Started in 1942 by Karl J. Heinzelman, Union Tool remains a family owned business. "But just about everything else has changed," says Chuck Simpson, Co President. "When we began, lots of products were made of wood and woodworking companies were our best customers." After the war, though, companies retooled for consumer products that more and more were made of plastics, composites and steel rather than wood. The machines handling and producing such products also had to change. "Each new application presented new problems that we learned to solve one customer at a time. Looking afresh at each customer's production situation became an essential part of how we do business."
Today practically everything made by the nearly 50 employees of this Warsaw, Indiana based company is customized to some extent to help each customer produce goods most efficiently. Union Tool's engineering department oversees customization and develops innovative solutions. The department includes experts in mechanical and electrical design, software writers and new equipment debuggers. Innovative designs are tested in Union Tool's lab to determine how well they'll perform before they are used under actual production conditions.
The people at Union Tool think beyond just machines. Whether you need a feeder, conveyor, roller coater, laminator, stacker--or a complete system-- they'll take time to understand your whole process, start to finish. Results? Machines that will help you reduce waste, labor costs, and repairs, while truly improving uptime and productivity.
Some of the industries Union Tool serves:
Recreational Vehicle (RV) Manufacturing — Union Tool is right in the heart of RV and motor home country, and they have been making machinery for laying up floor, wall and ceiling panels since the industry first took off back in the War years. Travel trailers, mobile homes, fifth wheels, and towables of all kinds are made better, faster, and more profitably with Union Tool machines. These machines are adaptable to other industries as well; basically, anywhere large sheets and panels need to be laminated, coated, painted and glued up.
Entry, Security and Garage Door Manufacturers — Like wall panels in the RV industry, doors are typically sandwich constructions — a frame or core covered with various types of facing panels front and back. Union Tool makes many roller coaters and laminators preferred by door makers, including their new 110-inch "twins" ... a matching hot melt roller coater / laminator pair, big enough to face both sides of a garage door substrate in a single pass.
EPS Foam — EPS foam sheets and panels are used in many manufacturing processes. Union Tool makes several machines specific to EPS foam, and many UT laminators, coaters, feeders and stackers can be adapted to handle EPS foam.
Plastics Packaging & Forming — From application of blister / skin pack material to silicone coating of plastic web materials prior to forming, Union Tool knows how to handle plastic sheets, films and panels.
Metal Stamping, Drawing and Forming — From lubricant coating and painting to wire brush finishing, many Union Tool machines find homes in metalworking plants of all kinds. Stackers and feeders keep those sheets of aluminum, brass, steel, and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals moving down the processing line.
Architectural Glass — Union Tool makes roller coaters specifically designed for glass substrates. The making of spandrel glass especially requires the particularly smooth paint coating that their Reverse Roller Coaters provide.
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Manufacturing — One of the primary requirements in the manufacture and assembly of printed circuit boards is protecting the surfaces of the boards, which means gentle handling by the edges. While most of the machines in this category are specific to the PCB industry, they can be adapted to handle delicate materials of all kinds where surface protection and precision handling are required.
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