Zero-Max introduced its first product 75 years ago. The company's Mechanical Variable Speed Drive solved application challenges in varied industries, and many of these drives are still being used today.
After its entry into the industrial markets with the Variable Speed Drive, Zero-Max launched a spectrum of high-performance motion control products. These included widely applied flexible shaft couplings, including CD Couplings, ServoClass Couplings, as well as ETP Shaft Locking Bushings, Crown Right Angle Gear Drives, OHLA Overload Overhung Load Adaptors, and more.
These Zero-Max motion control devices enabled manufacturers of all types of machinery -- from agricultural tractors and workboats to robotic handling systems -- to help their products operate more efficiently and more profitably. Today, many of these products have become industry standards while providing flexibility for customer’s designs and improving the capabilities of their machines.
As global acceptance increased, the company added a worldwide distributor network providing factory-assisted sales and product service. Zero-Maxhas more recently expanded by adding offices and personnel in Denmark and Germany, as well as its headquarters in the United States.
In addition, Zero-Max now offers product customization capabilities to design and modify to specific customer application requirements – from just a single custom product to hundreds and even thousands of units.
Zero-Max is continually updating products and product lines to keep up with customers' needs for their equipment. One example is an upcoming expansion to the CD Coupling product line to include a higher power density, allowing more torque in a smaller dimensional package, with larger sizes becoming available.
“In our continuous improvement culture, we are not resting on our 75-year head start, instead we are continually working to improve the performance of our products and services we provide to the most important people in our world, the customers,” said Bob Mainz, president of Zero-Max.
