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Vollmer Breaks Ground on Pennsylvania Facility
Vollmer’s new building will include doubled warehouse space, a larger showroom and an in-house gym for employees.
Dual-Spindle Tool Grinder Meets Production Requirements at Lower Price Point
Eastec 2019: With the VGrind 360E, Vollmer is expanding its portfolio for machining carbide tools such as cutters, drills or reamers ranging to 100 mm in diameter.
Grinder Capable of Multi-Level Machining of Solid Carbide Tools
IMTS 2018: Vollmer’s VGrind 360 tool grinder machines carbide tools ranging to a diameter of 100 mm.
Tool Grinding Machine’s Enhanced Travel Distances Machines Carbide Tools
Westec 2017: Vollmer will feature its VGrind 360 tool grinding machine, featuring enhanced travel distances for machining carbide tools with diameters ranging to 100 mm.
Grinding Machine Features Two Vertical Spindles
Vollmer's Vgrind 160 five-axis grinding machine was designed to produce solid carbide tools ranging from 2 to 20 mm in diameter, in conjunction with multi-layer machining.
Disc Erosion Machine for PCD-Tipped Tools
Vollmer’s QXD 250 disc erosion machine enables complete machining of PCD-tipped tools from measurement through polishing in a single clamping arrangement.
Vollmer of America Under New Leadership
The company has recently appointed a new president.
PCD Erosion Technology from Vollmer Decreases Processing Time
Vollmer of America's QXD200 is a programmable, six-axis, CNC machine designed for erosion of polycrystalline diamond (PCD).
Wire EDM with a Twist
Wire EDM units that swivel a horizontally guided electrode wire in a CNC-controlled E axis give this shop the workpiece clearance and flexibility to produce complex, high-precision PCD-tipped cutting tools.
Horizontal Wire EDM on the Vollmer QWD 760
The Vollmer QWD 760 features a horizontally guided wire that rotates on an E axis. An automatic probing system verifies orientation of PCD inserts before wire cutting.
Automatic Side Grinder for Machining Carbide-Tipped Circular Saw Blades
Vollmer's FS 2A grinds the flanks of carbide-tipped circular saw blades with diameters ranging to 810 mm.
Vollmer Marks Centennial
Vollmer of America (Carnegie, Pennsylvania), a provider of sharpening and eroding machines for tool production and maintenance, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Since its founding, the company has evolved into a global entity with machines supplied to a variety of industries.
A Role For Rotary Erosion
A cutting tool manufacturer uses multitasking equipment that combines electrical-discharge grinding and conventional grinding to speed the production of diamond tools.