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About Kern Microtechnik
Why Kern?
Our mechanical engineering is closely linked to our own contract manufacturing, this continuous exchange guarantees advanced process know-how and constantly improved machines. In this way, not only do we differentiate ourselves as a machine builder and parts manufacturer, but also our customers in their markets. Quality, reliability and the constant urge to push the boundaries of what is possible are the cornerstones of our entrepreneurial activities.
Mechanical Engineering
Machines & Processes
We pay attention to every detail when developing our machines. A Kern machine is µ-accurate in use and particularly convenient to operate. The high level of vertical integration at Kern guarantees you outstanding quality, lasting process reliability and reliable implementation of your individual machining tasks for every machine that leaves our company.
However, our sales organisation is not only about machines, but also about the processes that make it possible to produce demanding parts efficiently. It is the combination of operator, machine and process know-how that makes the difference. We provide the best of all three.
Contract Manufacturing
Precision Parts
Since 1962, Kern Microtechnik has stood for the µm-accurate production of precision parts with the best surface quality. With our wide range of technologies and modern machinery for the most difficult tasks, we are now one of the largest contract manufacturers in the high-end machining sector throughout Europe. Our focus is on the series production of precision parts.
Our fully air-conditioned production facilities include 18 Kern CNC precision machining centres with high-speed milling spindles. Series of 50 to approx. 10,000 pieces are produced here. Prototypes required in advance are produced on the same machines - so the process transfer to series production is problem-free. The product range includes medical endoscope heads, watch plates and movement parts as well as fibre optic connecting elements and turbine wheels in the sub-millimetre range.
Industries
The great advantage of any Kern machine for precision manufacturing is its universal field of application. This is why Kern machines are used with great success in many areas beyond the industries.
The extraordinarily high expectations and demands of the automotive industry on the machines used in series production are met to the highest degree by Kern Microtechnik with its CNC machining centres Kern Micro and Kern Evo. Kern Machines are characterised by the fulfilment of the highest quality standards as well as extreme process stability and reliability and are optimised for unmanned production over 24 hours, 7 days a week.
The production of dental and medical technology products demands the highest standards of precision, flexibility, and reliability. Whether it’s dental prostheses or complex components for surgical devices, both sectors require CNC machining centers capable of processing extremely hard and difficult-to-machine materials such as titanium, ceramics, chrome-cobalt, stainless steel, or high-performance plastics (e.g., PEEK).
Short machining times, outstanding surface quality, and easy hygienic cleaning are essential.
Kern Microtechnik has many years of experience in both industries and offers solution that meet all requirements: Our machines enable fast and precise manufacturing of complex geometries, provide excellent automation capabilities, and ensure continuous precision in long-term operation.
In a large number of internationally renowned research institutions, e.g. in Europe, Asia, the USA, Brazil, Cuba, Russia or South Africa, our machines make a valuable contribution to cutting-edge scientific research. Whether on Kern machines on site or in Kern contract manufacturing in Eschenlohe - Kern Microtechnik is firmly established as a development partner for high-precision workpieces in a wide range of technologies and high-tech research fields:
Cell phones and the digital revolution have developed into one of the most dynamic technologies in a rapidly growing market. The key parts in this high-frequency technology are subject to extreme precision requirements. Nevertheless, they need to be manufactured in serial production.
With the Kern Pyramid Nano, it is possible to mass-produce these components (e.g. hollow waveguides), which are already the final product, in a process-safe manner.
Hardly any material is more suitable to work with than ceramics. Ceramics are extremely hard, have an extremely high consistency when it comes temperature and are resistant to most chemical impacts. Ceramics is the perfect material for many industries, aerospace and defense, high precision manufacturing and medical – just to name a few.
So far, ceramics was not used because machining was challenging and cost intensive. We changed this game for you. With our machines and corresponding tools, you can now work with ceramics as if it was a material like carbide, aluminum, or synthetic. As a result, you are now able to work with the best suited material, create forms which have not been possible before and cut your cost. Interested? Please let us know!
In micromechanics, i.e. in the production of microscopically small parts, high-precision milled parts are required in large series. Our machines Kern Evo and Kern Micro are optimised for the automated high-speed production of watch plates and movement parts as well as fibre optic connecting elements, medical endoscope heads or turbine wheels in the sub-millimetre range.
The performance of the Kern high-precision machining centres was perfected from the very beginning in cooperation with a wide variety of watch manufacturers. Kern Machining centres have met the high demands of this industry in terms of complexity of (free-form) geometries, precision and surface quality for many years, setting a standard for many other machining options in microtechnology.
The requirements for the automated production of high-quality jewellery are just as high as in the field of micromechanics/watches. Precision, surface quality and the possibility of manufacturing complex free-form geometries if possible in one single processs are decisive for the choice of the most suitable CNC machining system. Since extremely valuable precious metals such as gold or platinum are usually machined, smart chip management with 100 % recovery of the material is particularly important.
Kern machines fulfil these requirements in an outstanding manner. They are constantly optimised in the course of close cooperation with renowned international watch and jewellery manufacturers. Thanks to the quick-change plates patented by Kern Microtechnik , tool changes and the machining of different articles with changing machining strategies are possible even in unmanned operation over longer periods of time, which significantly increases efficiency.
In microtechnology, the focus for manufacturers of forming tools, cutting tools and moulds is on the precise machining of very hard materials. All CNC machining centres from Kern Microtechnik are excellently suited for direct milling of e.g. hardened steels or even hard metal as well as for electrode milling of copper, tungsten copper and graphite.