Adapt the fixture to your component
Component-specific jigs fit particular geometries and take up floor or storage space. The wire fixture can be matched to your component, which is then electrically contacted on a standard frame.
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ERKO Staffelautomat with wire reel ↗
The right fixture for your components – for efficient loading and electrical contact during anodising.
Make your own wire fixtures.
The ERKO Staffelautomat makes it possible.
From component to electrical contact
New components to process.
How do we makeelectrical contact?
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Unfinished parts from the customer
Geometry & mounting points
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ERKO Staffelautomat
Make suitable wire fixtures yourself
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Flexible electrical contact
Then anodise in your own plant
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Finished parts back to the customer
Unload · red, blue, black, natural
Set your own dimensions and quantity
Enter the loop count, spacing, start and end lengths, and the number of wires in the program.
Electrolytic colouring C31–C35
Components contacted using aluminium wire can also be electrolytically coloured in these shades.
From the hole to electrical contact
See how your component
is held.
Scroll through three applications – from fitting the first component to the loaded frame.
Explore the contact process
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Continue to the machine
Single loop
Align the hole. Fit the component onto the loop.
After the sequence, all three applications remain available as an overview.
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Applications at a glance
Three ways to hold your components.
01Single loop
One wire with several loops holds the components one after another.
02Double loop
Two loops form the fixture for one component.
03C-hooks & frame
The loaded wire is secured to the top and bottom of the frame.
The number and arrangement are examples. The right fixture depends on your component and frame loading.
From wire to fixture
ERKO Staffelautomat
with wire reel.
The reel supplies the wire. The ERKO Staffelautomat forms it into the right fixture for your components.
01 · Supplying the wire
The wire reel.
It holds the wire supply and pneumatically feeds more material when the wire is pulled. This supplies the wire for processing in the ERKO Staffelautomat.
02 · Forming the wire
The ERKO Staffelautomat.
Feed, bend and cut to length: the machine produces loops, paired loops, C-hooks and straight wire lengths. Enter the required dimensions on the Siemens touch panel.
See it in the filmFrom wire to component fixture
The machine in operation.
From wire to the right fixture – an explanatory film about the machine and its applications.
The number of loops shown is an application example. The number and arrangement depend on your component and frame loading.
Choose a wire form & understand the controls.
Choose a wire form. Its application and the corresponding control-panel view are shown side by side.
Single loop
Fit components with a suitable hole onto the preformed loop.
The ERKO Staffelautomat produces wire forms and cut lengths. Fitting, bending, wrapping and tensioning are carried out afterwards when loading the frame.
Double loop
Hold larger components at two equally sized holes at the same time. Both loops in a pair are the same size.
The ERKO Staffelautomat produces wire forms and cut lengths. Fitting, bending, wrapping and tensioning are carried out afterwards when loading the frame.
C-hook
Connect adjacent components. After threading, the free hook ends are bent over or pressed closed slightly.
The ERKO Staffelautomat produces wire forms and cut lengths. Fitting, bending, wrapping and tensioning are carried out afterwards when loading the frame.
Straight wire length
To secure the wire to the frame, pre-bend it by hand, thread it through and wrap both ends together around the frame profile.
The ERKO Staffelautomat produces wire forms and cut lengths. Fitting, bending, wrapping and tensioning are carried out afterwards when loading the frame.
The Siemens SIMATIC HMI images show the inputs for loops, paired loops, C-hooks and straight wire lengths. The values shown belong to the documented control-panel version from 2019; we will discuss the current version with you.
Original photographs
Examples from practice.
Wire forms and contacting in practice. Select an example to view the photograph in detail.
Wire forms
Different loop forms and spacings: the wire fixture is matched to the mounting points on the component.
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The photographs show application examples. Wire form, number of loops and frame loading depend on the component.
Setup & application
ERKO Staffelautomat – flexible for your component.
From the mounting point on your component to the right wire for your frame: you specify the wire form, dimensions and quantity for your application.
What does the ERKO Staffelautomat produce?
The machine forms and cuts aluminium wire to hold components during anodising: single loops, double loops, C-hooks or straight wire lengths. Your component is the starting point: where can it be held, and which hole or contact point is available?
How do you specify the wire form and dimensions?
The selected forming die determines the wire form. Choose the die to suit the mounting point on the component and enter the required dimensions in the program: the number of loops, spacing within and between loops or loop pairs, and the start and end lengths. This adapts the wire to the component spacing and subsequent tensioning on your frame.
How do you plan the required quantity?
You also enter the number of wires to produce. For example, if one wire holds ten components and you produce one hundred wires, you have planned capacity for 1,000 components. Component spacing and frame loading must suit your application; the example is not a fixed machine capacity.
What happens next at the frame?
The finished wire forms are then loaded with components by hand and secured, electrically contacted or tensioned on the frame. Fitting, bending, wrapping and tensioning are part of this subsequent loading process.
Special configuration for high-volume components
For high-volume components, we can assess a special configuration on request in which the loop is formed directly in the component or the parts are placed directly onto the loops. This requires a suitable height-adjustable table. The exact process, suitable applications and technical limits are subject to project-specific clarification.
Developed through practical experience.
Our origins: our own anodising operation in Buchen.
- 1980s
Entirely pneumatic.
Developed to make electrical contact with components in our own operation.
- Early 2000s
With CNC control.
A simple CNC system supplements the proven machine principle.
- 2026
With Siemens touch panel.
New control system and a thoroughly redesigned housing.
As of November 2026: four machines nearing completion. Configuration and availability on request.