www.hardinge.com In ChinaHardinge Machine (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.1388 Kangqiao Road (East) Pudong, Shanghai, China 201319Phone: 86 21 3810 8686Fax: 86 21 3810 8680 – Service, Applications, and EngineeringFax: 86 21 3810 8681 – Sales, Marketing, and ManufacturingInternet: www.hardinge.com.cn

In EnglandHardinge Machine Tools, Ltd.Silverton Road, Matford ParkMarsh BartonExeter, DevonEX2 8NN EnglandPhone: (44) 1392 208181Fax: (44) 1392 208199

Leicester FacilityWhiteacresCambridge RoadWhetstoneLeicsLE8 6BD EnglandSwitchboard: (44) 116 2869900Fax (Sales): (44) 116 2869901

In GermanyHardinge GmbHSaalestrasse 2047800 KrefeldGermanyPhone: (49) 2151 496 490Fax: (49) 2151 496 49 99

In SwitzerlandL. Kellenberger & Co. AGHeiligkreuzstrasse 28CH-9009 St. GallenSwitzerlandPhone: 41 (0) 71 242 91 11Fax: 41 (0) 71 242 92 22

HTT Hauser Tripet Tschudin AGLängfeldweg 107CH-2500 Biel-Bienne 8SwitzerlandPhone: 41 (0) 32 344 11 52Fax Sales Department: 41 (0) 32 341 13 93Fax Service Department: 41 (0) 32 342 25 36

In TaiwanHardinge Taiwan Precision Machinery Ltd.4 Tzu Chiang 3rd RoadNan Tou City504 Taiwan, R.O.C.Phone: 886 4922 60536Fax: 886 4922 52203

In the United StatesHardinge Inc.One Hardinge Drive Elmira, NY 14902-1507 USA

General Information: 607-734-2281 Sales: 800-843-8801Sales Fax: 607-734-8819Workholding Fax: 607-734-3886Service: 800-424-2440 Internet: www.hardinge.com

Hardinge Inc.Ohio Tech Center54870-7 Cloverleaf ParkwayValley View, OH 44125 USA Phone: 216-901-9979Fax: 216-901-9974

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1350 4/13/05All marks indicated by ® or TM are trademarks of Hardinge Inc.

Hardinge is the leader in providing a

wide range of highly reliable turning,

milling, grinding and workholding

solutions.We never compromise on

product design, so customers can

count on Hardinge to help them

make the right part to the required

specification, every time.The breadth

and depth of our product solutions

are unmatched in the industry,

enabling us to support a variety of

market applications, including aero-

space, automotive, medical, energy,

construction, agriculture, mold, tool

and die, and more. Our product

lines range from:

Our company mission statement is clear — to design and build Òbest-in-class,Ó

affordable product solutions for customers whose performance and price

requirements are as diverse as they are. From Super-Precision®, high-perform-

ance solutions to our most budget-conscious offerings, our commitment to

excellence has brought customers back to Hardinge again and again, for more

than 100 years.

Make it right. Make it a Hardinge.

Hardinge. The Transformation of a Manufacturing Icon¥ Precision, manual lathes to high-

performance, Super-Precision¤

multitasking CNC lathes;

¥ Manual knee mills to high-perform

ance vertical and horizontal multi-

tasking CNC machining centers;

¥ Precision manual to CNC-type

universal machines for OD, face

and ID grinding to high-volume

production OD and ID CNC

grinders; and CNC jig grinders to

five-axis, creep feed profile

grinders; and

¥ The worldÕs largest selection of

precision collets, chucks and

work-holding systems.

The Hardinge of today is a globally

diversified player, with operations in

more than 30 countries and manu-

facturing locations in the U.S.,

Switzerland, China and Taiwan. From

highly complex or custom applica-

tions to standard production, the

Hardinge portfolio of machining

solutions includes the brands cus-

tomers recognize and trust around

the world for the most predictable

performance:

¥ Hardinge performance and high-

performance, Super-Precision®

lathes;

¥ Bridgeport performance and

high-performance vertical and

horizontal machining centers;

¥ Kellenberger universal, cylindrical

grinding machines;

¥ Hauser jig grinding machines;

¥ Tripet high-production internal

cylindrical grinding machines and

automation systems;

¥ Tschudin high-production, exter-

nal cylindrical grinding machines

and automation systems; and

¥ Hardinge collets, chucks, indexing

fixtures and other industrial

products.

