New Machine Models

Monarch Machine Tool introduces 7 new vertical machining centers which are configurable to fit most any application. As with the majority of Monarch products, the new line feature box way design to provide a rigid machine platform.

Numerous spindle speed options allow the machine to be configured to the application. With pricing starting at $39,500.00, Monarch has something for everyone's budget and requirement!

Monarch Machine Tool announces a new version of it's VMC-RTB product.  The VMC-RTB-T features a fully integrated contouring tilt axis and spindle assembly allowing the machine spindle to operate in any position from vertical to horizontal.  This axis can be programmed as a full contouring axis or positioned and hydraulically clamped for heavy machining cuts. 

This eliminates the need for large rotary tilt tables with large part overhang.   The X-axis option is also available on the VMC-RTB-T series machine for a full 5 axis machine platform. 

New Product Release - Turnmill 1250

Monarch Machine Tool is pleased to introduce a new generation of multi-functional, multi-axis machining center. The Turnmill 1250 built for Monarch by Tajmac-ZPS. This machine is designed for machining complex parts which require large quantity of metal removal and finishing with high accuacy. With the available optional interchaneable heads, the machine is able to perform milling, drilling, and tapping in the vertical or angular planes and also has the ability to perform turning and grinding operations.

New Product Release - Contouring Tilting Head Option

The Monarch Machine Tool Company announces the release of a contouring tilting head option for its entire VMC line of vertical machining centers. The tilt head is capable of tiling +/- 75 degress along the X-Axis. Tilt motion speed is up to 75 rpm for contouring cuts or can be clamped in position for heavier milling cuts. Spindle RPM options are available from 8,000 rpm - 24,000 rpm. By adding an optional rotary table a fully functional 5 axis platform is provided. This provides the ideal base for aircraft or power generation blades, cylinder head, impeller, mold & die or oil field part generation.

This tilting head feature will be available on machines from 18" to 30" travel up to 36" x 240" travel.

New Product Release - New Machine Models

The Monarch Machine Tool Company announces the release of four new machine models to the company's product line. These machines follow the traditional Monarch values of rigidity, accuracy, and longevity. Through an agreement with Tajmac-ZPS as a supplier partner, these products will carry a lower base price than Monarch's standard product.

These machines will have horsepower and torque comparable to other manufacturers but less than Monarch's standard line of vertical machining centers.

Vertical Turning Option

The Monarch Machine Tool Company announces the release of a U-Axis head option on the company's line of vertical machining centers.

Monarch Offers High Speed / High Torque Spindles

Monarch Machine Tool Company announces the addition of two optional high speed/high torque spindles. The new offering will be a 12,000 and 15,000 RPM 50 taper spindle patterned after the companies 10,000 RPM unit. The spindle design will still incorprate both roller and ball bearings to provide maximum stiffness and elminate axial and radial deflection. The two speed gearbox will still be a standard Monarch feature and has been redesigned to handle the increased spindle RPM and remain thermally stable. This spindle design will allow Monarch customers to take high speed cuts in aluminum and will be stiff enough for heavy milling in exotic materials.

Monarch Machine Tool Expands VMC-RTB Optional Features

Monarch Machine Tool Company announces the additional option of a turning table for its long established VMC-RTB machine series. The VMC-RTB machine series has long been accepted as the ideal platform for machining large aircraft engine rings, wheels, and large bearing cages. The turning table option will offer a 50" diameter platen with variable rotation speed up to 300 RPM and providing positioning accuracy of +/- 5 arc seconds. This option will enhance the VMC-RTB's versatility by now offering the ability to perform finish turning operations along with the standard machining center features of drilling, milling, tapping, and boring. The RTB line is also available with an optional X axis allowing it to perform full 4 axis simultaneous machining operations. The new standard horsepower of 37.5 continuous and 50 HP peak for 30 minutes have been incorporated into the VMC RTB machine series.

Monarch Introduces New Zonal Traveling Column
Machining Center at IMTS 2000, Booth A1-8151

The new Monarch Zonal 5 Traveling Column Machining Center features a three-axis traveling column and a large, flexible work area split for dual independent machining. A rugged, versatile machine, the Zonal 5 is equipped with a powerful 74-hp, high-speed 25,000-rpm integrated drive spindle and HSK 63 tool interface. Machine travels are X = 118.1" Y = 29.5" and Z =15.7".

The Zonal 5 has been expressly designed for its work zone flexibility. The work envelope can be used as a single, large work zone, or employed as dual independent work zones that offer easy, ergonomic access for loading and unloading parts. As a result, one machine zone can be loaded while the other machine zone is in full production, nearly eliminating load and unload time. With its vertical clamping front, the Zonal 5 enables the use of specialized fixtures, rotary tables, and horizontal angular tables for specialized application requirements.

The Zonal range of machines has been very successful in many aerospace, automotive, and job shop related applications. Selected machine models offer 40 & 50 ISO taper or HSK 63 spindles to 25,000 rpm, tool storage ranges from 35 to 51, 4th and 5th axis rotary tables, and a carousel turning station are also available as options. The Monarch Zonal series offers X-axis travels from 63" to 708", Y-axis travels from 15.7" to 39.3" and Z-axis travels from 15.7" to 25.6".

