Milestones in our company's history

 

2008

  • US-Tile (California): control of roof-tile fabrication with Rockwell SLC 500
  • Rolls Royce Aero-Engines (D): Schleicher CNC control for a shot peening machine

2007

  • Brick factory Landquart (CH): Development of an energy management system for the ceramic drying (Beckhoff PLC + Visual Studio .Net + SQL Server)
  • Rolex (CH): Software Engineering for a Wertli continuous casting equipment
  • TBM Automation AG became official solution partner of Beckhoff AG

2006

  • Wienerberger, Sibiu (RO): Development of a motion control application with rotary cutter, electrical gearing and flying saw with software-differential
  • Gruppo Fauci, Sicily: Development of a motion control application: linearization of an eccentric crank shaft for synchronization with a clay slug

2005

  • Our saddest year. We remember our deceased co-founder Mr. Ing. Walter Terpetschnig, who provided a major contribution to the success of the company.
  • SR Technics, Zurich-Kloten (CH): First Beckhoff CNC for a shot peening machine

2004

  • Unaxis-Displays (FL): motion and drive-engineering and supply of servo drives for all KAI 2500 and UNI2500/3000
  • Malteurop, Rostock (D): Development of a process control and visualization of malt houses with VB.net and VisiWin
  • Hilcona (FL): Palletizer with Simatic S7 and servo drives including positioning via Profibus
  • Opel Aspern (A): control system of a shot peening machine for transmission shafts
  • Wienerberger, Köszeg (H): First bearingless Direct-Torque Drive from Danaher Motion

2003

  • TBM Automation becomes official distributor for Danaher Motion Drives
  • VW engine factory Salzgitter (D): control of a cylinder-inner-wall shot peening machine
  • Unaxis Displays (FL): electrical engineering of a manufacturing plant for TFT screens with 2MW power and approx. 12 meter electrical cabinet

2002

  • Wolfshöher Tonwerke (D): first robot system (KUKA) for the fabrication of fireclay-tubes
  • Airbus Nordham (D): Control system of a shot peening machine for the processing of body parts of the A380

2001

  • Unaxis Displays (FL): Complete electrical engineering of a manufacturing plant for TFT screens with 1.2 m2 glass size, performance 500kW
  • Wertli AG (CH): development of visualization software for continuous casting machines for the production of euro mints (Visual Basic)
  • Butler, Elgin (Texas): control of a large plant for the manufacturing of bricks (Simatic S7)
  • US-Tile Corona (California): control of roof tile production with Allen-Bradley SLC500

2000

  • MTU Munich (D): development of quality assurance software for the production of aircraft turbines with Visual Basic 6 and MS Access
  • Unaxis Displays (FL): KAI1200 - Complete electrical engineering of a coating plant for flat screens (500KW, 8m electrical cabinet)
  • Launch of a new CAE system "Promis"

1999

  • Hugo Sieber AG (CH): Development of an embroidery machine control with axis control, and control PC. (First Visual Basic Project)

1998

  • Change of company name in TBM Automation AG after the exit of Mr. Werner Kolb

1997

  • Freymatic AG (CH): Development of motion control software for a rotary cutter and electronic gearing on Schleicher Promodul F platform

1996

  • Wolfshöher Tonwerke (D): complete control of a pipe fabrication with Simatic and multi-axis control (SEW)
  • Siemens (Brazil): control of a decontamination box for a nuclear power plant in Brazil

1995

  • Freymatic AG (CH): First Motion Control Application "Flying Saw"

1993

  • Singapore Airlines' first project with Sinumerik 840 CNC control

1992

  • MTU Munich (D): First visualization and process control systems for shot peening in the aviation industry (InTouch)
  • MTU Munich (D): First project with Sinumerik 880 CNC control with 11 axes interpolating

1991

  • Lufthansa Hamburg (D): First Schleicher CNC Promodul U for a wet-peening machine
  • Founding of TBM Kolb AG, 6 employees
 
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