through extremely fine capillaries, which are highly sensitive to the slightest variation in diameter or length.

Expertise sought after by the most demanding industries

Thanks to its expertise in ultra-fine wire springs, Filame is continuing its expansion into highly technical sectors such as defence, aeronautics and precision electronics, where reliability and precision are essential criteria.

To meet the steadily growing demand for torsion springs, extension springs and medium-wire formed parts, Filame continues its investment strategy and announces the acquisition of a new CNC wire forming machine.

This latest-generation machine covers a wire diameter range from 0.4 mm to 2.5 mm, thereby complementing the existing Wafios machine park already in operation at Filame for this wire range. It offers a high level of production flexibility thanks to its X, Y and Z numerical axes and a rotary coiling tool, making it particularly well suited for the manufacture of double torsion springs.

In addition, the option to integrate a remote work station facilitates the execution of complex finishing operations on certain springs, further strengthening control over high value-added parts.

With this high-speed production machine, Filame reinforces its large-series manufacturing capabilities, serving demanding sectors such as the automotive industry, machinery manufacturing, defence, and more broadly industrial applications requiring precision, reliability and repeatability.

This investment fully aligns with Filame’s commitment to continuous innovation, securing its customers’ production capacities, and maintaining a high level of industrial excellence.

Filame specialises in the mass production of parts on automatic presses using multi-step tools.

Filame’s Engineering Department designs, manufactures and maintains all the tools that Flame uses for its production.  As a result, Filame has developed unique know-how that enables it to guarantee its customers the manufacture of the most complex parts, meeting the exacting quality requirements of sectors such as the automotive, defence, medical and aerospace industries, …..

Filame developed an automatic press tool for a 125-tonne Haulick & Roos press for a major automotive assembly company.  This is a 15-steps tool capable of producing 2 parts per stroke at a very high rate (12,000 p/h).

The parts are made of spring 301 stainless steel, 1.5 mm thick, and feature several oriented folds.

You can watch this realisation on this video.

To support its rapid development in the manufacturing of small wire components, Filame has just acquired a new wire forming machine.

This new 15-axis digital machine can process wire with diameters ranging from 0.1 mm to 0.8 mm, at very high speeds.  It reinforces Filame’s capacity to manufacture torsion springs, extension springs and wire formed in small diameters.

The manufacture of springs and formed wire in small diameters is one of Filame’s specialties, as it produces springs from wire with a diameter of 0.1 mm for various industries such as locksmithing, push-buttons, electronics, electromechanics, etc.