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GROB - into the electrical future with an established foothold

After more than six years of research and development work in the field of electric mobility, GROB-Werke has
firmly established itself as an extremely competitive player in the global market for alternative drive systems.
Nearly all German and many Asian automobile manufacturers and suppliers rely on GROB’s competence and
forward-looking technology in e-mobility.

Against the background of its decades of experience in the
manufacture of highly efficient production and assembly
systems, GROB has been investing heavily in the field of electric
mobility for more than six years. With its large number of new
developments, GROB is in an excellent position to cope with
the constant technological changes in alternative drive systems
and to meet the requirements of the automotive industry and
its suppliers. Nearly all major automobile manufacturers in
Germany, including such renowned companies as Volkswagen,
BMW and Daimler, as well as the American automobile
manufacturers Ford, Tesla and General Motors or Renault/
Nissan in France and companies in Asia, rely on electric mobility
by GROB. GROB e-mobility is also used in the automotive industry.
supply industry as well as by Valeo Siemens. GROB is the market leader in hairpin technology and has
been able to win almost all major orders from the international
Extensive product range with strong market automotive industry within the last three years. With its highly
response flexible and NC-controlled components and machines, GROB
The GROB product portfolio ranges from complex assembly has the ideal technology to fully automatically manufacture
systems for stators, rotors, and electrical machines to the almost any drive for the vehicles of the future. With increasing
assembly of the complete electrical axis. The range also includes system and machine standardization and modularization,
battery module assembly, the construction of a laboratory nothing will stand in the way of high unit and type flexibility in
system for battery cells, and the further development of the future.
assembly systems for fuel cells. Particular focus is placed on
in-house prototype production of an electric motor with hairpin Pioneer in battery module assembly
technology, continuous hairpin, or insertion technology. With growing requirements for automotive powertrains, the
reliable assembly of battery systems as well as the efficient
Comprehensive GROB expertise - from the initial idea to production of battery cells have also become increasingly
series production important. In the development and manufacture of highly
The highly flexible and servo-controlled machines are used automated production systems for the production of energy
for mass production of the stator and rotor electric motor storage devices, GROB benefits from its many years of
components. In stator production, in particular, there are various experience in assembly technology. The high demands on
manufacturing techniques for guiding the copper wires into the quality and safety intensify the technically demanding basic
slots of the stator. The GROB machine portfolio covers the entire conditions of the production steps that had to be undertaken by
production process for an electric motor, from various winding GROB during the past months.
and shaping processes for the wires to assembly, to contacting. The fact that GROB has successfully mastered these
One of the core processes in the production of an electric motor challenges is proven by the extremely good market response
is the process of guiding the copper wires into the stator. GROB with currently more than ten confirmed orders for battery
covers all known processes here, including wave winding module assembly. Besides battery module assembly, GROB
technology, the hairpin process and fan-coil technology. GROB is currently developing innovative solutions for the battery cell
Italy S.r.l. also covers the winding/inserting technology as well assembly of lithium-ion cells. A dedicated application laboratory
as the needle winding. This means that GROB can market and was created especially for the process development of new and
operate all the production processes required in the automotive scalable manufacturing methods.

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