GROB technology news Launch of GROB‘s new technologies Dear colleagues, business partners, friends of Grob, happened in recent decades. We had to respond rapidly, responsibly and more forcefully than ever before to an appreciable number of order postponements and cancellations. And so we made case-by-case changes to our delivery schedule, reduced temporary work and outsourcing and introduced a number of other measures. A series of tough decisions made promptly ensured that the family-run GROB company came through the difficult times better than many others. Christian Grob, Margret Grob, Dr. h.c....

GROB technology The ultimate in perfection - automation and flexibility using simulation programs for feasibility of the planned sequences. Within a very small space fully-automated stations had to be combined with manual work stations and these were then co-ordinated with one another. The plan was for no fewer than 65 robots at 43 stations, with up to four robots per station in the first line. Because of the large number of robots and the confined spaces, the sequencing of the robot movements could be safeguarded only by deploying KUKA‘s optional SafeRobot technology. This was territory into...

GROB PRODUCTION GROB sets new standards in production is temperature-controlled by regulating air inflow and outflow, station 03 also uses a special 6-spindle unit. In this station, all guide surfaces are machined at the same time. The flange surfaces for the pallet changer and the drive units are also produced at the same station. The milling units are purely 2-axis NC units; this means that the feed motion is carried out by the tools, which are changed manually throughout the entire system. For tool technology, we relied on suppliers with proven services and products from systems business....

GROB Training Come with ME – GROB to work with Mindelheim Middle School Collaboration with Mindelheim Middle School We at GROB needed no convincing about the value of this initiative, so last autumn of year we converted the idea into a co-operative agreement with Mindelheim Middle School. “The reasons for entering into this co-operative agreement with Mindelheim Middle School were obvious,” says Werner Drexel, GROB’s director of training. “We have had good relations with the school for a long time and we know each other well.” At a preliminary workshop, possible joint projects for inclusion in...

GROB Works Committee Works Committee chairman’s review is positive almost completely reorganized. Assembly Hall 3 was converted into a preassembly area, and with the introduction of SynPro – today’s GPS – the working conditions of a very large number of employees changed permanently. Works Committee officers (from left to right): Michael Goldberg, Anton Heiler, Carmen Rösch, Werner Jensch, Dieter Schüssler Nineteen new Works Committee members have been elected from a list of 46 candidates. The new Works Committee chairman is Anton Heiler; deputy chairperson is Ms. Carmen Rösch. Roughly 67% of...

GROB Marketing “Sustainable value” of the GROB marketing campaign the recently completed Technology and Application Center (TAZ), deployed to Hall 8 for the purpose. GROB puts on an impressive show at METAV 2010 A steady stream of trade fairs, seminars and press conferences. Since September of last year, the sales team for standard machines, led by Rudolf Dreer and Peter Hermanns, has spearheaded an unbroken series of four-week-long publicity events. This represents the most ambitious marketing campaign ever undertaken for the company’s standard machines, and its success is already apparent....

GROB Sales ABC countries emerging from the recession at different rates GROB TAZ The hub of the latest machine building technology demonstrating the superiority of the G350 and G550 in terms of precision, dynamics and finish. In production operations where “floor-to-floor time” is held at a premium, our “G-force” can hold its own against highly dynamic machines with linear drive. In the TAZ , surfaces with the lowest possible surface roughness in medical technology as well as visible surfaces of fine fittings are machined under the critical eye of the users. The demonstration program also includes...

We‘re here for you - all around the world GROB Moscow, Russia GROB MACHINE TOOLS Wellesbourne, Great Britain GROB SYSTEMS Bluffton, Ohio, USA GROB-WERKE Mindelheim, Germany GROB MACHINE TOOLS Beijing, China GROB KOREA Seoul, South Korea GROB MACHINE TOOLS Shanghai, China GROB MEXICO Saltillo, Mexico GROB Chennai, India B. GROB DO BRASIL São Paulo, Brazil EDITORIAL GROB INTERNATIONAL Christmas edition 02/09 PUBLISHER: GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG Mindelheim Mindelheim Plant Bluffton Plant GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG Industriestraße 4 87719 Mindelheim Germany Telefon: 49 8261 996-0 + Telefax: +49 8261...