Zero-Max takes pride in responding to customer needs through innovative products and exceptional service. Its first product was a unique mechanical variable speed drive that solved application challenges in varied industries, and many of these drives are still in use 75 years later.

With the drive’s successful entry into many different industrial markets, Zero-Max capitalized on its field-proven reputation to launch a spectrum of high-performance motion control products throughout the past decades. These products include widely applied flexible shaft couplings, such as the CD Couplings and ServoClass Couplings, as well as the ETP Shaft Locking Bushings, Crown Right Angle Gear Drives, OHLA Overload Overhung Load Adaptors, and many additional products, all having limitless customized design options. These motion control devices enabled manufacturers of all types of machinery — from agricultural tractors and workboats to robotic handling systems — to make their products operate more efficiently and profitably. Most importantly, many of these products became industry standards while providing flexibility for customers’ designs and improving the capabilities of their machines.

As global acceptance of Zero-Max products was realized, the company added a worldwide distributor network early on to provide factory-assisted sales and product service. The company has also recently expanded by adding offices and personnel in Denmark, Germany, and its U.S. headquarters.

“Zero-Max strives to live by its core values: Best in Class Service and Solutions, Hold Ourselves Accountable, and Do The Right Thing. When faced with complex decisions, we always go to our core values,” said Bob Mainz, president of Zero-Max.

Besides its standard products, the company offers customization capabilities to design and modify to specific customer application requirements — from just a single custom product to hundreds and even thousands of units. Customized designs can be for applications such as precision shaft couplings for torque transducers on test equipment, torque limiters for timing screws used in food packaging applications, couplings driving a printing press, electrification applications using shaft couplings or overhung load adaptors to interface custom electric motors with driven components on mobile equipment, among countless other applications.

Zero-Max continually updates products and product lines to keep up with customer needs for their equipment. An example is an upcoming expansion to the CD Coupling product line to include a higher power density, allowing more torque in a smaller dimensional package, with larger sizes becoming available.

“In our continuous improvement culture, we are not resting on our 75-year head start. Instead we are continually working to improve the performance of our products and services we provide to the most important people in our World, the customers,” said Mainz.

The company has established itself as a leading coupling and motion control components manufacturer and a provider of motion control and power transmission solutions. Even after 75 years, Zero-Max is keeping its eye on the future.

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