Clever cooperation

AMT is committed to advancing the manufacturing technology industry by facilitating the adoption of transformative technologies; fostering community and partnerships; producing events that create new business opportunities; supporting global business growth; and enhancing industry knowledge about technology, legislation, and workforce development.

The Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC) is a collaborative hub advancing modern manufacturing through applied research, advanced technology, and workforce development. They bring together industry partners, researchers, and students to solve real manufacturing challenges and deliver practical, high-impact solutions.

OPC is the interoperability standard for the secure and reliable exchange of data in the industrial automation space and in other industries. It is platform independent and ensures the seamless flow of information among devices from multiple vendors. The OPC Foundation is responsible for the development and maintenance of this standard.

The Stone Equipment and Supply Alliance has grown to now include almost 50 companies with the purpose of communicating a unified voice regarding industry events and tradeshows.

ANCA is one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of CNC tool and cutter grinding machines, recognized globally for innovation, precision and reliability. Since its launch in 1974, ANCA has built a strong reputation as a leading technology innovator in CNC grinding, supported by ongoing investment in research and development, in-house machine design, advanced software, and rigorous international machine tool testing standards.

Together, ANCA and ZOLLER help tool manufacturers create a smoother, more connected production process. The ZOLLER–ANCA interface enables tool data to move efficiently between grinding, measuring and inspection systems, helping reduce manual data entry, minimize programming requirements, lower machine downtime and improve process reliability.

For manufacturers producing or regrinding precision cutting tools, this integration supports a more automated and traceable workflow — from programming and grinding through to measurement, correction, final inspection and documentation. ZOLLER measuring technology can generate measuring procedures from grinding program data, transfer measured results back to the programming system or grinding machine, and support automatically generated test reports.

ANCA CNC tool and cutter grinders are selected by industries where high precision tools and reliability are essential. Backed by a worldwide team of technical specialists, ANCA provides application support, training and machine service to help customers maintain peak grinding performance.

By combining ANCA’s CNC grinding expertise with ZOLLER’s measurement, inspection and data transfer solutions, manufacturers can increase efficiency, improve quality control and build a more connected, confident tool production process.

With over 50 years of sensor experience, Balluff GmbH is one of the world's most efficient and leading manufacturers of sensor technology for industrial automation. The company is known for its application-specific customer solutions, individual advice, first-class service, sophisticated technology ,and state-of-the-art electronics — all thoroughly tested in its own certified laboratory 

Balluff and ZOLLER cooperate in the field of tool data transfer through tool coding and tool identification.

CHIRON is a global leader in CNC vertical and mill-turn machining centers, offering high-speed, precision, and fully automated manufacturing solutions.

Founded in 1921, Chiron Group SE has grown into a world-leading provider of machining centers and turnkey manufacturing solutions, serving small, medium, and large-scale engineering and manufacturing industries. The company emphasizes performance, precision, and innovation, with a global presence and dedicated service teams to support customers worldwide

YOUR COMPANION FOR INTEGRATIVE PLM

At DSC Software AG, we are passionate about bringing people, processes, and systems together. Our hearts beat for your product data.

Get inspired by our fascination with integration. Committed to innovation, empathy, and partnership, we accompany you in the concrete implementation of your digitalization strategy: with SAP as the central, digital data basis for your business processes, enhanced with tailor-made best-practice solutions.

As a long-term SAP partner, we stand by your side as an experienced and fantastically connected companion. Our team combines more than 1,100 years of PLM know-how directed to one single goal: creating the best possible solution to your individual challenges. We help you convert your brilliant ideas into smart products even more quickly and keep being ready for the future.

DP Technology is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software for a wide range of industries. ESPRIT, DP Technology's flagship product, is an extremely powerful and high quality NC programming system for milling, drilling, turning, wire EDM and for multi-function machines like mill-turn centers.

The simple and intuitive ESPRIT CAM interfaces with the ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions to enable the easy exchange of tool data.

Virtual Gibbs is a powerful, flexible CAM software that significantly simplifies CNC programming. The user-friendly interface increases productivity and makes it ideal for CNC programmers, machinists and engineers. With support for 2D to 5-axis milling, turning, MTM and wire EDM, Virtual Gibbs enables fast and reliable programming. Virtual Gibbs is the leading CAM solution for programming complex multi-channel machining centers. Thanks to the ZOLLER interface in Virtual Gibbs, tools are created centrally and only once, ensuring efficiency and consistency.

