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Walter is a leading international metal
processing company, employing around
4,000 workers in 33 branches around the
world. With a large range of products
including around 49,000 tools in its
catalog for milling, drilling, turning, and
thread cutting, Walter is a full-service
provider in the area of metal machining.
The Walter Group has production
locations worldwide today in Germany,
France, the USA, China, and Brazil.
Metal processing
Soultz-sous-Forêts, France
From left to right at the Soultz-sous-Forêts
location: Christian Andlauer, Managing Director
of ZOLLER S.à.r.l., Jean-Paul Treger, Head of
Measuring Technology QA, and Dieter Müller,
Application Technician at E. Zoller GmbH & Co. KG.
says. “Today, four employees from Quality Assurance
switch off working on the inspection machine, supple
mented sometimes by colleagues from production. The
device was new for us, but was accepted quickly. The
very sharp photos and lighting, specifically, were well
received. All the employees enjoy operating the ma
chine” he says, describing introducing the device into
the department. “Another real added value is that we
can send the measuring results with image and log to
the customer.”
In addition, there’s no need to go to the measuring room
— now we can measure and inspect everything on site.
“Overall, the measuring process is much faster now
than before.”
An Experienced Partner at Your Side with ZOLLER
“In our search for the right solution, we saw that ZOLLER
has lots of experience and is open to customer re
quests. They completed a special adjustment that was
optimal for our needs. Now, with »pomBasic« we can
complete many measurements faster, more simply, and
more precisely than before” concludes the Measuring
Technology Head at WALTER Tools.
Discussion of specialized measuring requirements for tools
produced in the factory.
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