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Welte Organ - Technik Museum Speyer

Screw Jack at the Tech...

Precise height adjustment with Screw Jacks: the Welte Organ at the Technik Museum Speyer

To ensure the Welte Organ always plays from the perfect position, four powerful Screw Jacks are used. Discover how this technology works and what m...

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Theater Pforzheim and Trapezoidal Spindles - GROB Drive Technology

Trapezoidal Spindles a...

Trapezoidal spindles and the Theater Pforzheim – how do they fit together?

How Trapezoidal Spindles ensure smooth theater performances

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Screw Jacks in strip mining

Screw Jacks in Strip M...

Where coal and ore are extracted in strip mining

How robust and durable Screw Jacks transport large quantities of coal, ore, and graphite under extreme environmental conditions

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Giant Screw Jack - Heavy load

Screw Jacks for heavy ...

Screw Jacks that can lift 200 tons – is that possible?

How custom-made Screw Jacks with special components make the impossible possible

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aircraft fuselage

Aircraft Fuselage - As...

This is what a cost-effective aircraft fuselage assembly system looks like

Screw Jacks keep costs low in a complex assembly system

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Research Flumes - Application with Screw Jacks - GROB GmbH

Research Flumes

Synchronized lifting system enables precision tilting on research flumes

How sophisticated and automated lifting systems enhance canal waterways

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Automated guided vehicle

Automated Guided Vehic...

How Screw Jacks enhance safety when raising and lowering Automated Guided Vehicles

Even in cases of imbalance and power failure, our Screw Jacks keep automated guided vehicles stable. But how?

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Textbook cover - Fundamentals of Linear Drive Technology

Textbook on Linear Dri...

Fundamentals of Linear Drive Technology: Why we wrote our own textbook about it

How engineers and students benefit from it

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Miter Gates - Flood Defence

Flood Defence - Miter ...

Revolutionary Flood Defence! How innovative drive technology shapes the flood protectio...

Discover the groundbreaking technology that safeguards cities from devastating floods – GROB sets new standards in flood protection

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Linear Chain at freezing temperatures - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Chain in the fr...

Even in a freezer, the Linear Chain works efficiently

How the Linear Chain remains robust and precise despite extreme environmental conditions

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Scissor Lift Table moved by a Linear Chain - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Chain Lifting T...

Space-saving miracle Linear Chain – ideal for a lifting table

Lifting and transporting heavy loads – that's our daily business. However, the available space is often limited. Especially in such cases, the ...

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Linear Chain used in a Charging trolley - GROB Drive Technology

High-lift charging tro...

Linear Chain - but mechanical! Application in high-lift charging trolleys for vacuum fu...

What makes the Linear Chain a special case for high-lift charging trolleys

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Linear chain used in theater stages - GROB Drive Technology

MINI Actuator at the M...

Enhanced safety and flexibility for the Munich People’s Theater with the MINI Actuator

The MINI Actuator secures the stage and fixes it in a defined position

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Hardening furnace - linear chain

Linear Chain in the Ha...

Linear Chain in a hardening furnace construction

How the Linear Chain demonstrates its capabilities under extreme temperatures

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Linear Chain used in a fire furnace - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Chain in high-t...

Fire and Linear Chain – can this work well?

What performance the Linear Chain delivers at over 1000°C (over 1830°F)

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Telescopic Linear Chains - GROB Drive Technology

Telescopic Linear Chain

Elegant solution: How the Linear Chain is guided and protected with a telescopic guide

How the Linear Chain can be guided and extended even without guide rails

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Screw Jacks used in a Satellite Park - GROB Drive Technology

Screw Jack in a satell...

Screw Jacks in a satellite park – what are they used for?

Find out why every millimeter counts in this context

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Linear Actuator for roof windows - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Actuators for r...

Bright spaces thanks to Linear Actuators – Compact solution for hard-to-reach window op...

Compact and quiet Linear Actuators open and close all types of window openings

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MINI actuator - Small but giant performance - GROB Drive Technology

MINI Actuator in the f...

The food industry and the MINI Actuator are made for each other

Why the MINI Cylinder is particularly valued in food hygiene and what makes it so special

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Use case with MINI actuators - GROB Drive Technology

MINI Actuator in Facad...

Building climate control – you can rely on the MINI Actuator

Find out what's the role of aesthetics in this context

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MINI actuator in the automative industry - GROB Drive Technology

MINI in the Automotive...

Pneumatic cylinders out, MINI Actuators in: But why?

Why an automotive manufacturer decided to make the switch and what benefits it brought

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MINI actuators at a maintenance facility - use case - GROB GmbH

Maintenance facility f...

