Jtekt Toyoda Americas Corp., Arlington Heights, Ill., named GeroTech Inc. distributor for east and north Michigan territories for the entire product line, excluding grinder sales. Customers of their represented territory are in good hands of the Flat Rock, MI based company, as they will have access to GeroTech’s 24/7 phone support, 20+ certified field technicians and engineering solutions.
“We are looking forward to working with the JTEKT Toyoda team,” said David Pachulski, Director of Business Development at GeroTech, Inc. “GeroTech has always focused on a solutions-based approach with our customers, and we are excited about being to incorporate Toyoda products into the turnkeys and engineered solutions we provide to manufacturers here in Michigan.”
GeroTech has sought to transform manufacturing challenges into competitive advantages since opening for business in 1987. Today their 30,000 square foot facility supports engineering solutions of things like advanced probing, macro, mill and lathe programming training courses, process and cutting tool development, time estimates and applications support. Understanding the challenges of high-volume manufacturing in addition to their wide breadth of capabilities offered, make GeroTech, Inc. an exciting addition to the Toyoda distribution network.
Related Glossary Terms
- flat ( screw flat)
flat ( screw flat)
Flat surface machined into the shank of a cutting tool for enhanced holding of the tool.
- lathe
lathe
Turning machine capable of sawing, milling, grinding, gear-cutting, drilling, reaming, boring, threading, facing, chamfering, grooving, knurling, spinning, parting, necking, taper-cutting, and cam- and eccentric-cutting, as well as step- and straight-turning. Comes in a variety of forms, ranging from manual to semiautomatic to fully automatic, with major types being engine lathes, turning and contouring lathes, turret lathes and numerical-control lathes. The engine lathe consists of a headstock and spindle, tailstock, bed, carriage (complete with apron) and cross slides. Features include gear- (speed) and feed-selector levers, toolpost, compound rest, lead screw and reversing lead screw, threading dial and rapid-traverse lever. Special lathe types include through-the-spindle, camshaft and crankshaft, brake drum and rotor, spinning and gun-barrel machines. Toolroom and bench lathes are used for precision work; the former for tool-and-die work and similar tasks, the latter for small workpieces (instruments, watches), normally without a power feed. Models are typically designated according to their “swing,” or the largest-diameter workpiece that can be rotated; bed length, or the distance between centers; and horsepower generated. See turning machine.
- milling machine ( mill)
milling machine ( mill)
Runs endmills and arbor-mounted milling cutters. Features include a head with a spindle that drives the cutters; a column, knee and table that provide motion in the three Cartesian axes; and a base that supports the components and houses the cutting-fluid pump and reservoir. The work is mounted on the table and fed into the rotating cutter or endmill to accomplish the milling steps; vertical milling machines also feed endmills into the work by means of a spindle-mounted quill. Models range from small manual machines to big bed-type and duplex mills. All take one of three basic forms: vertical, horizontal or convertible horizontal/vertical. Vertical machines may be knee-type (the table is mounted on a knee that can be elevated) or bed-type (the table is securely supported and only moves horizontally). In general, horizontal machines are bigger and more powerful, while vertical machines are lighter but more versatile and easier to set up and operate.
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