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FOCUS ON THE PERFECT CUT Kopp Schleiftechnik, located in Germany, produces high-precision milling tools and uses KNUTH Cylindrical Grinding Machines for their production. Their first KNUTH Cylindrical Grinding Machine was a used RSM 500 CNC. In 2011, two brand-new machines were added, which are now being fully utilized every day. Kopp and KNUTH share the common goal of constantly providing reliable quality and great service. In addition, both companies put great emphasis on ensuring costeffective processes at their customers’ sites. High-Precision Milling In 1970, Helmut Kopp Sr. founded the tool grinding business, Kopp Schleiftechnik GmbH, with three manual tool grinding machines. Today, the company is head- ing tools for cutting and drilling metals and plastic quartered in Lindenfels, Germany, has 40 employees and serves customers in materials. Their standard portfolio alone includes the automotive, aerospace, medical, energy, and engineering industries across approximately 1,000 individual products. All tools Germany and in neighbouring countries. In 2016, Kopp expanded and moved can be reground or reshaped multiple times. This into its newly constructed headquarters and 1,500 m² production area. At this is part of Kopp’s standard offering, just as their in- location, they operate 20 CNC grinding machines for an annual production of approximately 400,000 high-precision carbide mill- house delivery and pick-up service. For more information, please visit www.knuth

Cylindrical Grinding - an Exacting Discipline Kopp remembers, how he read “in a trade magazine about KNUTH Werkzeugmaschinen, and shortly thereafter, a dealer from Hamburg offered us a suitable used KNUTH Cylindrical Grinding Machine.” The dimensions, precision, and the price of the RSM 500 CNC were just right. Kopp accepted the offer. KNUTH brought the machine back to its headquarters in Wasbek, Germany, to test the machine functions, accuracy, and to restore any deviations, if needed. RSM 500 B CNC CNC Cylindrical Grinding Machine High-precision cylindrical grinding » Control: Fagor...

Maximum precision: The RSM 500 CNC features a solid machine base with wide V guideways and box ways to ensure minimum vibration and smooth operation. Accuracy Within One-Thousandth of a Millimetre After the machine was set up at the Lindenfels facilities, a KNUTH service tech- summarize the common core value. “That is why nician provided training to familiarize Kopp employees with the machine. “We use KNUTH offers individualized service packages that the RSM 500 for exact cylindrical grinding of solid carbide metal rods, where an are customized for every machine and every work- accuracy...