Heuer

When Josef Heuer, the experimenter and inventor from Iserloh, invented a new build of drop-forge vice with its revolutionary dual-prism guide track in 1925, the Brockhaus company in Plettenberg, Sauerland, was already one of the largest drop-forges in Germany. The significance of the invention was recognised as far-sighted. The patent was applied for in 1927, and thus started the production of this vice. This marked the arrival of the world famous and million-selling HEUER vice.

The Brockhaus technicians developed a vice along with the HEUER Primus, which opened at the rear, a vice that opened at the front - in the direction of the operator. Thus, clamping and work on even large items vertically in front of the workbench became possible. The new model was appropriately named HEUER FRONT.

After the second world war, work begun at Brockhaus Heuer on new products with great dedication. At the time of the German recovery, vices were in greater demand than ever. Among other things, the etiquette "Made in Germany" for technical products made for worldwide success. A word on "Made in Germany": HEUER vices have been made in Germany alone for more than 80 years. Advanced production methods, particularly in welding and forging, spurred the inventor Josef Heuer to seek a new patent in 1948. Today`s HEUER vice is based on the concept of this patent.

In parallel to the perfection of the production methods, Brockhaus technicians worked on the improvement of models according to the principle: "small details have great consequences". Through a pressure disc, spring and snap ring for example, the spindle was thus positioned so that lost motion was eliminated.