(從右至左) Christian Grob，Marco Debilio，
Mauro Marzolla，Margherita Marzolla，
German Wankmiller，Wolfram Weber
通過收購意大利公司 DMG meccanica，一家處于領(lǐng)先水平的電動機設(shè)備制造商，格勞博不僅提升了其在電動汽車領(lǐng)域的專業(yè)技術(shù)水平，還通過拓展產(chǎn)品組合(即新增“電動汽車”業(yè)務(wù)領(lǐng)域)成為汽車工業(yè)的全方位服務(wù)商和合作伙伴，并為未來發(fā)展做好了充分準備。
DMG meccanica (格勞博集團成員)的員工
可以確定，采用純電池驅(qū)動并配備完全不同于現(xiàn)有動力總成系統(tǒng)的電動車終將得到廣泛推廣。到那時，不僅內(nèi)燃機發(fā)動機及其組件(如：噴射泵，活塞，凸輪軸和渦輪增壓器)的需求會減少，傳統(tǒng)齒輪箱以及整個排氣系統(tǒng)和油路也將被省去。因此，格勞博從三年前就已經(jīng)開始研究未來動力總成系統(tǒng)的各種組件。并很快認識到各類電動機(同步電動機、他勵異步電動機和混合動力發(fā)動機)將是量產(chǎn)機床未來開發(fā)的重要組件。對于格勞博來說，不管是生成適用于車用電動機的機床，還是生產(chǎn)適用于內(nèi)燃發(fā)動機組件的機床，意義都是一樣的。在對電動機各種技術(shù)進行細致分析后，格勞博編訂了趨勢和市場分析報告，并認識到現(xiàn)有技術(shù)和全新技術(shù)都還只是處于早期研發(fā)階段。并且很快認識到一點，即汽車工業(yè)的現(xiàn)有技術(shù)要實現(xiàn)量產(chǎn)，還需要相應生產(chǎn)設(shè)備的支持，而當前這類市場需求非常大——參見特斯拉、大眾和寶馬。
格勞博和汽車工業(yè)——長期合作
在汽車工業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)型發(fā)展和電動汽車重要性不斷提升的背景下，格勞博接到的關(guān)于電力驅(qū)動項目的問詢顯著增加。目前，幾乎每一家汽車制造商都推出了混合動力車型和純電動車型，其結(jié)果是，格勞博目前同時推進多個國際汽車制造商的電力驅(qū)動項目。格勞博之所以能夠完成這些項目，是因為已有大量專家和研發(fā)工程師積極鉆研這一領(lǐng)域的相關(guān)技術(shù)。他們與知名汽車制造商密切合作，正式啟動“電力發(fā)動機”和“電池模塊”等重要組件的預開發(fā)階段，并分析定子生產(chǎn)和設(shè)計相關(guān)的各種設(shè)計流程，對其進行更深入的開發(fā)?，F(xiàn)在的格勞博目標明確并且能力出眾，完全能夠承擔更多規(guī)模更大的項目，成為混合動力或純電力驅(qū)動完整動力總成系統(tǒng)的全方位服務(wù)商，提供電動機、電池模塊、電池組以及燃料電池的生產(chǎn)設(shè)備和機床，并以流程安全為前提打造這些組件量產(chǎn)所需的相應機床。
推進戰(zhàn)略舉措，進軍電動汽車領(lǐng)域
因為格勞博是為數(shù)不多的高端數(shù)控機床制造商之一，在“金屬切削機床”和“裝配技術(shù)”領(lǐng)域均實力不凡，所以它對是否涉足電動機領(lǐng)域進行了自我評估并最終確定，繞線技術(shù)有望成為公司的重要價值增長點。格勞博還對成熟的卷線技術(shù)機床制造商進行了研究和分析，這類制造商主要分布在日本、德國和意大利北部。格勞博很快意識到要么必須自主研發(fā)繞線技術(shù)，要么必須從市場上購買相應技術(shù)。經(jīng)過一段時間的考察后，格勞博將位于都靈的 DMG meccanica 鎖定為繞線技術(shù)和卷線技術(shù)的領(lǐng)先候選公司之一。此后，經(jīng)過與 DMG meccanica管理層的首輪談判，格勞博發(fā)現(xiàn)企業(yè)主人 Mauro Marzolla 和 Marco Debilio的技術(shù)、經(jīng)驗、品質(zhì)及其人性化構(gòu)成與格勞博公司的價值觀不謀而合。在接下來的談判中，雙方很快達成深入合作的共識，并最終確定收購 DMG meccanica。
DMG meccanica 與格勞博GROB
在柏林 CWIEME 展的首次共同亮相
電動機設(shè)備制造領(lǐng)域的知名合作伙伴
1992 年，在 PAVESI 公司拆分之際，Mauro Marzolla 及 Marco Debilio的父親在都靈創(chuàng)立了 DMG meccanica公司。PAVESI 公司曾是意大利著名的電動機繞線機供應商。兩位公司合伙人 Marzolla 和 Debilio 將自己數(shù)十年的電動機繞線技術(shù)經(jīng)驗都注入了這家公司。在最初幾年里，DMG meccanica和 PAVESI 合作密切。2001年，PAVESI 被 DMG meccanica 收購。隨后，DMG meccanica 開始了一段黃金發(fā)展期。在這期間，一系列新技術(shù)和發(fā)明被推向市場。其中既包含電動機、交流發(fā)電機和發(fā)動機所需的定子生產(chǎn)解決方案和機床，也包含高效繞線機的解決方案。負責推進這些里程碑式技術(shù)發(fā)展的正是堪稱業(yè)界一流精英的 DMG meccanica 工程師們，使這些發(fā)展得以致用。多年來，工程師們在此基礎(chǔ)上還開發(fā)出了很多其它產(chǎn)品，比如各種各樣的線圈生產(chǎn)、線圈卷入、繞線頭制作以及線槽絕緣機床等。2016 年，DMG meccanica 的員工人數(shù)為四十人， 總營業(yè)額達到一千萬歐元。其中5%來自意大利本土市場，40% 來自歐盟，55% 來自非歐盟國家。從客戶組成來看，知名電動機制造商和汽車工業(yè)零配件供應商占 60%。此外，DMG meccanica 尤其在重要的電動汽車市場--中國--占據(jù)著強大的市場地位。
