Skoda Machine tools

COMPANY PROFILE

SKODA MACHINE TOOL

COMPANY PROFILE

TRADITION, EXPERIENCE

Skoda Machine Tool is a company that has a long history in the development and production of machine tools. The company produced over 300 lathes of 16 different types in the year 1936 alone, and introduced a new line of horizontal milling and boring machines called HVF, which were successfully produced until 1958. The company's record year for production was 1940, during which they manufactured a total of 2,024 machine tools.

After the end of World War II, Skoda had to rebuild its production halls and machinery, but it still managed to put new machines into production in 1946. They developed a prototype lathe called SR, and later modernized it as type SRM, producing around 1,100 pieces of that lathe within several years. In 1954, Skoda developed a horizontal milling and boring machine called WD 250, with remote control and all axes measurement centralized into a pendent panel. At the World Exposition EXPO 58 in Brussels, the company's horizontal milling and boring machine WD 200 won the Great Prize.

Over time, Skoda Machine Tool became one of the most prominent and biggest producers of heavy-duty machine tools of worldwide importance. In the years 1955-1989, with approximately 2,500 employees, the company produced 120 pieces of machine tools, including lathes, milling machines, horizontal milling and boring machines, portal mills, and rotary tables per year, which was a world record at the time.

At present, Skoda Machine Tool is a prominent firm that manufactures heavy-duty horizontal milling and boring machines, heavy-duty lathes, and specialized workstations based on these machine tools.

COMPANY PROFILE

DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN, RESEARCH

More than 100 professionals are permanently engaged in the development and design of new machines, machine parts and groups, in their testing and verifying in connection with the development of new components, automation means, materials, and technologies. New cutting materials and tools set forth new requirements on features of machine tools. The aim is to get modern machine tools that have high life capability to fulfill customer requirements as much as possible. New applied technologies allow, for instance, machining of round surfaces, rotary surfaces, etc.

New up-to-date computing methods are utilized in the design of not only machine parts but also for their strength and deformation checkups prior to their production. All properties of a machine tool or its important parts are permanently checked.