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.
Boulevard Machine & Gear Moves Headquarters to Larger Space in Westfield
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WESTFIELD Boulevard Machine & Gear, a precision-machining facility, announced it has moved its headquarters to a new, larger space in Westfield to accommodate steady business growth over the last decade. The new address is 326 Lockhouse Road.
Boulevard Machine will leverage its new facility to provide additional capacity for its customers while providing new internal operational efficiencies. The new facility also will provide Boulevard with improved, state-of-the-art production space to facilitate internal and external collaboration and communication, while providing the company with further room for growth with its ongoing investment in equipment.