Global diversification É a renewed

commitment to developing market-

leading technologies É significant

product line expansion É imple-

mentation of ÒleanÓ initiatives.We

are transforming Hardinge at every

level and assuring our place of

leadership for the next 100 years.

It’s time to take a new look at Hardinge.

HARDINgE ®

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Hardinge Turning Solutions

T U RN I NG TURN I NG

Hardinge manufactures a full line of

lathes to meet a broad spectrum of

performance, capability and budget

requirements. Our Òbest-in-classÓ

design means youÕll successfully

make all of your parts right every

time, year after year.You can count

on Hardinge machines to perform

accurately over time, whether youÕre

buying our performance series or

our high-performance, Super-

Precision® lathes. Our philosophy is

simple: we donÕt believe that

reduced functionality should mean

reduced reliability, so we never com-

promise on product design. We

understand that itÕs about producing

more Ò goodÓ product at the lowest

possible cost, regardless of applica-

tion. ThatÕs why a full range of

Hardinge machines prove them-

selves daily in thousands of applica-

tions worldwide, enabling on-

demand production and faster cycle

times.

The Hardinge line of horizontal

lathes includes precision, manual

tool room lathes; gang tooling

lathes; single spindle, turreted lathes;

and multi-tasking lathes.We also

offer vertical lathes.

With Hardinge’s

“best-in-class” design

philosophy, our

machines will outper-

form and outlast com-

parable, competitive

machines.

For the ultimate in unmatched per-

formance and capability, Hardinge

offers the QUEST¤ high-perform-

ance series of lathes, packed with

the features customers need for

unparalleled precision and multi-

tasking capabilities. When superior

part tolerances and surface finishes

are required, our QUEST¤ series

includes optional, Super-Precision®

capability that enables customers to

achieve superior, micro-inch surface

finishes while holding sub-micron

tolerances on part characteristics.

The heavy-duty construction of the

QUEST¤ high-performance series

offers maximum stiffness and vibra-

tion damping to prolong tool life

and position Hardinge as the world

leader in hard turning applications.

With our leadership in both hard

turning and grinding applications,

Hardinge is uniquely positioned to

guide customers to the solution that

truly meets their application needs,

not our sales quotas.

The QUEST¤ LMC is the newest

offering in our high-performance

series, bringing customers a self-

contained, lean manufacturing cell

with four distinct cutting zones to

perform a multitude of machining

operations. Receiving honorable

mention in Industry Week magazineÕs

2004 Ò Technologies of the Year,Ó the

QUEST¤ LMCÕs flexible tooling and

spindle configurations allow the user

to quickly and easily configure for

one-piece lots or high-volume

production. Conceived and designed

to support lean principles in manu-

facturing, the machine is ideal for

both job shops and OEM produc-

tion environments, enabling opera-

tors to run only what is required,

when it is required, and to finish

parts complete.

Many high-performance QUEST¤

CNC lathes are available with

HardingeÕs patented HydroGlide¤

linear guideway system as an option-

al feature. Unlike conventional sys-

tems, the guide trucks in this system

move on a thin cushion of hydraulic

fluid under high pressure, eliminating

guideway wear caused by metal-to-

metal contact.With this technology,

customers experience significant

improvements in part surface finish

and tool life, as well as dramatically

reduced vibration in the machining

process.

For our more price-conscious cus-

tomers, Hardinge offers the ELITE¤

and TALENT¤ performance series

CNC lathes.With a range of config-

urations designed to increase

productivity and profitability, ELITE¤

and TALENT¤ series lathes strike

the right balance of precision and

performance, with an eye toward

affordability. Our Òbest-in-classÓ

design philosophy, regardless of

price range, translates into compact,

rugged machines designed to per-

form better than competitive

machines, for reliable performance

year after year and a maximum

return on investment.Available with

a sub-spindle, the ELITE¤ series now

offers customers the option of fin-

ishing parts complete.

Hardinge also offers vertical

spindle CNC lathes ideally suited to

produce a wide variety of part

groups in high-volume production

environments, such as those in the

automotive industry.The small foot-

print, rugged durability and precision

performance of these lathes make

them superior to conventional

machines with large floor space

requirements.

