Schiess Brighton GmbH—the newly formed company that specializes in the design and construction of very large vertical lathes, horizontal boring mills, and gantry mills—has concluded an agreement with CITIC Heavy Machinery Corp. to design and build a gear hobber that will produce gears up to 16 meters (52 ft) in diameter. CITIC is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cement making machinery and plant. Under this agreement Schiess Brighton will design the machine and deliver certain critical components. They will also support the construction of this huge machine by CITIC.
The agreement represents an important addition to the line of heavy machine tools offered by Schiess Brighton in that they can now also offer gear cutting machines from 8 m (26 ft.) to 16 m (52 ft.) for the world’s heavy machinery industry. The designs are based on gear hobbers produced by the former German Schiess A.G., which delivered more than 600 of these machines.
To learn more call (973) 729-1270, send e-mail to hhauck@ptd.net, or go to [www.schiessbrighton.com].
