Welcome to Our Manufacturing Resource Center

At Steiner, we can help your business thrive with more than just reverse boring tooling solutions like the Autofacer. With manufacturing expertise spanning three generations, our team can also serve a helpful source for industry news, insights, case studies and other helpful resources.

Catalogs & Technical Documents

Autofacer & Counterboring Tool Catalogs & Technical Documents

Thread Making & Thread Gaging Technical Documents

Videos & Live Tooling Demos

Torque Bar Autofacer with LED Indicator Ring

This video demonstrates the functionality of our new LED Indicator Ring system for our Autofacer automatic back counterboring tools.

Autofacer: Power generation component
By customer request, this Autofacer is hand-activated with extra-long length-to-back-spotface parts with different cross sections.

Autofacer: Bump style demo
The Autofacer is capable of performing heavy interrupted cuts and very large metal removal.

Autofacer: Torque Bar style
Watch a Torque Bar style Autofacer machine the seat pockets of a gate valve.

Autofacer: Windmill Component
Watch a live demo of the Autofacer machining a windmill component.

Autofacer: Heavy equipment part
Watch it perform back spotface on a steel heavy equipment part; cutting diameter of Ø10.50″.

1/2-14 JBO Threading Die + Tschorn Floating Die Holder Test

This is a test of a 1/4-14 HSS Threading Die from JBO installed into a Floating Die Holder from Tschorn cutting brass on a Doosan Lynx Horizontal Lathe.

What is the Autofacer?

See what sets it apart and take a look at its applications in actions.

Ingenious Innovations: Custom Cutter Blade Fixture

Watch as we unveil our custom machining fixture, optimizing the production of Cutter Blades and Master Holders for the Autofacer, Automatic Back Spotfacing Tool.

Autofacer: Power generation component
By customer request, this Autofacer is hand-activated with extra-long length-to-back-spotface parts with different cross sections.

Autofacer: Bump style demo
The Autofacer is capable of performing heavy interrupted cuts and very large metal removal.

Autofacer: Torque Bar style
Watch a Torque Bar style Autofacer machine the seat pockets of a gate valve.

Bilz Powerbore Demo
Watch the demo of a Ø3.973 (100mm) H. Bilz Powerbore being run on a HAAS TL4.

Autofacer: Heavy equipment part
Watch it perform back spotface on a steel heavy equipment part; cutting diameter of Ø10.50″.

Autofacer: Windmill Component
Watch a live demo of the Autofacer machining a windmill component.

Case Studies

It’s not enough to simply say that Steiner increases part profitability by: reducing part process time by 80%+, eliminating costly secondary operations and automating your processes. Take a look at these real stories of customer outcomes: