Helios Gear Products, LLC (formerly Koepfer America, LLC) has announced its new long-term representation agreement with YG Tech Co., Ltd., owner of the Yunil and Hera machine tool brands. Helios will provide all North American sales, service and technical support for these gear manufacturing products. "As never before, gear manufacturers of all sizes now have access to these globally competitive machines with complete sales, service, training and application support," said a company spokesperson.
Adam Gimpert, Business Manager of Helios Gear Products, said "This partnership allows us to expand our product offerings and remain competitive in the global marketplace. We are always looking for ways to provide more value to our customers, so they are better positioned to efficiently produce profitable gears."
In partnership with YG Tech, Helios offers a full range of hobbing solutions for gears up to 39" outside diameter. For small gears, the Hera 30 provides horizontal "micro" hobbing with unified automation systems for parts up to 1.575" outside diameter. The Hera 90 aligns with Helios's legacy customers by offering a horizontal hobbing machine with a unified gantry automation system for parts up to 3.937" diameter. The Hera line continues with a range of vertical hobbing solutions, including the Hera models 150, 200, 350, 500 and 1,000.
"Nearly all parallel axis gear manufacturers will want to discover the benefits of the Helios Hera series of hobbing solutions. These machines offer contemporary dialogue programming, flexible automation systems and options such as integrated deburring workstations," said the spokesperson.
Helios Gear Products, LLC specializes in the parallel axis gear industry and offers hobbing machines with optional automatic loading systems, worm and thread milling machines, gear inspection equipment, deburring and chamfering machines, consumable tools (including hobs, gear grinding and honing wheels), hob and shaper cutter sharpening machines and expert services for hob sharpening and part inspection.
For more information contact:
Helios Gear Products, LLC
635 Schneider Drive
South Elgin, IL 60177
847-931-4121
sales@heliosgearproducts.com
www.heliosgearproducts.com