DMG meccanica 繞線機
格勞博是交鑰匙系統(tǒng)的專業(yè)化供應商
汽車工業(yè)的創(chuàng)新發(fā)展使電動機和電池在技術(shù)上步入新時空，電動機的結(jié)構(gòu)設(shè)計必須以實現(xiàn)更高功率和效率為目標。而目前所面臨的的挑戰(zhàn)在于生產(chǎn)非常精準、過程穩(wěn)定且計時準確的機器和設(shè)備，因為如需達到這些性能要求，預設(shè)公差范圍必須非常小。格勞博作為一家全方位服務(wù)商，其產(chǎn)品組合非常廣泛，可提供定子、轉(zhuǎn)子和電動機生產(chǎn)領(lǐng)域所需的此類機床。產(chǎn)品種類從單個機床、半自動機床再到全自動完整解決方案，可謂應有盡有。格勞博機床組合覆蓋范圍極廣，涉及電動機的“繞線”和“安裝”各個領(lǐng)域，從單個組件的裝配到最終產(chǎn)品的電氣終檢。
電池系統(tǒng)“produced by GROB”
除電動機外，電池系統(tǒng)領(lǐng)域是電動汽車的第二大未來支柱。因此，電池單元的生產(chǎn)和電池系統(tǒng)的可靠安裝越來越重要。作為裝配技術(shù)和自動化領(lǐng)域的專家，格勞博已做好充分準備，致力于成為交鑰匙系統(tǒng)供應商，以便也能在電池系統(tǒng)領(lǐng)域提供符合未來需求的、可靠的設(shè)備技術(shù)。為在電池系統(tǒng)領(lǐng)域滿足汽車制造商的要求，需要有款式多樣的機床設(shè)計。為此，格勞博推出了在充分考慮成本因素的前提下以過程穩(wěn)定性、精確性和靈活性為焦點的創(chuàng)新型設(shè)備設(shè)計理念。格勞博技術(shù)人員與專家團隊通力合作，致力于打造符合未來需求的生產(chǎn)流程，并將為從創(chuàng)意到批量生產(chǎn)的智能理念開發(fā)作出重要貢獻。在模塊裝配環(huán)節(jié)，單個電池單元被加工成一個模塊。因為作為汽車中的蓄能器，電池系統(tǒng)在產(chǎn)品、生產(chǎn)技術(shù)和安全性方面需滿足極高要求，另外鑒于電池單元敏感的化學性質(zhì)，電池系統(tǒng)需具備極高品質(zhì)，所以生產(chǎn)線必須實現(xiàn)全自動化和相互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。最終，生產(chǎn)的成功根本取決于對整個流程的理解和優(yōu)化。因此，格勞博將在整個價值創(chuàng)造鏈中為客戶提供全程支持。其中所需的技術(shù)知識已經(jīng)部分具備，可從裝配技術(shù)的類似流程中獲取。
燃料電池技術(shù)成為格勞博關(guān)注焦點
燃料電池技術(shù)是電動汽車領(lǐng)域的另一前沿技術(shù)。汽車燃料電池驅(qū)動的組件裝配需要可擴展的生產(chǎn)線和裝配線?；诳钍蕉鄻拥漠a(chǎn)品組合，格勞博可以在車輛電氣化的各個研發(fā)階段為客戶提供適當解決方案和高品質(zhì)設(shè)備。
迎接未來挑戰(zhàn)
盡管汽車驅(qū)動技術(shù)的改變已經(jīng)開始，但目前還無法準確預測其發(fā)展特征、數(shù)量和市場前景。在格勞博和 DMG meccanica合并之后，雙方已就項目、技術(shù)和進一步開發(fā)進行了深入洽談，并且已經(jīng)制定出第一批共同報價。因為電動機的生產(chǎn)需要大量專業(yè)裝配知識，格勞博必須在電動機技術(shù)領(lǐng)域?qū)ふ乙患覍嵙妱诺暮献骰锇椤Ｍㄟ^收購 DMG meccanica，格勞博在此次驅(qū)動技術(shù)變革中進一步強調(diào)成為汽車工業(yè)領(lǐng)先且可靠合作伙伴的內(nèi)在追求，并且其重視程度更甚從前。
意大利都靈 DMG meccanica 的生產(chǎn)車間
GROB ELECTRIC MOBILITY
A new business area for the automotive industry
With the acquisition of the Italian firm DMG meccanica, a leading manufacturer for electric motors, GROB is expanding its electric mobility knowhow. With an enhanced portfolio in the new field of electric mobility, GROB is also a competent service provider and resource for the car-manufacturing industry, and well-positioned for the future.
