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About This Super Cutting Tools Supplier
In 1927 Conrad Birgbauer founded Super Tool, a
company that directly accelerated the nation’s electronics
industry and helped pave the way for America to become an industrial
giant. Birgbauer recognized the industry’s need for quality
tooling that could perform well under the toughest manufacturing
conditions. Consequently he used a new metal compound called
“carbide”
to produce metal power tools that would retain their cutting edge
at tremendously high temperatures and perform well against extremely
hard cutting surfaces.
In essence, super industrial power tools.The first Super Tool customers were automotive firms, particularly
Chrysler and Ford corporations, who required a reliable industrial tool equipment supply. Expansion led to more
extensive tooling and the clientele list grew, adding Caterpillar
Tractor and International Harvestor, helping Super Tool retain its leadership as the top industrial cutting tools supplier. Van Norman Industries
purchased Super Tool in 1955 and initiated an aggressive research
and development program, which resulted in a superior system
of cutting technology designed to advance the miniaturization
program of the electronics industry. A major breakthrough was
the design and production of standard solid
carbide miniature drills having diameters as low as .0065.
Possibilities for industrial cutting tools grew and Super Tool expanded
its product line to provide American industry with a wide selection
of carbide cutting tools.
In 1962 Van Norman merged and became Universal American. The
Super Tool marketing program was expanded to a nationwide basis.
1968 saw the takeover of Universal American by Gulf and Western,
making Super Tool a division of G&W Manufacturing Industries
until 1984 when Jim Lambert purchased the company in conjunction
with Morse Cutting Tools. The main office and manufacturing
facilities were located in Elk Rapids, Michigan.
In June of 1988, Super Tool was purchased by Dennis Lemkau.
In 1991 the firm was purchase by its present owner and moved
to Bradenton, Florida where its product line of top-quality industrial power tools was expanded and
the manufacturing process refined.
Super Tool Remains an Industrial Power Player.
Today Super Tool manufactures solid
carbide, carbide tipped,
as well as high speed
steel cutting tools, supplying the automotive, aerospace,
and metalworking industries. The factory is over 10,000 square
feet with 27 full time employees and 104 machines. There are
now several warehouses around the United
States to ensure the fastest deliveries possible. Super
Tool is also an exporter of tools around the world. The
catalog has over 10,000 line items with over 95% of the
items in stock and on the shelf in finished or semi-finished
form. The inventory of semi-finished tools can be ground down
to a specified size in 1 week. That means a reliable industrial tools equipment supply for you. In addition to the standard tools
in the catalog, Super Tool also manufactures special solid carbide,
carbide tipped, and high speed steel tools to customers’
exact custom specifications.
All our power cutting tools are made in the USA and there is no minimum order.
Coatings are available for the tools, the most popular being
TiCN, TiN, AlTiN, and TiAlN. Other coatings are available upon
request.
Super Tool has a long tradition of manufacturing high quality
precision cutting tools and at the same time offering competitive
pricing, delivery, and outstanding customer service. These are
the cornerstones on which Super Tool was founded and the
cornerstones that will be its foundation in the future.
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