How 56 MINI Actuators ensure safety in a high-speed train manufacturing facility

Why so many MINI Cylinders were used and how they save lives

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House of Tulips - Screw Jacks GROB

Screw Jacks at Schipho...

GROB Screw Drives and the mysterious greenhouse at Amsterdam Airport

4 powerful Screw Jacks play a special role, moving the greenhouse as if by magic

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King Charles and screw jacks - GROB Drive Technology

Screw Jacks and King C...

Screw Jacks and King Charles - What they have in common

How the sky over Australia is being observed using Screw Jacks from GROB

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Linear Chain for a conveyor belt - automotive industry - GROB GmbH

Linear Chain on the co...

The Linear Chain plays a crucial role in the assembly on the conveyor belt

It's the only chain in the world that can both push and pull

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Linear Chain SK - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Chain as an alt...

The best alternative to a Screw Jack - the Linear Chain

It's the only chain in the world with a unique capability: it can both push and pull. As such, it's the alternative often sought in practic...

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in-house-manufacturing warehouse

In-House Manufacturing...

Why we decided years ago to increase in-house manufacturing of our Screw Jacks

Supply shortages at GROB? Not a problem. How we manage to process orders promptly and deliver rapidly

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Helping designers

How we help designers

Linear Drive Technology: How we help designers

Through expert advice and quick access to CAD data for all components

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Linear Actuator - an electromechanical drive product - GROB Drive Technology

Electric Linear Actuators

Electric Linear Actuators are becoming increasingly popular. But what if the standard s...

For us, it's no challenge. We're the right development partner for this. We thrive on these challenges.

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Screw Jacks in aircraft wing manufacturing - GROB Drive Technology

Screw Jacks in aerospace

4 Screw Jacks for precision actuation in the manufacturing of aircraft wings

How GROB moves heavy loads safely and precisely with Screw Jacks

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Wafer guiding with Ball Screws

Wafer guide with High-...

Less backlash, less scrap: High-Precision Ball Screws optimize wafer guiding

Why ground Ball Screws ensure precise positioning of masks and wafers and help prevent process errors

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High-Precision Ball Screws in robotics

High-Precision Ball Sc...

How precision Ball Screws make robotic motion more accurate and natural

High-Precision Ball Screws combine a compact design, sensitive motion control, and high repeatability - making them ideal for humanoid and assistiv...

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Measurement technology

Measurement Technology

Stable measurement results thanks to High-Precision Ball Screws in testing and measurem...

Why High-Precision Ball Screws are the basis for reliable measurement results

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Machine Tool Engineering

Machine Tool Engineering

Low feed accuracy and fluctuations? High-Precision Ball Screws ensure precise axis motion

How High-Precision Ball Screws provide smooth motion, high dynamics, and reliable results in machine tool engineering

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Screw Jacks used in an Offshore Wind Farm - GROB Drive Technology

Screw Jacks in Offshor...

Screw Jacks from GROB are in increasing demand for offshore wind turbines

Unveiling GROB's Screw Jacks: The power behind smooth nacelle transportation

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Optikindustrie - Hochpräzisions-KGTs

Optical Industry

Repeatable positioning and stable motion for the optical industry

In the optical industry, High-Precision Ball Screws enable smooth motion and maximum accuracy for sensitive applications

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Theater Ehingen - Tower Chain

Stage adjustment using...

Stage adjustment using a Tower Chain

How the Tower Chain, as a linear chain system, moves more than 20 tons of stage weight up and down

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Screw Jacks move a pedestrian bridge in Wertheim - Tauber River - GROB GmbH

Pedestrian bridge in W...

Thanks to GROB, you can cross the Tauber River without getting your feet wet!

Screw Jacks are deployed in a fascinating way for flood protection

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Linear Chain used in a Container Mover - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Chain Container...

How to turn around 20-foot cargo containers in just 5 minutes - using the Linear Chain

Cost-effective, space-saving, and disruption-free - the Linear Chain was the best solution here. But how?

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Soundproof Hood moved by two linear actuators - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Actuator moves ...

Big flap, easily moved!

How a powerful Actuator moves a 200 kg (about 440 lbs) heavy soundproof hood precisely

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Unwinding Device - Linear Actuator in textile industry - GROB Drive Technology

Linear Actuator in the...

Linear Actuator in the Textile Industry

The role of the Actuator in precision cutting of clothing fabrics

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Heat regulation at BMW - Linear Chain

Linear Chain Heat Regu...

The Linear Chain saves wire harnesses from dying

For decades, wiring harnesses for cars have been damaged by cold temperatures and had to be scrapped. The Linear Chain is now putting an end to this

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