Honsel Umformtechnik GmbH
Small metal parts
Company Overview and Core Competencies
HONSEL specializes in the development and production of high-quality fastening system solutions, offering a comprehensive range of fasteners and corresponding processing methods. Based in Germany, the company emphasizes its 'Made in Germany' quality, providing industrial customers with individual concepts designed to optimize fastening technology within their manufacturing processes. HONSEL positions itself as a reliable supplier to the specialist trade and a strategic partner for OEMs and suppliers, delivering tailored solutions from initial concept to just-in-time delivery.
Product and Service Offerings
The company's extensive product portfolio includes a variety of fasteners and advanced processing tools. Key fastener products feature structural blind rivets, essential for applications requiring high safety, shear forces, and clamping strengths, alongside Powertrain Fasteners (HPF) and captive screws. HONSEL also produces traditional 'Industrieniete' or 'DIN-Niete' such as solid rivets (DIN 660, 661), half-hollow rivets (DIN 7338 B), and hollow rivets (DIN 7338 C). A significant offering is blind rivet nuts, versatile components for connecting parts, introducing threads into thin or inaccessible materials, and securing additional elements. These include specialized types like headless, multi-range, and press-tab blind rivet nuts, with options for specific seals or individual manufacturing.
Beyond fasteners, HONSEL provides sophisticated processing solutions. This includes a new battery riveter capable of handling blind rivets up to 5.0 mm, noted for its compact size, strength, and speed, processing 30 blind rivets in 60 seconds, and compatible with AMPShare batteries for industrial series production. The company also offers hand-held tools like the Rivdom® and RivSmart® battery riveters, complete with extensive accessory options, as well as complex, fully automated systems and components featuring process monitoring for industrial applications.
Innovation and Customization
HONSEL distinguishes itself as an innovation and development partner, often collaborating with customers to bring advanced products to fruition, such as the HEADLESS blind rivet nut. Their development process involves feasibility studies, experienced design engineers, prototyping, continuous 24/7 in-house durability testing, and Finite Element Simulations. Application engineers constantly work to optimize the existing product range, incorporating customer feedback and industry insights. The company prides itself on its ability to offer customized solutions, stating that 'special solutions are standard,' and utilizes highly modern machinery to create bespoke fastening elements perfectly aligned with specific customer requirements, including crucial anti-twist protections like knurling or hexagonal shafts for stable connections.