Mach-1 Systems Inc. is yet another classic American success story
Mach-1’s founder Marc Boisvert, son of Louis Boisvert, is a first generation American. A talented machinist when he first arrived in the United States, Louis, as his father before him, spent many years machining parts in the paper mills of Canada. He arrived with little in his pockets and limited ability to speak English. It was not long before he found work as a machinist and started his journey to becoming an American citizen and machine shop owner. Louis started his shop with a single step pulley Bridgeport milling machine in his basement while he was still working days for others. With perseverance and the help of his son and son-in-law he was able to grow to become a twenty man fully functional machine shop.
Marc has grown-up in the machine tool industry and has seen all the changes from Manual to N.C. and then C.N.C. As the industry had grown around him and as he introduced faster machines to the shop he knew that his Bridgeports could not keep up. Parts could be produced quickly with great precision but the secondary operations were a bottle neck. After repairing the automatic tool changers on his vertical machining centers, he recognized the ability of the pull stud to increase the speed of tool changes. So he decided to create a system to incorporate the pull stud into R8 tooling. This was the beginning of Marc’s journey to becoming an American inventor and entrepreneur.
Marc's various patented innovations make up the Mach-1 Quick Change Tooling System. (8 total Patents in all). Pat.# 6,592,305 – 6,280.125 – 5,957,636 – 5,885,305 – 5,846,037, 412,512 – 397,125
Anyone using R8 tooling on a regular basis should try the Mach-1 Quick Change Tooling System. It is the most cost-effective way to increase productivity and inspire end users to become better machinist.
We still have the Bridgeport that Louis started with and yes, it has a Mach-1 in it.
For more information about the Mach-1 Tool Change System, call 978.922.0208 or email us.