Bourn & Koch Machine Tool Company has manufactured precision machine tool products since 1975, which included the purchase of the Barber-Colman line of gear manufacturing machines. Our Rockford plant offers 130,000 square feet of working space and a staff of highly skilled engineers and technicians.

In addition to a complete line of new equipment that includes gear manufacturing machines, specialty machine tools and manufacturing cells, Bourn & Koch has many years of broad-based experience in remanufacturing existing machine tools, from the most basic to highly complex computer-controlled units. Our state-of-the-art quality control system assures the accuracy of our work with tolerances that meet or exceed your most stringent requirements.

Among the machine tools we have remanufactured are:

• Gear Hobbers
• Gear Shapers
• Gear Grinders
• Machining Centers
• Lathes
• Boring Machines
• Grinders
• VTL's
• Inspection Machines
• Specialty Machines

We're a member of the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) 
 

Located in Rockford, Illinois, the Bourn & Koch plant features over 130,000 square feet. This dedicated production facility allows us to design, manufacture components, assemble, inspect and test machine tools from small to large and from the ordinary to the very complicated.

• 130,000 sq. ft.
• Up to 35 feet under the cranes
• Bay cranes up to 35 tons
• Environmentally controlled facility for close tolerance assembly
• A multitude of gear and part manufacturing capabilities
• Inspection and specialized alignment capabilities

ISO 9001:2000 Registered
In December 2001, Bourn & Koch passed its initial assessment audit for ISO 9001:2000 registration. BSI conducted the audit and will be conducting future required audits.

Bourn & Koch Purchases Roto-Technology Line
During January 2002, Bourn & Koch purchased the Roto-Technology product line which was located in Dayton, OH. Bourn & Koch will continue the operations in Dayton, OH to manufacture and remanufacture gear inspection systems and precision rotary tables.

Bourn & Koch Purchases Fellows Manufacturing Assets
Bourn & Koch Inc. of Rockford, IL and Star-SU, Inc. of Hoffman Estates, IL announced the acquisition of the gear shaper machine tool manufacturing assets and the gear shaper cutting tool manufacturing assets of Fellows Corporation, a member of the Goldman Vermont Group, Springfield, VT.

• History of Fellows: In 1889, Edwin R. Fellows, at the urging of James Hartness, became an employee of Jones & Lamson. In a short time this mechanical genius had invented a revolutionary new machine called a gear shaper. With the encouragement and financial backing of Hartness, Fellows Gear Shaper was founded in 1896. In 1903, Fellows adapted its gear shaper for the cutting of helical gears to meet the growing demands of the auto industry. While the 1920's were a time of growth and product development, the early 1940's saw the design and production of nine new kinds of machines. In 1947, Fellows unveiled a mammoth rotary gear shaper, and in 1977 introduced its new series of Hydrostroke machines - the only machines of their type on the market - and in the early 1980's CNC machines were introduced.
  
• History of Jones & Lamson: Jones & Lamson was founded in 1829 as the National Hydraulic Co. in Windsor, Vt. Going through a series of name changes, it finally became Jones & Lamson and moved to Springfield in 1888. Under the leadership of James Hartness, the company grew and prospered and became internationally renowned for its precision engine and turret lathes. The turret lathe was invented by Hartness in 1888. Amoung the many Jones & Lamson inventions was the world's first NC turret lathe, introduced in 1954. In 1970 the company introduced the first NC lathe to use rotating tools, which gave it broad machining capabilities. That same year they also introduced the world's first NC cylinrical grinder.

Bourn & Koch Purchases the Assets of DevliegBullard
Bourn & Koch has added to their portfolio of product and replacement parts in acquiring the assets of DevliegBullard. Included in this portfolio are current active manufactured machines in the Motch Turning Center, Springfield Vertical Grinder, and Blanchard Rotary Grinder lines. National Acme (Acme Gridley) multispindle products, packaged accessory kits, and replacement kits are also included. In acquiring DevliegBullard Bourn & Koch becomes the OEM for American Tool Works, Blanchard, Bullard, Brown & Sharpe, Conomatic, DeVlieg, Futurmill, Motch, Mattison Grinders, Mattison Woodworking Machinery, National Acme, New Britain Machine, Rockford Machine Tool, and White Sundstrand.

Bourn & Koch is currently completing a totally new bar-feed rotary trunion machine. This machine expands our offering in the high-production machining. Please give us a call on any of your needs.