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History

Keeping an eye on the wishes of our customers

The suc­cess of seven deca­des of com­pa­ny histo­ry pro­ves us right: We always put the cus­to­mer’s wis­hes at the cen­ter of our work. This has made us one of the lea­ding com­pa­nies in spe­cial machi­ne con­s­truc­tion to this day.

HAMUEL

1927

The year HAMUEL was founded

HAMUEL is foun­ded by Hans Mühl­ho­fer and Theo­dor Kirsch­baum in Marktredwitz.

HAMUEL

1936

The com­pa­ny makes a good name for its­elf with the pro­duc­tion of steel hol­ders, rota­ting cen­ter pun­ches and access­ories for machi­ne tools.
Reichenbacher

1954

The year Reichenbacher was founded
Dipl.-Ing. Her­mann Rei­chen­ba­cher founds the company.
Reichenbacher

1955

The first pro­ducts are laun­ched on the mar­ket: manu­al­ly gui­ded copy­ing machi­nes for sculp­tors revo­lu­tio­ni­ze tra­di­tio­nal car­ving and make the name Rei­chen­ba­cher known worldwide.

HAMUEL

1957

Con­s­truc­tion of a new hall at the Markt­red­witz site.
HAMUEL

1962

The pro­duc­tion of assem­blies for lathes brings fur­ther suc­cess. Auto­ma­ti­cal­ly con­trol­led coor­di­na­te tables are deve­lo­ped and intro­du­ced to the market.
HAMUEL

1968

At the machi­ne tool exhi­bi­ti­on in Hano­ver, a NC-con­trol­led coor­di­na­te table cau­ses a sen­sa­ti­on. At this time, the­re are only about 50 machi­ne tools equip­ped with NC con­trol in the Fede­ral Republic.
HAMUEL

1970

The pro­duc­tion of the coor­di­na­te tables con­ti­nues to move the com­pa­ny forward.
Reichenbacher

1972

With the RANC-AM machi­ne series, Rei­chen­ba­cher manu­fac­tures the first nume­ri­cal­ly con­trol­led machi­ning cent­re for wood­wor­king and takes a step from machi­ne buil­der towards sys­tem supplier.
Reichenbacher

1974

The first machi­ne series in series pro­duc­tion is crea­ted with the type RANC-AM and cau­ses a sen­sa­ti­on throug­hout Euro­pe. High eco­no­mic effi­ci­en­cy, thanks to the fact that deve­lo­p­ment cos­ts are spread among the series, is com­bi­ned with excep­tio­nal pro­duc­ti­vi­ty at a favorable price.
HAMUEL

1976

HAMUEL takes over the com­pa­ny Schirr­ma­cher, an important sup­pli­er. This crea­tes a first foot­hold in Mee­der near Coburg, which is fur­ther expan­ded in the fol­lo­wing years.
HAMUEL

1978 / 1979

The pro­duc­tion pro­gram includes fix­tures and teles­co­pic covers. At this time, pre­cis­i­on coor­di­na­te tables, long beds for CNC machi­ning cen­ters and assem­blies for moving column machi­nes of the com­pa­nies CHIRON and STAMA are deve­lo­ped and pro­du­ced in series.
HAMUEL

1982 / 1983

For the com­pa­ny MBB in Augs­burg, HAMUEL deve­lo­ps and manu­fac­tures two high-speed mil­ling machi­nes for the machi­ning of inte­gral com­pon­ents from alu­mi­num up to 8 m work­pie­ce length for the air­craft industry.
HAMUEL

1985

As a tech­no­lo­gi­cal lea­der, HAMUEL builds the first machi­ne made of poly­mer con­cre­te for high-speed machi­ning in coope­ra­ti­on with the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty in Darmstadt.
Reichenbacher

1985

The first car­da­nic working head is used in 5‑axis mil­ling units. With this, Rei­chen­ba­cher opens the way to three-dimen­sio­nal milling.
HAMUEL

1987

The com­pa­ny is inte­gra­ted into the SCHERDELGroup. The pro­duct ran­ge is expan­ded with the con­s­truc­tion of laser wel­ding sys­tems for the wel­ding of car roofs.

