WEST BOYLSTON, MA U.S.A. (August 14, 2025) – Today, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, a leading manufacturer of high-performance taps, thread mills, end mills, drills, other rotary tools and precision clamping solutions, announced that together with its partners Okuma America Corporation, and OPEN MIND Technologies, it will hold a complimentary Machining Technology Event at Okuma North America, 11900 Westhall Drive, Charlotte, NC on September 11th, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. – 2 p.m. At the event, a 4140 steel structural housing hinge with a 5-inch overhang and large ¾-inch hole will be machined under conditions designed to test stress under full forces. Manufacturers that depend on absolute precision and reliability, such as those in the aerospace, medical and mold/ die industries, are welcome and encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served.
The machining setup will include the new EMUGE-FRANKEN EvoGrip Modular Workholding System featuring a standard centering vise with the highest clamping forces in the industry. Offering massive overhang stability, EvoGrip Centering Vises are manually operated and engineered for precise centric clamping, creating an extreme holding force of up to 75 kN. The robust 5-Axis Okuma MU8000V Vertical Machining Center provides high efficiency machining, high-feed roughing, and finishing with EMUGE Circle Segment end mills. Advanced OPEN MIND hyperMILL® CAM toolpaths enable increased speed, control and flawless finishes.
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About EMUGE-FRANKEN
For over 100 years, the German company group EMUGE-FRANKEN has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of precision tools for thread cutting, drilling, gaging, clamping, and milling. With 1,950 employees, EMUGE-FRANKEN offers an innovative product program with 40,000 in-stock items and a multiple of that with customer-specific tools. The product range focuses on applications in the automotive industry, power generation, aerospace industry and medical technology as well as general manufacturing. As a complete system supplier for the machining industry, EMUGE-FRANKEN has branch offices or sales partners in 52 countries.
EMUGE-FRANKEN USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the 1,950 employee German company EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG (Lauf, Germany). EMUGE-FRANKEN USA offers end-user technical support through a network of in-the-field engineers and in-house product specialists, all with extensive tooling and application experience. Over 10,000 types of cutting tools and accessories are stocked in the company’s U.S. and Canadian Headquarters located in West Boylston, MA, U.S.A. which includes a technology center with a machining and tooling demonstration showroom and classroom, tool manufacturing and coating, reconditioning, warehouse, sales, support, and administrative offices. For more information on EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, call 800-323-3013, at 1800 Century Drive, West Boylston, MA 01583-2121, or visit (https://www.emuge-franken-group.com).
About OPEN MIND Technologies AG
OPEN MIND Technologies AG is one of the world’s leading developers of powerful CAD/CAM software solutions for machine and controller-independent programming. OPEN MIND develops optimized CAD/CAM solutions that include innovative and unique features that can deliver significantly higher performance in both programming and machining. hyperMILL® is a completely modular CAD/CAM solution that provides state-of-the-art CAM technologies on its own CAD platform: from 2.5D, 3D and 5-axis machining as well as turning strategies and solutions for additive manufacturing, HSC and HPC machining. Whether automation, simulation or virtual machine – trendsetting technologies expand the product range and enable continuous digital process chains. Special applications, seamless interaction with all popular CAD solutions and exceptional customer service rounds out the company’s products and capabilities.
According to the “NC Market Analysis Report 2025” compiled by CIMdata, hyperMILL® is a leading, worldwide CAD/CAM solution. Innovative CAD/CAM technologies fulfill the highest demands in aerospace, automotive, tool and mold manufacturing, production machining, medical, job shops, energy, and semiconductor industries. OPEN MIND’s majority stake in manufacturing execution system (MES) developer Hummingbird expands the CAD/CAM manufacturer’s product portfolio and enhances the range of connected digitalized manufacturing technologies. OPEN MIND is a Mensch und Maschine company and has subsidiaries and qualified sales partners on all continents. You can find more information at https://www.openmind-tech.com/en-us/.
About Okuma America Corporation
Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.-based sales and service affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world-leading builder of CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools, controls and automation systems. The company was founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan, and is the industry’s only single-source provider of CNC machines, drives, motors, encoders, spindles and automation systems, all manufactured by Okuma. The company designs its own CNC controls to integrate seamlessly with each machine tool’s functionality. In 2014 Okuma launched the Okuma App Store, the industry’s only centralized online marketplace for machine tool apps and related content. Along with its extensive distribution network (largest in the Americas), and Partners in Technology network of enhanced manufacturing technologies, Okuma is committed to helping users gain a competitive advantage through the open possibilities of machine tools today and into the future. For more information, visit Okuma.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
