History

Acroloc is a product and design of Jack Bayer formerly of Bayer Industries, Phoenix, Arizona.  The Acroloc evolution pre-dates Numerical Control (NC) and was first introduced in the 1960's as a "pegboard" programmed machine.  With technology improvements it came to be a CNC Vertical Machining Center in the late 1970's.  Thousands were manufactured and sold as it took the market as an affordable VMC. 

Acroloc construction followed industry standards with the exception of its tool change design.  Simple and ingenious, its tool holder and tool changer are truly a break from the traditional.  Each tool holder represents a compact tool change device.   The "chip to chip" tool time is less than two seconds during a tool change cycle.  Keeping that time to a minimum is what keeps part cycle times short.  "Time is money" and money can be made with each tool change.  Acroloc continues to survive and thrive because it brings profits to its owners. 

The Acroloc VMC was one of the last remaining "U.S. built" machine tools.  Most machine tool builders have long since closed including Bayer Industries.  Driven from business by domestic over-regulation, predatory business practices by foreign countries, imbalanced trade policies, and  ignorance in government. 

There are very few U.S. based machine builders in operation in the United States today.  The flagship of American industry and once proud "National Machine Tool Builders Association", is now dominated by foreign companies who since renamed the NMTBA to reflect their own views as the "Association for Manufacturing Technology".  No longer is the United States an innovator. And so it also goes for all of the other industries and jobs the U.S. has lost.  As government bureaucrats institute bad policy i.e. continue to promote benefits of FREE TRADE, they are causing the loss of U.S. jobs and national wealth.  Extensive data supports these statements and can be found under the "INDUSTRY LINKS" on this website.

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