The need for increased production while maintaining tolerances as tight as 11 µm caused manufacturing engineers at Stober Drives Inc. (Maysville, KY) to reevaluate their changeover procedures. The American division of an 80-year-old German manufacturer of high-quality gearboxes serves a diverse customer base, including customers in the aerospace, automotive, medical, food Read More

GW Ltd. (Augusta, GA) proved that the jaw system used in a workholding setup can make a huge difference in productivity when machining precision parts. MGW manufactures short-throw shifters for Dodge Viper, Corvette, Mustang, and Camaro sports cars. The specialty sport car business was initiated by George J. Ciamillo, vice president, and son of the founder and president, Louis Read More

Like its products, technology demands for thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp. are “going up.” A business unit of ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG, the company oversees all business operations in the US, Canada, and Central and South America, and says it is the largest producer of elevators in the Americas, with 13,500 employees, more than 200 branches and service locations, and sales of $2.7 Read More

Major Tool & Machine (MTM; Indianapolis) faced a challenge when it decided to rebuild its Schiess FZG6 (DSI) gantry mill in order to machine complex, high-precision large parts utilizing current absolute linear scale technology from Heidenhain Corp. (Schaumburg, IL). The gantry mill was thought to be one of the largest machine tools in the world when it was originally Read More

Innovation Factory is a small business headquartered in Havertown, PA. Since 2001, the firm has produced innovative hand tools to help its customers “prepare for whatever may come.” All of its products are made in the US by design, as Inventor-in-Chief Marvin Weinberger takes pride in supporting American manufacturing and bringing a high level of quality to his customers. Read More