HAMUEL

1990

HAMUEL recei­ves the order to over­haul and moder­ni­ze all por­tal mil­ling machi­nes of DASA at the Augs­burg plant.
HAMUEL

1997

SHAPE 2000
HAMUEL pres­ents the new­ly deve­lo­ped and uni­ver­sal­ly appli­ca­ble SHAPE 2000 por­tal mil­ling machi­ne at the trade fair in Hanover.
Reichenbacher

1997

VISION

The VISION machi­ne series sets stan­dards in the field of wood­wor­king: It impres­ses with first-class machi­ning opti­ons, out­stan­ding mil­ling qua­li­ty and a con­sis­tent safe­ty concept.

HAMUEL

1998

A 100% sub­si­dia­ry is foun­ded with the name HAMÜL Maschi­nen­bau Plau­en GmbH & Co. KG. This is also inte­gra­ted into the SCHERDELGroup

. A modern pro­duc­tion faci­li­ty for sheet metal and wel­ded steel con­s­truc­tions up to 25 t unit weight is set up in Plau­en on 4,400 squa­re meters of hall space.

Reichenbacher

1999

ECO
With for­ward-loo­king mul­ti-chan­nel tech­no­lo­gy, the ECO type is once again ahead of its time. High pro­duc­ti­vi­ty results, for exam­p­le, in the machi­ning of fiber-rein­forced sand­wich panels for the aero­space industry.
HAMUEL

1999 – 2000

HSTM 800 and HSTM 2000

In coope­ra­ti­on with Als­tom Power AG, the HSTM 800 and HSTM 2000 high-speed turn-mill machi­nes are being deve­lo­ped. A total of ele­ven of the­se machi­nes are used for the com­ple­te machi­ning of cranks­hafts and tur­bi­ne blades in just one clam­ping operation.

Reichenbacher

2003

ARTIS
At LIGNA 2003, the ARTIS series, a gene­ra­ti­on of machi­nes spe­ci­al­ly desi­gned for the craft trade, is presented.
Reichenbacher-Hamuel

2004

Reichenbacher Hamuel GmbH
As a 100% sub­si­dia­ry of HAMUEL Maschi­nen­bau GmbH & Co. KG, Rei­chen­ba­cher Hamu­el GmbH is foun­ded and inte­gra­ted into the SCHERDEL Group. The com­pa­ny incre­asing­ly beco­mes a sys­tem pro­vi­der for com­ple­te manu­fac­tu­ring solutions.
HAMUEL

2005

HSTM 500 series

Pre­sen­ta­ti­on of the first com­pact machi­ne from the HSTM 500 series at the Euro­mold trade fair.

Reichenbacher

2009

VISION Premium

The VISION Pre­mi­um novel­ty is pre­sen­ted at LIGNA 2009.

HAMUEL

2009

HSTM XL

HAMUEL pres­ents the HSTM XL series. The turn-mill cen­ter with hori­zon­tal work­pie­ce arran­ge­ment is par­ti­cu­lar­ly sui­ta­ble for machi­ning tur­bi­ne and com­pres­sor blades, blisks and/or radi­al compressors.

Reichenbacher

2010

ECO-NT

For the first time, the ECO-NT is built with two 5‑axis fork-type working heads for alter­na­te loa­ding. This means that both units can also machi­ne two com­pon­ents in par­al­lel at the same time on one station.

Reichenbacher

2011

VISION-III‑T Sprint

A spe­cial VISION-III‑T Sprint for machi­ning lar­ge parts such as glue-lami­na­ted beams, struc­tu­ral tim­ber and mul­ti-lay­er boards gua­ran­tees: Part machi­ning up to 46,000 x 2,000 mm, with tra­vels of X = 50,000 mm, Y = 2,900 mm and Z = 870 mm. The 55 kW car­da­nic working unit can per­form 5‑axis sawing up to 1,000 mm diameter.

HAMUEL

2011

HSTM HD

HAMUEL pres­ents the new HSTM HD series in mine­ral cas­ting design at the EMO trade fair.

HAMUEL

2012

HAMUEL opens the pro­duc­tion for the mine­ral cas­ting components.
HAMUEL

2013

HAMUEL recei­ves the EMO Award from the indus­try maga­zi­ne MM Maschi­nen­markt for the world’s first hybrid repair machi­ne (laser clad­ding and milling).
Reichenbacher

2013

ECO-RS and VISION-RC

Pre­sen­ta­ti­on of the new ECO-RS (incli­ned bed machi­ne) and VISION-RC (sin­gle-head system).