From Super-Precision®, high-per-

formance capability to a focus on

affordability, HardingeÕs Òbest-in-

classÓ lathes are designed to help

customers reduce operating expens-

es, minimize set-up time, reduce the

need for human intervention, and

result in improved flexibility and

throughput.

The QUEST® LMC offers

customers a self-contained,

lean manufacturing

cell with four distinct cut-

ting zones to perform a

multitude of machining

operations.

T U RN I NGTURN I NG

Hardinge’s ELITE® and

TALENT® series lathes

strike the right balance

between precision and

performance, with an

eye toward affordability.

Hardinge Milling Solutions

M I L L I NG

The acquisition of Bridgeport in late

2004, combined with HardingeÕs

existing milling product line, pro-

pelled Hardinge into a world leader-

ship position in milling solutions,

with an unmatched line of vertical,

horizontal and five-axis products to

meet a wide range of performance

and price requirements. The trusted

Bridgeport brand, along with

HardingeÕs quality and manufacturing

systems, leaves customers around

the world little reason to look else-

where for their milling solutions.

Our Bridgeport line includes:

¥ Vertical machining centers;

¥ Full five-axis machining centers;

¥ High-speed, graphite-die/mold

machining centers;

¥ Horizontal machining centers; and

¥ Traditional knee mill models.

Our Bridgeport XP3 high-per

formance series exceeds the most

stringent machining requirements,

for applications where perform

ance and capability matter most.

For our more budget-sensitive

customers, our Bridgeport P3 per

formance series offers a desirable

balance between performance

and price. Regardless of applica

tion, HardingeÕs full-line of

Bridgeport milling products

includes a solution to meet every

application need.

M I L L I NG

With the acquisition of

Bridgeport, Hardinge’s

milling solutions now

include a full line of

vertical, horizontal

and five-axis products

to meet a wide range

of performance and

price requirements.

M I L L I NG M I L L I NG

A diversified, global manufacturing

strategy enables Hardinge to pro-

vide a complete line of extremely

reliable, rugged, versatile and cost-

effective Bridgeport machines

loaded with standard features that

are typically expensive options on

competitorsÕ machines.

For the ultimate in performance and

capability, the Bridgeport high-per-

formance XP3 series of machines

offer an impressive range of vertical,

horizontal, high-speed and five-axis

machining centers with superior

machining capabilities. The XP3

series sets the standard for produc-

tivity, meeting a diverse range of

¥ High-pressure, coolant through

spindle;

¥ Chip conveyor; swing-arm type

tool changers;

¥ State-of-the-art controls; and

¥ Superior, robust machine designs.

The Bridgeport P3 perform

ance series VMCs offer superi

or design characteristics and

affordability, for years of relia

bility and performance

unmatched in the industry.

Long after competitive

machines have lost their accu

racy, Bridgeport P3 series

application requirements with

in multiple industries, including

aerospace, automotive, motor

sport, medical, die/mold sec-

tors and more. These

machines provide Super-

Precision®, high-performance

manufacturing solutions for the

machining of complex, one-of-

a-kind parts in small lot size

production, up to high-volume

production parts. Our

Bridgeport XP3 high-perform

ance machines are rich in fea

tures, including:

¥ Fast rapid traverse rates;

¥ Heavy-duty, SKF big-plus

spindles;

¥ Thermal compensation;

machines continue to deliver

ÒDay OneÓ performance, delivering

an excellent return on investment.

The latest generation of controls,

color monitors, expandable memo-

ry, spindle orient, manual guide, cus-

tomer macro B, rotation/scaling,

remote MPG and retention knobs

are just some of the standard fea-

tures that make our Bridgeport P3

performance series VMCs the Òbest-

in-classÓ when comparing both price

and performance.

The Bridgeport high-per-

formance XP3 series sets

the standard for produc-

tivity, meeting a diverse

range of application

requirements in multiple

industries.

The Bridgeport P3 per-

formance series VMCs

offer superior design

characteristics and

affordability, for years

of reliable performance.

