Space is a key global technology, and virtually every business and every citizen in Europe today uses technologies and services that are based on space applications, such as spacecraft. Television, mobile phones, weather forecasts and navigation devices.
At the Council of Ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) held on 2 December in Luxembourg, among other things, the decision was made to continue the success story of the European launchers Ariane and VEGA in the future as well. Alone in the development of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle will be invested by 2020 about 4 billion EUR.
For more than two decades, HEGGEMANN AG from Büren has been supplying components for the Ariane rocket, the flagship of European space travel, and also the world market leader in satellite missions with more than 60 successful launches in succession. But the lightweight construction specialists have also developed and manufactured ready-to-install components and subassemblies for smaller launch vehicles and for several satellite programs in recent years.
As individual pieces or in very small series, the most lightweight but extremely stable and 100% tested and documented components are produced in compliance with the usual quality requirements in the aerospace industry.
HEGGEMANN is also involved in the development and implementation of the Ariane 6 rocket based on this experience and the expertise of the engineers in Berne to design and process aerospace materials such as titanium, teflon and composites.
Here, the customers especially value the experience of HEGGEMANN AG in terms of aerospace quality with its engineering expertise in the development of such components and manufacturing processes in combination with perfect craftsmanship.
Added to this is the knowledge from the automotive industry about the cost-efficient production of components.
This is particularly in demand for the development of the Ariane 6, because in addition to the technologically ambitious goals at the same time the cost of each rocket must be reduced. Only in this way can European space travel permanently keep the emerging competition from privately financed US space companies at a distance.
HEGGEMANN is already proactively developing proven manufacturing processes in cooperation with customers and research institutes and is always looking for additional staff to implement these ideas in development and production.
In 2014, orders worth millions were again booked for the production of complex titanium structure components for established spacecraft. These will then be manufactured from 2015 with certified aviation technology at the location in Büren-Ahden at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport, which represents an important element in securing highly qualified jobs in the region. At the same time, work on the new projects for the realization of future spacecraft, such as the Ariane 6, will start in the next year as well.
Caption: HEGGEMANN development engineer Sascha Knaup (l.) And the component responsible team leader of production, Daniel Bruss, with a titanium structural component from Ariane in quality control
About HEGGEMANN AG:
Founded in 1962 in Paderborn as a parts manufacturer for the aviation industry began in the early 90s, the consistent focus as a supplier, with the emphasis on the development and production of metallic lightweight structures, for the aerospace and automotive industry. Today, HEGGEMANN AG employs over 200 staff and 17 apprentices on approximately 11,000 square meters at the headquarters in Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport and currently generates an annual turnover of approximately EUR 28 million.
HEGGEMANN AG implements the entire value chain for its customers - from conception and development through simulation and engineering to prototype construction, testing and production of state-of-the-art mobility technologies. An excerpt from the circle of customers and partners are companies such as Airbus, Audi, BMW, Bugatti, Daimler, Lufthansa, MTU Aero Engines, Pilatus, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Volkswagen, Zeppelin.
HEGGEMANN AG is also involved in a large number of projects and cooperations in science and research. Direct contact with the relevant educational clusters and the individual research departments, such as B. Fraunhofer Institute is at the center. Recognizing technical innovations and using them for customer benefit is the goal. Since 2011, the Bursen company has been supporting an endowed professorship in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Paderborn at the Laboratory for Materials and Joining Technology (LWF). Since 2013, Chairman Robert Heggemann has also been a member of the University Council of the newly founded Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences.
