Special-purpose machinery for assembly automation, handling, robotics, hot embedding and CNC parts manufacturing from Ilmenau.
HENKEL + ROTH GmbH
98693 Ilmenau · GermanyNew on Amplifa
Custom-Built Special-Purpose Machinery
HENKEL + ROTH GmbH is a special-purpose machinery company founded in 1990 by Dr. Udo Henkel and Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Roth, headquartered in Ilmenau, Thuringia. The company develops and manufactures customer-specific assembly automation solutions, including flexible assembly lines, rotary indexing machines, robot cells, gantry robots, palletizers and one-piece-flow systems. Its range of services includes handling technology, robotics, transfer technology, hot embedding of metal bushings into plastic parts, automated screwdriving, pressing, welding, marking, as well as test machines and leak testing. In addition, HENKEL + ROTH offers its own CNC parts manufacturing and design/engineering services. Customers come primarily from the automotive supply industry, the electric motor and electrical industry, as well as medical technology, and are located worldwide. In-house developments include the mobile robot, a self-contained mobile industrial robot whose 4th generation, with omnidirectional drive and fleet manager, was created together with industry partners and Fraunhofer IPA.
- Site
- Ilmenau
- Processes
- Special-purpose machinery construction (assembly automation), Assembly automation / assembly lines, Hot insertion / hot embedding (metal bushings into plastic parts), Handling technology (handling), Robotics (industrial robots, cobots), Transfer technology, Pressing, Screwdriving (automated screw fastening)
- Materials
- Plastic parts (for hot embedding), Metal bushings (for hot embedding), Rubber (flexible parts), Plastic parts, Metal bushings, Rubber and flexible parts
- Certificates
- In-house inspections (test machines, leak testing)
- Founded
- 1990
- Industries
- Automotive supply industry, Electric motor and electrical industry, Medical technology, Electric motor/electrical industry
- 01
Design and Development
- 02
CNC Parts Manufacturing
- 03
Machining and Assembly
- 04
Joining Technologies (Screwdriving, Pressing, Welding, Hot Embedding)
- 05
Commissioning
- 06
Test Machine and Leak Testing Integration
- 07
Assembly and Packaging
Materials and Processes
Plastic parts
Material for components that are fitted with metal bushings using the hot embedding process.
Metal bushings
Material used in hot embedding into plastic parts as well as in CNC parts manufacturing.
Rubber and flexible parts
Material class whose handling is automated through handling solutions and robot cells.
Ilmenau Site
Ilmenau
DEHeadquarters, manufacturing and development
- Lot size
- Individual systems and special-purpose machines (one-offs)
- Materials
- Plastic, metal, rubber
- 5-axis hot embedding machine (hot insertion)
- 5-side assembly machine with z-axis (effectively 6-axis)
- Mobile industrial robot mobile robot (4th generation)
- Gantry robots for machine loading
- Robot cells
- Rotary indexing machines
- Palletizers for small parts
- One-piece-flow systems
Special-Purpose Machines and Systems
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special-purpose machinery construction (assembly automation)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Plastic, Metal |
| Assembly automation / assembly linesAssembly | – | – | – | – | Plastic, Metal |
| Hot insertion / hot embedding (metal bushings into plastic parts)Joining | – | – | – | – | Plastic, Metal (bushings) |
| Handling technology (handling)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Robotics (industrial robots, cobots)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Transfer technologyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| PressingJoining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Screwdriving (automated screw fastening)Joining | – | – | – | – | – |
| WeldingJoining | – | – | – | – | – |
| MarkingSurface | – | – | – | – | – |
| AdjustingAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| PackagingAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| ConveyingAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Leak testingTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Test machines / test bench integrationTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Handling of flexible parts (rubber, cables)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Rubber, Cables |
8 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-axis hot embedding machine (hot insertion) | HENKEL + ROTH | 1 | – | 2010 | Ilmenau |
| 5-side assembly machine (with additional z-axis, effective 6-axis machining) | HENKEL + ROTH | 1 | – | 2012 | Ilmenau |
| Mobile industrial robot (self-contained mobile robot, 4th generation, omnidirectional drive and | HENKEL + ROTH mobile robot | – | – | 2021 | Ilmenau |
| Gantry robots for machine loading | – | – | – | – | – |
| Robot cells | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rotary indexing machines (including for medical technology products) | HENKEL + ROTH | – | – | – | – |
| Palletizers for small parts | – | – | – | – | – |
| One-piece-flow systems with assembly fixtures and assembly machines | HENKEL + ROTH | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Quality
Integrated test machines and leak testing in special-purpose machines and assembly lines ensure the required component quality; development and manufacturing take place in-house in Ilmenau.
| Evidence | Ilmenau |
|---|---|
| In-house inspections (test machines, leak testing) |
Milestones and Highlights
- 1990
Founding of HENKEL + ROTH GmbH by Dr. Udo Henkel and Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Roth in Ilmenau, Thuringia
- 1991
Development of a sewing robot for car floor mats as one of the first special-purpose machines
- 1993
Delivery of various assembly lines, including for electric motors
- 1995
First order from the USA: development and manufacture of a handling robot
- 1996
First assembly lines delivered to the automotive supply industry
- 2008
Motek: presentation of the mobile robot, the world's first self-contained industrial robot
- 2010
Automatica: 5-axis hot embedding machine presented as a technological leap in hot insertion
- 2011
Motek: new generation of the mobile industrial robot MR2.0
- 2012
Motek: 5-side assembly machine with effective 6-axis machining
- 2014
Automatica: mobile robot operates a manual workstation for the first time
- 2015
25 years of HENKEL + ROTH GmbH; founders honored as “Entrepreneurs of the Year 2015” by BVMW
- 2017
Start of the BMBF joint project freeMoVe
- 2019
Research project on human-robot collaboration with 3D distance measurement
- 2021
Further development of the mobile robot to the 4th generation with omnidirectional drive and fleet manager together with industry partners and Fraunhofer IPA