It is a nice tradition that the employees are invited by the management to a joint Christmas party on the last Thursday before Christmas Eve. The destination will not be announced until just before the start. This year, they had come up with something very special and planned a full-day event. After breakfast we took […]

We have a strong partnership with the IKV, the Aachen Institute for Plastics Processing. The scientific collaboration with GERLACH has proven to be extremely successful so far, and with the HeatStraD L 200 we have succeeded together in developing and realizing an outstanding product. In addition, to maintain the relationships of our organizations beyond the […]

Over the years, GERLACH Maschinenbau GmbH has made a name for itself worldwide in the development, production and sale of machines for the continuous hot air vulcanization of elastomers. We fancy underpinning our international orientation by regular attendance at the most important worldwide trade fairs. Bringing us near to our customers gives the opportunity to […]

On this year’s DKT in Nuremberg we present a design study that is the result of investigations regarding optimization approaches for our machines.   Q: Which criteria did you consider for this design study? A: We introduced several aspects in the concept of our study. The main premise always was to deal modestly with resources. […]

On the DKT 2018, currently taking place in Nuremberg until the 5th of July you can expect interesting news with regard to production processes, technologies and so much more in the field of caoutchouc and elastomers processing. Gerlach Maschinenbau GmbH, as international acting manufacturer of machines for the continuous vulcanization of rubber products, is of […]

We listen to your product. This is our slogan for the DKT 2018 in Nuremberg this year. This applies in particular for our vulcanization oven HeatStraD (Heating Strategy Developer). With this device we are able to analyse in detail the energy absorption of a product and the heat distribution in it. This enables the comparison […]

The pull-off caterpillar model BA 400 shown on the DKT 2018 from the 2nd to 5th July this year in Nuremberg, is a further development of the product series BA 400. This model line is to be used in the rubber processing as well as in the plastics industry. The BA 400 had been developed […]

For more than 40 years Gerlach customers rely on the quality and performance of our machines. They feature a low maintenance level, high robustness and hence low vulnerability. Should a dysfunction appear anyway, our professional service team is at your disposal – and the strong support by the Oculavis technology. What is Oculavis and how […]