It is certain that the electric car – with its battery-powered drive and resulting radically different powertrain – will at some point become a mass phenomenon. We will then see a reduction not only in combustion of engines with components such as injection pumps, pistons, camshafts and turbochargers, but also in the classic transmission with its multiplicity of gears, the whole exhaust system and the oil circulation system. For this reason, three years ago GROB began to study the components of the future powertrain. It quickly became apparent that the electric motor in its various forms (synchronous motor, externally excited asynchronous motor and hybrid motor) represents an important element for the future development of machines in mass production. For GROB the philosophy applies that the manufacture of machines for the electric motor is just as important as the manufacture of machines for components of the combustion engine. After analyzing several electric motor technologies, GROB created trend and market analysis and realized that there are existing and brand-new technologies which are in the very early stages of development. It also quickly became clear that for the existing technologies there is a high demand for production systems for mass production in the automotive industry – for example TESLA, Volkswagen and BMW.
GROB and the automotive industry go back a long way
Against the background of automotive transformation and the increasing importance of electric mobility, the number of inquiries fielded by GROB for projects involving electric drives has increased massively. Almost every car manufacturer now has hybrid or purely electrically-powered vehicles in its range, and consequently GROB is currently developing several projects for electric drives in the international automotive industry. All these projects can be carried out at GROB, as it already has many specialists and development engineers working in this field. Working closely with well-known car manufacturers, they have begun advanced development of the vital ?electric motor“ and ?battery module“ components and analyzed a multitude of technology processes for the manufacture and design of the stators and brought them to further development. GROB is now clearly in a position to take on further large projects as general contractor for the complete powertrain for hybrid or purely electric drives and to provide machines and equipment for electric motors, battery modules and battery packs as well as fuel cells, and to ensureseries production in the future.
