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Euro-Tech Corporation in the Southeast

German-engineered hydraulic workholding, spline and gear gaging, and precision transducers with North American applications support.

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Headquarters: Menomonee Falls, WI
Founded: 1993
Coverage: North Alabama/Georgia/South Carolina, Tennessee/Arkansas/North Mississippi, Louisiana & Gulf Coast, and Florida

About Euro-Tech Corporation

Euro-Tech Corporation is a sales and applications-engineering company in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, that brings specialized German workholding and gaging technology to North American manufacturers. Founded in 1993 by Jerry Kowalsky and Michael Smith, it serves as the exclusive North American distributor for Mytec Hydraclamp, Frenco, Kostyrka and Knaebel.

What Euro-Tech offers

Rather than selling from a thick catalog, Euro-Tech works with engineers early in a project to define a custom arbor, spline gage or fixture that its German partner then builds. Each partner brings a focused specialty:

Mytec Hydraclamp makes hydraulic and mechanical expansion arbors and chucks, with hydraulic tools built on a brazed, seal-free design.
Frenco has specialized in gear and spline metrology since 1978, supplying spline gages, master gears, artefacts and double- and single-flank inspection machines.
Kostyrka provides hydraulic clamping sleeves, rod clamping elements and adaptive fixturing such as The JAW and the Universal Holding Fixture.
Knaebel builds miniature inductive transducers and valve-seat gaging systems for engine components.

Euro-Tech also offers Pinhead modular fixturing for CMMs, and it services hydraulic expansion arbors in Wisconsin so plants do not have to ship tooling back to Europe.

Why engineers specify Euro-Tech lines

Workholding that holds its accuracy. Seal-free Mytec hydraulic tooling centers parts repeatably for hobbing, grinding, balancing and inspection, and Euro-Tech reports arbors returning for their first repair after decades of service.
Gear and spline depth. One partner covers the full chain from go/no-go spline gages to master gears and flank-testing machines, including rolling inspection with noise evaluation for electric-drive gears.
Engineered to the part. Most arbors, gages and fixtures are designed around the customer’s drawing rather than pulled from stock.
Domestic service. Resizing, regrinding and recentering of hydraulic arbors happen in the United States.

Local support from Vaughn Associates

Vaughn Associates represents Euro-Tech in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. The Southeast automotive corridor, with its vehicle assembly, transmission and powertrain suppliers, and the region’s aerospace and gear manufacturers are natural users of precision workholding and spline inspection.

Our sales engineers can walk your line, review part drawings and tolerances, and help decide where hydraulic arbors, spline gages or flank testers will make the biggest difference. We gather the details Euro-Tech needs for an engineered quote, coordinate technical questions with its applications team and follow the order through delivery. Purchases are typically made directly from Euro-Tech.

Learn more on our precision gauging, workholding and gear inspection page, request help through /for-engineers/, or find your local rep.

Exclusive North American distributor for Mytec Hydraclamp, Frenco, Kostyrka and Knaebel

Seal-free, brazed hydraulic expansion tooling

Engineered-to-order arbors, gages and fixtures developed with the German manufacturer

US-based hydraulic arbor servicing in Wisconsin

Product lines

What Euro-Tech makes — product categories we can help you specify.

Hydraulic and mechanical expansion arbors and chucks (Mytec Hydraclamp)

Precision workholding that expands a thin sleeve to center and clamp a part for turning, grinding, gear cutting, balancing and inspection. Mytec's brazed hydraulic tools replace O-rings and seals, and mechanical versions suit high clamping forces or automated loading.

HYDRA-Expansion Arbors
HYDRA-Expansion Chucks
Hydra-Mechanical Clamping Tools
Mechanical Clamping Tools

Hydraulic arbor servicing

Euro-Tech restores hydraulic expansion arbors and chucks from its Wisconsin facility or at the customer's plant, avoiding shipment back to Germany.

Resizing and calibration
Regrinding
Recentering
General repair

Spline gages (Frenco)

Go/no-go and indicating gages that confirm internal and external splines will interchange, covering involute, serration and straight-sided forms.

Frenco INO-System spline gages
IVM 1x1 indicating spline ring gages
VZ-CAP ring gage inspection
FMB electronic measuring box

Gear and spline measuring instruments (Frenco)

Bench and production machines that measure size over balls or pins, runout and double- or single-flank rolling behavior, including rolling inspection with noise evaluation for electric-drive gears.

