DEPRAG acquires CHJ Kretzschmar Engineering KG
05/12/2013 Deprag Schulz GMBH u. CO
The DEPRAG Group has expanded its range of high-quality pneumatically-driven pliers for industrial use by acquiring the pneumatic pliers business from market leaders CHJ Kretzschmar Engineering KG in Hamburg.Pavel Šilhán, Sales Manager at DEPRAG's subsidiary in the Czech Republic sees good growth potential for the expanded product group. "With this acquisition we have expanded our pneumatic pliers range which promises much success, and DEPRAG is set up for the future on an even broader base."
Pneumatic pliers are distinctive for their ease of operation and long service life. In fact the major benefit of pliers powered by compressed air lies in their extremely small size and low power-to-weight ratio. Peter Ziegler, DEPRAG product manager for pneumatic tools pointed out: "One of our customers had been experiencing many employees signing off sick due to RSI (repetitive strain injury). This syndrome occurs when a person suffers sustained, long-lasting and monotonous stress in performing tasks such as assembling clips with manual tools. Since the customer has been using our pneumatic pliers that problem has become a thing of the past. The low power-to-weight ratio means that our pneumatic pliers are also extremely easy to handle and user-friendly. These pliers achieve a maximum pressing force of 10,000 N." It is the way the pneumatic drive works that creates these outstanding characteristics.
The tool consists of a housing with a piston, the plier head and the plier insert. When the pneumatic pliers are supplied with compressed air the piston immediately transfers the energy to the plier head, and the power also transfers instantaneously.
Product manager Peter Ziegler summarises: "It is almost impossible to list the huge variety of different types of pliers. The main thing is that our range contains the appropriate pneumatic pliers for almost every application you can imagine. If it doesn't, our engineers will design a suitable device for you. All the pneumatic pliers have one general thing in common - the high level of reliability, power and ergonomics that distinguish these tools and ensure that users find them indispensable."
For more information, please contact:
Dagmar Dübbelde
DEPRAG SCHULZ GMBH u. CO.
Carl-Schulz-Platz 1
D-92224 Amberg
Tel: +49 (0) 9621 371-343
Fax: +49 (0) 9621 371-199
Email: d.duebbelde@deprag.de
Web: www.deprag.com
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