168 Manufacturing, a brand of Precision Tool Technologies that designs and develops CNC machine shop automation technologies, announces partnerships with six new North American distributors for its FullShop Automated Coolant Management Systems. These distributors, which will bring 168 Manufacturing’s flagship FS120 series and newer FS40 series of automatic coolant delivery systems to end users across the U.S. and Canada, are:
- Tool Technology Distributors: U.S.
- Lindco Springfield: U.S.
- Christensen Machinery: U.S.
- PTSolutions: more than 20 locations across the U.S.
- Edge Production: Canada (British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan)
- Drillmex Inc.: Canada (Quebec)
- Canadian Tooling Solution: appointed sales agent for all of Canada
(California)
(Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont)
(Michigan and Wisconsin)
“We’re excited to partner with these successful, well-established companies, enabling us to bring our game-changing automation system to even more machine shops across North America,” said Shawn Nelson, sales manager, 168 Manufacturing. “Our system has already brought many benefits to countless machine shops including better profitability, higher throughput and lights-out capabilities.” 168 Manufacturing’s FullShop systems monitor and replenish all CNC sumps with optimized top-off ratios. Easy to install and maintain, these turnkey units consist of a centralized pumping station, controller, distribution manifolds and level sensor that drops into the machine tool sump.
In addition to incorporating state-of-the-art software, the machines are compatible with a coolant health app that lets users collect, visualize and track coolant parameters from a smartphone, tablet or desktop
About 168 Manufacturing
A brand that represents “simply more CNC production,” 168 Manufacturing designs and develops practical automation technologies that improve machine shop efficiency and enable more productive CNC machining. Our current product offering includes the FS120 and FS40 series of FullShop™ Automated Coolant Delivery Systems, which replenish properly mixed coolant concentrations at the machine tool sump. 168 Manufacturing is a brand of Precision Tool Technologies, an advanced manufacturing company headquartered in Brainerd, Minnesota.