Boston-Area Machine Shop Invests in New Toyoda Vertical Machining Center for New Technology/Capacity
When Mark Boisvert (owner of Arro Engineering in Beverly, MA) visited the IMTS show in Chicago in September 2010 looking for vertical machining centers, he had a focused list of builders to visit with some key criteria in mind:
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Heavy Duty/Box Way Machine
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Good Local Support Network
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Latest Control Technology
After careful consideration, Marc chose the Toyoda FV1050S. Arro had not invested in a new machining center in a number of years, and as business continued to increase, capacity became an issue. Arro specializes in components for packaging machinery and has dozens of large-capacity CNC turning centers for shaft work. Machining centers are critical for secondary machining operations like key-way slots, cross holes, etc.
 “The Toyoda FV1050 has really improved through-put since it came online”, says Marc. Mark relates that “Secondary machining had become a bit of a bottle-neck, especially during a surge in orders. The Toyoda has been highly reliable and accurate. Work flow has been much more consistent since we added this machine. If our growth continues, we will consider another unit in 2012.”
In addition to investing in world-class equipment, Arro recognizes the need for diversification. In addition to their job shop business, they design and manufacture a line of quick-change tooling for vertical milling machines (trade name is Mach 1 Tool). This ingenious design reduces R8 style manual tool changes dramatically. What used to take up to a minute, now takes only seconds. That time savings accumulates quickly and translates into hundreds of dollars per month. The payback on this tooling system is usually well within a year! This tooling is marketed globally at www.mach-1tooling.com
A great success story. Arro Engineering was founded in 1978 by Marc’s father, Louis Boisvert. Since then it has grown to fifteen employees with over twenty CNC units for turning, milling, grinding. Marc’s son Dan has also joined the business, and Arro is well-poised for third generation ownership/operation (a rare feat, indeed, these days!) No stranger to the needs of a closely held company and family business, Brooks’ Peter Klier maintains Arro’s account, ensuring their continued success and satisfaction with the FV1050.
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