H. Richter Vorrichtungsbau GmbH

H. Richter Vorrichtungsbau GmbH is a German production and service company based in Langenhagen, founded in 1980. It designs and manufactures steady rests, roller steadies, ring steadies, grinding steadies and special work holders built to suit individual machines and applications. A modular system allows steady rests and tailstocks for lathes, milling machines and grinding machines to be produced to customer requirements within short lead times, including large sliding steadies for workpieces weighing up to 100 tonnes in the energy sector. Services include machine bed measurement, maintenance and refurbishment of manual steady rests, crash repair, cast spare parts with pattern making and machining, and renewal of white metal supports using WM80. The company employs 10 to 19 people.