UNISIG is expanding its Tech Center with a renovated space and more than $1M in equipment dedicated to research and development, strengthening its role in precision deep hole drilling process development and machine innovation.
The Tech Center is used to develop gundrilling and BTA drilling processes for customers and to test new ideas that make UNISIG machines better and easier to use. Tech center projects are often completed before a machine is purchased or while it is being built, helping validate applications, confirm process capability, and reduce time at installation.
UNISIG engineers run the Tech Center, following a disciplined approach that includes process planning, time studies, tooling selection, and full setup modeling. This ensures testing produces measurable insight, not just results, and allows outcomes to be evaluated directly against engineering expectations.
"Our Tech Center allows us to test and validate in real-world conditions," said Anthony Fettig, CEO of UNISIG. "That drives better machine design, stronger performance, and more practical solutions for our customers."
Mechanical and electrical engineers both play active roles in the Tech Center. Mechanical engineers use it to refine drilling processes, validate tooling strategies, and better understand how machines perform across different materials and applications. Electrical engineers use the same environment to test sensor technology, refine user interface features, and develop machine control software on active equipment rather than in simulation.
This ability to work on functioning machines introduces real-world variables early in the development cycle. It allows software to be proven before machine build completion, helps ensure new technologies are fully integrated with UNISIG control systems, and helps identify usability improvements through direct operator interaction.
The Tech Center also supports automation development. Robots and machine systems are integrated and validated together, allowing UNISIG to refine automation strategies and improve changeover, flexibility, and overall system performance before deployment. In addition to development activities, the facility serves as a training resource for UNISIG machine builders and service technicians and provides customers with opportunities to participate in process demonstrations, testing, and application validation.
For more information contact:
UNISIG
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Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
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