(Platinum Tooling: Prospect Heights, IL) -- Platinum Tooling, an importer of live tools, angle heads, marking tools, Swiss tools, and multiple spindle tools manufactured by various global suppliers, is now importing Henninger speed increasers for North America. The announcement was made by company president, Preben Hansen, at the company’s headquarters in Prospect Heights, Illinois, near Chicago.

Henninger is a manufacturer of specialized equipment and precision machine tool accessories. Spindle speeder types, including mechanical, air and electric motor driven styles, are all available.

These speed increasers maximize productivity by achieving a higher spindle rpm. Small-diameter tools require rpm that are sometimes impossible to reach with existing machine tools. In addition, they allow for less wear and tear on the machine’s spindle when it’s not required to run at its maximum rpm.

Mechanical speeders are available with up to a 1:8 gear ratio and a maximum speed of 50,000 rpm. Air speeders can run continuously at up to 80,000 rpm; high frequency motor spindles can maintain up to 80,000 rpm with high torque and have variable speed options.

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