AVM 3x2 size-over-two-balls instrument
Double flank test machines
Single flank test machine
Universal measuring machines
Gear Flank Analyzer
Rolling inspection system for e-drive gears

Master gears and artefacts (Frenco)

Reference gears and toothed artefacts used to set gaging machines and quantify measurement uncertainty on gear and spline profiles.

Master gears
Setting masters
Toothed artefacts
Measuring balls and pins

Clamping sleeves and machine elements (Kostyrka)

Hydraulic and mechanical components that lock shafts, rods and round or flat machine elements in position, from small fixtures to large presses.

Clamping sleeves
Expanding sleeves
Clamping discs and rings
Hydraulic pressure intensifiers
Rod clamping elements

Adaptive and flexible fixturing (Kostyrka)

Reconfigurable holding systems that conform to irregular part shapes or lock at any axial position, reducing the number of dedicated fixtures a shop has to build.

The JAW adaptive clamping jaws
Universal Holding Fixture (UHF)
Hydraulic compensating vise jaws

Miniature gaging transducers (Knaebel)

Compact inductive transducers that gage builders embed directly in measuring mandrels to check bores, grooves and other small features.

IET transducer
IET mini-probe
IP probe

Engine component gaging systems (Knaebel)

Shop-floor systems for measuring cylinder-head valve seats and guides, bearing shells and connecting rods.

VSM valve seat measurement gage
Slidescan seat-profile system
VSKM shape and contour system
Bearing shell and connecting rod gages

CMM flexible fixturing (Pinhead)

A modular pin-and-riser nesting system for fast part setup on coordinate measuring machines and vision inspection systems.

Pinhead base units
Pinhead starter kit

Applications

Gear hobbing and grinding workholding
Balancing and inspection arbors
Internal and external spline inspection
Double- and single-flank gear testing
Electric-drive gear noise evaluation
Bore and groove gaging
Cylinder-head valve seat measurement
CMM part fixturing
Shaft and rod clamping

FAQ

Common questions about Euro-Tech

What is the advantage of a seal-free hydraulic expansion arbor?

Conventional hydraulic arbors depend on seals, O-rings or grease to contain internal pressure, and those parts can leak or fail over time. Mytec Hydraclamp tools, available through Euro-Tech, use a brazed construction without seals that Euro-Tech describes as rupture-proof. The design delivers repeatable centering for gear hobbing, grinding, balancing and inspection while reducing downtime tied to seal failures.

How do I inspect internal and external splines on the production floor?

Frenco INO-System spline gages give fast go/no-go checks for involute, serration and straight-sided splines. When you need variable data rather than pass/fail, Frenco IVM 1x1 indicating ring gages and AVM size-over-balls instruments measure actual size. Euro-Tech, Frenco's exclusive North American distributor, can help specify the right gages from your spline drawing data.

Can hydraulic expansion arbors be repaired in the United States?

Yes. Euro-Tech services hydraulic expansion arbors and chucks from its Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin facility or at the customer's plant. Work includes resizing, calibration, regrinding, recentering and general repair, with an inspection certificate. That avoids a round trip to Germany, although heavily fatigued expansion sleeves may have limited remaining life after repair.

What is double-flank gear testing and when should I use it?

Double-flank testing rolls a production gear in tight mesh against a master gear and records center-distance variation. That quickly reveals runout, tooth thickness variation and composite error, which makes it well suited to high-volume production checks. Frenco also offers single-flank testers and a rolling inspection system that adds acceleration measurement to evaluate gear noise for electric-drive transmissions.

What transducer can gage a very small bore or groove directly?

The Knaebel IET mini-probe, available through Euro-Tech, measures only 4 × 4 × 12 mm and offers a ±100 µm range. It is compatible with the IET half-bridge standard, so gage builders can embed it directly in custom measuring mandrels for bores, grooves and other tight features. Euro-Tech can also help design the complete measuring fixture around it.

Who represents Euro-Tech Corporation in the Southeast?

Vaughn Associates, an independent manufacturer's representative headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, represents Euro-Tech Corporation in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. Vaughn's sales engineers help plants define workholding, spline gaging and gear inspection requirements and coordinate drawings, quotes and technical questions with Euro-Tech's applications engineers.

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