New Features for Grinding Drills, Step Tools, Endmills & More

With greater operating stability, a ton of proven features that help set you apart from the competition, and many exciting NEW features, Tool Studio is better than ever!

Maximize Your Operational Efficiency!

In today's hyper-competitive economy, the key to survival is maximizing operational efficiency. United Grinding's team of Applications Engineers have the experience it takes to optimize your grinding operation and save you money. We provide consulting services for:

• Reducing cycle time
• Cutting abrasive costs
• Improving product quality
• Optimizing processes
• Training for machines & software

Let our team provide a complete analysis of your grinding operation and optimize your bottom line!

Click here to request more information or call (937) 847-1214 today!

Keep production high with Preventative Maintenance!

All machinery needs regular maintenance to run at its peak, especially as it ages. That's why we've developed Preventative Maintenance programs to inspect your machines and identify potential problems before they occur.

Preventative Maintenance will:

• Maintain the uptime of your machine
• Give you maintenance records with a complete checklist of items inspected
• Ensure a proactive approach to machine performance and production

Call now for your PM quote!

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Setting Up Form Tools Fast Without a Helicheck

There's an exciting new way to benefit from automatic Form Tool Compensation without a separate measuring machine. This gives you a more economical way to grind high value tools like "Christmas tree" cutters to within 0.0001 inches (3 microns) along the entire profile - in a FRACTION of the setup time.

Committed to Providing the Best Tool Support in the Business

Did you know we offer setup assistance over the phone? Or training at three different locations? Would you like to "meet" some of our support staff? The breadth of our services and our commitment to your support are second to none...

Simple new solution for complex orthopedic implants & instruments

Find out how to lower your cost-per-part on cobalt-chromium implants, surgical reamers, and more!

The Who, What, & How of Financing

If you're even THINKING about upgrading technology or getting more capacity, you owe it to yourself to become familiar with the exciting financing opportunities available now. Here's a flier that covers a lot of ground in two simple pages.

Control Your Edge Prep with Accurate Measuring

The right hone can revolutionize the performance of your cutting tools. But GETTING the right hone requires MEASURING it. As the linked flier explains, the Helicheck now makes it easy.

Markus Stolmar Appointed General Manager, Tool Division

After 25 challenging years in which he helped drive United Grinding's Tool Division from a small operation housed in a shed to a multi-million dollar player in the grinding industry, Rick Martin has decided he needs a break. We're certainly sorry to see Rick depart the company and we wish him only the best for the future.

On the other hand, we're also very pleased to announce the promotion of Markus Stolmar to General Manager of United Grinding's Tool Division...

Ease setup AND extend automation

An automatic wheel changer eases setup, makes automation more flexible, and pays for itself in about a year.  Read about a real-world application and see how the numbers work for your situation!

Form Tools Fast

See how to automatically correct any deviation between a ground profile and the desired form to within 79 micro-inches (2 microns). Save an hour or more setting up any profile tool and tackle even the tightest tolerance, high value tools like "Christmas Tree" cutters.

Making complex machining challenges simple

Any machining application that is complex or demands high accuracy or performance could benefit from a special cutting tool. That's because "specials" that combine multiple operations into a single tool or that feature other improvements are generally much more cost effective than other possible solutions.  Read more to find out how and why...

Economical New Regrinder

Regrinds 90% of the cutting tools used today for less! Economical version of top selling Helitronic Power tool grinder.  Same patented 3D gantry, software, SmartProbe, and Fanuc control.  Optional ECO loader automates up to 165 tools.

The Stable Partner You Can Trust

If nothing else, tough times make us concentrate on the essential ingredients for success: hard work, smart investments, and trustworthy partners. Rest assured that as part of a diversified corporation with over $2 Billion in annual sales and a huge R&D budget, the Walter-EWAG team remains your best bet for tool grinding and measuring technology.

Upgrade Your HMC 500 To Run Tool Studio!

Here's an outstanding way to improve your competitiveness: Upgrade your HMC 500 control machines to run the latest software! Helitronic Power and Mini Power tool grinders from 1997-2003 can be upgraded to support current versions of Windows XP, which allows you to run the latest Walter software.

Instantly Calculate How Far to Chuck Your Blank

Check out the automatic chucking length feature in Tool Studio! It's a simple thing, but it saves tool holders and helps you pick the most economical blanks - all of which saves you money! 

Tool Studio Now Offers Step Tool Wizardry

A “wizard” guides set-up with simple questions, pulling geometries, wheel shapes, & feeds & speeds from a database. Click to edit any feature to create specials. Combine 4 standard step options on the same tool. Integrate drill points or endmill endfaces. More!

Reliable new Fanuc control

The rock solid, super reliable Fanuc control is now standard on many Walter & EWAG tool grinders.  Find out why!
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Intelligent Tools from Dauphin Precision

Find out how a 127+ year old cutting tool manufacturer integrates heat treating, blank prep, off-line setup, sophisticated tool grinding, measuring, and apps expertise to produce some of the finest endmills in the business...
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Why measure cutting tools?

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) churns out 2,200 engines and 4,400 axles per day…from scratch. From start to finish the engine line takes one hour. They build a four cylinder engine every 37 seconds and a V6 every 72 seconds. Keeping that production humming with minimal scrap requires precise cutting tools. Getting good tools relies on the ability to measure tool quality. And that led Toyota to the Walter Helicheck tool inspection machine...
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Machine Tool Financing Today

We have all seen the headlines about the mortgage industry meltdown that have dominated the news for months. Surprisingly, several sources report that credit standards, availability, and terms have generally not been affected for machine tool financing.

Rick Martin takes a look at the types of machine tool financing available and what criteria lenders are looking for when reviewing an application to finance a machine tool.

Two New Features Extend Automation

The new Internal Measuring System (IMS) created for the Helitronic line of Walter tool grinders helps maintain endmill quality over a long production run without human intervention. In addition to IMS, we now offer an automatic wheel "sticking" feature
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How Custom Cutting Tools Lower Cost-Per-Part

West Ohio Tool Company specializes in custom drills, reamers, and step tools.  Using innovative products like Tool Sudio they develop tools that solve problems and combine operations to maximize profit and productivity...
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Option pays for machine

ECO Loader lets you grind up to 20 tools over lunch and breaks, plus 20 tools after your last shift.  That's about 800 more tools per month than you'd make otherwise.  That's enough tools to more...
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New Measuring Software

WALTER's new QCM measuring machine software is as easy as "Follow me!"   Even an operator with minimal training can measure a tool using QCM.
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