The Zonal 5 demonstration at IMTS 2000 will feature high-speed machining of aluminum in two independent work zones, utilizing fully-enclosed guarding.

In addition to the Zonal product line of machines, Monarch offers over 20 different models of vertical machining centers. The Monarch VMC product line ranges from the VMC-45B model, X=30", Y = 18", Z=24" to the Gantry Style UMB 7 featuring travels up to X=708", Y=181" and Z=47.2". Monarch machining centers are complemented by ultra-precision, small-footprint CNC Lathes manufactured by Spinner Machine Tool of Sauerlach, Germany. With the three product lines, Monarch can provide complete manufacturing solutions to customers' machining requirements.

Monarch continues its long tradition of offering heavy-duty, highly accurate machines for many complex machining applications. A pioneer in CNC machining, Monarch has established a well-earned reputation in providing manufacturing solutions through its engineering of turnkey fixturing and various types of automation.

Monarch Machine Tool to Upgrade Facility

Monarch Machine Tool Company today announced a significant upgrade of its manufacturing facility. The company will be reinforcing the floor and adding new cranes in order to handle the much heavier UMB gantry-style machining center models. The company will also be adding new assembly fixtures to allow it to build the gantry bridges independently from their bases. The upgrade to the facility will begin almost immediately and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter.

Wayne W. Hanna, Monarch's President and CEO, said that Monarch felt it was necessary to invest in improvements to its Cortland facility in order to continue to provide customers with high-quality machine tools with the shortest possible lead time. Hanna stated, "The recent influx of orders for our UMB line of large gantry machining centers has demonstrated the need for a substantial enhancement to our manufacturing space." Hanna anticipated that the new fixtures will cut almost two months out of the manufacturing process.

Commenting on the need to expand so quickly after purchasing the company, James F. Poole, Chairman of Monarch and President of Cygnus Management Group, Monarch's principal investor, stated, "The company's initial performance has more than met our expectations. Clearly, our faith in Monarch was well-founded. We will continue to support the company's need for expansion capital."

Monarch manufactures a complete line of vertical machining centers, vertical traveling column machining centers, and gantry-stlye machining centers. It also imports a line a of high-precision lathes from Germany.

Monarch Announces Largest Single Order in Its History

Monarch Machine Tool Company today announced that it had received the largest order for a single machine in the company's history. The order, for one of the company's new products, a vertical traveling-column, gantry-style machining center, was placed by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control - Dallas, Camden (Ark.) Operations. The machine will be produced in Cortland and is the result of a joint venture between Monarch and Unisign, B.V. of the Netherlands. It is a state-of-the-art machine and represents the latest thinking in machine tool technology. "We're very proud to have the UMB-7 continue the Monarch tradition of supplying high-quality, high-precision, US-made machine tools," said Wayne W. Hanna, President & CEO of Monarch. The machine, which will be delivered later this year, will be used to manufacture parts for Lockheed Martin's defense programs.

Monarch also announced today that it had just closed a second consecutive month of very strong bookings. In addition to Lockheed Martin, large orders were placed by Rolls Royce and the US Government. When combined with orders received in February, the total is greater than half of the amount booked in all of 1999.

Monarch was part of a management buyout in early February. Mr. Hanna said that morale has been very good at the company since the announcement of the buyout. Prior to that time, the future of the company had been in question with its then-parent, Genesis Worldwide Inc., of Dayton, Ohio, actively trying to sell the business. Hanna commented that with the influx of orders and great cooperation being received from the company's employees, the future for Monarch is looking very bright.

Monarch was purchased from Genesis Worldwide Inc. on February 11th with the aid of Cygnus Management Group of Syracuse, NY. The intention of the buyout was to keep Monarch in Cortland, preserving more than 90 jobs and providing a stable environment for the first time in several years. "We wanted to be able to run the company with only its interests and those of our employees in mind," stated Hanna. "The sigh of relief was almost audible," continued Hanna, "and our productivity in the first two months has been outstanding."

Monarch is a manufacturer of high-precision vertical and gantry/bridge-type machining centers used in various manufacturing sectors. Its high-precision equipment serves a large number of manufacturers of capital equipment including General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin and New Venture Gear. Monarch is also the exclusive US representative for Spinner Ultra-Precision CNC turning centers manufactured in Germany.

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control - Dallas, Camden Operations, is a Department of Defense prime contractor for several major military missile and rocket systems.

Monarch Management Buyout

Monarch Machine Tool was acquired on February 11, 2000, by management and Cygnus Management Advisors. Monarch will continue to offer their full line of metalworking equipment and service worldwide. John Keeler, CFO of the new Monarch Machine Tool Company, was recently quoted concerning the sale:

The entire staff here at Cortland is excited about this transition. It's been apparent for a long time that Genesis Worldwide was intent on concentrating on their coil processing operations. With the new ownership in place, Monarch will focus on what they do best, making machine tools. We will continue to offer our full line of Monarch CNC vertical machining centers and high precision lathes. We will also be entering into new markets with the accelerated introduction of our
traveling column and gantry-style machining centers. With the same team intact, customers will get the same excellent service they've come to expect from Monarch. With the renewed concentration on machine tools, these same customers can be assured that Monarch will be around long into the new millennium to serve their metalworking needs.