A leader in designing and building highly-innovative production and automation systems for nearly 100 years, GROB is a family-managed company that stands for first class products, future-facing technologies, and absolute reliability. From sales to engineering and production to commissioning – GROB’s qualified engineers and technicians meet the most discerning customer requirements. 

Hermle machining centers are used for efficient machining of tools, molds, and series parts. Thanks to their quality and high precision, they are used in countless production areas, particularly in demanding sectors such as medical technology, the optical industry, the aerospace and automotive industries, and tool and mold making — as well as their suppliers.
 
ZOLLER tool presetting and measuring machines have an optional interface to Hermle machining centers.

Ingersoll develops and produces indexable insert-tipped standard and special tools for machining. The tools are used worldwide, especially in the automotive and mechanical engineering industries. In addition to the standard range, Ingersoll develops and designs sophisticated solutions according to customer requirements.

ZOLLER has worked with Ingersoll to develop, among other things, a new concept for workshop-friendly testing and measuring of indexable insert-tipped hobbing cutters and tooth form cutters.

Kardex is a leading global provider of automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS). Kardex Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs) and Vertical Carousels store tools and components in enclosed, protected towers that can reduce your floor space by up to 85% compared to conventional shelving. Pick-to-light guidance delivers the right tool to your operator in just seconds.

Kardex VLMs and ZOLLER Tool Management Solutions seamlessly integrate to form a true closed-loop automated tool crib: ZOLLER TMS issues the tool or job request and tracks each tool's full lifecycle, while the Kardex Shuttle VLM securely stores and delivers the correct tray on demand, logging every transaction by user. ZOLLER relies on this same integration at its own North American headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where three Kardex Shuttle VLMs manage thousands of specialty cutting tools and feed spare-parts fulfillment directly from ZOLLER's ERP.

With innovative tool concepts and holistic solutions for bore machining, the KOMET CERATIZIT GROUP is a global technology leader. KOMET customers particularly appreciate its pioneering services, unique technical support, practice-oriented specialist seminars and premium tools for drilling, reaming, and threading.

ZOLLER offers presetting and measuring tool solutions from the KOMET CERATIZIT GROUP.

KROMI Logistik AG offers manufacturing companies in Germany and abroad complete outsourcing of precision tools, with a focus on technically sophisticated cutting tools for metal and plastics processing.

The TMS Tool Management Solutions SILVER package includes the KROMI interface.

MAKINO is recognized as one of the leading technology and service providers in the machine tool industry. Its product range includes machining centers for parts production as well as for tool and mold making with a wide range of applications in the aerospace, automotive, agricultural and construction machinery, general engineering, and microtechnology sectors.

ZOLLER tool presetting and measuring machines have the option of interfacing with MAKINO machining centers.

The Okuma Europe GmbH is a leading provider of advanced CNC solutions, combining high-performance machine tools with intelligent automation and innovative software features.

The portfolio reaches from precision CNC Lathes and Machining Centres to Multitasking Machines and Automation Solutions, perfectly suited for every production environment and all seamlessly connected through the powerful Okuma OSP control.

By delivering complete, single-source solutions, Okuma enables greater efficiency, reliability, and productivity across the entire production process.

ZOLLER tool presetting and measuring machines offer an optional interface to Okuma machine tools.

OPEN MIND Technologies AG develops and distributes innovative CAM/CAD solutions that generate optimal NC milling and turning programs for machine tools based on digital models. Manufacturers from a wide range of industries around the world choose OPEN MIND products because they enable economic and efficient manufacturing. The company creates models, prototypes, tools, molds, prismatic workpieces, integral components, and more — all in impressive quality.

The hyperMILL® interface in the ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions gives you convenient access to the extensive ZOLLER database.

^OPUS® has been supplying task-oriented solutions for CAM, MDE and DNC for over 30 years. Well over 4000 installations in almost 1000 companies speak for themselves. OPUS® is adapted precisely to production requirements and further developed with user collaboration.

