Vortex Manufactures Green

Vortex Tool Company, Inc. has invested heavily to manufacture the “greenest” cutting tools money can buy. With the last facility expansion, many energy-saving features were built into Vortex’s production facility. All 400 watt metal halide lighting was replaced with much brighter and more energy-efficient T-5, non-mercury, high-output florescent lighting throughout the entire facility. In addition, the entire interior of the building was painted white to provide maximum illumination, and thirteen 4’ x 8’ windows were installed around the perimeter of the production area to take advantage of sunlight during daytime production. Overhead door locations were selected to allow cooling airflow through the shop during the summer months; in the winter months, heat is reclaimed that is generated by the CNC machinery, air compressor and dryer.

Vortex has been at the forefront in the development and utilization of a very sophisticated coolant filtration process. Specialized machinery remove the grinding “swarf” as small as one micron that is generated during the manufacturing of all cutting tools. This “swarf” is composed of tungsten carbide and diamond particles that are now collected and recycled instead of having to be disposed of.

All materials purchased by Vortex either end up as end product, cutting tools, or are recycled or reused during the manufacturing process. And all cutting tools produced by Vortex are 100% recyclable. If your company does not have an effective plan for disposal of used cutting tools, please send them back to Vortex and you may be partially reimbursed for them.

Vortex Tool Company designs and manufactures a wide variety of standard and custom high-performance router and insert cutting tools for the woodworking and plastics industries, and provides re-tipping and sharpening services.

For more information, contact Mike Serwa, Vortex Tool Company, 5605 Jelinek Avenue, Schofield WI 54476, 800-355-7708, Fax: 715-355-7353, E-mail: mikes@vortextool.com, Web: www.vortextool.com.