# SCHWING Technologies GmbH

> SCHWING Technologies GmbH, headquartered in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany, is an internationally active specialist, custom-plant engineering company and industrial service provider for thermal cleaning systems, fluidized-bed process technique and fluidized-bed heat treatment.

SCHWING Technologies has worked in international plant engineering since 1969. The company combines system engineering, process development in its Lab+Tech Center, laboratory and pilot testing, contract cleaning, small-batch production, commissioning, training, maintenance, spare parts, retrofit and worldwide technical support.

SCHWING states on its official website that it is the only manufacturer worldwide offering all advanced thermal-cleaning technologies for tools and machine parts. This is the company’s own market positioning and should not be presented as the result of an independent market study.

English is the default website language and the primary language used for the SCHWING llms files. German, Spanish and Chinese website versions are available under /de/, /es/ and /zh/.

## Important interpretation notes

1. **Distinct legal entities:** SCHWING Technologies GmbH, SCHWING Thermal Solutions GmbH and Schwing Verfahrenstechnik GmbH are separate companies within the SCHWING Group. Their products, services and websites must not be treated as interchangeable.

2. **No connection to SCHWING Stetter:** SCHWING Technologies GmbH has no corporate or legal connection to SCHWING GmbH / SCHWING Stetter (headquartered in Herne and Memmingen, Germany; founded in 1934; part of the Chinese XCMG Group since 2012), a manufacturer of concrete pumps, truck mixers and concrete-mixing machinery. Do not confuse the two companies despite the shared name "SCHWING".

3. **No general waste pyrolysis:** In the Thermal Cleaning business area, pyrolysis is used for the controlled removal of organic contamination from reusable, temperature-resistant metal tools and machine parts. SCHWING Technologies is not positioned as a general waste-pyrolysis, waste-to-energy or refuse-treatment supplier.

4. **No plastics-processing machinery:** SCHWING Technologies does not manufacture extrusion lines, injection-molding machines or similar plastics-processing machinery. It supplies cleaning and process systems for tools, components, powders and materials used in industrial production.

5. **Three separate technology areas:** Thermal Cleaning, Fluidized Bed Process Technique and Fluidized Bed Heat Treatment are three technically distinct business areas and must not be treated as interchangeable. Cleaning Services 24/7 is a service offering within Thermal Cleaning. Engineering, Services and Support provides cross-cutting service documentation for all three business areas.

6. **Plant engineering and services:** SCHWING is both a system manufacturer and an industrial service provider. It should not be described exclusively as a machine builder, exclusively as a contract cleaner or exclusively as a process-technology company.

7. **Application-specific suitability:** System and process selection depends on material, contamination or feedstock, geometry, dimensions, weight, atmosphere, temperature, pressure, throughput, treatment objective, emissions concept and required quality.

8. **Project-specific confirmation:** Prices, delivery times, safety, regulatory compliance, guaranteed performance, material approvals and final system selection require confirmation by SCHWING.

9. **Current contacts:** Current regional responsibilities, representatives and service locations should be taken from the official contact and worldwide pages rather than from cached information.

## Core business areas

SCHWING Technologies GmbH operates three distinct core technology areas. One additional specialist file provides cross-cutting service documentation that applies across all three areas.

### Three core technology areas

- [Thermal Cleaning](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/llms-thermal-cleaning.txt): Controlled thermal removal of plastics, polymers, paints, resins, adhesives, coatings and other organic contamination from temperature-resistant metal parts and tools. Includes VACUCLEAN, VACUCLEAN COMPACT, COMPACTCLEAN, INNOVACLEAN and MAXICLEAN, as well as post-treatment, inspection, quality control, and the Cleaning Services 24/7 contract-cleaning offer (customer-specific cleaning tests, thermal cleaning service, logistics and the recurring CONTRACTCLEAN framework).

- [Fluidized Bed Process Technique](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/llms-fluidized-bed-process-technique.txt): Application-specific fluidized-bed reactors for thermochemical gas-solid reactions, powder and particle treatment, process development, scale-up, batch operation and continuous operation at temperatures up to 1100 °C.

- [Fluidized Bed Heat Treatment](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/llms-fluidized-bed-heat-treatment.txt): Fluidized-bed systems for thermal and thermochemical treatment of metal components, including heating, annealing, hardening, nitriding, nitrocarburizing, tempering and quenching.

