Article: Oil and filtration lube extreme grinding shop: a Connecticut grinding shop makes its market in exotic jobs--some exotic alloys and extreme tolerances. Two keys to this top end of the market are high-end machine tools and maintaining the investment in those tools.(COOLANTS/LUBRICANTS/FILTERS)

When Curt Reed decided to open his business in 2000, selecting a name for his company wasn't one of his challenges. Precision Grinding Solutions (PGS), LLC (Wallingford, CT) is the combination of Curt Reed's years of machining experience and vision of an often overlooked niche in contract grinding--the exotics.

Beginning his career as a tool and mold maker in the mid 80's, Reed ended up starting his business to provide application engineering services to the grinding industry, primarily with the Studer group at United Grinding Technologies (Miamisburg, OH). During the next two years, Reed was involved with grinding tests and acceptance run-offs of Studer machines ...

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