Zimmer Group

The Zimmer Group is expanding its portfolio within the GPP5000AL and GPD5000AL gripper series. The new GPP5025AL size for 2-jaw parallel grippers and the new GPD5016AL three-jaw centric gripper close existing gaps in the size range and give users additional flexibility when designing pneumatic gripping solutions.

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At this year's Intec, the Zimmer Group is presenting four new products in the fields of handling and robot technology.

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On July 4 and 5, 2024, Zimmer Systems, a subsidiary of the Zimmer Group, opened its doors to around 130 guests from various industries. The company presented its products and customized automation solutions at the grand opening of the new plant in Rheinau.

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The opening ceremony of the Zimmer Group's newest production facility in Kikvi, near Pune (India), will take place on April 16, 2024.

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Modern laboratories have been increasingly relying on the automation of processes for years in order to make repetitive and time-consuming work steps more efficient.

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The flexible robot cell ZiMo enables a safe and cost-effective entry into process automation. The solution for small, medium and varying batch sizes is the winner in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.

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Know-how-Factory Zimmer presents the HM1046 magnetic gripper for round cells.

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The flexible ZiMo robot cell enables a safe and cost-effective entry into process automation. The solution for small, medium and varying batch sizes has been nominated in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.

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The Zimmer Group's GEP2000 gripper series is used in a packaging system at Rotzinger Pharmapack in Waiblingen.

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Since the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a significant increase in the need to convert passenger aircraft into cargo planes. The Zimmer Group is on board for this technically challenging undertaking.

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New zero-point clamping systems with numerous features ensure short set-up times, high clamping forces and repeat accuracy. The high-end version offers additional features and numerous monitoring options.

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Zimmer has expanded its electrically driven small parts gripper series GEP2000.

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With Match, the Zimmer Group and Schmalz are launching a joint ecosystem that combines a comprehensive portfolio of functions and universal communication interfaces.

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The Zimmer Group has added three new sizes to its GPP5000IL and GPD5000IL gripper series. The pneumatic-electric hybrid grippers are available as parallel (GPP5000IL) and centric grippers (GPD5000IL).

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Zimmer has added three new sizes to the GPP5000IL and GPD5000IL gripper series. These pneumatic-electric hybrid grippers are suitable for users who are taking the step into the I4.0 world of gripping but do not want to do without a pneumatic drive.

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French kitchen manufacturer Schmidt produces individual furniture parts in batch size 1 without set-up times and with high precision thanks to a new robot processing cell.

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The Chemnitz Training and Application Center (SchAz for short) makes human-robot collaboration tangible with demonstrators. The Zimmer Group provides support with gripper technology.

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Günther and Martin Zimmer founded Zimmer Technische Werkstätten in 1980 - now the Zimmer Group is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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Zimmer has introduced a master gateway and software tool for component commissioning. They enable simple parameterization and commissioning, and the benefits of IO-Link components can also be used on robots.

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Zimmer Group expands its digitalization strategy with new products and launches a master gateway and a software tool for component commissioning.

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Zimmer can look forward to another award in its collection of brand and design prizes. As of this month, the company is the proud winner of the German Brand Award 2020.

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What happens when Swabian inventiveness and Baden pioneering spirit meet? The result is a top-class handling project for the automotive industry.

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Zimmer Daempfungssysteme, a subsidiary of the Zimmer Group, has developed a new smooth damper variant that has been specially designed for sliding doors, cabinets, drawers and flaps.

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Machine manufacturer Bausch+Ströbel has developed a production system that automates the filling and closing of ampoules, syringes and vials.

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Zimmer's PowerStop industrial shock absorber family is growing under the name PowerStop 2.0. The new optimized family is now available in four series.

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With its DKHS1000 series of clamping and braking elements for profile rail guides, Zimmer presented a world first at Motek 2019: hydraulic rotary clamping elements for high-precision fixing of the angular position of rotary axes and rotary tables in machine tools.

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The Zimmer Group wins three German Design Awards 2020 for the design of its products.

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Robots have become an integral part of our everyday working lives. According to industry associations, they will continue their triumphant advance beyond industry. Some people are becoming increasingly skeptical. The play "Liliom" shows how robots can fit into our lives and interact with us. Including: industrial robots from Kawasaki and grippers from the Zimmer Group.

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Gripper unit for battery terminal smoothing machine. Four parallel grippers from the Zimmer Group automate a machine system for surface hardening of battery terminals.

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An interview with Marcel Pfeiffer. Product design has also become significantly more important in the German mechanical engineering industry in recent years. Many factors determine the design: safety, reliability and optimum function are set against the recognition value of the brand and corporate identity.

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Zimmer is presenting its Smart Communication Module, or SCM for short, and the guideZ commissioning software at the SPS. As a master gateway, the SCM is available for control cabinet mounting or direct installation on the robot flange.

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Zimmer is presenting its Smart Communication Module in conjunction with the GuideZ commissioning software at the SPS. They enable simple parameterization and commissioning, as well as the advantages of IO-Link components on robots.

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On October 8, the handling award was presented again at the Motek trade fair. In category 1, a modular transport system, an automatic hook and a modular system for pressing and joining applications were honored.

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The Zimmer Group will be showcasing several innovations from its various technology areas at Motek. For example, gripper series have been enhanced with several new features and functions, including an end-of-arm flange that makes grippers wireless-capable.

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Achim Gauß, Managing Director Sales & Technology, explains what new products and developments the Zimmer Group will be presenting at Motek and which sectors are currently undergoing radical change.

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The technology company Zimmer Group has a new man at the helm of Zimmer Kunststofftechnik: Jonas Zimmer has been responsible for the division's business since August of this year.

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Jonas Zimmer is the new Managing Director of the Zimmer Group's Plastics Technology division. He is the son of company founder Günther Zimmer. This appointment marks the start of a generational change in the company.

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Industry 4.0 opens up a wide range of possibilities for manufacturing customized mass products flexibly and economically. The Zimmer Group participated in a project for an automation concept for customized beverage bottles by developing a gripper.

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The LKE series: electrical clamping elements for profile rail guides. With more than four thousand products and over twenty years of development and market experience, Zimmer is a leader in linear technology and in the field of clamping and braking on profile and round shaft guideways.

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Zimmer is expanding, with double-digit sales growth and around 100 new employees being hired every year. The company is therefore planning to expand its two sites in Rheinau with a new production and assembly hall each.

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Zimmer is expanding its 5000 gripper series with a pneumatic model range that includes variants with steel-in-steel guides as well as steel-aluminum profile groove guides.

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Zimmer is adding a new feature to its RBPS series with the RBPS-A series of clamping and braking elements. A sensor groove enables retrofitting with magnetic field sensors.

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For the first time, the Modern Assembly Congress took place parallel to Motek and was very popular. 85 participants learned about the latest assembly technology and discussed future trends such as exoskeletons, human-robot collaboration, TSN and OPC UA.

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While the assembly of robots used to be done by hand, robots are now taking over this task. Robot assembly at Kuka shows how this works and the role played by Zimmer Group grippers.

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The Zimmer Group has added a new pneumatic model series to its technologically leading premium gripper series 5000; versions with steel-aluminum profile groove guidance are now also available.

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