By implementing smart tool management solutions by ZOLLER, which provides interfaces to a variety of software providers and machines, SIM Automation GmbH in Heilbad Heiligenstadt has enjoyed six figure savings and established data consistency across its entire production process.

With a central set-up station and new tool management system, H.P. Kaysser ensures transparent tool storage and smooth production processes

Automotive, mechanical engineering, medical technology, computer industry, food technology... companies in these and more than 30 other industries have one thing in common – they all use H.P. Kaysser GmbH + Co. KG as a provider of sheet metal components. H.P. Kaysser’s contracts are just as diverse as its customers. The company's production processes have…

For 90 years, STIHL has been serving its customers as the world’s leading manufacturer of chainsaws and power tools for forestry and agriculture, landscaping, and construction. The company's development knowledge is concentrated at its corporate headquarters in Waiblingen. STIHL has trusted ZOLLER for over ten years with presetting and measuring processing tools in its test part service, the prototype construction service of the development center. For five years, STIHL has also been working…

Optimization of set-up times and tool life are objectives in any manufacturing operation. This usually focuses on machines, less often on lacking organization of tools. The GMN Paul Müller Industrie GmbH & Co. KG in Nuremberg, Germany, has created order in its tool management by introducing a ZOLLER solution, consisting of a tool presetter machine and the TMS Tool Management Solutions, a solution which has paid off: search times and corresponding longer machine operating times have been reduced,…

Efficient tool management not only saves tool costs but also speeds up NC programming and shortens positioning times. Always assuming of course that the CAM programmers are able to access the real tool data. Bombardier Transportation has therefore implemented an integrated solution at its Netphen location, where body shells and bogies for rail vehicles are produced. This integrated solution comprises the TopSolid'Cam software from Missler and the Tool Management Solutions system from ZOLLER.