ROCKFORD, IL, July 26, 2018 – Bourn & Koch, an American manufacturer of new precision machine tools including Bourn & Koch gear hobbers, Fellows gear shapers, Blanchard surface grinders, and Springfield vertical grinders is expanding their distributor network for these brands across the US and into Canada. The company is happy to announce that they have selected CNC Solutions, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Lake Shore Machinery Sales, Machine Toolworks, and J.M. Grisley to expand the Bourn & Koch sales and support network across the Midwest, West, and Northwest United States as well as into Alberta, Canada.
CNC Solutions will represent Northern California and Northern Nevada. With over 60 years in the machine tool industry, CNC Solutions offers vast experience and knowledge of the market that allows them to recommend the best solution for each customer. The company will be offering new Blanchard surface grinders and Springfield vertical grinders to the Northern California and Northern Nevada markets as well as supporting the sale and service of remanufactures and rebuilds performed by Bourn & Koch for customers in CNC Solutions territory.
Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, headquartered in Denver, will be representing Colorado, New Mexico and Eastern Wyoming. Founded in 2005 by experienced industry sales and application personnel with 100 years combined service, the company delivers complete application and service support by Certified Manufacturing Technology Sales Engineer (CMTSE) certified staff. AME, Inc. will be selling all new machine tools for Bourn & Koch including Bourn & Koch gear hobbers, Fellows gear shapers, Blanchard surface grinders and Springfield vertical grinders. They will also handle sales for remanufactures and rebuilds for Bourn & Koch.
Lake Shore Machinery Sales has over 40 years’ experience with long term sales and high-end projects. In this new partnership, Lake Shore Machinery Sales will be selling Bourn & Koch brand gear hobbers, Fellows gear shapers, Blanchard surface grinders and Springfield vertical grinders to the Indiana, Western Michigan, and Western Ohio markets.
Machine Toolworks, Inc. was established in 1996 and is a family-owned distributorship with headquarters in Seattle and international operations in Canada. The company’s mission is to assist customers in reaching production goals with the most profitable equipment, chosen specifically for their application. Machine Toolworks’ team of factory authorized service and applications technicians works in tandem with manufacturers to ensure each customer’s success. Machine Toolworks will offer new Blanchard surface grinders and Springfield vertical grinders to Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Alberta, Canada for Bourn & Koch in addition to remanufactures and rebuilds.
J.M. Grisley has been bringing advanced solutions to the mountain West for over 90 years. The company is headquartered in Salt Lake City and is a full service machine tool distributor offering turn-key systems as well as machine service, training, applications assistance and software services. J.M. Grisley will represent Blanchard surface grinding and Springfield vertical grinding for Bourn & Koch in Utah, Southern Idaho, Montana and Western Wyoming.
Bourn & Koch is pleased to add these five new distributors to their existing international sales network which includes representation in Mexico by Gaden S.A. De C.V., and in China and Taiwan via Corremax International.
Related Glossary Terms
- computer numerical control ( CNC)
computer numerical control ( CNC)
Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine’s servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.
- grinding
grinding
Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.
- surface grinding
surface grinding
Machining of a flat, angled or contoured surface by passing a workpiece beneath a grinding wheel in a plane parallel to the grinding wheel spindle. See grinding.
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