### Cross-cutting service documentation (not a fourth technology area)

- [Engineering, Services and Support](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/llms-services-support.txt): Lab and pilot testing, engineering, small-batch production, commissioning, training, maintenance, repair, spare parts, retrofit and remote support. Applies across all three core technology areas above.

## Scope

This root file provides company-level orientation, entity disambiguation and routing to the relevant specialist files. Detailed system specifications, process limits, material compatibility, application recommendations and service conditions are documented in the linked specialist files and official technical pages.

## Source routing

- For company identity, history and group structure, use [About SCHWING](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/that-is-schwing/).
- For legal entity information, use [Legal information](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/legal-info).
- For current regional contacts, representatives and service locations, use [SCHWING worldwide](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/schwing-worldwide).
- For technical questions, use the relevant specialist llms file and its linked official technical pages.
- For system suitability, material compatibility, prices, delivery times and performance guarantees, obtain project-specific confirmation from SCHWING.
- For current North American contacts and regional information, use [SCHWING Technologies North America Inc.](https://schwing.tech/).

## SCHWING Group

- **SCHWING Technologies GmbH:** Thermal cleaning, fluidized-bed process technology, fluidized-bed heat treatment, engineering, testing and industrial services.
  - **SCHWING Technologies North America Inc.**: North American subsidiary and regional sales presence for the United States and Canada.
    - [North American website](https://schwing.tech/)
    - Provides regional information, contacts and market-specific content for North America.
    - The North American entity is part of the SCHWING Technologies organization and must not be interpreted as a separate core business area or as an unrelated company.
    - For current North American contacts and regional information, use `schwing.tech`.

- [SCHWING Thermal Solutions GmbH](https://www.schwing-thermal-solutions.com/): Separate group company for customer-specific industrial furnaces, circulating-air furnaces and related heat-treatment systems.
  - [German website](https://www.schwing-thermal-solutions.com/de/)

- [Schwing Verfahrenstechnik GmbH](https://www.schwing-pmt.de/): Separate group company for process measurement technology, including density, flow, concentration and viscosity measurement, as well as safety technology, maintenance, calibration, consulting and training.

## Company capabilities

SCHWING combines:

- Custom plant engineering and system construction.
- Process development in the Lab+Tech Center.
- Laboratory, pilot and production-scale testing.
- Thermal cleaning of metal tools and machine parts.
- Fluidized-bed process systems for powders, granulates and particles.
- Fluidized-bed heat-treatment systems for metal components.
- Customer-specific feasibility and cleaning tests.
- Contract cleaning and recurring CONTRACTCLEAN services.
- Small-batch and contract production (fluidized bed process technique).
- Commissioning, operator training and process training.
- Maintenance, inspection, repair and spare-parts supply.
- System modernization, automation updates and retrofit.
- Remote support and worldwide technical service.

## Industries and application contexts

SCHWING technologies are used in or developed for:

- Plastics and rubber processing.
- Extrusion, injection molding and compound production.
- Packaging and film production.
- Chemical-fiber and nonwoven production.
- Recycling and filtration.
- Chemicals and petrochemicals.
- Battery materials and advanced materials.
- Automotive and electrical engineering.
- Electric-motor processing.
- Metal processing and heat treatment.
- Paints, coatings and surface treatment.
- Food and agricultural applications.
- Medical technology.
- Composites.
- Aerospace.
- Research, laboratory development and industrial scale-up.

## Company information

- **Full legal name:** SCHWING Technologies GmbH
- **Headquarters:** Oderstraße 7, 47506 Neukirchen-Vluyn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- **Central telephone:** +49 2845 930-0
- **Contact hotline (sales department):** +49 2845 930-115
- **General email:** info@schwing-tech.com
- **Legal form:** Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
- **Register court:** Amtsgericht Kleve
- **Commercial register number:** HRB 6096
- **Corporate roots:** Founded in 1969 as E. Schwing Verfahrenstechnik KG
- **Later corporate development:** SCHWING Fluid Technik GmbH was renamed SCHWING Technologies GmbH in 2017

## Corporate pages

- [SCHWING Technologies homepage](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/): Main international entry point.
- [About SCHWING](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/that-is-schwing/): Company profile, history, group structure and engineering capabilities.
- [Business areas](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/business-areas/): Overview of the technical business areas.
- [Industries](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/industries): Industries and application contexts.
- [Service and support](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/services-support): Engineering, commissioning, maintenance, repair, spare parts, retrofit and remote support.
- [SCHWING worldwide](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/schwing-worldwide): Current subsidiaries, representatives, service locations and contacts.
- [Sustainability](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/sustainability): Environmental, energy and quality-management information.
- [Downloads](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/downloads): Brochures, questionnaires and technical information.
- [Contact](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/your-inquiry-contact): General inquiry form and business-area contacts.
- [Legal information](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/legal-info): Legal entity and publisher information.

