The Swiss Export Magazine

Music makes people happy one moment and can bring them to tears the next. It can help drive people to peak performance in sports, or make them anxious. But one thing that music never does is leave you cold. And the guitar evokes more emotion than virtually any other instrument. Whether around a camp fire or at a rock concert in a stadium, the way guitars work is always the same. Schaller GmbH, based near Nuremberg, has been dealing with the functioning of this plucked instrument for over 75 years. During this time, the company has become the world market leader in guitar parts. With modern machinery, the team led by plant manager Dominik Weininger turns and mills the precise components required to produce excellent sound quality. It also relies on the internally cooled whirling system from Tübingen-based Paul Horn GmbH.

Bolstered by the success of the SwissNano 4 and its big sister, the SwissNano 7, Tornos has decided to further extend the SwissNano range with the launch of the SwissNano 10. As its name indicates, the machine now has a 10 mm capacity, enabling the scope of available workpieces to be expanded even further. Workpiece lengths of up to 100 mm can now be machined.

Press release, REGO-FIX AG

Until the year 1972, the “E collet” was the technical standard. After machining, the collets were anchored so firmly in the holders that they could scarcely be removed. With the help of wooden bars and rods, the collet was knocked out through the lower part of the holder with a hammer. This required a lot of force, damaged the rear side of the collet and shortened the service life of the tools considerably.
Fritz Weber and REGO-FIX took on the challenge of solving this problem. They took the E collet and created the ER collet.