FERMAT’s new electric-spindle, right-angle automatic milling head (E-PHAmi) combined with FERMAT’s WFT 13 CNC is the perfect solution for customers looking for a powerful table-type horizontal boring mill with a strong output and continuous 5-axis milling and machining. It can machine large workpieces of iron and steel weighing up to… Read more »
Machine tools and mild, fun-filled violence go hand-in-hand. Cutting, ripping, tearing into workpieces of iron or steel is both an art and a sport. It’s industrial sculpture and manufacturing martial arts rolled into one. A haiku of 20 metric tons. A nefarious game King Edward III banned football (soccer) on… Read more »
Although some of our employees were sad to hear the news, FERMAT has closed the curtains and locked the doors in observance of today’s state holiday, Liberation Day, commemorated on May 8th, also known as VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). No doubt most of our employees would rather be at work,… Read more »
Straight out of FERMAT’s super-secret skunkworks buried deep in the heart of Moravia comes this innovative palletization system that speeds up production and eliminates down-time. Manufacturing runs at a fast clip as you mill and machine with fury on the pallet inside the protective covering, while another workpiece is set… Read more »
Early in April 2018, Mr. Jan Kropacek, sales manager at FERMAT, visited Tovarna kovinske opreme d.o.o. (TKO), which manufactures components for heavy equipment in the Slovenian town of Murska Sobota. On top of being the capital of the short-lived Republic of Prekmurje in 1919, the municipality boasts an elegant regional museum… Read more »
Last week, members of FERMAT’s video production team called on an important customer in the Central Bohemian town of Dobris, located about 40 km south of Prague. The customer, Bobcat Doosan, recently purchased a shiny, new FERMAT WFT 13 CNC for its innovation and development center, built alongside Bobcat’s extensive manufacturing… Read more »
After its acquisition in 2015, LUCAS became the US subsidiary of FERMAT. It represents the company and sells its wide range of machine tool and accessories under the brand LUCAS. It also manufactures small parts and provides maintenance and customer service. LUCAS supplies all regions in the US from its… Read more »
Here at FERMAT, we’ll let bygones be bygones. Especially when it comes to Medieval intrigue and warfare. However, our bookworm historians on the factory floor might raise an eyebrow that we’re shipping our machines to the fair lands south of the Alps, the wealthy industrial, commercial, and cultural lands young… Read more »
This fancy, handsome and well-built WFT 11, a smaller version of FERMAT’s WFT 13, sports a spindle diameter of 110 mm and a spindle travel of 730 mm, has an X axis of 2 meters, Y axis of 2 meters, and Z axis of 1.25 meters. For quick and smooth… Read more »
Last week, FERMAT’s rough-n-ready film crew descended upon the quaint, picturesque town of Lipnik nad Becvou, a beautiful abode of metalwork and manufacturing, nestled below Helfstyn castle and straddling the main rail line from Prague to Ostrava. This Central Moravian municipality blends centuries of culture and commerce in a friendly,… Read more »