GR I ND I NGGR I ND I NG

Hardinge Grinding Solutions The Hardinge grinding group

includes the world-leading brands

of Kellenberger®, Hauser,Tripet

and Tschudin, offering a rich port

folio of capabilities including:

¥ OD cylindrical grinding;

¥ ID cylindrical grinding;

¥ Universal OD, face and ID

grinding;

¥ Production-automated OD and ID

cylindrical grinding;

¥ Jig grinding; and

¥ Five-axis, creep feed profile

grinding.

Our grinding solutions offer the

highest performance in the indus

try, with Swiss precision and experi-

ence built into every grinding

machine. Leveraging more than 75

years of grinding experience and

more than 100 machine models in

our portfolio, we offer comprehen-

sive applications expertise to assist

you in meeting your most difficult

grinding requirements. Our leader-

ship in both grinding and hard turn-

ing applications means Hardinge is

uniquely positioned to guide cus-

tomers to the solution that truly

meets their application needs, not

our sales quotas.

The Hardinge grind-

ing group includes the

world-leading brands

of Kellenberger®,

Hauser, Tripet and

Tschudin.

Hardinge Kellenberger specializes in

external and universal cylindrical

grinding machines, supporting a

customer base that spans the globe

in industries including aerospace,

automotive, bearing, construction,

medical, mold making, job shop, tool

and die, and other applications.The

Kellenberger® brand of flexible

machines enables customers to

make multiple components in one

fast and easy set-up, combining

grinding operations to save valuable

time and money.

For the ultimate in grinding per-

formance, the Kellenberger®

Kel-Varia® universal cylindrical

grinder enables customers to grind

component ODs, IDs, faces and

multiple angles, plus non-circular

and thread grinding, in the same

chucking with superior accuracy.

Hydrostatic guides in the X- and

Z-axes, combined with strict separa-

tion of the machine base from

components which generate heat or

vibration, enable the extreme

accuracy of this machine.With its

rigid machine design and large vari-

ety of wheel heads, the Kel-Varia®

offers customers the dual benefits of

greater accuracy and reduced cycle

times. The unique, programmable

B-axis makes for easy rotation of

the wheelhead, enabling multiple

functions on one machine.The posi-

tions of the grinding wheel edges

are automatically recorded and

calculated by our patented, automat-

ic, Kel-Set® measuring system. For

straight and angle-plunge grinding of

all lot sizes, the compact

Kellenberger® Kel-Vision® is ideal,

with its design of stationary table

and X- and Z-axes underneath the

wheelhead, also enabling OD, face

and ID grinding in one set-up.

For more budget-conscious

customers, Kellenberger® Kel-Viva®

and Kel-Vista® universal cylindrical

grinding machines are packed with

standard features at an affordable

price.The Kellenberger® Kel-Viva®

offers capabilities for universal

cylindrical, non-round and thread-

grinding operations in one single

setting. For an easy-to-use CNC

with manual machining capability,

the Kellenberger® Kel-Vista® features

Kel-Easy® software for simple, menu-

based programming. The Kel-Vista®

includes a swiveling wheelhead with

manual or automatic indexing,

enabling straight and angle-plunge

grinding, in addition to conventional

OD, face and ID grinding operations.

For rugged and reliable tool room

grinding machines, Kellenberger®

also offers the Kel-Universal® line of

grinding machines, featuring a

universal wheelhead designed for

OD, face and ID grinding in a single

set-up.

For Super-Precision®, high-perform-

ance jig grinding, Hardinge Hauser

CNC jig grinding machines are

designed to produce demanding

contour components for tool and

mold-making, automated machining

of accurate bores, production of

high-accuracy components and a

multitude of other applications

requiring extreme accuracy.

Equipped with automatic tool chang-

ers, pallet changers and our unique

feature, ÒHi-Cut,Ó these jig grinders

offer the highest precision, along

with robust construction, to assure

long life and consistent accuracy.

Both of our single- or double-col-

umn machines offer the same

capabilities for maximum efficiency.

Hardinge Tripet ID/OD grinding line

includes a wide range of machines

with up to four grinding spindles,

offering flexibility for small to medi-

um lot sizes. For high-volume

production, fully automated produc-

tion cells are available.The Tripet

line includes a wide variety of

machine configurations, including

single spindle or multi-spindle

turrets.

Hardinge Tschudin CNC external

and cylindrical grinding machines

offer small- and medium-size, high-

precision straight and angle-head

applications for maximum productiv-

ity in a minimal amount of space.

