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We're the world's leading manufacturers of
VMCs. With Over 20,000 Fadal
Vertical Machining Centers in operation, there's no secret to our success:
At Fadal Machining Centers, we provide world-class quality. Full-service
support and a price performance ratio you just won't find anywhere else.
That adds up to maximum value, and cutting edge productivity.
When you focus your experiences and energies on building only one type of
CNC machine tool -VMCs- your attention to specific application requirements
in the varied world of metalcutting takes center stage. You develop what is
important for producing high quality parts in and efficient and consistent
manner. This discipline has allowed Fadal to offer users three construction
configurations for delivering high cutting performance relative to specific
metalcutting demands.
History of Fadal:
Founding of Fadal 1961 > Francis and son's Adrian, Dave and Larry open job
shop in North Hollywood.
1966 > Surveyor's Lunar Landing Fadal's reputation of delivering quality
parts on time, and at a reasonable price spreads rapidly in Southern
California.
1972 > Retrofit Tool Changer Fadal's Automatic Tool Changer increases
productivity allowing their job shop to keep up with the demand for
aerospace part production, over 2,000 ATCs sold.
1978 > Fadal CNC 88 Proprietary Control Design for application on Fadal
Vertical Machining Centers allowing single source service.
1979 > VMC-45 First Fadal VMC, twenty-five of these 45 taper vertical
machining centers where sold for $100,000 before the Yen weakened.
1983 > VMC-40 Fadal domestic machine sales took off after this 10,000 rpm,
40 taper VMC was introduced at $50,000.
1986 > First International VMC Sale Fadal ceased accepting RFQs for Job Shop
work and begins expansion to serve domestic and global markets.
1989 > Shop Floor Programming Gibbs & Associates was contracted by Fadal to
develop the Fadal Visualizer CAM System for faster programming of parts.
1991 > COOL POWER Technology Thermal stability of VMCs for consistent
positioning repeatability.
1992 > VECTOR Drive Technology Intelligent spindle drive systems increase
cutting performance to decrease part cycle times.
1993 > Move to Chatsworth from North Hollywood New location was needed to
expand manufacturing efficiency & capacity.
1995 > Purchase of Fadal by Giddings & Lewis Positioned Fadal for continued
domestic and international growth.
1997 > Purchase of G&L by Thyssen (TPS) Faster expansion into European and
Asian markets.
1997 > Remanufacturing Division Opens in Chatsworth
1998 > Opening of Shanghai Fadal in China
1999 > Performance Series VMC 3020 Faster material removal rates, Faster
feed rates, Faster part cycle times, the VMC 3020 was the first Performance
Series VMC introduced.
2001 > 40th Year Anniversary - VMC 6535 Introduction Positioned for
continued growth Fadal celebrates it's 40th Year Anniversary while
introducing the third VMC of the highly successful Performance Series.