About Framo Morat

Important Facts (Franz Morat Group):

• approx. 700 employees
• Yearly sales approx. $114 million
• > 50% exported
• Production area approx. 300,000 sq ft
• Complete in-house process chain

Framo Morat is a manufacturer of high-quality drive solutions for many industries. With a global network of locations and sales partners, we have a global reach. In January 2014 we started up Framo Morat, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM to provide better and quicker service to our customers, to create more growth opportunities for the company, and to strengthen our global position. We offer sales support and repair services at the US office currently.

Our core competency is in the field of gearing technology and custom injection molding of specialty plastics. In fact, Framo Morat is among the leading manufacturers in Europe, particularly in the area of worm gear sets and our plastics group F. Morat in molding the material PEEK.
We view ourselves as a consultative company, and we supplement automated production with the services of an engineering firm. With years of experience, Framo Morat is the ideal partner for every phase of a project, from developing specifications for your idea, through development and design, to prototype construction, testing, assembly, and regular production. Numerous highly respected companies from a wide variety of industries trust our development services and the resulting drive solutions. We have been quite successful in renewable “green” energy products and industries, like e-motive, solar, and wind.

With a tremendous depth in production capabilities, Framo Morat, Inc. has a unique ability to bring together knowledge and the entire spectrum of gear related and plastic production methods under one roof.

Since the founding of Franz Morat GmbH in 1912, gear and drive engineering has been in a continuous state of development at the company’s headquarters in Eisenbach. Framo Morat, with subsidiaries in the United States, Turkey and Poland as well as a worldwide network of sales partners, is a globally operating manufacturer of high-quality drive solutions for many industries.

Gear engineering is the core competency of Framo Morat. All of our manufacturing technologies that are crucial to quality are carried out in-house. Framo Morat is among the leading providers in Europe, particularly in the area of worm gear sets.

Framo Morat is a consulting company that combines automated production with the services of an engineering firm. With years of experience, Framo Morat is the ideal partner for every phase of a project, from developing specifications for your idea through development and design to prototype construction, testing, assembly, and regular production. Numerous highly respected companies from a wide variety of industries trust our development services and the resulting drive solutions.

With a tremendous depth in production capabilities, Framo Morat has a unique ability to bring together knowledge and the entire spectrum of gear production methods under one roof. In 2015, a new plant was founded in Nowa Ruda, Poland to help expand our assembly capacities. Different transmission variants are installed here in the 2,500 m² facility—economically, flexibly and efficiently.

Framo Morat has (4) interrelated product groups:

Gears and worm gear sets technology is our specialty: Working according to customer specifications, we manufacture gears with internal and external teeth, rotor shafts, pinions, and sprockets in addition to numerous specialty solutions. Depending on the specific requirements, we utilize a wide variety of materials, including steel, aluminum, various non-ferrous metals, and synthetics. As a result, we can ensure that our customers always receive a high-quality product that is ideal for their application. We perform all major soft and hard processing steps, including annealing in our own ovens. Thanks to these extensive capabilities, we are able to execute even highly complex tasks precisely according to customer expectations and in the highest quality. Our worm gear sets cover a wide range of applications. We demonstrate our experience and skills by producing more than 1 million gear sets every year, most of which are according to custom specifications. Our gear sets have diameters ranging from 17 to 300 mm and center distances of up to 150 mm. Framo Morat designs and manufactures worm gear sets from steel, bronze, fabric laminate, or synthetic material, depending on requirements.

Our standard drive solutions comprise slip-on geared motors, linear actuators, planetary gears, and push/pull actuators. We specialize in incorporating motors, gears, terminal strip, limit switches, encoders, potentiometers, brakes, and more options into our standard housings: In a package that is smaller and much lighter weight than our competitors. The modular design we offer allows these products to be individually adapted to the customer’s requirements: sort of a mix and match to get what your application needs, not just what we want to offer.

Custom Engineered Drives is where we really stand out. We offer custom engineered drive solutions that are designed and developed specifically according to the customer’s requirements. We can leverage our wide variety of standard drive soltions experiences with being creative for a truly unique solution. Our drives can include very complex drive solutions, including the motor controller, bus coupling, certification, production, and delivery logistics for a complete service from a single source. For these purposes, Framo Morat has its own prototyping capabilities for producing small runs of custom engineered drives, testing with customers, and optimizing series production.

Custom Engineered Plastic Solutions made of technical thermoplastic materials. We have been molding for over 50 years including using various fillers and reinforcing materials as well as the temperature-resistant PEEK™ plastic to create highly technical components. Over 1 million parts leave the factory daily, are delivered across the globe and are integrated into a wide variety of equipment where they perform their tasks quietly and reliably. This ranges from window motors in automobiles to actuators for mobile communications to table height adjustments, paper shredders and fully automatic coffee machines. A popular option is to combine metal with plastics. The geometric construction and optimization of metal and plastic parts also takes place in-house. Through these combinations, solutions can be found that each material is unable to offer in isolation.

Plastic assemblies are produced and assembled in house as well. This includes all processing steps, for example, ultrasonic welding, soldering, inspecting and marking. Actuators for district heating systems, radiators and metering pumps or closing actuators for the security industry are developed through this process. No less important, all assembly groups benefit from the expertise that forms the foundation for the complete in-house processing chain. We continue to offer development expertise for complete, custom assemblies and therefore, are a powerful partner in all areas of drive engineering with a specific focus on plastics.

In recent years, Framo Morat has grown increasingly close to its neighboring sister company F. Morat, a pioneer in the field of plastic injection molding technology. As a result, the umbrella company Franz Morat Group can create drive solutions that bring together the benefits of both materials, metals and plastics, for capabilities that are truly unique in the industry.

We think globally, but have local roots. We are a modern, international technology company, yet we remain tied to our original location in Germany’s Black Forest and are led by the sixth generation of family management. We draw energy from our heritage: we believe that a solid footing is needed to truly achieve success. And we strive for success each and every day.

We are always seeking motivated and qualified employees who can help us keep up with continually changing market requirements, But we also place a high value on advanced training for our employees. More than 70% of our employees are qualified as skilled workers, while 10% are participating in training at any given time. Take a look at our new Careers page— with the wide variety of open positions, you are sure to find one that is right for you.