Harmonic Drive SE
| Harmonic Drive SE | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1970 |
| Seat |
Limburg an der Lahn , Germany
|
| management | Norimitsu Ito Thomas Berger Peter Hantl |
| Number of employees | 450 |
| Branch | Drive technology |
| Website | www.harmonicdrive.de |
| Status: February 13, 2020 | |
The Harmonic Drive SE , based in Limburg-Offheim in Central Hesse is a company for the development, production and sales of harmonic drive -Einbausätzen, gearboxes, planetary gears , servo drives , motors and servo drives and special drives. Furthermore, the corporation provides services in these areas.
history
The harmonic drive gears manufactured by the company were developed in 1955 by Walton Musser on behalf of NASA .
The company was founded as Harmonic Drive System GmbH in Langen in 1970. In 1988 the company was relocated to Limburg an der Lahn , as the previous premises could no longer meet the requirements. The company was renamed Harmonic Drive Antriebstechnik GmbH in 1994. In 1998, extensive investments were made in the latest CNC machine tools , special tools, testing machines and test equipment for the development and manufacture of Harmonic Drive gears at the Limburg location. In addition to complete drive systems and customer-specific system solutions, gearboxes and special drives for the European market could be developed and manufactured from then on. The conversion to a stock corporation took place in 1999. In December 2016, Interglobal Industrieholding GmbH, owned by Reinhard Ernst, sold its majority stake in Harmonic Drive SE to Harmonic Drive Systems Inc., Tokyo. The sale of shares has been completed with effect from March 22, 2017.
Shareholding structure
- Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. Tokyo , Japan (74.7%)
- Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Tokyo , Japan (25.3%)
Products
Installation kits
The installation kits are available in different series and in numerous sizes.
Units
Harmonic Drive Units consist of an installation kit combined with a tilt-resistant output bearing. They thus represent gear units that are intended for integration in machines.
Gear boxes
In harmonic drive gear boxes, an installation kit is combined in a housing with an output flange or an output shaft.
Planetary gear
For the reduction range of less than 30: 1, the Harmonic planetary gears are available in different designs and different accuracy classes.
Servo motors, drives and controllers
Harmonic drive servo drives are a combination of precision gears with specially matched motors in AC or DC technology. They are designed for applications with high demands on torque capacity, precision and compactness. The delivery program is supplemented by the fully digital servo controller. The motor installation kits are manufactured according to customer specifications with sensors for position, speed, acceleration and torque and offer the option of integration into the machine environment.
Special drives
Special drives are offered in different configurations for rotary and linear movements.
Applications
Special areas of application are robotics , the engineering , the aviation and aerospace as well as the semiconductor technology and medical technology . The gearboxes from Harmonic Drive SE were used on the Mars probes Spirit and Opportunity . Harmonic Drive products are also installed on board the Airbus A380 and the entire Airbus family. Further areas of application are machine tools , packaging and printing machines as well as measuring , glass and woodworking machines. In the Telecommunications also harmonic drive products are used.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Company announcement on the Harmonic Drive SE website
- ↑ Company on the Harmonic Drive SE website
- ↑ Patent US2906143 : Strain wave gearing. Applied March 21, 1955 , published September 29, 1959 , Applicant: United Shoe Machinery Corp., Inventor: C. Walton Musser.
- ↑ Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. becomes majority shareholder of Harmonic Drive SE. antriebstechnik , March 23, 2007, accessed on March 27, 2020 .
- ^ Harmonic Drive SE: Defense and Aerospace
- ^ Harmonic Drive AG: Applications ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 23.5 " N , 8 ° 4 ′ 22.8" E