The simple and intuitive OPUS solutions interface with ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions, enabling simple data transfer between the ZOLLER database and the OPUS CAM system.

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Digital Factory Division, is a leading global provider of software, systems, and services for product lifecycle management (PLM) and manufacturing operations management (MOM). It has more than 15 million licensed users and over 140,000 customers worldwide.

As a Siemens Software & Technology Partner, ZOLLER interfaces with Siemens Teamcenter to transfer target and actual data from ZOLLER presetting, measuring and inspection machines to the machine tool and integrated product development and production software suite, Siemens NX. This enables secure data exchange with the TMS Tool Management Solutions via the ZOLLER tool database z.One.

SolidCAM is one of the leading international providers of integrated CAD/CAM systems for efficient CAM programming in the mechanical manufacturing, electronics, medical, consumer goods, machine development, automotive and aerospace industries as well as in mold and tool making. With its SolidCAM and InventorCAM products, SolidCAM offers seamless integration into Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor. The software with the revolutionary, patented iMachining technology and SolidCAM MillTurn plus supports the entire range of CNC applications up to complex turn-mill centers and sliding headstock lathes.

The simple and intuitive SolidCAM interface with ZOLLER tool management enables convenient access to the extensive ZOLLER tool database via TMS Tool Management Solutions. Complete tools for milling, turning and turn-milling can be used as 3D tool data directly in SolidCAM for simulation and collision checking.

For manufacturers who want to decrease production costs and floor space consumption and address issues related to labor shortage challenges, SW offers a wide range of single and multiple-spindle CNC machines, automation, and complete system solutions. SW has a long history of supplying machinery to many industries, including working under ITAR and FFL regulations. Our integrable automation solutions reduce labor costs, and our multi-spindle concept increases available floor space.

Since the machine tool manufacturer was founded in 1922, TAKISAWA has been known for its pioneering spirit and passion. With an enormous wealth of experience and more than 100 years in business, TAKISAWA offers a wide range of innovative and technologically advanced products.

ZOLLER provides an interface for tool data transfer to TAKISAWA.

Tebis AG is one of the global market and technology leaders in the CAD/CAM and MES sector. With Tebis software, customers design, plan and manufacture high-quality models, molds and components efficiently and reliably. Teams of experienced consulting and implementation specialists develop strategies for CAD/CAM processes and implement them for customers, ensuring a sustainable technological and competitive advantage. Automation has been Tebis' formula for success for over 30 years. For its customers, Tebis sees itself as a pioneer in the direction of Industry 4.0.

The simple and intuitive Tebis interface to ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions enables easy transfer of tool data and setup sheets—including individual components and complete tools—between the ZOLLER tool database z.One and the Tebis CAM system.

Vericut is the industry standard for CNC machining simulation, verification, optimization, and post-processing. It enables manufacturers to identify programming errors, detect potential collisions, and uncover machining inefficiencies before production begins.

By eliminating the need for manual NC program prove-outs, Vericut reduces scrap, rework, and machine downtime while optimizing machining performance to improve cycle times, surface finish quality, and overall productivity. Vericut supports a wide range of CNC machine tools and can operate as a standalone solution or integrate seamlessly with leading CAM systems.

With offices in 12 countries and a global network of resellers and support partners, Vericut is committed to delivering world-class service and technical expertise to manufacturers worldwide.

The ZOLLER Interface enables you to retrieve tool data from the ZOLLER Tool Management System (TMS) and import selected tools from a setup sheet in the ZOLLER database into the Vericut Tool Manager. ZOLLER TMS is a tool management system used to organize, manage, and distribute tool information (cutting data, geometry, 3D models, and usage data) across an entire manufacturing environment.  Cutting data can also be read in from ZOLLER TMS during the import process for use in toolpath optimization within Vericut and Tool Manager to run additional checks on your simulation.

The Vollmer Group is successful worldwide as a specialist for tool processing in production and service with an extensive range of machines. The technology leader's product range includes state-of-the-art grinding, eroding, and processing machines for rotary tools, circular saws, and band saws for the wood and metalworking industry. 

ZOLLER presetting and measuring machines can be perfectly networked through an interface to Vollmer sanding machines.