History: Knowing the roots enables growth into the future
From "Hahn & Kolb" to "Variomatic"
Back in 1925, Hermann Hahn felt confident already: the set-up in groups of machine tools in line production is no solution for mass produced parts and medium batch sizes. The founder of the Stuttgart company "Hahn & Kolb" demanded several operations on one machine and in only one work-holding fixture.Commissioned by "Hahn & Kolb", the Leonberg company Bammesberger began with the production of the first indexing plate machines – various successful model ranges were to follow. In order to bring together development and production, VARIOMATIC GmbH was founded in 1975, as a subsidiary of "Hahn & Kolb".
In 1993, VARIOMATIC was incorporated into the established Chemnitz machine tool company "HECKERT". Development and production are rooted in the Saxon machine-building stronghold since then; new impulses consistently propelled the existing know-how forward. Back in 1995, the fundamentally new model range RTC reached its marketability.
Chronology
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Founding of the family company Bammesberger, until 1975, manufacturer of the Variomatic machines
Hahn & Kolb constructs and markets the Variomatic indexing plate machines model: ES, MS, T1, T2
Market introduction of the indexing plate machine T3 (type 102), with 9 machining stations
Introduction of the modular system T3-9/11, delivery of the first T3-9 (type 112),
with 9-stations indexing unit
Start of the development of the RTH under the subsidiary VARIOMATIC Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
First production of rectangular breakthroughs by broaching on T3 machines /
start of the development of T5
Introduction of the completely CNC controlled machine model range RTC on the market and gradual replacement of the RTH
Construction of the completely CNC controlled model range RTC for the construction sizes RTC 630, RTC 900 and RTC 1250 with reference circle diameter of 630 to 1250 mm and 6 to 12 machining stations
Introduction of the machine type T3P
Hahn & Kolb constructs and markets the Variomatic indexing plate machines model: ES, MS, T1, T2
Market introduction of the indexing plate machine T3 (type 102), with 9 machining stations
Introduction of the modular system T3-9/11, delivery of the first T3-9 (type 112),
with 9-stations indexing unit
Start of the development of the RTH under the subsidiary VARIOMATIC Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
First production of rectangular breakthroughs by broaching on T3 machines /
start of the development of T5
Introduction of the completely CNC controlled machine model range RTC on the market and gradual replacement of the RTH
Construction of the completely CNC controlled model range RTC for the construction sizes RTC 630, RTC 900 and RTC 1250 with reference circle diameter of 630 to 1250 mm and 6 to 12 machining stations
Introduction of the machine type T3P