Bryant Grinder first began as an independent machine tool builder as Bryant Chucking Grinder Company, founded in 1909. The Bryant Grinder range of technologies and services will be legally operated out of, and developed by, Fives Landis Corp, based in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. Prior to this acquisition, Bryant Grinder was owned by Vermont Machine Tool.
Products mainly include dedicated internal diameter (ID) and outer diameter (OD) high-precision/high-production grinders, universal ID/OD (bore/seat/face) grinders, and CNC operating systems. Fives will also provide services including parts, field service and machine remanufacture to the installed base. The latest model is 2013's RU1 Miniature precision grinder with 100 mm travel in both X and Z axes intended for automotive, bearing, fuel management and medical device industries.
Bryant Grinder originated the motorized wheel spindle and the Revelations CNC operating system. This system utilizes a single operator and programmer screen and offers unlimited part programming capability.
The Bryant Grinder intellectual property technology includes the round bar hydrostatic way systems. The extremely stiff, round hydrostatic bearing controls the slide in all degrees of freedom and has an ultra-low way to carriage coefficient of friction resulting in dimensional, geometric and sub-micron positioning accuracy. This technology was expanded with the design of the round bar Hydro-Truc bearing which allows standard, modular slide assemblies.
Bryant's expertise in specialised precision grinders will allow Fives to enhance its current offering to the bearing, drive train, fuel systems, medical and valve train industries.
Fives Group's grinding/ultra precision department comprise 650 employees in UK, Italy and USA.
