CHICOPEE – As a part of a $2.1 million grant program, four Western Massachusetts business are set to receive Mass. Manufacturing Accelerate Program grant funds to benefit technological innovations.
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Haimer’s inductive shrink fit technology has more than doubled Boulevard’s feed rates with certain materials, while also maintaining a higher rigidity than the shop’s old equipment.
Boulevard Machine & Gear is a family-owned gear cutting shop in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts serving the aerospace and defense industries. In 2006, Susan Kasa acquired the company and began implementing plans to increase Boulevard Machine & Gear’s efficiency.
Complicating Kasa’s focus on growth and efficiency was an observation from several of the shop’s machinists, who determined that they would run into issues completing certain jobs with the shop’s conventional side-lock and collet holders. Tool holding became a priority for Kasa as she started investing 20-30% of revenue into modernization and innovation of the shop. Boulevard Machine reached out to Jim Roberts, sales engineer at Lindco Springfield, to see if he could guide them to a solution.