Control Technology and Machine Control
for mobile machines
Machine control solutions from VÖLKEL
help bring your machine to market faster
Are you looking for a rugged, off-the-shelf, or customizable machine control system for your mobile agricultural, forestry, construction, or municipal machinery? VÖLKEL develops machine controls that are precisely tailored to your needs.
With the modular VÖLKEL platform, even complex machine control systems can be implemented quickly and reliably. Based on proven hardware and flexible software, customized solutions can be developed in a very short time — ranging from adapted standard controllers to the development of completely new, customized hardware and software.
- Custom Machine Controls
From customized standard controllers to custom hardware and software development - Faster Time to Market
with the VÖLKEL platform and field-proven applications - Pre-production testing already in the prototype phase
reduce the need for later adjustments - Remote access can be integrated
via GNSS or cellular connections - Real-Time Diagnostics and Parameterization
with our ConDoc® PC software - For OEMs, high-volume production, and small batches
Cost-effective to implement thanks to the modular VÖLKEL platform - Direct communication with our development department
for streamlined communication and practical solutions - Functional Safety
From planning through implementation to certification - Everything from a single source – Made in Münster (Westphalia)
Development, production, and series support
The VÖLKEL Platform – Application Example: Forestry Machine
VÖLKEL Applications for Control Systems
as a Foundation for Custom Software Development
Based on the VÖLKEL applications that best suit your needs, the software is custom-developed for your specific application and precisely tailored to your machine’s requirements. The result is a custom-fit control solution that optimally combines functionality and reliability. Custom development from scratch is also possible if specific requirements, complex functions, or special machine logic are needed.
- Proven modules can be flexibly adapted to individual requirements
- Cost-effective —customization, not a completely new development
- Field-proven hardware and software modules for high reliability
- Short development cycles reduce project costs and speed up time to market
- Solutions close to production, even at the prototype stage, minimize the need for later adjustments
- Configurable and expandable using the ConDoc® software
VÖLKEL Control Units:
The foundation for your custom applications
VÖLKEL control units form the basis for VÖLKEL’s machine controls. As a scalable platform They can be used for a wide variety of applications on machines. Based on the universal VÖLKEL operating system, these applications can be easily ported between control units or expanded to include additional control units. Custom hardware and software development is also possible should specific requirements, complex functions, or special machine logic be needed.
Displays and Screens:
Built for the rigors of everyday work
The robust displays in a flat housing as an operating and visualization device as well as the LED displays from Völkel have been developed for use in harsh environments. The surfaces are extremely scratch and break resistant. The anti-reflective glass on the displays ensures glare-free reading even in extreme lighting conditions. The brightness is automatically adjusted with the aid of a sensor.
GNNS receivers with modems and CAN wireless bridges:
for seamless connectivity
No matter what kind of solution you’re looking for—whether it’s position determination, connectivity for parameterization of a machine control system, or georeferenced documentation of your machine’s use — we have the right product for you.
With ConDoc® software:
Easy Parameterization and Service
The powerful tool ConDoc® (Control & Document) tool for diagnosis and service makes VÖLKEL Machine controls transparent on the screen. This saves you time during commissioning and support.
Strong Base – the VÖLKEL Platform
Customized machine controls on a modular basis
The platform combines the advantages of proven hardware and proven applications with a high degree of flexibility. Based on standardized components and existing applications, the software is specifically enhanced and tailored to your requirements. This results incustomized solutions that are precisely tailored to your machine and your application and can be managed via the ConDoc® to be precisely configured for the respective task.
The result: shorter development times, high operational reliability, and a custom-fit control solution —without the risks and effort involved in developing a completely new system.
Excerpt from satisfied customers
of VÖLKEL Machine controls
The Benefits of the VÖLKEL Platform
Best Practice: Faster Time to Market
How do you turn an idea into an operational control solution in a short space of time? Our best-practice examples show how we use modular technology, in-house production and close coordination with the customer to significantly shorten development times – and have developed individual solutions for our customers in the process.
Over 40 years of experience and
Quality Made in Münster, Germany!
Since 1984, VÖLKEL Mikroelektronik in Münster has been developing and manufacturing machine controls and display solutions for mobile machines in the construction, agricultural, forestry and municipal sectors as well as for special machine construction. We also supply OEMs of compaction machines with intelligent sensors and displays for compaction control. Both series manufacturers and special machine builders rely on our solutions.
Frequently asked questions
about VÖLKEL Machine controls
Interested in a machine control system
for your machine?
Then talk to our expert. Together, we develop a solution that fits your machine perfectly – functional, safe and future-proof.
Hendrik von Appen Dipl.-Ing.
Phone +49 2534 9731-501
Mobil +49 151 67772904
vonAppen@voelkel.mom
Völkel Mikroelektronik GmbH
Otto-Hahn-Straße 30
48161 Münster
Germany