A major manufacturer of utility towers who wished to remain anonymous.
“ UniPunch tooling is not rocket science... it’s very, very simple”

“ Twenty-two years ago when I got out of high school I worked for a company that had UniPunch tools so I talked to our purchasing manager, and I told him what we need is UniPunch tools...I explained to him exactly what they were and how they worked...about the templates and how you set the punches down on the template. Right out of high school I could set up the machine. They are very, very simple to set up."

“ The secret to UniPunch for me is that it is easy to set up and you don’t have to invest a lot of money in tooling. UniPunch tooling is not rocket science... it’s very, very simple”

“ We work with a lot of heavy material here with big holes in it, from 3/8” to 2-1/2” . The thickest we punch in 5/8”. We punch a 1-1/16” hole through that. And that is a fixture part so that hole has to be plus or minus fifteen thousandths."

“ We had to have a large slot for a new product and we had no problem getting it from UniPunch."

“ We are still using all of our original holders. We have to order consumables---springs, punches, spacers, screws, etc., but we punch a lot of holes here. Yesterday we punched ten thousand 9/16” holes through 1/2” plate in two shifts, two operators."

“ UniPunch has locating down the best. There is similar product to yours out there and we found they just didn’t have the accuracy that we need for our product. We have to hold a very tight tolerance so when a guy is up there on a tower in the air he doesn’t have
problems putting something together. "

“ With high volume punching you need something that is durable, accurate and easy to set up and the consumables are easy to get. The operator has to be able to take care of his entire job...we can’t afford a person who just sits around waiting for something to break down or to set up a new setup."

“ This is why I don’t like hard tooling. First, it’s a major investment. It’s expensive. And what happens if something goes wrong with that die? You can’t just take out twelve punches and put 12 new punches in for $5,000. You’re just down. We have a small inventory of punches and punch holders, and on any of our major jobs, if we lose any punches or a die holder, we’re back in business immediately with UniPunch."

“ We have major design changes constantly. We get feedback from our customers and tower erectors. Our engineering staff is just dynamic. If one of our major erectors or customers tells engineering they should look into a design change for a safety issue or a construction problem, they will look into it immediately and may have a design change in four days. "

“ The product may be safer...it may fit together easier for the erector. If it saves time and money...and removes risk...that causes an immediate design change. When it’s a safety issue and you have so many people’s lives at risk out there...it causes a design change. We have to be able to react quickly to design changes. That’s why we have no hard tooling. When a given job or design only lasts a short time, what would we do with that tooling? We can react to changes quickly and cost effectively using the UniPunch system. There is no further investment, and you don’t have $30,000 invested in a hard die.”

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