Monarch RTB-X Offers Tilting 50" Table

Monarch Machine Tool Company, Cortland, NY, announces the development of the RTB vertical machining center, an X-axis model of their rotary table VMC series. Monarch RTB's are large-diameter (50" - 96") rotary tables mounted to traveling-column vertical machining centers, and are typically used to machine large cylinders and other circular or offset parts.

The Monarch RTB-X features a 50" rotary table adapted to a base having up to 40" of X-axis travel which enables the machine to perform X and Y axis, as well as C-axis rotary machining operations typical of RTB machining centers.

The RTB-X features an ANSI #50 V-flange, dual-range spindle with a horsepower rating of 50/30 minutes (37.5 hp continuous). The 6000 rpm spindle (10, 12 & 15,000 optional) reaches full horsepower at 350 rpm. Machine strokes are 48" (X axis), 48" (Y axis), 38" (Z axis), and 50" diameter (C axis).

Refrigerated oil pumped through the spindle and gearbox assures a thermal stability to 1 degree ambient. Thirty tool capacity, each to 6" diameter by 16" long, is standard, with a 40 tool changer available. All tools return to their original pockets for easy tool management.

Like other Monarch VMCs, the RTB-X boasts a rugged, heavily-ribbed base for years of reliable, sustained accuracy. Machining accuracies are maintained at +/-.0001" positioning, and +/-.00006" repeatability through the use of Heidenhain® glass scales imbedded in and protected by the base. The GE/FANUC 15I serves as the standard RTB-X CNC control.

Many options are available for the RTB-X allowing customers to customize the machine for specific applications.

Monarch First Company to Ship Machines with New Controller

The Monarch Machine Tool Company (NYSE:MMO) announced today that it is the first machine tool manufacturer in the United States to integrate GE Fanuc's latest CNC controller, the 15i, into a production machine. GE Fanuc is the world's leading producer of CNC controllers, drives, and associated hardware and software. "Monarch is extremely pleased and proud to have been chosen by GE Fanuc to be the first company to integrate this state of the art controller" said Wayne Hanna, President of Monarch, "It is a real compliment to our people and their ability to get things done that GE Fanuc choose us for this important new product introduction."

The announcement was made at the Cortlandville plant by Hanna and by Katsuo Koharie, Executive Vice President of GE Fanuc Automation.

Integrating this controller into Monarch machines has reaffirmed Monarch's return as a leader in machine tool technology. The new technology used in the controller will allow Monarch machines to operate faster and with far better accuracy then ever before. This is of great interest to Monarch's customer base, which includes large companies like GE Aircraft Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Allied Signal and Teledyne. These customers are always looking for ways to increase productivity and accuracy on production parts which include engine blocks, gear boxes and other automotive and aerospace related parts.

Monarch plans on phasing in the new controller across its entire product over the next few months. It is also involved in a joint development project with its European partner, Unisign BV, to integrate the 15i into Unisign designed machines that will be manufactured in Cortland by Monarch. Last year, Monarch purchased the rights to manufacture Unisign's machines in the United States and is currently in the process of producing the first units.

The Monarch Machine Tool Company engineers and manufactures high-quality vertical machining centers, metal coil processing and roll coating equipment and paper coating and laminating equipment. Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, the company has manufacturing facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom.

GE Fanuc Automation Corporation is a global enterprise dedicated to helping companies around the world manage the process of change through factory automation. A joint venture of General Electric Company and FANUC LTD of Japan, its reputation rests on its unparalleled experience in automation control, its practice of first-class research and development, and its award-winning manufacturing facilities. With world headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia, GE Fanuc has operations serving the Americas, Europe, and Asia with a total of 1,500 employees.

Monarch Introduces New Zonal and Gantry Machining Center Product Lines

The Monarch Machine Tool Company has added a full line of traveling column and bridge-type machining centers. The addition of these machines complements the Monarch line of VMCs.

The availability of these machining centers to the North American market is the result of a strategic alliance recently formed between Monarch and Unisign B.V., an established Dutch machine tool manufacturer in Panningen, The Netherlands. Bailey stated that the new products now available represent a significant addition to the seventeen models of vertical machining centers currently offered by the company.

The unique advantage of the new Monarch Zonal Traveling Column and Traveling Gantry machining centers is work-zone flexibility. The work envelope can be used as a single, large work zone, or as dual independent work zones that offer easy access for loading and unloading components. Options include high-speed spindles, 4th and 5th axis rotary tables, as well as carousel turning stations.

The Zonal Traveling Column series of machines offers X-axis travel ranges from 63" to 708". The Traveling Gantry series of machines offers a work envelope from 78" to 708" in the X-axis, and 39" to 181" in the Y-axis. Selected machine models feature 40 and 50-taper spindles with traveling tool magazines.

For further information, contact:
Gary Mead, VP of Sales and Marketing
Phone 607-753-6001; Fax 607-753-7127