Cycloidal gears from Nabtesco have proven themselves millions of times worldwide in the high-tech sector and have established themselves as the ideal partner for robotics and automation. In order to meet the increasing demand for its high-performance precision gearboxes, Nabtesco is significantly expanding its production capacities and building a new plant in Hamamatsu, a strong industrial location 250 km southwest of Nabtesco Corporation's headquarters in Tokyo. The new plant will double Nabtesco's production capacity to two million precision gearboxes per year by 2026.

Efficient and climate-neutral production of precision gearboxes

The new plant was planned using state-of-the-art technology and takes equal account of efficiency and sustainability aspects. State-of-the-art logistics, highly efficient production facilities and automation, digitalization and AI technologies ensure intelligent production. Operation is_CO2-neutral. Nabtesco is therefore making an important contribution to climate protection. The total area covers 46,900^m2. Construction will begin in autumn 2022, with the first phase of construction due to be completed by September 2023, followed by the installation of the production facilities and full production capacity in 2026. The total investment amounts to around 360 million euros (47 billion yen).

Specialist for high-performance precision gearboxes

Nabtesco is the world's largest and most recognized manufacturer of cycloidal gears. Whether mechanical engineering, robotics, electromobility, medical technology or intralogistics: wherever exact positioning and absolute reliability are required, the high-performance precision gearboxes are the first choice. Power transmission via cams and rollers ensures high efficiency, a long service life and extremely low backlash (hysteresis loss 0.5 to max. 1 arcmin). Their special design also results in excellent performance in terms of dynamics, load capacity and smooth running. Even with heavy loads or very fast and abrupt movements, the gearboxes ensure exact movements and high-precision positioning. The integrated angular contact ball bearings absorb axial and radial loads and bending moments and contribute to the high torsional rigidity and resistance to impact and overload (up to 500 % of the nominal torque).