Strategically planned entry into e-mobility
Since GROB is one of the few machine tool manufacturers with high competence not only in the field of machining but also in assembly technology, GROB has evaluated its abilities in the field of electrical motors and established that the company can achieve reasonable value creation in the winding technology segment. Established producers of machines for feed technology, mostly based in Japan, Germany and northern Italy, have been studied and analyzed. It soon became apparent that GROB would have either to develop the winding technology itself or buy in the appropriate technologies on the market. After some time it was clear that the company DMG meccanica in Torino was among the top candidates for winding and feed technology. And after initial talks with the management of DMG meccanica it emerged that the technology, experience, quality and above all the human elements of the owners Mauro Marzolla and Marco Debilio were a good fit with the values of GROB. As discussions progressed it was quickly agreed that intensive cooperation culminating in a takeover of DMG meccanica would take place.
A well-known partner in machine and plant engineering for electric motors
Mauro Marzolla and the father of Marco Debilio founded DMG meccanica in 1992 from a spin-off of PAVESI, which at the time was one of the leading Italian providers of winding machines for electric motors. Marzolla and Debilio both brought with them decades of experience in winding technology for electric motors. In the early years, DMG meccanica and PAVESI worked together closely until PAVESI was taken over by DMG meccanica in 2001. Subsequently DMG meccanica enjoyed an extremely successful period during which a range of new technologies and inventions were brought to market. These included both solutions and machines for manufacturing stators for electric motors, alternators and generators, and solutions for highly efficient winding machines. Directly responsible for these technological milestones were the engineers of DMG meccanica, who are among the best in their industry. Following this development, further products were developed over the years, such as various machines for spool manufacturing, spool feeding and winding head forming and slot insulation machines. In 2016, DMG meccanica, with a workforce of forty employees, achieved a turnover of ten million Euro. Five percent was in the home market of Italy, 40 percent in the EU and 55 percent in non-EU countries. 60 percent of the customer portfolio is comprised of well-known electric motor manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive industry. In addition, DMG meccanica is particularly well-represented in the important e-mobility market of China.
Specialized provider of turnkey equipment
GROB’s innovative prowess in the automotive industry has led to the electric motor and battery being pushed forward into a new technological dimension, and to the development of electric motors achieving high power density and efficiency. The challenge is now to manufacture very precise, process-stable and precisely-timed machines and equipment, since very narrow tolerances are vital for achieving efficiency. As a general contractor, GROB offers a wide portfolio of such machines in the field of stator, rotor and electric motor production. The production program ranges from individual semi-automatic machines to fully automated complete solutions. The GROB machine portfolio encompasses a broad spectrum in the field of ?winding“ and ?assembly“ of electric motors, from the assembly of individual components to the final electrical testing of the finished product.
Battery systems ?produced by GROB“
In addition to electric motors, the field of battery systems represents the second most important of the pillars for the future of electric mobility. The production of battery cells and the reliable assembly of battery systems is becoming increasingly important. As a specialist in assembly technology and automation, GROB is ideally positioned as a provider of turnkey equipment to also be capable of providing future-proof and reliable systems engineering in the field of battery systems. To meet the demands of car manufacturers in the field of battery systems, very versatile engineering is required, for which GROB develops new and innovative system concepts focusing on process stability, precision and flexibility, taking cost factors into consideration. With a team of specialists, the GROB technicians work on futureproof production processes and make an important contribution to the development of intelligent concepts from ideas to series production. In module assembly, individual battery cells are processed to form a module. The requirements for battery systems as energy storage systems are tremendously high in terms of product, production technology and safety, and optimal quality is demanded in view of the delicate cell chemistry, so production ines must be fully automated and interlinked. But at the end of the day, the success of production is largely dependent upon understanding and optimization of the overall process. For this reason, GROB offers support to its customers at all stages of the value-added chain. The technical know-how needed for this is partly drawn from similar processes in assembly technology.
Focusing on fuel cell technology
Fuel cell technology represents a further promising technology within electric mobility. Scalable production and assembly lines are required for the assembly of components of the vehicle fuel cell drive. Based on its varied product portfolio, GROB develops suitable solutions with high quality equipment for customers at various stages of development of electrifying their vehicles.
Meeting the challenges of the future
Although the changes in vehicle drive technology have already begun, their forms, numbers and markets cannot be accurately predicted as yet. However, immediately following the merger of GROB and DMG meccanica, intensive talks were started for projects, technologies and further developments and the first joint bids have already been worked out. Since the production of electric motors demands special assembly know-how, it was logical for GROB to seek a competent partner from the field of electric motor technology. Its takeover of DMG meccanica enables GROB to emphasize more than ever its claim in drive technology to be a leading and reliable partner for the automotive industry.
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