Energy flexible manufacturing powered by photovoltaics
With a new photovoltaic system and the PrONergy research project, Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH is working to intelligently integrate production and energy supply.
Evotion 2026 | Customer Magazine
Small batch sizes and a wide range of gear types: Terhaerst Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Neunkirchen near Nuremberg has invested in an LC 700 M gear hobbing machine from Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH. The new machine replaces several older units and allows the company to manufacture a broad spectrum of workpieces with significantly shorter processing times.
At Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH, apprentices from multiple disciplines jointly designed and built an interactive exhibit for events and training fairs – based on a classic arcade grabber machine.
Gear cutting machines generate vast amounts of valuable data, which can provide users with a key to better process understanding, higher quality and targeted optimization. In practice, however, these potentials often remain untapped: Data is scattered, difficult to access and often not linked in a meaningful way. The Liebherr Data Suite combines a range of integrated software tools into a comprehensive system designed for targeted data usage.
- From unsorted raw parts to geared pump shafts: with a highly automated production line, Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH has implemented an end-to-end process chain for the pump manufacturer Rickmeier GmbH in Balve.
The line runs from bin picking at the start, through several machining stations including gear hobbing, all the way to automatic unloading of finished parts. The result is higher productivity, stable processes, and maximum flexibility.
Production capacity expanded with new plant
Liebherr-Verzahntechnik strengthens its presence in China
Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH has relocated its Chinese production site to new premises in the Yongchuan district of the Chongqing Free Trade Zone, more than doubling its production area in the process. The new site offers ideal conditions for expanding the production of gear hobbing, generating gear grinding, and gear skiving machines for the Chinese market from 2026 onwards.
Profile modifications in generating grinding without additional dressing tools
DIP – flexible, fast and reproducible
In practice, profile modifications on gears often mean additional dressing tools, extra costs, and longer lead times. Processes such as line dressing are flexible, but time-consuming and only marginally cost-effective in series production. With DIP (dresser-independent profile modifications), Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH has developed a generating grinding method that, for the first time, allows for profile modification during dressing using a profile dressing roll, thereby combining flexibility with short dressing times.
Consistently recording, storing and analyzing machine data
Liebherr Data Suite: Using data holistically
Gear cutting machines generate vast amounts of valuable data, which can provide users with a key to better process understanding, higher quality and targeted optimization. In practice, however, these potentials often remain untapped: Data is scattered, difficult to access and often not linked in a meaningful way. The Liebherr Data Suite combines a range of integrated software tools into a comprehensive system designed for targeted data usage.
Arcade attraction as an interdisciplinary training project
Liebherr’s special take on the grabber machine
At Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH, apprentices from multiple disciplines jointly designed and built an interactive exhibit for events and training fairs – based on a classic arcade grabber machine.
Polishing after shot peening
Optimised tooth flanks for commercial vehicle gearboxes
As power density increases, so do the demands placed on gear teeth – especially in the commercial vehicle sector. Maximum load capacity and service life are achieved through the combination of shot peening followed by polishing of the tooth flanks. The process sequence required for this places high demands on production, for which Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH offers a series ready solution.
More than just a technology supplier: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
Development partner for robotic drives
The robotics market is developing rapidly – but it is currently difficult to predict with any certainty exactly where it is heading. Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH has gained expertise and experience from numerous completed projects involving various robotic drive systems. Dr Oliver Winkel, Head of Application Engineering, speaks with product managers Martin Schwarzmann and Laurenz Müller about what makes the company a strong development partner for the robotics industry.
Liebherr strengthens its presence with customers in Japan
Successful Gear Seminars in Tokyo and Osaka
The Gear Seminars held by Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH in Japan have become an important meeting point for the country’s gear manufacturing industry. More than 100 participants attended the events in Tokyo and Osaka in November 2025 to learn about innovations and new technologies, share insights and gather fresh ideas for their own production operations.
Efficient solutions for sustainable battery recycling and the circular economy
LHDismantle: Automated disassembly of high-voltage batteries
Electric mobility is on the rise – and with it, the need for efficient solutions for the recycling and reprocessing of high-voltage batteries. Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH has developed LHDismantle, an industrial-grade system for the automated disassembly of high-voltage batteries. Based on this foundation, the company offers solutions ranging from automated unscrewing processes to modular and scalable turnkey systems for disassembly and unloading.