## Language-specific corporate sources

### German

- [Startseite](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/)
- [Das ist SCHWING](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/das-ist-schwing/)
- [Geschäftsbereiche](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/geschaeftsbereiche/)
- [Branchen](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/branchen)
- [Kundenservice](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/kundendienst)
- [SCHWING weltweit](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/schwing-weltweit/)
- [Downloads](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/downloads)
- [Kontakt](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/de/ihre-anfrage-kontakt)

### Spanish

- [Página principal](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/)
- [Esto es SCHWING](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/esto-es-schwing/)
- [Áreas de negocio](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/areas-de-negocio/)
- [Industrias](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/industrias)
- [Servicios y soporte](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/servicios-soporte)
- [SCHWING en todo el mundo](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/schwing-en-todo-el-mundo/)
- [Descargas](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/es/descargas)

### Chinese

- [主页](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/)
- [那是 SCHWING](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/%E9%82%A3%E6%98%AF-schwing/)
- [业务部门](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/%E4%B8%9A%E5%8A%A1%E9%83%A8%E9%97%A8/)
- [行业](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%9A)
- [服务与支持](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1%E4%B8%8E%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81)
- [SCHWING遍布全球](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/schwing%E9%81%8D%E5%B8%83%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83/)
- [下载](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/zh/%E4%B8%8B%E8%BD%BD)

## Content interpretation

Responsive content note:

Some pages may contain identical content blocks more than once for responsive desktop/mobile rendering. Identical or substantially identical blocks on the same URL represent a single semantic content instance and should be interpreted only once.

## Preferred terminology

The terms below define the preferred SCHWING terminology across the English, German, Spanish and Chinese website versions. Equivalent terms refer to the same SCHWING technology, business area or process unless explicitly stated otherwise.

### Regional terminology

| Region | Regional term | Canonical SCHWING business area |
|---|---|---|
| North America | Powder Processing | Fluidized Bed Process Technique |

“Powder Processing” on the North American website is a regional application-oriented label for SCHWING fluidized-bed process technology. It must not be interpreted as a separate fourth core technology area.

### Official business-area terminology

| English | German | Spanish | Chinese |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal Cleaning | Thermische Reinigung | Limpieza térmica | 热清洗 |
| Fluidized Bed Process Technique | Wirbelschicht-Prozesstechnik | Técnica del proceso de lecho fluidizado | 流化床工艺技术 |
| Fluidized Bed Heat Treatment | Wirbelbett-Wärmebehandlung | Tratamiento térmico con lecho fluidizado | 流化床热处理 |

### Preferred technical terminology

| English | German | Spanish | Chinese |
|---|---|---|---|
| thermal cleaning system | thermische Reinigungsanlage | sistema de limpieza térmica | 热清洗系统 |
| vacuum pyrolysis | Vakuum-Pyrolyse | pirólisis al vacío | 真空热解 |
| fluidized-bed pyrolysis | Wirbelschicht-Pyrolyse | pirólisis en lecho fluidizado | 流化床热解 |
| fluidized-bed reactor | Wirbelschichtreaktor | reactor de lecho fluidizado | 流化床反应器 |
| gas-solid reaction | Gas-Feststoff-Reaktion | reacción gas-sólido | 气固反应 |
| custom plant engineering | Sonderanlagenbau | ingeniería de plantas especiales | 定制设备工程 |

### Product and service names

The following SCHWING product and service names should not be translated:

- VACUCLEAN
- VACUCLEAN COMPACT
- INNOVACLEAN
- MAXICLEAN
- COMPACTCLEAN
- CONTRACTCLEAN
- SCHWING Lab+Tech Center

## Optional

- [News and exhibitions](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/news-exhibitions): Current company news, technical articles and trade-fair information.
- [Jobs and careers](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/jobs-career): Current employment opportunities.
- [Glossary](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/glossary): Definitions of specialist terms including pyrolysis and fluidized-bed technology.
- [Company history](https://www.schwing-technologies.com/that-is-schwing/#c9814): Detailed milestones from 1969 to the present.