Mink Bürsten August Mink GmbH & Co. KG

Wilhelm-Zwick-Straße 13

73035 Göppingen

Baden-Württemberg

Germany

Phone: +49(0)7161.4031-0

Fax: +49(0)7161.4031-500

www.mink-buersten.com

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Products of Mink Bürsten August Mink GmbH & Co. KG (5)

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August Mink GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1845 and started out as a small brush manufacturer. Mink was later appointed approved supplier to the court of the King of Württemberg. After the company buildings were destroyed during a bombing raid in 1945, the company made a new start in 1948 in Uhingen. In 1975, the current Managing Director, Peter Zimmermann, made an important decision: specialisation in high-quality industrial brushes using a bristle tuft system, where bristle bundles are punched into a carrier and fastened with wire.

The company has experienced continuous growth under his management. In 1980, the company relocated its headquarters to Göppingen. Since then the production site and offices have experienced a continual expansion. In 2003, Mink established its own major plastic injection moulding facility. In 2005 the new Plant III was opened - an ultra modern centre for development and production, which doubled in size during 2006. Another highlight is the construction of the new two-storey plant with a production area of 5,500 square meters. Mink Brushes has 460 employees and is the world’s largest manufacturer of technical brushes and a market leader in bristle tuft technology.

What qualities make technical brushes such an attractive and versatile tool? The bristles are highly flexible and adaptable as well as temperature resistant. Brushes can be used to remove static, protect sensitive surfaces, reduce noise or for filtering and even spreading glue and liquids. Other application areas for Mink brushes include cleaning, stretching, dusting, detangling, coating, conveying, cushioning, de-burring, guiding and sealing or even as a design feature. A variety of bristle heights and materials are available to suit different applications. The range of materials includes nylon bristles as well as goat hair and ostrich feathers or wire for de-burring brushes. Tampico fibres, made from Mexican agaves, are used for higher temperature applications.

The range of possible brush applications is just as impressive as the range of materials. For example, sensitive surfaces are protected and supported by the Mink Care System. Stillages fitted with Mink brushes protect window frames from scratches and reduce scrap. Mink strip brushes are used as a seal on doors and gates to prevent draughts, dirt or odour. A more recent development is the involvement of Mink brushes in the design sector, in addition to the many applications in machine tool and industrial plant construction. Numerous design projects have already been implemented in the public and private sector, such as a bristle wall in the Daimler-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.

Close cooperation with customers plays an important role in the success of Mink Brushes. To ensure easy communication with a large European customer base, Mink is represented by subsidiaries located in France, Italy, England, Denmark and the Netherlands. The traditional machine manufacturer often knows little about technical brushes. This is where Mink has done excellent pioneer work. Technical brushes are an innovative alternative to conventional solutions and help manufacturers continuously improve their design and processes. Mink provides bespoke solutions tailored to customer needs. Through years of experience with specific applications, Mink has developed a broad range of standard articles which can be turned around very quickly. Please do not hesitate to contact us – we will do everything to deliver a suitable solution for your application! This is in line with our motto - „we are not just your supplier, we are your business partner!“

Assembly - Mink Care-System

Conveying - Mink MBS-System

Only floating can prevent less damage than the Mink MBS-System

The modular solution for your conveying problems - the Mink MBS-System, a segmented brush conveyor belt.

In all industries products prone to scratching must be conveyed at speed and without damage. Modular belt systems have proved themselves to be a reliable means of conveying. Nowadays technical brushes are also used for conveying tasks in most industrial sectors.

The Mink MBS-System combines the advantages of damage-free conveying using technical brushes with the modular conveyor belt. Through intensive development work with customers in the sheet metal industry and machine tool builders, a comprehensive standard range has been introduced. Punch press machine builders use the Mink MBS-System, for example, to convey sheet metal during and after the punching process.

In this way, along the whole production line, components rest upon thousands of soft and flexible bristle tips and can be are worked on without the risk of scratching. Excess and residual material is taken away by the brush belt. The use of a surface consisting of individual bristle tips prevents parts covered in dirty oil sticking to the belt. This was formerly a problem which could lead to machine downtime or damage whenever sheet metal stacked up.

Many further applications became immediately clear after the system was first introduced. In many industrial sectors economical conveying solutions have been designed. In the white goods sector coated and painted sheet metal parts can be conveyed without damage. By resting on bristle tips scrap rates can be reduced to a minimum.

The company Mink Brushes focuses its efforts on introducing the use of multi-functional bristles wherever flexibility is necessary. With incredible results. Due to their versatility, flexible bristles offer value for money solutions for process improvement where the protection of surfaces is an issue.

Conveying - Mink transfer roller brushes

Reduce scrap rates, increase productivity.

Mink conveyor brush rollers – the “flexible” alternative to conventional conveyor roller solutions.

There are increased demands on surface quality whether in the furniture industry or in the sheet metal sector. Conventional steel conveyor rollers often lead to scratching on steel, wood or glass surfaces and can increase scrap rates.