Tschudin grinding machines enable

simple set-ups, fast changeovers and

easy maintenance, and feature a

patented grinding process that

virtually eliminates burrs. Our grind-

ing machines also offer machine

guide-ways ranging from hydrostatic

rail systems to hand-scraped,V-and

flat ways, which are specially

coated for minimal friction, allowing

sub-micron positioning increments

and rapid traverse rates.Tschudin

also supplies fully automated grind-

ing solutions including pre- and

post- process gauging for the fuel

injection industry, with machines

that offer bar stock grinding, shoe

grinding, prismatic grinding and taper

grinding.

Another grinding specialty in the

Hardinge portfolio is the Viper

FGC Flexible Grinding Centre.

The FGC is a 4/5-axis, traveling

column grinding machine that brings

the capability of multiple grinding

components in one fast and easy

set-up. The Viper FGC is ideal for

turbine, compressor, stator blades

and nozzle guide vane grinding

applications.

Hardinge’s grinding

solutions offer the

highest performance

in the industry, with

Swiss precision and

experience built into

every machine.

GR I ND I NG GR I ND I NG

WORKHOLD I NGWORKHO LD I NG

Hardinge Workholding Solutions and Industrial Products

Hardinge provides work-

holding for all brands of

lathes, mills, grinding

machines, automatic screw

machines, rotary transfer

machines, turret lathes,

automation and assembly

operations.

Hardinge is the worldÕs largest

manufacturer of collets, feed fingers

and pads. Our collets are renowned

for their accuracy and durability

with the best total indicator reading

(TIR) in the industry.The superior

performance of these Hardinge

products begins with the raw mate-

rial and the heat treat process

control system. Individual care goes

into every collet, at each manufac-

turing process, from handling the

initial bar stock to polishing and

laser etching. Generations of skilled

machine operators have taken part

in the many steps of producing a

hardened and ground collet.

Hardinge collets are five to seven

points of Rockwell ÒCÓ harder than

competitorsÕ products, extending

collet life and improving accuracy,

for years of predictable perform-

ance.

Place your trust in Hardinge

patented workholding technologies

to take your productivity to a new

level. Exact part length control,

quick change and true parallel grip-

ping are just three examples of

patented design features found in

Hardinge collets, expanding collets,

collet chucks and chucks. Hardinge

technologies allow you to spend less

time changing your spindle tooling,

less time setting up jobs and more

time making parts.

We stock more than 30,000 work-

holding SKUs with same-day ship-

ping of up to 95% of our products,

but thatÕs only the beginning.

Hardinge engineers special collets,

feed fingers, pads, workholding

devices, and process tooling to make

even the toughest jobs possible.A

large portion of our facility is dedi-

cated to custom manufacturing with

separate sales correspondents and

design & applications engineers to

meet the most demanding produc-

tion schedules.

WORKHOLD I NG WORKHO LD I NG

Hardinge manufactures spindle

tooling for all brands of manual and

CNC lathes including micro-machin-

ing and laboratory workholding —

collets, step chucks, expanding

collets and much more.We carry a

wide assortment of collet chucks

for increasing productivity, capability

and control on a jaw chuck-style

lathe. For example, we have

solutions for faster changeover,

accommodating longer workpieces,

achieving higher precision, improving

concentricity and controlling part

length.We also manufacture one of

the best three-jaw, counter-centrifu-

gal power chucks in the industry.

We have one of the largest

inventories of spindle tooling for

automatic screw machines, rotary

transfer machines and turret lathes.

Innovative, cost-saving solutions

include quick changeover products,

alternate pick-off methods and

products for hard-to-grip shapes,

sizes and materials. Our quality

control system begins with raw

material selection and continues

throughout our tightly controlled

manufacturing process, enabling us

to provide a longer-lasting product,

more machine up time and greater

workpiece accuracy for our cus-

tomers.

Hardinge is committed to the Swiss

turning industry.We offer collets,

guide bushings, bar loader collets,

tool and tap holders, and ID pickoff

collets for producing high-precision,

high-accuracy small parts for indus-

tries such as medical and aerospace.

Dedicated manufacturing teams and

work cells are established to pro-

vide 24-hour delivery of collets and

guide bushings for Swiss-style lathes

and cam-operated lathes.

