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The Technology Used at Strategy Milling
Much of the technology used in the production of our product is proprietary. We do, however, share that we use Roeders RXD5 Mills. This mill is a beast and has some features that simply made great sense to us when it came to precision, run time/downtime, stability, maintenance, and longevity without issues.
I researched dozens of mills in the planning stages of this company. Why select Roeders? When it got down to interviewing the three companies, Victor P., President of Roeders America, was the most impressive. He is the president of Roeders USA, and his cell phone number is in my phone's contacts list. When I call, he answers. I knew I would need and wanted to partner with a company that would have my back when it came time to lean on them. He and Roeders have. His business partner is Mr. Roeders of Germany. For over 200 years and six generations in direct descent, Roeders has been a family-owned and operated company. While we don't have a comparable lineage, we like the fact that we are working with a family-owned company and understand the pride and energy put into a business when you have your name on it.
As the vetting process moved forward, committing to Roeders became an easy decision. Being connected to two top individuals in the company gave me confidence that if I had any issues, the service I demanded would be within reach. The relationship has been excellent, and we are delighted with our purchase.
Now about the mill: We love working with the systems that Roeders provided and that the options we requested were all possible, allowing us to run our business as planned. We asked for certain production capacity, consistency in milling, and many other demands regarding part manufacturing time, tolerance demands, automation requests, lights-out milling, etc. All were met with enthusiasm and support from Germany. The mills provide laser accuracy in tool length measurement for every tool used, every time it is used. Calibration systems keep milling in spec and worry-free, thereby enabling high-reliability axis drives with linear motor technology in all axes, water cooling for high efficiency, and long durability. We can clamp on one side of our puck instead of the full circumference, offering us a larger utilization of puck material than we would otherwise experience. It is quite a valuable bit of efficiency when manufacturing your own gold pucks. These systems also employ automatic tool breakage detection and wear control. We took advantage of other options that Roeders had available, such as RFID-labeled cups, which allowed for automatic referencing of the machined dental parts to the cup ID by the software, integration of label printing, and barcoding.
Regarding our business model, we knew what we wanted, and when asked, Roeders delivered. The mills have not disappointed us on any level and have impressed everyone who has had the opportunity to observe them in action. To see a mill of this caliber plow through a beautiful gold puck and create what you see on our Facebook page for our customers has been a life experience worth having. We love our mills, and our customers love what they do!