130 years of passion for progress give incomparable results

Progress in the service of the human, for more than a century. Piguet Frères strives to provide solutions for the machining of extra-hard materials, components and microtechnical subsystems in uncompromising quality standards that contribute to the history of your product.

With machines that adapt to your needs and search for the best possible solution, we focus on reliability, the basis of the enriching collaboration we have with our customers and partners.

Piguet Frères
Piguet Frères
Piguet Frères
Piguet Frères
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Milling

  • 2 7axes CNC turning + milling center “Bumotec S-191FT” + second stage spindle, 90 tools, automated bar loader Ø<50mm.
  • 2 5axis CNC milling center with automatic feeder “Fanuc Robodrill T21iC”, 15’000 rpm, 21 tools
  • 1 5axis CNC milling center “Mori Seiki NV4000 DCG”, 12’000 rpm, 40 tools
  • 1 5axis CNC milling center “Fanuc Robodrill T14iB”, double spindle 12’000 rpm et 60’000 rpm, 14 + 8 tools
  • 5 5axis CNC milling center “Fanuc Robodrill” 24’000 rpm, 21 tools
  • 3 3axis CNC milling center “Fanuc Robodrill” 15’000-24’000 rpm, 21 tools
  • Conventional milling
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Turning

  • 1 Swiss-type lathe “Tsugami HS327-5AX” with automated bar loader Ø<32mm, 3m
  • 1 CNC lathe “Mori-Seiki CL1500”, turning tools + bar feeder 3m
  • 1 CNC lathe “Schaublin 125CCN”, turning tools + bar feeder 1.5m
  • 1 CNC lathe “Schaublin 125CCN”
  • 2 CNC lathe 102 W20 “Combitec” with bar feeder
  • 1 CNC lathe W12
  • 1 CNC lathe W25
  • 1 CNC lathe “F64”
  • 13 conventional turning “Schaublin 102”
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Grinding

  • 10 3axis CNC cylindrical grinding, high frequency spindle (> 120’000 rpm)
  • 2 custom 4 axis CNC grinding, high frequency spindle (> 120’000 rpm)
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Polishing

  • 2 leveling et flat polishing
  • 3 cylindrical polishing
  • 5 brushing machine
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Ball bearing department

  • 4 CNC machine for drilling ball cages
  • 4 CNC machine for crimping ball cages
  • 1 CNC machine for crimping axial ball bearing
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Microtechnic assemblies

  • 13 mounting workbench in clean and air conditioned facility
  • Cold Plasma treatment for deep cleaning and surface activation prior to gluing
  • 2 micro soldering by induction and hard brazing (600 à 1100°C)
  • 2 laser marking “Laser Cheval LEM”
  • Automatic industrial cleaning process MEG
  • Acid cleaning and Passivation
Parc machine

Materials we manufacture

  • Steel and stainless steel (medical grade)
  • Copper alloys, brass, bronze, Arcap
  • Aluminium
  • Nickel alloys: Inconel, Monel, Hastelloy
  • Special alloys, ...
  • Sapphire and rubis or Corindon Al2O3
  • Ceramics: Zircone ZrO2, Macor, Silicium carbide SiC
  • Metallic carbides
  • Quartz SiO2 (silice)
  • Glass
  • PEEK, PTFE, PCTFE, PI Vespel, PEI, POM, PPSU, TPX, PA, PVDF, PP, FEP, etc...
  • Composite (carbon fiber)