Gimbel Automation
"Ready to Run Lights-Out?"
California integrator specializing in low-cost in-machine CNC tending automation using spindle grippers, pneumatic workholding and turnkey systems.
Gimbel Automation is a US-based CNC machine-tending automation company founded by Michael Gimbel and headquartered in Alhambra, California, where it operates vertically integrated engineering, manufacturing and system-integration facilities across showroom and production buildings. The company focuses exclusively on CNC machine-tending automation, pioneering an In-Machine Automation approach that uses a CNC machine's existing kinematics, including the spindle and automatic tool changer, to load and unload parts rather than relying on external robots, cobots or pallet systems. Its core invention is the spindle gripper (GimGripper), available in air-actuated (through-spindle-air), coolant (through-spindle-coolant) and FloLink variants that allow spindle orientation, alongside GimVac vacuum grippers, pneumatic AutoVise self-centering vises (75mm-150mm), rotary unions, the IntraLoad pallet changer, CNC auto-doors, the QuickFlip180 pneumatic part-flip station and automated tumble-blasting baskets for finishing.
Gimbel sells these products direct through its webstore and also delivers Full-Turnkey and Semi-Turnkey machine-tending automation services, where engineers design, build and test complete automation workflows. The company emphasizes fast return on investment, stating its solutions are far more cost-effective than conventional robot cells and citing typical ROI within roughly six months and more than 1,225 machines automated. It supports popular CNC brands including Haas, Brother, FANUC, Doosan/DN, Hurco, DMG Mori and Mazak, and provides tools such as a 3D configurator, program generator and ROI calculator to help machine shops implement lights-out, two-operation and single-cycle automation.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Air CNC GimGripper
Spindle-mounted gripper that uses the CNC spindle to load and unload parts on through-air machines.
IntraLoad Pallet Changer
Pallet automation system for faster-ROI CNC machine tending.
QuickFlip180 Station
CNC pneumatic part-flip station enabling two-operation part automation.
Contact Gimbel Automation
WEBSITE
https://gimbelautomation.com/PHONE
+1 855 444 3918HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
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Primary Role
System Integrator
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Primary Region
North America
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