Scrap due to surface damage – how high is the percentage loss in your company?

Often everything possible is done to optimize the production process. The aim is to reduce scrap rates. The search for the causes of surface damage often lands up in the area of internal storage and handling.

Roller conveyor lines with either rubber or steel rollers can be found in almost all industrial sectors. End users know too well the problems a solid roller surface can cause. The Mink conveyor rollers combine many advantages in one and help to reduce damage.

When you compare the surface characteristics of conventional rollers with a brush roller you can see clearly that swarf and other debris can fall amongst the bristles without sticking to the surface, causing the goods being conveyed to be scratched.

Reduction of noise to a minimum is a further advantage of the bristled conveyor roller. The working environment can be improved considerably, for example in areas where heavy steel profiles are being transported.

Other health and safety improvements can be achieved as the flexible bristles reduce the risk of finger traps between rollers.

If products are being stacked conveyor brush rollers suit this application well. As the flexible bristle tips glide under goods there is no damage or marking caused.

The power required to drive brush rollers can also be reduced as friction caused by the bristle tips is much less than that with a solid roller in plastic or steel. Light plastic bearings can also be used.

In most cases the existing shaft construction can be used for the brush conveyor rollers which are simply pushed on.

The application in question will affect the design of your brush roller. For example to avoid static build-up natural bristles can be used. For light goods small diameter bristles are used and for heavy goods large diameter bristles are used. Through varying the brush area a flange can be created and with a spiral bristle pattern goods can be sent in a particular direction.

Mink conveyor brush rollers are often an alternative with additional advantages.

Fixing - Mink conveying base frame

Ensure best quality and avoid damage through transportation solutions using flexible bristles!

Handling highly sensitive components, flexible logistics und zero tolerance regarding rejects are common daily concerns in many companies. If sensitive components must be assembled to make a finished product, extra care is needed. Even the smallest scratch means scrap.

Dunnage made from polystyrene, foam or rubber has many disadvantages, as fixings are relatively inflexible and can harbour dirt which damages the sensitive surfaces during transportation.

A multitude of individual bristles guarantee an optimal fit for goods in transport. Dirt falls between the bristles and there is very little friction as only bristle tips are used as a means of support. In this way scratches, marking and dull spots are avoided. You can secure, fix, support and protect surfaces to a level which no other system can guarantee.

Leading manufacturers, e.g in the sheet metal industry have already adopted transportation solutions from Mink Brushes. Products with sensitive surfaces can be transported over long distances in steel trolleys.

In these stillages robust and yet flexible bristles protect when in contact with surfaces and also offer considerable time saving when being filled. Instead of struggling to guide components in between plastic profiles, the bristle bundles allow immediate simple and secure retention in one go. By means of a large tolerance range, the flexible fittings can be used for many varying shapes and sizes and spare the need for expensive and time consuming fixed constructions. The use of technical brushes offers value for money and is uncomplicated when integrating into existing transportation trolleys or stillages.

The company Mink Brushes makes great efforts in its aim to promote the use of bristle technology where flexibility is needed. With incredible results indeed. Due to their multi-functionality, flexible bristles offer value for money and the opportunity to carry out quality improvements.

Sealing - Mink Mini-FBL

Perfect sealing and guiding in the smallest of spaces - sensational market introduction of the smallest ever Mink flexible brush strip (Mink Mini-FBL)

The smallest Mink brush strip for reliable, effective and optimal sealing and guiding for sliding windows and doors, roller shutters, blinds, insect and sun protection systems, as well as furniture and display cases. With all the advantages of modern bristle technology you can enjoy noise-free and permanent protective sealing.

With the development of our smallest flexible brush strip Mink offers an optimal alternative to existing solutions e.g. textile brush strip. The bristle bundles provide a long lasting and stable sealing brush body, which even under constant pressure and also when supplied with a high bristle height, neither wears down or loses its shape. Matting of the brush body is avoided!

The world’s market leaders in door and gate manufacture have greeted this flexible solution with great enthusiasm. Alternatives such as rubber seals have not achieved the desired effect. Rubber becomes brittle after a time and has the disadvantage of high friction resistance. By using the Mink Mini-FBL you can reduce this resistance to a minimum. Furthermore the smooth running of the doors will not deteriorate. Through a dampening effect of the bristles, noise will be reduced to a minimum. Other advantages are quick and easy assembly and excellent resistance to the damaging effects of bad weather, for example a much smaller risk of freezing as found with textile alternatives. There is also reliable sealing against dirt and dust.

The Mink Mini-FBL can be fitted in round, oval, contoured or right-angled areas – whether axial or radial.

The UV-resistant and long lasting Mink Mini-FBL brush body can be integrated into all common groove sizes. The standard and extremely competitively priced strip brush is supplied on coils, which are easy to handle and can save on storage space. As the exact length required is cut from a larger reusable roll unnecessary material loss is then avoided.