A historic milestone for Schwarze-Robitec: the tube bending specialist can look back on 120 years of experience in mechanical engineering. The company offers customized and high-performance tube bending solutions – from stand-alone machines to fully automated bending cells.
Founded in 1903 as “Gebrüder Schwarze”, Schwarze-Robitec has specialized in tube bending for more than nine decades. The company has been headquartered in Cologne since the beginning and today presents itself as a technology partner for pipe bending solutions. All bending machines are always tailored to individual requirements and are manufactured in Germany.
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Extensive portfolio
The pipe bending specialist’s product portfolio reflects the diversity of the industries it serves: from the “High Performance” series for the automotive and aerospace industries to the “Heavy Duty” machines for plant construction, shipbuilding and the offshore industry and the “Boiler & Power” series for the power plant industry.
Throughout its history, Schwarze-Robitec has repeatedly introduced groundbreaking innovations. The world’s first CNC tube bending machine was presented in 1976 and the first multi-radius bending machine in 1988. All-electric machines were added at the turn of the millennium; in 2018 Schwarze-Robitec was able to offer the world’s largest all-electric multi-radius tube bending machine.
The “Made in Germany” principle remains a central component of the company philosophy and guarantees the highest standards. These also apply to the North American service and sales team, which started work at a branch in the USA in 2015.
Into the future with innovative bending solutions
Since 2020, Schwarze-Robitec has expanded its expertise to the rapidly growing electromobility sector. The highest precision manufacturing is used here: the busbars required for e-mobility must be bent taking individual geometries into account – and without damaging the insulation. The demand for fully automated bending processes is also increasing continuously. The numerous upstream and downstream work steps, such as assembly, end forming and measuring, need to be integrated into the tube bending cell.
The integration of additional systems for tube feeding and/or robots is also one of the specific requirements for fully automatic tube processing. No challenge for a company like Schwarze-Robitec, which has always offered advanced technologies that underline its commitment to innovation and meeting new industrial requirements.
The company’s success is largely due to a dedicated team of around 100 machine-enthusiastic and service-oriented employees. With an impressive heritage and a clear vision for the future, Schwarze-Robitec continues on its path as an innovator and market leader in the tube bending industry and is ideally equipped to meet the challenges of an ever-changing industrial landscape.
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Schwarze-Robitec
Founded in 1903, the company is one of the leading international experts in the field of tube cold bending machines. The manufacturer currently employs 100 people at its headquarters in Cologne. The company is represented worldwide by long-standing partner companies. Schwarze-Robitec has been present in North America for more than 40 years, with its own subsidiary since 2015. The company manufactured the world’s first CNC-controlled tube bending machine back in 1977. To date, more than 3,000 machines have been sold, many of which have been in unrestricted production use for more than 35 years. In addition to tube bending machines and bending tools, Schwarze-Robitec’s product range also includes tube perforating machines, measuring systems, solutions for special machine construction and fully automatic bending cells. Without exception, the pipe bending expert’s reference list includes all well-known manufacturers in the automotive industry, the energy sector and shipbuilding. The company’s solutions are also used in aerospace and many other industries.