For milling applications Hardinge,

provides CAT-V and BT-flange CNC

tooling for most brands of machin-

ing centers as well as collets for

Bridgeport and other brands of

knee mills. Rotary indexing systems,

collet blocks and custom fixturing

bring increased productivity to the

mill. HardingeÕs 5C Rotary Indexing

System includes an all-digital servo

control with multi-line program

viewing, a 50-program storage

capacity, infrared upload/download

capability and 360-degrees-per-sec-

ond indexing speed.The indexer and

the servo control are both industry-

compatible for drop-in replacement.

For grinding applications, Hardinge

manufactures workholding products

for ID, OD, Universal, tool room

and drill grinding machines. Morse

taper, B and S taper and Jarno taper

machines can be converted to use

collets, step chucks, expanding

collets, manual chucks or fixtures by

using a collet sleeve or adapter.

Kellenberger¤ grinding machines are

engineered with an A2-5 spindle

nose built in to readily accept versa-

tile standard workholding products.

The Hardinge Sure-Grip¤ Expanding

Collet System is extremely popular

for OD grinding.

Hardinge customers have access to

a dedicated team of sales, design

and application engineers whose

commitment to customer satisfac-

tion is evident before, during and

after the sale. Hardinge offers the

worldÕs most complete line-up of

workholding products. Even in

todayÕs lean manufacturing environ-

ment, Hardinge is able to maintain a

healthy inventory and provide

quick response times.The unique

combination of an experienced

machine tool builder with universal

workholding expertise provides a

valuable customer resource not

available anywhere else in the world.

Our dedication to making our

resources available is evident on the

Internet.Visit our all-inclusive

corporate website at hardinge.com,

and purchase your workholding

online at hardingetooling.com.

Hardinge has explored

and defined the avenues of

materials and processes to

perfect methods for gripping

metals, wood, plastic and

glass; holding pins,

electronic components, pill

capsules and pipes; fasten-

ing tops on perfume bottles;

crimping; and expanding

plastic tubing.

While Hardinge’s Super-Precision®

performance is legendary in the

industry, our technology leadership

extends across many machining

functions, reflecting more than a

century of innovation in design and

manufacturing.

Super-Precision® Lathes

Designed for tough-to-machine

materials, Hardinge’s Super-

Precision® lathes are capable of

delivering surface finishes in the

eight micro-inch range or better

and offering continuous machining

accuracies in the .0002” (.5 micron)

diametric tolerance range or better.

Sound engineering principles are

behind this performance, ranging

from simple offset error reduction

to a more complex evaluation of

stiffness-to-mass ratio to ensure

maximum accuracy in both static

and dynamic conditions.

Hard turning

Hardinge Super-Precision® lathes

are renowned for their rigidity,

offering outstanding vibration damp-

ing, rigid tooling systems and

unmatched accuracy for superb,

single-point cutting of parts with

hardness values greater than 45 Rc.

Hardinge offers customers hard

turning capabilities as an alternative

to our grinding solutions, recogniz-

ing that hard turning requires less

set-up time, is more flexible and

requires fewer operations. Our

leadership in hard turning is largely

a measure of our machine design

and construction, the quality of our

workholding and tool holding

devices, and our process knowledge.

Hydrostatic Linear Guideways

Hardinge’s patented HydroGlide®

linear guideway system eliminates

the metal-to-metal contact associat-

ed with conventional box ways, ball

linear guides or roller linear guides.

During the HydroGlide® process,

the guide trucks move on a thin

cushion of hydraulic fluid under high

pressure, resulting in zero guideway

wear. Lathes equipped with this

system offer many benefits, including

superior vibration damping,

improved crash protection, longer

tool life, longer machine life,

increased axis speeds, improved part

roundness and improved surface fin-

ishes.

Hardinge Machine Spindles

The unique and proven design of

Hardinge machine spindles provides

maximum radial and axial stiffness,

enabling superior surface finishes,

better overall part accuracy,

improved tool life, longer spindle life

and maximum utilization of machine

RPM. In addition, Hardinge machine

spindles are assembled in environ-

mentally-controlled spindle rooms

to ensure exacting fit.

