ZOLLER’s tool solutions take a variety of approaches to ensure a tight, precise range of options. With different positional approaches to tool measuring and presetting as well as methods for more secure machine set up, we’ll take a closer look at how ZOLLER tool solutions present themselves. Vertical Devices These machines hold the tool in […]
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When it comes to tools, ZOLLER has a range of solutions to get the very best from them – day after day, job after job. Whether measuring the remaining hours of your tool or looking to store and manage it efficiently, ZOLLER tool solutions can transform your shop floor for the better. Tool Presetting Presetting […]
ZOLLER UK are the sole representative for ZOLLER in the UK and Ireland. ZOLLER’s machines are amongst the most advanced tool inspection, measurement, and presetting solutions in the world. ZOLLER was established in Germany in 1945 as a mechanical workshop. Guided by values in innovation, long-term planning, and a pioneering spirit, the brand has become […]
Setting tools properly requires exact data. This data has to be correct in terms of both the geometry of the tool and in relation to the CNC machine. If features such as the height of the workpiece and the nose of the spindle aren’t taken into account, crashes occur and money goes down the drain, […]
Based in Beverley, just north of Hull, LPE supplies workshop equipment, tools, and consumables for a wide range of production environments. Recently, they spoke to ZOLLER UK about a new solution to their extensive range: the Smile. Smile is just one of ZOLLER UK’s inspection and measuring solutions for shop floors. Designed to work universally, […]
Here’s the thing about presetting tools: you don’t have to do it. It’s true, you can still run your machines just as you always have, using touch offs and manual setters to get tools ready for operation. The competition, however, is adopting faster, better methods. The problems with traditional avenues of tool setting are numerous, […]
Modern manufacturing is evolving all the time. With Industry 4.0 and smart factories transforming the ways we create goods, manufacturers are taking notice of the leads that advanced technologies can provide to their shop floors. ZOLLER’s tool presetting solutions present some of the simplest but most crucial steps that machine tool users can take. Presetting […]
ZOLLER’s zidCode system takes the process of recording and inputting tool data, making it suitably streamlined, easy, and accurate for the modern shopfloor. The paperless process is quick and easy to run through. First, set and measure the chosen tool on your ZOLLER presetting and measuring machine. Once the tool dimensions have been taken, a […]
Tool presetting is the Industry 4.0 evolution of traditional tool setting. It takes the process of gathering essential data from tools before they are put to work and performs the measurements in a fraction of the time using high-class optics. Specifications such as the length, diameter, and cutting edge radius of tools are then translated […]
As UK companies were readying themselves for a very different trading relationship with the European Union (EU) following Brexit, along came the small matter of a global pandemic. It is perhaps an understatement to say that 2020 was a challenging year for the UK economy, and the manufacturing sector was far from immune. However, as […]