Machine beds and components
Vibration-damping & highest precision
RAMPF Machine Systems develops and produces innovative machine beds and machine bed components using high-performance materials.
Highly qualified staff are your dedicated development partner for customer-specific machine beds. High-performance 3D CAD systems are used to produce technically sophisticated and cost-efficient tailored solutions.
Engineering
- Consulting and project design
- 3D mineral casting (EPUMENT) construction suitable for replication or bonding
- 3D construction of machine beds as composite structures (EPUFILL) and from hard stone (EPUSTONE)
- 3D construction and dynamic design of moving systems and drives (EPUTRONIC)
- FEM calculation (static, dynamic, thermal)
- Optimization of weight, rigidity, and natural frequency
- Interface design
- Tool construction
- Research and development
Production
- Cutting-edge production processes and facilities in two independent plants for machine beds made of mineral casting
- Precision grinding center for high-precision grinding of machine beds, including hard stone beds
- Complete finishing: The high level of functional integration of the integrally cast components as early as the casting blank stage – e.g. fastening screw threads, media inlets, high casting accuracy – considerably reduces the outlay for subsequent mechanical finishing
- Temperature-controlled production halls for creating highly accurate precision surfaces using replication technology
- Cutting-edge PPS system for planning production and logistics processes
- Efficient use of capacities
System solution
- Precision assembly of profile rail guides and drive technology
- Finishing with carriages, table systems, mounting elements, and machine cladding
- Full wiring, control system, and control cabinet
- Rump machines
- Temperature-controlled machine beds
- Complete, customer-specific, multi-axis positioning and moving systems
Precision
- Replication and coating of high-precision assembly surfaces
- Precision bonding
- Under casting; Rear casting
- Filling, integral casting
- Precision grinding
- Lapping
Mineral casting (EPUMENT)
- High-performance machine bed and construction material based on selected mineral fillers and a high-quality epoxy resin-based binding agent
- Basis for machine components with impressive properties, diverse range of design possibilities, and clear economic benefits
- Also available as radiation-absorbing material (EPURAM)
Added value
- Superior damping
- Outstanding thermal stability
- High level of precision
- High degree of functional integration
- Attractive and design-oriented
- Environmentally friendly with outstanding green credentials
- Excellent availability and short time-to-market
Areas of application
- Machine beds for all industries
- Machine components (e.g. traveling columns, gantries, traverses)
- Radiation protection components (filling with EPURAM)
- Suitable for small, medium, and large quantities
Ultra-high performance concrete (EPUDUR)
- Innovative machine bed and construction material based on premium cement with nano-fillers
- Foundation for machine components with impressive properties, a diverse range of design possibilities, and clear economic benefits
Added value
- Superior damping
- Outstanding thermal stability
- High degree of functional integration
- High level of precision
- Attractive and design-oriented
- Environmentally friendly with outstanding green credentials
- Excellent availability and short time-to-market
Areas of application
- Machine beds for all industries
- Machine components (e.g. traveling columns, gantries, traverses)
- Suitable for small, medium, and large quantities
Hard stone (EPUSTONE)
- Plutonic rock with a very dense and homogeneous microstructure
- Most suitable materials: “Gabbro Impala” from South Africa and “Tarn” from France
Added value
- Surface supports the use of air bearings
- Outstanding thermal stability
- High level of precision
Areas of application
- Machine beds for all industries
- Machine components (e.g. traveling columns, gantries, traverses)
- Measuring machines
- Measuring equipment
- Suitable for individual pieces or special parts, and for small to medium quantities
Composite constructions (EPUFILL)
- Steel, welded, metal shell, and cast structures are filled with a vibration-reducing epoxy resin-bonded mineral casting
- This creates composite structures with long-term stability that also offer an excellent level of static and dynamic rigidity
- Also available with radiation-absorbing filling material (EPURAM)
Added value
- Increased dynamic rigidity (damping) in steel, welded, metal shell, and cast constructions
- Increased static rigidity in steel, welded, metal shell, and cast constructions
- High level of functional integration
- Excellent availability and short time-to-market
Areas of application
- Machine beds for all industries
- Machine components (e.g. traveling columns, gantries, traverses)
- Radiation protection components (EPURAM filling)
- Vibration-damping substructures, e.g. for turbines, combustion engines, test beds, centrifuges
- Suitable for individual pieces or special parts, and for small to medium quantities