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SOS-Elektronik was founded by Swen Hagelstein
in Wasserburg, Germany, near Lake Constance, on May 1, 2002. This business
venture was started after 20 years of experience with regional and international
firms, including Andron GmbH in Wasserburg near Lake Constance, the Walter
Maschinenbau GmbH in Tübingen and Walter Grinders, United Grinding in
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA.
Through Swen Hagelstein’s connection with the well-known Walter Maschinenbau
GmbH in Tübingen, Germany, SOS-Elektronik has focused on collaborating with the
worldwide operations of Walter CNC grinding machines. More importantly,
Swen gained experience through many years of consulting with engineers and
management concerning the increasing demand for older machines. The adoption of
the current Windows NT und XP operating systems has allowed the range of
services of the industry networks to expand and also for all of the new machines
to be capable of being networked.
Also in 2005, SOS-Elektronik began the development and sale of replacement parts
for the older Walter machines, as the original manufacturer slowly discontinued
the production of the older spare parts. Eventually, the production of
replacement parts completely stopped as did the repair of the older components.
In 2006, when the Walter Maschinenbau GmbH decided to let all of the customers
with older machines know about the discontinued production of replacement parts,
there were many inquiries about how the customers would keep their older
machines working. Swen Hagelstein and his team welcomed the opportunity to find
better solutions for this issue. They kept the old machines working by upgrading
them with reliable control systems and drives. Just a mere six months later, in
the beginning of 2007, a CNC-Retrofit was successfully implemented with two
Walter Helitronic 35 Machines in Feldkrich, Austria. SOS-Elektronik’s
breakthrough idea worked!
Since then, the range of machine models, like the Walter Helitronic 35, 40, 50,
45, 55 and the GC8 Hawemat 2000 and 3000, has grown, along with new and
satisfied customers. Today, it is possible for SOS-Elektronik to install
CNC-Retrofits on tool grinding machines with between 2 and 8 axels having step
motors, multi-phase motors or servo-motors. Swen Hagelstein’s innovative and
modern business venture has spared his clients the high costs of machine
replacement, through which inventories can be further sustained. Because the
retrofitting is designed using the most modern electronic components,
SOS-Elektronik offers a performance guarantee which matches that of the current
machine models.
In order to swiftly install custom retrofit systems on site, the SOS-Elektronik
team expanded in 2009 to include Hubert Plazek, who works with the manufacturing
of devices, components, low-volume products, and the retrofits of machines in
use.
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