Presetters & Tool Setting Equipment

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Tool presetters are helping small shops reduce setup time, minimize scrap, and improve consistency across machines.

At Lyndex-Nikken, the team demonstrates the E346BA tool presetter—a mid-entry, granite-base tabletop model designed to improve shop efficiency by measuring tools offline and maximizing spindle uptime.

This page features the supplemental digital content associated with the "Smarter Setups" feature article in the June/July 2025 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Embedded below are brief videos focused on tool presetter technology from Lyndex-Nikken, Haimer USA and BIG DAISHOWA. Also included are links to the online presetter ROI calculators offered by Lyndex-Nikken and BIG DAISHOWA. The calculators are there to help shops estimate the time it will take a presetter to pay for itself in cost savings once it is implemented.

Tool presetting transforms ProCAM Services machine shop. Watch Cutting Tool Engineering's video coverage, featuring original footage and context from the related product, process, event, or shop-floor demonstration.

Haimer USA Vice President of Sales Steven Baier demonstrates the use of the company's Vio Linear tool presetter during Westec 2023 held in Long Beach, California, in November.

Steven Baier, vice president of sales for Haimer USA, demonstrated a couple of heat-shrink machines during Eastec 2023: the Power Clamp Premium i4.0 and the Power Clamp Air i4.0 Economic.n

KOMA Precision Inc. Vice President of Sales Andrew Esposito graciously took a few minutes during Eastec 2023 to provide an overview of the products available through KOMA, including Tsudakoma rotary tables, Alberti angle heads and live tools, as well as KOMAls own line of presetters. n

Sales Engineer Emily Brunnschweiler provides an overview of the products featured at the ZOLLER Inc. booth during Eastec 2023. On display were the »pomBasic« inspection solution, the »genius« universal measuring system, the »smile 420« tool presetter, the »toolBalancer 550«, the »powerShrink 600«, the »redomatic 400« heat-shrink presetter, as well as a variety of toolholders and tool management solutions.

ZOLLER Inc. President Alexander Zoller highlights new tool heat shrink technology and more while Matt Brothers, Industry 4.0 Tech Center manager, describes a new measuring program for presetting skiving cutters.

Sharad Mundra, a Marposs product sales manager, provides an overview and demonstration of the company's new visual tool setter, which includes crash protection.

Tool presetters boost machine uptime and offer other big benefits.