Reichenbacher

2016

VISION-FLEX

The VISION-FLEX machi­ne con­cept for alu­mi­ni­um pro­fi­le machi­ning of the hig­hest qua­li­ty is pre­sen­ted. This machi­ne is an excel­lent choice in the auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try. Pri­ce and per­for­mance ensu­re the hig­hest eco­no­mic effi­ci­en­cy in the machi­ning of struc­tu­ral components.

HAMUEL

2016

HSTM 150 S2

HAMUEL deve­lo­ps the HSC Turn Mil­ling Cen­ter HSTM 150 S2 with vibra­ti­on-redu­ced mine­ral cas­ting bed for high pre­cis­i­on machining.

HAMUEL

2017

HAMUEL cele­bra­tes its 90th anni­ver­sa­ry and inau­gu­ra­tes a new pro­duc­tion hall at the Mee­der site.
Reichenbacher

2017

TUBE

The TUBE machi­ne con­cept for high­ly dyna­mic par­al­lel machi­ning in two machi­ning are­as is deve­lo­ped and built for the first time. The cus­to­mer bene­fits from low cos­ts for ship­ping the machi­ne. The TUBE is spe­ci­al­ly deve­lo­ped for the inter­na­tio­nal auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try with its high qua­li­ty requi­re­ments and its many for­eign locations.

CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen
Reichenbacher

2019

QUANTUM
At LIGNA 2019 in Hano­ver, Rei­chen­ba­cher Hamu­el pres­ents the new QUANTUM 5‑axis machi­ning cent­re to a glo­bal audi­ence for the first time. This com­pact machi­ne class is spe­ci­al­ly desi­gned for car­pen­ters who want to enter the upmar­ket CNC tech­no­lo­gy in the field of stair­ca­se, win­dow and door production.
CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen
HAMUEL

2019

HSTM 150 HD

The HSC turn-mill cen­ter HSTM 150 HD is expan­ded with addi­tio­nal func­tions. In addi­ti­on to con­ven­tio­nal mil­ling, repairs can optio­nal­ly be car­ri­ed out by 3D laser clad­ding and the­se com­pon­ents can be auto­ma­ti­cal­ly loaded.

HAMUEL

2020

HSTM 850 XL and HSTM 1500 XL

The machi­ne series for blisk machi­ning is expan­ded by the HSTM 850 XL and HSTM 1500 XL. In the manu­fac­tu­ring pro­cess of a blisk, bla­de pro­files are mil­led late­ral­ly from a for­ged disk.

Reichenbacher

2020

OPUS

The mar­ket launch of the 5‑axis CNC machi­ning cent­re OPUS makes it easy for the wood­wor­king trade to get star­ted with inno­va­ti­ve CNC tech­no­lo­gy, becau­se even com­pa­nies with rather limi­t­ed space will be thrilled.

CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen
Reichenbacher-Hamuel

2021

AMS 800

With the AMS 800 spe­cial machi­ne, HAMUEL + Rei­chen­ba­cher are set­ting new stan­dards in the field of addi­ti­ve manu­fac­tu­ring using laser mel­ting and laser sin­te­ring (pow­der bed­ding process).

CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen
Reichenbacher-Hamuel

2022

AMS 400 and HybriDX-LT

HAMUEL + Rei­chen­ba­cher pre­sent the machi­ne inno­va­tions AMS 400 and Hybri­DX-LT for the first time and demons­tra­te the func­tion­a­li­ty of both sys­tems live in Frank­furt at the Formnext trade fair.

CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen
Reichenbacher-Hamuel

2024

M1000

At the Formnext trade fair in Frank­furt, we are pre­sen­ting the trade fair inno­va­ti­on M1000, an indus­tri­al high-speed 3D prin­ter for fila­ment prin­ting. A paten­ted mul­ti-mate­ri­al prin­ting tech­no­lo­gy in the pro­ven Rei­chen­ba­cher spe­cial machi­ne construction!

CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen
Reichenbacher Hamuel Group

2025

The Reichenbacher Hamuel Group

The mem­bers of the Rei­chen­ba­cher-Hamu­el group of com­pa­nies mer­ge to form the Rei­chen­ba­cher Hamu­el Group and will the­r­e­fo­re ope­ra­te as a sin­gle company.

CNC-Bearbeitungszentrum TUBE: beidseitig geschlossen