GF Machining Solutions Hits Milestone
The OEM has now installed 100,000 machine tools across the globe.
Posted: July 17, 2015
Last month, GF Machining Solutions (Lincolnshire, IL) secured a major company milestone when its tally of global machine installations reached 100,000. This number includes machine tools from the company’s comprehensive portfolio of milling, electrical discharge machining (EDM) and laser texturing product families.
The company has a far reaching legacy, including Mikron AG’s introduction of the first rounding up tool for fine wheels in 1910, Charmilles development of the world’s first industrial EDM in 1954 and Agie’s development of the AGIETRON A4 with a pneumatic servo drive for the Z-axis, also in 1954.
With the introduction of over 900 machine types, the company’s long history encompasses a diverse list of industry accomplishments, including:
- First universal machining center
- First numerical control wire EDM machine
- First automatic wire-threading solution
- First milling machine with a direct drive on all axes
- First milling machine family with an automatic tool changer and fully enclosed work area
- First standardized numerical control for wire and die-sinking EDM machines
- First true high-speed machining center
- First robot integrated on a die-sinking EDM machine
- Development of iQ technology for minimized electrode wear
- World’s largest and most affordable laser texturing machine
With over 100,000 of its machines operating in manufacturing facilities around the world, this company is dedicated to innovation and quality products. This includes approximately 65,000 machines in Europe, 20,000 machines in the Americas and 15,000 machines in Asia.
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