Zoller Announces its Toolroom of the Year Winner
The manufacturer of presetting, measuring devices and tool management software held its 2024 Toolroom of the Year contest for all of its customers to showcase their use of the company’s technology.
The contest’s first prize is a trip for two to Zoller’s German headquarters. The second prize is a Tool Cabinet Keeper (as shown to the right in this photo) and the third prize is a tool cart. Source: PM
Earlier this year, Zoller, manufacturer of presetting, measuring devices and tool management software, held its Toolroom of the Year contest for all of its customers to showcase their use of the company’s technology. The winners were announced at Zoller’s IMTS 2024 booth on Thursday, September 12.
That meant everything from using a Zoller tool presetter to optimize production to gaining complete control over tooling with Zoller’s tool management systems to automating processes with Zoller’s automation solutions. Customers answered about how they have streamlined processes in their toolroom or shop and could upload shop photos.
The eight-person judging panel consisted of Zoller personnel and a few principals at leading manufacturing companies. That panel considered criteria such as organization and setup; interfaces to software such as CAD/CAM or ERP; interfaces to storage systems; how quickly and easily tools are available; connectivity/data exchange with CNC machines and other areas of production; and more.
The contest’s first prize was a trip for two to Zoller’s headquarters in Pleidelsheim, Germany. The second prize was a Tool Cabinet Keeper and the third prize was a tool cart. Here are the winners:
Atlas Fibre, a manufacturer of thermoset composite materials, won first place at the ceremony held Sept. 12 at the Zoller IMTS 2024 booth. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, Atlas Fibre specializes in high-mix, high-volume machining for the aerospace, semiconductor, electrification and defense industries. The panel praised Atlas Fibre for its exemplary use of Zoller technology to make data-driven decisions on toolroom management, resulting in shorter setup times, greater process reliability, reduced machine tool downtime and higher profits. Zoller systems for presetting, tool management, data transfer, tool balancing, heat-shrinking and tooling are implemented throughout the company's 120,000-square-foot facility.
MetalQuest Unlimited, a precision machining company based in Hebron, Nebraska, earned second place. Click here to read about its experiences adding its first CNC multi-spindle machine.
Primetals Technologies, a global manufacturer of steel mills with offices and a facility in Sutton, Massachusetts, took third place. Shown here, representatives from ProCam Services LLC, a full-service CNC machine shop in Zeeland, Michigan, received an honorable mention award.
