The flexible RS 4 production system RS 4 combines an industrial robot, a pallet magazine and one or even two 5-axis C 50 U dynamic machining centres in a single production system that sets new standards.

Over 2000 visitors from Germany and throughout Europe, including groups from Japan, Korea, Russia, Israel, China and Thailand, attended the traditional in-house exhibition of Hermle AG in Gosheim from April 23 - 26, 2008.

Hermle-Leibinger Systemtechnik GmbH (abbreviated HLS), which for the past 10 years has been automating the products manufactured by Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG as well providing customer-specific special solutions, has more than doubled its production floor space since the beginning of the year. The strong demand for automated high-performance machining centres from Hermle was the reason to further expand engineering capacity. With in the mean time over 50 employees, HLS develops and manufactures in Tuttlingen and Gosheim, a wide variety of robot systems with up to 500 kg payload, customer-specific solutions that make a flexible manufacturing system out of a 5-axis machining centre, as well as innovative workpiece clamping fixtures and part-handling systems.

When the modernisation of the sheet-metal fabrication area was completed in summer 2007 chip removal manufacturing at Hermle was expanded and new production equipment installed.

With its 5-axis machines in the C Series, Hermle has been setting standards for economical and high-precision machining of prismatic workpieces in various branches of industry for years. The often copied design with 3 axes in the tool and 2 axes in the swivelling rotary table has been an established concept in 5-axis milling for some time now. It was this principle that allowed Hermle AG to almost quadruple sales from about 43 million euros when these machining centres were introduced to the market in 1995 to about 193 million euros in 2006. This success story is based primarily on the high rate of acceptance of the modified gantry design. This technology was continually adjusted to meet the demands of the market over the course of the recent years. Thus, torque motors, stainless steel-lined interiors with no interfering edges for whatever the machining task, intelligent control units with safety devices, an ergonomic layout for the machine operator and special designs for individual customer requirements above all are now standard features.

HERMLE once again increases accuracy of 5-axis machining

New automation system -
The RS 2 modular robot system

Circumferential machining and machining of front ends in a single clamping setup –
Hermle’s automatic arbour holder

Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG has just completed its most successful in-house exhibition ever.

Hermle AG is opening up new dimensions with the new large-scale machining centre C 50 U dynamic. For tool and mould construction, but also for part manufacturers machining workpieces with Ø 1000 at a height of 810 mm and a maximum workpiece weight of 2000 kg with highest precision on 5 sides or 5 axes simultaneously.

RS robot cell for fully automatic loading and unloading of pallets and workpieces

Just in time for the EMO, Hermle AG will present, in Hall 12, Stand C 36, another high-performance machining centre equipped with pallet changer and pallet storage, the new C20 UP.

C 40 U 5-axis machining centre equipped with the new PW 160 pallet changer system

Hermle C 30 U 5-axis machining centre with integrated RS 6 robot cell for loading, milling and grinding

Additional magazine ZM 157 for
157 additional tools for Hermle machining centres

Hermle AG in-house exhibition from 27 to 30 April 2005in Gosheim. Every day from 09.00 to 17.00 and on Saturday from 09.00 to 15.00.