Zagar, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Fresmak, S.A. of Zarautz, Spain, have formed a relationship that establishes Zagar as the exclusive importer of Arnold Workholding high pressure vises in North America. The agreement will move Arnold Workholding from their existing operation in Morgan, Pennsylvania, to Zagar in Cleveland, Ohio. Zagar will be displaying Arnold vises at Westec 2012 March 27-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the ISMG exhibit #3351.
The Arnold vise products will be part of the Zagar Workholding Group that manufactures collet fixtures and special collets, and distributes indexers and locating systems. With the Arnold vise product line, Zagar intends to continue to grow its workholding products that hold and locate parts for machining on vertical and horizontal milling machines. According to Jim McGaffin, director of sales and marketing for Zagar, “These vises are precision tools, holding parts with a consistently higher gripping force and maximizing machine productivity by allowing for deeper cuts at higher feed rates without fear of part slippage or distortion.”
Compared to conventional vises, Arnold vises are investment grade quality product that features safe and easy clamping, repeatability, zero wear, and maximum machine productivity. Arnold vises will be stocked and serviced at Zagar in Cleveland and Dapra Corporation in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
The Zagar Workholding Group is part of the AMT Advanced Workholding Technology Group and will be adding other products in the near future. It will also be exhibiting at IMTS this September. Mike Tolmer, national sales manager for the Zagar Workholding Group, will be integrating the Arnold vise products into existing Zagar distribution and assisting existing Arnold vise distributors to grow their solutions based sales. Tolmer will also be seeking new distribution to focus on workholding products. “The Arnold vise products are ideal for part fixturing configurations as their air and hydraulic units offer repeatable clamping pressure and are designed to fit close to one another to maximize part capacity per setup,” he says.
Improving American productivity for 75 years, Zagar manufactures and distributes a range of workholding solutions, multi-spindle drill and tap heads, feed units, and robotic end effectors. The company’s expertise is in machining both ferrous and non-ferrous materials for industries such as automotive, aerospace, electrical, electronics, propulsion, off-road construction equipment, hydraulic, pneumatic, and general engineering. Contact McGaffin at (216) 731-0500 or jim_mcgaffin@zagarinc.com. Go online to www.zagarinc.com.
