TrackMotion Vertical (TMV) is Güdel's vertical linear track that extends the working envelope of an industrial robot arm by an additional vertical travel axis. A robot mounted on the TMV carriage can service the full height of warehouse racks, stamping-press walls, paint booths and other applications where a 6-axis arm's native vertical reach (~3 m) would be insufficient.
The heart of the solution is a stable carriage that safely absorbs the arm's dynamic forces in all directions. Lateral and transverse guide rollers provide high dynamics with a compact build — precise motion, high payloads, reliability. The drive uses Güdel's classic architecture: servomotor + Güdel gearbox + rack-and-pinion on a rigid load-bearing beam.
Freestanding TMV — installed as a standalone vertical structure, offers a lifting height of up to 16 m. Used in high-bay storage and long press lines.
TMV on TMF — combined with the TrackMotion Floor (TMF) ground track, TMV gives 3 m of vertical axis but gains a horizontal axis in return, providing the robot with full 2D freedom in its working envelope.
TMV is robot-agnostic — it supports articulated arms from various manufacturers (ABB, FANUC, KUKA, Yaskawa, Kawasaki and others) with payloads of up to approximately 250 kg. Travel speed is 0.5-3.0 m/s, acceleration is 0.5-3.0 m/s², depending on robot type and configuration.
Vertical robot linear track · serves as: Robot reach extension, Locomotion Drive, Motion Transmission. · compatible with: Industrial Robot.
Which group TrackMotion Vertical (TMV) belongs to and how it is built
A hardware component subcategory covering structural-and-drive linear modules onto which 6-axis industrial robot arms are mounted. Unlike linear roller-screw actuators, robot tracks are substantial structural modules (lengths from a few to tens of meters) containing rail, carriage, rack or driven beam, gearing and a safety system — all engineered for the dynamic loads of a complete robot with mounting frame. Classic variants are floor, overhead and vertical.
A component type covering vertical linear tracks for industrial robots. A robot mounted on the carriage travels along a vertical axis (typically driven by a rack-and-pinion with a servomotor and gearbox), retaining the full functionality of a 6-axis arm. Characteristic of stamping-press tending, tall multi-level warehouses, paint booths and installations where a classical arm's vertical reach (~3 m) is insufficient. Can be installed as a freestanding structure (lifting height up to ~16 m) or combined with a floor track (TMF) — then ~3 m of lift but enriched with a horizontal axis.
Robots in which TrackMotion Vertical (TMV) is or can be used
