Innovative Solutions for Outstanding Shifting
Comfort in Passenger Car Drive Trains
HOERBIGER Drive Technology
Tradition as a Basis
for Continuity and a Future
HOERBIGER Drive Technology is a
Through innovations in attractive techno­
company of HOERBIGER Holding AG in
logical niche markets, the HOERBIGER
Zug, Switzerland. The HOERBIGER Group
Group sets standards and creates unique
is active throughout the world as a leading
selling propositions with long-term
player in the fields of compression technol­
benefit for the customer.
ogy, automation technology, and drive
technology. In 2010, its 6,700 employ­
ees achieved sales of approximately
950 million euros. The focal points of its
business activities include key compo­
nents and services for compressors, gaspowered engines, and turbomachinery,
hydraulic systems and piezo technology
for vehicle and machine construction,
as well as synchronizer systems for shift
operations in vehicles of all types.
1895
Hanns Hörbiger
invents the HOERBIGER
steel plate valve
1925
Alfred Hörbiger
Inception of the company
HOERBIGER & Co.
1945
Martina Hörbiger
Reconstruction of the main
plant in Vienna
2011
Board of Trustees
Christiana Hörbiger
HOERBIGER: The Prime Choice Worldwide
for Synchronizers
HOERBIGER is the largest independent
Schongau (Germany)
provider of synchronizer systems world­
Schongau (Germany)
wide. For years, HOERBIGER has been
Oberstenfeld (Germany)
setting standards with innovative drive
train solutions.
In 2010, HOERBIGER Drive Technology
recorded sales of more than 300 million
euros. With approximately 1,700 employ­
ees at the Schongau and Oberstenfeld
sites in Europe as well as the Changzhou
and Taizhou plants in Asia, HOERBIGER
develops and produces synchronizer
components and systems for customers
operating around the globe.
Based on a strong market position in
Europe, HOERBIGER expanded its worldwide presence. HOERBIGER synchronizers
are considered a trendsetter, especially
in Asia, but also in the Americas.
Changzhou (China)
Taizhou (China)
Design, Development and Testing:
The Perfect Combination
Future-oriented and competent: HOERBIGER
technology stands out as a result of its design,
simulation, construction and testing.
 Tribological designs
 Development of friction linings
Design and computation of synchronizer
systems
Finite element calculation and dynamic
simulation
 System layout and development
Vehicle, transmission and component
testing
Perfect Mastery of
tribological Friction Systems
Tribological expertise is the foundation for the
optimal design of HOERBIGER synchronizer
friction systems. The friction materials form
the basis for the development of efficient
systems. They decisively influence the shifting
behavior as well as the performance and
durability of the systems.
Future-oriented testing
HOERBIGER has extensive testing
facilities at its disposal for testing
new systems:
 Tribometer
 Synchronization test stands
 Torsional and linear pulsers
 Transmission test stands
 Drive train test stands
 Shift simulator
In-vehicle shifting comfort
measurements
Excellent and reliable: Solutions for
Double-Clutch and Manual Transmissions
As the largest independent manufacturer of synchronizer
systems in the world, HOERBIGER supplies components and
systems for all types of manual transmissions, double-clutch
transmissions, and automated manual transmissions.
 Single-cone synchronizer systems
 Double-cone synchronizer systems
 Triple-cone synchronizer systems
 Synchronizer hubs
 Synchronizer sliding sleeves
 Clutch disks with and without cone
Superior Shift Quality
The use of modern development tools, in conjunction with
efficient production facilities under one roof, allows HOERBIGER
to develop tailor-made customer solutions for any application.
The products are used by almost all known OEM and trans­
mission manufacturers around the world in high volume
production.
Given the modular design of the friction systems, an “upgrade”
from a single-cone synchronizer system to a multi-cone
synchronizer system is an easy feat and leaves the installation
space largely unchanged—with unimpaired flexibility in the
selection of the lining.
HOERBIGER
Sinter
HOERBIGER
Carbon
Product Innovations in
Synchronizer Systems
The HOERBIGER Smart Key Synchronizer (SKS) and the
Blocker Ring Evo (BRE) offer innovative and economical
solutions for a variety of applications.
HOERBIGER SKS –
Smart Key Synchronizer
High-performance synchro­­nizer system for automated
manual transmissions
and double-clutch transmissions.
Benefits:
 High shift quality
 Low drag torque
 Modular design
 Exchangeability with identical
installation space
 Noise-optimized
 Greater fuel economy
 An economical solution
HOERBIGER BRE – Blocker Ring Evo
The new single-cone synchronizer ring featuring
a high-strength sintered friction lining.
Benefits:
 Globally tested, low-wear HOERBIGER sintered friction lining
 High thermal resistance
Cost Benefits for the Customer thanks
to efficient Manufacturing Technology
As a result of the efficient and flexible
Friction Lining Production
use of metal forming technology,
HOERBIGER manufactures all sintered
machining, heat treatment, and friction
friction linings in-house. Moreover,
lining production, HOERBIGER has
HOERBIGER offers a wide range of
efficient manufacturing technologies at
specially developed carbon friction
its disposal—with sustainable cost
linings. Sintered and carbon friction
advantages for the customer.
linings are applied to the synchronizer
rings in automated equipment.
Powerful metal-forming presses and
modern machining equipment
From highly complex components to
 Heat treatment
complete ready-to-install systems:
Friction lining production (sintered
HOERBIGER always offers customers
and carbon linings)
outstanding products in the best quality
at a balanced cost-benefit ratio.
Metal Forming and Machining
HOERBIGER employs powerful metalforming presses and modern machining
equipment to produce ready-to-install
synchronizer components and systems.
In-house tool & die design as well as
automated production lines assure high
quality standards. This consistently
allows HOERBIGER to offer products
with excellent features at an excellent
cost-benefit ratio.
Heat Treatment
Modern heat treating equipment assures
high-quality as well as careful finishing
of HOERBIGER synchronizer components.
HOERBIGER combines innovation and technology
in maximum quality solutions
Germany:
Schongau
China:
Oberstenfeld
Changzhou
Taizhou
HOERBIGER Antriebstechnik GmbH
HOERBIGER Drive Technology (Changzhou) Co. Ltd.
Bernbeurener Strasse 13
GDH Industrial Park – Building No. 7
86956 Schongau, Germany
16 Chuangye Road, Xinbei District
213 033 Changzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
Phone: +49 8861 2566 0
Fax:
+49 8861 2566 22 20
Phone:+86 519 8560 3636
Fax:
+86 519 8560 2525
[email protected]
www.hoerbiger.com
[email protected]
www.hoerbiger.com
HOERBIGER SynchronTechnik GmbH & Co. KG
HOERBIGER Orient Gear (Taizhou) Co. Ltd.
Lembacher Strasse 2
North Side, Zhengbei Road
71720 Oberstenfeld, Germany
225 323 Taizhou-Gaogang, Jiangsu, P.R. China
Phone: +49 7062 266 0
Phone:+86 523 8611 7002
Fax:
Fax:
+49 7062 266 2144
+86 523 8611 7000
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.hoerbiger.com
www.hoerbiger.com