KTR Systems

KTR Systems GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1959
Seat	Rheine , Germany
management	Nicola Warning (Managing Director)
Number of employees	1,100
sales	222 million euros
Branch	Mechanical and plant engineering
Website	www.ktr.com
	As of August 28, 2017

The KTR Systems GmbH is a German manufacturer of drive components, brake systems, hydraulic components and cooling systems for the mechanical engineering and plant construction . The head office is in Rheine, Westphalia .

history

In 1886 the mill builder and technician Franz Tacke founded F. TACKE KG in Rheine, Westphalia. In addition to initial repair and maintenance tasks, the construction of transmission systems quickly became their main program. When the transmissions were later replaced by group and individual drives, the company qualified as a manufacturer of large gears. In the course of this, the company also dealt with the subject of power transmission from the drive via the gearbox to the machine, and in 1908 an elastic coupling was developed for general mechanical engineering. From then on, the company worked intensively on the development of coupling systems as connecting elements. After all, it was Albert Tacke, Franz Tacke's eldest son, who developed the curved tooth coupling in 1934.

With increasing automation and the growing need for new drive solutions, the company decided to offer the curved tooth coupling in an inexpensive version for a wide range of applications in the lower performance range. Technological advances in the global plastics sector made it possible for engineers to use the new material “ plastic ” for the first time . Two type series were specified for the new curved tooth coupling: Type A was made entirely of plastic, while Type B combined plastic and steel. Your name: BoWex.

Since the distribution channel for the small, maintenance-free and inexpensive generation of clutches had to be different from that of the all-steel curved tooth clutch - it was mainly produced in single and small series for a special clientele - Franz Tacke , grandson of the company founder of the same name, founded on September 30th 1959 the clutch technology GmbH with seat in Rheine.

A few years later, drives with more damping and torsional flexibility followed and developed the ROTEX, a simple and easy-to-assemble claw coupling made of three parts. The two hubs of the plug-in coupling are now made from various materials such as gray cast iron, spheroidal graphite cast iron, steel, aluminum sand cast, aluminum die cast or aluminum forged. The elastic ring gear made of polyurethane is used to transmit torque and compensate for shaft misalignments; it also has very good damping properties. The ring gear is manufactured in different Shore hardnesses, the following applies: soft ring gear = low torque and high damping; hard spider = high torque and little damping.

When hydraulics reached almost all areas of machine and plant construction in the late 1960s , KTR also began to manufacture accessories for the hydraulics industry. In 2005 the product portfolio was expanded to include hydraulic brake systems. The first cooling system for mobile and stationary hydraulics followed four years later. Electromechanical brake systems have been completing the product portfolio since 2013.

On January 1, 2017, KTR Kupplstechnik GmbH changed its company name to KTR Systems GmbH.

timeline

1959 - Dipl.-Ing. Franz Tacke founds the clutch technology GmbH based in Rheine
1961 - The first BoWex® curved tooth coupling in the material pairing plastic / steel is delivered
1967 - Market launch of the ROTEX® claw coupling
1970 - Expansion of the product portfolio to include hydraulic components
1971 - The first own test bench is put into operation
1982 - Foundation of the first subsidiaries in Switzerland and Japan
1987 - The clutch technology GmbH changes its name to KTR clutch technology GmbH
1996 - Establishment and development of the steel container production in Ozimek, Poland
2005 - Expansion of the product portfolio to include hydraulic brake systems
2008 - The logistics center at the headquarters in Rheine, which is only five years old, is expanded by more than 100 percent
2009 - Expansion of the product portfolio to include cooling systems for mobile and stationary hydraulics
2011 - Company founder Franz Tacke dies at the age of 83
2013 - The Tacke Communication Center (TCC) opens in Rheine
2014 - Foundation of KTR Brake Systems GmbH based in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
2015 - The new R&D center with multifunctional assembly hall is inaugurated in Rheine
2016 - KTR employs more than 1,000 people worldwide for the first time
2016 - A new test bench for large couplings with a performance range of up to 500,000 Nm is put into operation at the headquarters in Rheine
2016 - In Jiaxing, China, the new 41,000 m² production and logistics center for East and Southeast Asia is inaugurated
2017 - KTR Kupplstechnik GmbH changes its name to KTR Systems GmbH
2017 - Founding of the 24th subsidiary in Chile
2017 - Nicola Warning takes over the management on October 1st, 2017 and succeeds Josef Gerstner

Subsidiaries and production sites

KTR has a total of 24 subsidiaries in Brazil (with production in Curitiba), Chile, China (with production in Jiaxing), Germany (with production in Rheine and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock), England, Finland, France, India (with production in Pune) , Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland (with production in Ozimek), Russia, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Turkey, South Africa and the USA (with production in Michigan City).

Employees & training

KTR employs more than 1,200 worldwide, 480 of them at the headquarters in Rheine. The company provides training in the following professions:

Industrial clerk
Technical product designer
Specialist for warehouse logistics
Cutting machine operator
IT specialist in system integration
Electronics technician for devices and systems

Industry sectors

Automation technology, railway technology, construction machinery , diesel generators, iron and steel industry , conveyor technology , hydraulics , compressors, agricultural machinery , marine technology , measurement technology , pumps , test bench technology, control technology , traffic technology , machine tools and wind power technology.

Product portfolio

Drive technology

Elastic claw couplings , elastic pin couplings, curved tooth couplings, backlash-free servo couplings , steel lamina couplings , flange couplings for combustion engines, magnetic couplings , fluid couplings, torque limiters, slip hubs, overload systems, torque measuring shafts, clamping sets , universal joints .

Hydraulic components

Pump supports, damping elements, foot flanges and accessories, steel and aluminum tanks, oil pans and accessories, temperature control and monitoring.

Braking systems

Active and passive floating caliper brakes in hydraulic and electromechanical design, active fixed caliper brakes in hydraulic design, azimuth brakes in hydraulic design, rotor locks in hydraulic and electromechanical design, passive brake and clamping systems with fail-safe function, electronic control systems for monitoring and controlling the braking processes.

Cooling systems

Oil / air cooler, combination cooler, oil / water cooler

Certifications

Product certificates

Company certificates

DIN EN ISO 9001
DIN EN ISO 14001
Saudi Aramco
Petroleum Development Oman
Saipem

IT certificates

TÜV InterCert

activities

" Fair Company " initiative

Project "Partnership School - Operation" of the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce : Cooperation with the Nelson Mandela Secondary School and the private commercial school Middendorf from Rheine.

Memberships

VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e. V.
FGMA Fachbetriebsgemeinschaft Maschinenbau e. V.
VTH Verband Technischer Handel e. V.
VMM Verband Münsterländischer Metallindustrielle e. V.
WVS Economic Association Steinfurt e. V.
IHK North Westphalia
Network WindWest
EPTDA European Power Transmission Distributors Association
BPM Federal Association of Personnel Managers

Web links

Individual evidence

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