GF Machining Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Illinois, a provider of machines, diverse technical solutions and services, continues to expand its strategic partnership with machine tool distributor Ellison Technologies Inc. The company has named Ellison as its official distributor in Kentucky and southern Ohio, including Columbus and Dayton. TekQuest will remain a part of the GF distributor family and focus its efforts on northern Ohio.
GF Machining Solutions selected Ellison Technologies based on the company’s proven abilities to provide extensive service and support to customers as well as offering more comprehensive coverage in Southern Ohio and Kentucky. Ellison also supports GF Machining Solutions in Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and several states on the West Coast.
“We count on our distributor partners to help us deliver the highest level of service and support,” said Scott Fosdick, president of GF Machining Solutions. “Ellison’s focus on customized solutions enables them to grow market share and build very strong relationships with customers.”
Ellison now provides southern Ohio and Kentucky-based manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace, die and mold, medical and other industries with GF Machining Solutions’ full array of EDM, milling, laser texturing, additive, micro-machining and System 3R automation solutions along with a wide variety of machine tool consumables. The distributor’s high-tech demonstration centers and large sales and support teams enable customers to benefit from timely front-line service and application support on equipment.
Related Glossary Terms
- centers
centers
Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.
- electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
Process that vaporizes conductive materials by controlled application of pulsed electrical current that flows between a workpiece and electrode (tool) in a dielectric fluid. Permits machining shapes to tight accuracies without the internal stresses conventional machining often generates. Useful in diemaking.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
