20.03.25 – b&m-EccoTec
A forming vision with disruptive potential
Screw and fastener specialist Baier & Michels (b&m) has developed a chipless manufacturing process for long turned parts that previously could only be produced with machining methods using multiple process steps.
Worm-gear shaft made with a non-cutting process. © b&m/Rüdiger Dunker
The forming technology is a non-cutting manufacturing processes with constant volume. © b&m/Rüdiger Dunker
With b&m-EccoTec, heat treatment can be omitted during the production process. © Barth Galvanik
Worm-gear shaft made with a non-cutting process. © b&m/Rüdiger Dunker
“The advantages of the b&m-EccoTec process developed by us are: short cycle times and complete utilization of the raw material used combined with absolute contour freedom and excellent quality of the strain-hardened surface.” Olaf Ambros, Head of Technics and R&D at b&m. © b&m/Sabina Hagedorn
“b&m-EccoTec has the potential to change an entire industry.” Rainer Bürkert, Member of the Würth Group Management. © Würth-Gruppe
Complex geometries without subtractive machining processes: ball studs, manufacturing stages. © b&m/Rüdiger Dunker