Studer

Studer Model OA

Fritz Studer AG was founded in 1912. The first cylindrical grinding machine produced was for their own use, but a modified version was exhibited at the 1914 National Exhibition in Bern. Studer cylindrical grinding machines made their first commercial appearance at the Basel Swiss Industries Fair in 1918 in the form of the model OA. This was a modified version of the machine Fritz Studer had made for his own use and featured automatic wheel infeed and a patented automatic reversing mechanism which remained in production until the early 1970s.

Today, Studer are part of the Schleifring group and still make superb manual and CNC cylindrical grinding machines.

The machines most likely to be encountered on the second-hand market are: