Hardinge Inc. (Elmira, New York) has a talented group of workholding engineers with over 300 years of combined engineering experience. These hands (and intelligent minds) are ready to improve accuracies, reduce setup times, reduce costs, add flexibility to a machine, develop new workholding concepts and solve gripping problems.
There isn’t a shop worldwide that can say they’ve never had a problem gripping a part. “It’s an odd shape, it’s slipping, it’s too delicate, it’s getting scratched, there is not enough gripping surface, or it’s threaded.” The list goes on and on. Before sinking hours into experimenting and creating a pile of scrap metal, the logical, fail-safe move would be to put these frustrating gripping problems in the hands of experience, where the end result will be safe, accurate and reliable.
According to Hardinge, no job is too small or too big, whether you’re just starting up a job shop or you’re the senior engineer from Boeing Commercial Aircraft division — it’s people helping people. According to Matt Roberts, Engineering Manager at Hardinge Workholding, the 300 years of combined expertise revolves around manufacturing, mechanical, applications, programming, electrical and design engineering. Hardinge and their engineers hold several active patents for new and improved workholding products. As a company, Hardinge supports the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s local chapter 24, with several of their engineers as members. SME Chapter 24 is active in promoting a skilled workforce in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. This chapter is a networking resource for the local members and other local manufacturing engineers and professionals. Joe LaRussa, SME Membership Director, states that SME members are exemplary individuals who are on the leading edge of manufacturing knowledge. “Our members of Elmira 24 are great examples of the 21st-century workforce, contributing daily to the success of their companies. Hardinge and SME both benefit from the synergies between our organizations,” says Joe.
