Start of research on Active Magnetic Bearings (AMB) at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schweitzer (Institute of Mechanics)
1988
Mecos is established as one of the first spin-off companies from ETH Zurich. Development of
AMB systems for industrial milling spindles starts as a follow-up of an ETH
research project.
Experience in a variety of applications such as turbomolecular pumps, centrifuges, textile spindles, flywheels, compressors, machine tools. MECOS also builds several test-rigs for universities and industry.
1989
- 1998
The company grows slowly but steadily. Components for magnetic bearings are
developed such as processor boards, power amplifiers, sensors, integrated drive and
last but not least firmware and software tools.
1998
The company moves to the new headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland.
High volume production is setup, customers with a system production of several hundreds per
year can be established.
Today
On 1400m2, more than 30 highly motivated people design and produce magnetic
bearings for industrial use. A worldwide customer base has enabled a continuous
growth over the last decade.
