WINKEL
About
About WINKEL
WINKEL is a German manufacturer of linear-motion components and handling systems based in Illingen. Its combined bearings and guide profiles support the movement of heavy loads in industrial machinery. The company also supplies complete linear axes and lifting or transfer equipment, allowing integrators to combine load guidance, drive mechanisms and structural assemblies.
Its automation range includes seventh-axis tracks that extend an industrial robot's travel, alongside storage and retrieval equipment such as COLIBRI and FAST PICK handling stations. These are mechanical and electromechanical systems integrated into production or warehouse installations. WINKEL's offer spans individual motion components and engineered handling assemblies, with selection governed by the load, stroke and installation required by the application.
Operations
Operating use
- Operating use
2025-08-25 - WINKEL reports four RLE-H-750 gantry axes, each carrying two FANUC robots, in one furniture-packaging installation. The customer is not named. - One documented customer installation; not company-wide shipments.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- igus
Inbound - Actuation Motion - WINKEL’s COLIBRI storage and retrieval units use igus guidelok slimline F energy chain systems
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Team
- Christian Winkel - Chief Executive Officer
- August Winkel - Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Resources
Curated durable documents and official technical references.
- COLIBRI and PUMA storage-and-retrieval systems
PDF · Storage-and-retrieval systems · WINKEL
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Timeline
Events
- 2025-08-25 - Deployment - WINKEL reports robot-transfer-axis installation for furniture packaging
Four RLE-H-750 gantry axes each carry two FANUC M-710iC/50_70 robots. The installation transfers furniture components from conveyors into shipping cartons. WINKEL reports approximately five metres of robot travel per robot and ±0.1 mm repeat accuracy for the configured system.
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