Five-Axis Milling

Hardinge’s five-axis milling solutions

offer machine linear scales on all five

axes of the machine, enabling a four-

fold increase in accuracy and sub-

stantial increases in RPM rotational

speed rotations. In addition, this

functionality offers the ability to

machine very complex shapes and

contours while moving the part as

few times as possible.This reduces

the number of set-ups, improves

part accuracy, and reduces part cost.

Grinding Flexibility & Efficiencies

Hardinge’s grinding solutions include

multiple wheel head options that

improve flexibility, reduce the need

for job changes, decrease set-up

time, increase productivity and

reduce overall part cost in grinding

operations.With 28 wheel head

options, the Kellenberger® Kel-

Varia® line enables customers to

grind non-circular parts, create 12

different shapes (including concave

parts) and, in many cases, eliminate

the super-finishing process step,

making the Kel-Varia® the optimal

choice for demanding markets such

as aerospace and medical.

I N NOVAT I ON

Industry-Leading Performance

I N NOVAT I ON

On July 23, 1890, two brothers from

Canada – Franklin and Henry

Hardinge – began the business of

Hardinge Brothers, Inc. Henry

Hardinge was a machinist with the

John Able Company, which manufac-

tured portable engines and threshing

machines. Franklin Hardinge also

worked there before becoming an

apprentice watchmaker and later

inventing several watchmaker tools.

The first factory was a building eight

foot square in the rear of a boarding

house in Chicago, Illinois.The broth-

ers went on to form “The

Horological Tool Company,” acquir-

ing the rights in 1902 to the

Cataract range of precision bench

lathes. Six years later, the company

was incorporated under the laws of

Illinois.

Franklin Hardinge was an accom-

plished engineer and investor, earn-

ing numerous patents and contribut-

ing to work on the first calculating

machine and early, automatic tele-

phone systems, and developing the

“scoring” machine for perforating

cards.An early achievement of

Hardinge Brothers was to make

true chucks, employing a method

that resulted in a 50 percent price

reduction. But it was the Cataract

bench lathes that steadily fueled the

firm’s growth into the early years of

the 20th century.Around that time,

a small company was being estab-

lished in Rochester, New York by Mr.

Reisinger and Mr. McDonnell, with

the purpose of exploiting the grow-

ing market for precision workhold-

ing devices. Mr. Reisinger soon

dropped out of the “Inanout Collet

Manufacturing Company,” named

after a unique but ultimately unsuc-

cessful product, and Mr. McDonnell

went into partnership with Mr. Leon

Morrison, forming the Morrison

Machine Products Company. In

1925, the company was purchased

by Mr. Lee Evans and Mr. Douglas

Anderson and relocated to Elmira,

New York, manufacturing only col-

lets and feed fingers until 1927.

Later in the year, Morrison Machine

Products announced that Hardinge

Brothers, Inc., then located in

Chicago, would relocate its manufac-

turing facilities to Elmira as well. On

January 1, 1938, the entire business

of collets, feed fingers and form

tools was incorporated under the

name Hardinge Brothers, Inc.

From these humble beginnings,

Hardinge soon flourished as a leader

in the machine tool industry,

renowned for quality and reliability.

As an ISO 9001 certified company

and a former Baldrige Award finalist,

Hardinge has a century-strong com-

mitment to customer satisfaction.

The company began trading shares

on the NASDAQ stock exchange in

1995, and we have steadily expanded

the depth and breadth of our prod-

ucts in Turning, Milling, Grinding and

Workholding, through strategic

acquisitions, and global and product

diversification.

HARD I NGE : A H I S TORY O F P R E C I S I ON . . .

1995Hardinge purchasedL. Kellenberger &Co. AG addingcylindrical CNC anduniversal grindingmachines to theportfolio

1998

Hardinge ShanghaiCompany, Ltd. wasestablished

1999

Hardinge TaiwanPrecision Machinery,Ltd. was established

2000

Hardinge acquiredHauser, Tripet andTschudin AG, addingcylindrical grindingand jig grinding tothe portfolio

2002

Hardinge obtainedthe license tomanufacture anddistribute Bridgeportknee mills in theU.S.

2004

Hardinge expandedmanufacturingoperations atHardinge Shanghai

2004

Hardinge acquiredBridgeport’sworldwide IPR andEuropean Sales andService Operations

. . . A S TRATEGY OF GLOBAL AND PRODUCT D I VER S I F I CAT ION