SleepTech Magazine Mattress, Accessories, Machinery, Raw Materials
* Over 100 employees use state-of-the-art production machinery in three factories to help people all around the world get a restorative and calm night’s sleep.
* One of the Highlights is the new micro spring for mattresses and upholstery furniture, which is manufactured from high performance plastic.
For over 40 years Hartmann Kunststofftechnik has focused on the successful development of sophisticated technical solutions for a healthy night’s sleep and has launched a succession of clever, groundbreaking products onto the market. The Herford-based company is a leader in the manufacture of standard and special parts for the slatted frame, bed and furniture industries, operating through a series of international agencies. In collaboration with well-known orthopedic and anatomy specialists it has developed durable, top quality products that satisfy the high expectations of its customers.
Hartmann Kunststofftechnik boasts a rich and varied portfolio. Over 100 employees use state-of-the-art production machinery in three factories to help people all around the world get a restorative and calm night’s sleep. Hartmann offers ingenious solutions for optimum sleep comfort and constantly uses its experience and spirit of innovation to bring new, well-engineered components onto the market.
One of the Highlights is the new micro spring for mattresses and upholstery furniture, which is manufactured from high performance plastic. Among different hard- nesses the spring offers a very good spring reset. The advantage is that the spring isn’t only sold separately. Customers can also buy preassembled modular units consisting of hundreds of micro springs. This offers to the manufacturer of mat- tresses or upholstery easy processing and the end customer profits by an outstanding point elasticity.
The “HV 1.1” is the first height adjuster of its kind. This clever device, for which Hartmann has a patent pending, can be adjusted quickly and easily by hand. The “HV 1.1” is made of high quality plastic and bolted onto the slatted frame, which means that it is compatible with all Hartmann plastic caps that are mounted in this way.
The height can be adjusted simply by lifting the adjuster from the initial starting position through its five settings to a maximum height of 26.5 mm, and easily re- leased again by hand. The exceptional flexibility of this device and the active sup- port it provides for the lumbar and neck vertebrae guarantee a high degree of sleeping comfort.
The “BFS” bow spring system combines ingenious technology with a clever de- sign. It consists of spring elements and a plastic crosstie that interact to provide optimum weight and pressure relief. It is also possible to create numerous firm- ness zones that can be individually adapted to any body shape due to the integrated hardness adjuster. The exclusive spring element made from the high performance material TPEE is simple to fit while providing excellent resilience and passive mattress ventilation. Further technical details include a bearing block for bolt assembly and a special bracket that allows it to be mounted on a wooden or metal frame.
“MATF-F5 / MATD-F3-F4“, the spring elements for mattresses, upholstered furniture and box spring beds are made of high-quality TPE-E and can be supplied in four different degrees of tension. Both springs have a deflection of ca. 40 mm and a height of ca. 70 mm. Particular mention should be made of the spring’s very good recovery properties.
Another highly sophisticated design is the end cap with integrated hardness adjuster from the H 54 Series. This can be easily adjusted by simply moving the hardness slider. The end cap, made from the high performance material TPEE, is available with a 20mm or 40mm bar projection and can be supplied in various degrees of hardness. Like all Hartmann products, the latest innovations use top quality materials and are both highly durable and fully recyclable.
Two innovations that Hartmann launched are the SCH 3.1 and SCH F02.39.16 hardness zone sliders for clamping slatted frames. This clamping option ensures firm and lasting positioning of the slider: unlike the situation with conventional sliders, once the weight has been set, the hardness zone slider no longer slips.
“PFS”, “VFS” and “SFSK”, all on display in Cologne, represent three sleeping sys- tems for multi-zone surfaces. The “PFS-System” has the largest possible, bellow- shaped spring deflection of 30 mm at a very low overall height of just 47 mm. Like all systems this is also available in various different degrees of Shore hardness. The benefit that this brings is that the pump effect of the bellows design increases air circulation and therefore improves the ventilation of the mattress.
The “VFS-System” offers good combination options for the multi-zone surface of a mattress with the adjustment caps of the series “H 43” and “H 38” and has an integrated hardness adjuster, which permits specific firmness adjustment within the mattress area of a slatted frame with multi-zone surface.
The “SFSK-System” is based on the air cushion technology with integrated air- cushion-ball, which has already proven its worth in slat holders. The cushion of air is compressed when weight is applied, resulting in progressive counter pressure to ensure the best conditions for optimal adaptation to the body and restorative sleep.
A further highlight is BELITEC®, the motor-driven cabinet bed with high- quality slatted frame and cold foam mattress which can be integrated into every cabinet or room divider with the slatted frame and mattress disappearing into the base and behind a vertical compartment in the cabinet. As well as that, a motor system for electrical retraction and extension, for example for sofas, is also being shown.
