FAULHABER

FAULHABER is the commercial brand of Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG, the parent company of the FAULHABER Group. Founded in 1947 by Dr. Fritz Faulhaber Sr., the company developed from a fine-mechanics workshop into a supplier of high-precision miniature and micro drive systems. Its headquarters are in Schönaich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company describes its focus as creating motion through precision engineering and electromechanics, with products designed to deliver high performance in small dimensions and at low weight. Its portfolio ranges from DC, brushless DC, linear and stepper motors to precision gearheads, encoders, linear components and drive electronics. The company offers individual components as well as configurable, modified and customer-specific complete drive solutions. FAULHABER emphasizes the breadth of its technologies available from one source and the ability to tailor solutions to demanding application requirements. The brand serves customers internationally and identifies fields such as medical and diagnostic devices, robotics and automation, aerospace and aviation, optics and metrology. The company’s products also support wider precision-motion applications. Its official site highlights work on a drive system for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, synchronized movements for smart logistics using DualGear, and compact configurable motors from the GXR and SXR families. FAULHABER’s corporate history includes the development of its early ironless miniature motor, the expansion of its international presence and the addition of companies in miniature-drive and precision-technology fields. The official company description says the FAULHABER Group comprises FAULHABER Drive Systems, headquartered in Germany, and Swiss-based Micro Precision Systems (MPS). The evidence identifies the operating company as a GmbH & Co. KG and does not specify an individual owner or current executive leadership. Its stated purpose centers on innovation in high-precision motion and solutions intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and precision of advanced applications.

FAULHABER traces its beginnings to 1947, when Dr. Fritz Faulhaber founded a fine-mechanics workshop near Stuttgart. The company’s early development became closely associated with compact electric motors. Work connected to camera development led to the 1958 German patent registration for the “Elektrischer Kleinstmotor” (electrical micromotor), an invention that the company describes as a milestone in precision mechanics. The German-language company history records that the patent was granted in 1965. The motor’s ironless, self-supporting coil concept helped create possibilities for new applications of small electric motors. International development began early. MicroMo Electronics Inc. was founded in the United States in 1961, and Minimotor SA was founded in Switzerland in 1962. The company’s history also records production and organizational expansion in Hungary, Romania and Singapore during the 2000s. Its German corporate history identifies Schönaich as the headquarters; the German Wikipedia account says the headquarters moved there from Murrhardt in 1949. The product range and technical capabilities broadened over time. The German Wikipedia account reports that FAULHABER began producing encoders and pulse-width-modulated controllers in 1970, allowing its drives to be electronically controlled and positioned. In 1973 it developed a motor with copper-graphite commutation. From the mid-1970s the company began developing and building customer-specific drive systems, a practice that remains reflected in the current offer of modified and custom solutions. The current portfolio includes DC, brushless DC, linear and stepper motors, along with precision gearheads, encoders, linear components and drive electronics. From 1999 onward, the FAULHABER Group expanded through acquisitions and the establishment of related businesses in miniature motors and precision technology. The official history lists the acquisition of Feintechnik Bertsch in 1999 and Precistep in 2000, the founding of MPS Micro Precision Systems in 2003, and later company formations and acquisitions, including Rolla Microgear in 2007. It also records the acquisition of Minimotor SA in 2008 and its renaming as FAULHABER Minimotor SA. The German-language Wikipedia account gives further acquisition details, including MPS Décolletage in 2008 and PDT Präzisionsdrehteile in 2014. The official company description now characterizes the group as comprising FAULHABER Drive Systems, headquartered in Germany, and Swiss-based Micro Precision Systems (MPS). Today FAULHABER presents itself as a global, single-source supplier of high-precision miniature and micro drive technologies. Its stated application areas include medical and diagnostic devices, robotics and automation, aerospace and aviation, and optics and metrology. The brand’s current communications showcase applications in space technology and smart logistics, as well as new compact motors. The company’s stated purpose is innovation in motion, with a focus on improving the efficiency, effectiveness and precision of demanding applications.

• 2014

  PDT Präzisionsdrehteile acquired

• 2008

  Minimotor renamed FAULHABER Minimotor

• 2007

  Rolla Microgear acquired

• 2003

  MPS Micro Precision Systems founded

• 2000

  Precistep acquired

• 1999

  Feintechnik Bertsch acquired

• 1973

  Copper-graphite-commutated motor developed

• 1970

  Production of encoders and PWM controllers began

• 1965

  Micromotor patent granted

• 1962

  Minimotor SA founded in Switzerland

• 1961

  MicroMo Electronics founded in the United States

• 1958

  Electrical micromotor patent registered

• 1949

  Headquarters moved to Schönaich

• 1947

  Dr. Fritz Faulhaber founded the fine-mechanics workshop

High-precision miniature and micro drive technology for demanding applications, emphasizing compact dimensions, low weight, performance, configurable combinations and customer-specific solutions.

• Miniature and micro motors

  The motor range includes DC, brushless DC, linear and stepper motors, designed for high performance in compact dimensions.

• Precision gearheads and drive components

  Gearheads, encoders, linear components and drive electronics can be combined with motors to complete drive systems.

• Configured and custom drive systems

  The company offers standard, modified and customer-specific drive solutions.

• DualGear

  The official homepage describes DualGear as enabling two synchronized movements for smart logistics.

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2. 2FAULHABER Historyfaulhaber.com
3. 3About FAULHABERfaulhaber.com
4. 4Our philosophy | FAULHABERfaulhaber.com
5. 5Faulhaber (Unternehmen)de.wikipedia.org
6. 6Faulhaber (Unternehmen)wikidata.org