No future without a past

The company, with some 80 highly qualified employees and trainees, manufactures ready-to-install gear components and modules for a wide variety of applications. Products are delivered to various industries, such as mechanical engineering, robotics, medical technology, energy, metrology, automotive and logistics engineering.

New production systems installed: REISHAUER-CNC-RZ 260, STUDER S 141, MAZAK QUICK TURN 250 MSY, KLINGELNBERG P26, TYKMA ELECTROX

Purchase of a KLINGELNBERG-HÖFLER P 26 CNC measuring center for automated testing of profile, alignment, pitch and concentricity deviations, as well as workpiece surface inspection.

Installation of two Hänel Rotomat® heavy-duty storage systems in the shipping department.

Installation of a new PDA/MDA system to further optimize and improve production processes.

Installation of a MAFAC JAVA cleaning system for environmentally-friendly cleaning of workpieces.

The company purchases a high-precision Okamoto rotary table grinding machine.

Investment in a Mazak Multiplex 6200Y dual-spindle turning center.

Gear flank grinding processes are enhanced with a Höfler Helix 400 KK grinding machine.

Investment in a Mazak Nexus 250 turning machine to reduce the number of outsourcing contracts.

Early in the year a Karl Klink hard broaching machine with loader is put into operation. The expanded slotting department acquires a GP 300 ES CNC to introduce new gear shaping technology.

Hard turning technology is now possible with the addition of a Hardinge Quest 65 CNC machine. Production capacity is increased with a new Studer S33 CNC.

Due to steady business growth, the company invests in a second Reishauer RZ 400 with automatic loading to expand gear flank grinding operations. A brand-new Klingelnberg P40 CNC measuring center replaces the Höfler ZP 400 in the measuring lab.

Hänel continues to invest in the very latest CNC machines and technologies. A new VOUMARD 110 CNC machine is put into operation in the internal grinding department. A laser marking system is purchased to support the tracking of batch jobs.

Siemens names Hänel its “Supplier of the Year.” New technology enhances the final phases of gear grinding with the deployment of a Reishauer RZ 400 with automatic loading.

A multifunction MAZAK INTEGREX 300 Y CNC turning and milling center is added to the turning department to increase flexibility.

Start of a new era in turning and external cylindrical grinding with the purchase of multi-axis CNC turning and grinding centers featuring automatic loading.

Investment in an additional Reishauer RZ 362 A with a KUKA loading robot marks the introduction of the first automated gear grinding process. The company employs some 50 people and has the latest CNC machines in all departments. All administration tasks are performed with a modern EDP system.

Deployment of the new-generation Reishauer RZ 362 A for gear flank grinding.

Hänel specializes in the manufacture of high-quality precision gear components. The customer base now includes many well-known companies.

End of Mr. Umbach's tenure and renaming of the company to "Zahnradfabrik Hänel GmbH & Co KG.”

Establishment of the turning shop and integration of its tasks in the company's own production.

Introduction of apprentice training to compensate for the shortage of skilled workers.

Expansion of the production area and break rooms by an additional 800 m².