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, […]
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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 […]
Why tool presetting matters (today more than ever) 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 […]
In common with a whole host of industries, the manufacturing sector – as it seeks to navigate some extremely choppy post-COVID waters – is facing unprecedented complications. Supply chains have been disrupted, staffing levels have been reduced in many cases, the impact of Brexit is yet to become clear and there is very little room […]
In today’s volatile and highly uncertain marketplace, making decisions to invest in new manufacturing technology can sometimes feel like a gamble. Should you stick with the CNC machine tools and business model you already have, catering for your existing customers but restricting your potential to grow and take on new orders? Or should you twist […]
Mach 2021: New dates confirmed to help businesses bounce back. The dates for next year’s event have been confirmed with the event being held at Birmingham’s NEC from January 25 to 28. With Covid-19 still very much a concern for all businesses and the impact still being felt. Mach 2021 provides a platform for businesses […]
As part of the Carfulan Group, ZOLLER UK will provide visitors to Stand 20-460 with a wide selection of its world-leading offline tool presetting and measurement systems, including the Smile SmartCheck, Smile Pilot 1.0, Venturion, PomBasic and Genius. These will be complemented by products from its popular Smart Cabinets range, a diverse set of manual […]