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About Peter Bagwell

Peter Bagwell is a Senior Product Engineer at Polygon Solutions, Inc.

Rotary Broach for Nylon

This YouTube video shows 10mm hex being machined in Nylon. Typical speeds, feeds and part preparation can be used. Rotary broaching is ideal for aluminum, brass and mild steel but can also be used for various plastic materials and nylon.

Manufacturing Day a Success in Southwest Florida

Polygon Solutions Inc. of Fort Myers, FL was one of more than 200 companies nationwide to participate in the first annual National Manufacturing Day on October 5, 2012. The event highlights the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy and showcases the rewarding, highly skilled jobs available in manufacturing fields. The National Association of […]

Don’t miss HAAS Demo Day 19

Demo Day is almost here

All demos, all day!

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., it’s all about the demos at Haas Demo Day. Your local Haas Factory Outlet will have live demonstrations on every machine – to help you find the latest, most cutting-edge, and cost-efficient technologies for your shop floor. Got a question? Haas […]

Polygon Solutions Inc. – Facility Tour / Presentation

Friday, October, 5th 2012

Polygon Solutions has selected Lee County Virtual School as their school in the Adopt a School program with the Manufacturers Association of Florida Center for Advanced Manufacturing Excellence. The Dream It! Do It! Manufacturing Day event will expose students to real world manufacturing with a presentation and facility tour. Limited to […]

Polygon Solution’s new Rotary Broaching Brake

Rotary broaching is fantastic for making small forms like hexagons and squares in soft materials like aluminum, brass and mild steel. However, when it comes to aligning multiple holes using a rotary broaching tool, the operation becomes extremely challenging. Most rotary broach holders have a free turning spindle which does not allow for alignment […]

Broaching 3/4″ Square in Aluminum

Rotary broaching is ideal for making small polygon shaped forms in soft metals. Soft metals include brass, aluminum and mild steel. Polygon Solution’s standard catalog includes hex broaches 3/8″ and smaller, and square broaches 8mm and smaller. But what if you need to broach a form larger than these sizes, such as the 3/4″ […]

Students doing Production Work

Modern Machine Shop Magazine – Video: Perspectives on Cardinal Manufacturing

An innovative high school vocational manufacturing program has students doing production work for paying customers.

Why not Rotary Broaching?

Read the new article by Matthew Jaster, Associate Editor, Gear Technology Magazine…

Why not Rotary Broaching?

Rotary Broaching 416 Stainless Steel

We get a lot of questions about rotary broaching in stainless steel. This video shows broaching of a custom shoulder bolt with a 3/8″ Hex in 416SS. The machine is a Haas TL-25 lathe and uses Polygon Solution’s GT Rotary Broach Tool Holder.

Rotary broaching any type of stainless steel can be very challenging, but […]

Polygon Solutions Inc. joins SRMA

Polygon Solutions Inc. is announcing that it is joining the Southwest Regional Manufacturers Association. One purpose of the Southwest  Regional Manufacturers Association is to bring manufacturers together to encourage the economic development of Southwest Florida through manufacturing. Polygon’s growth as a leader in rotary broaching technology prompted the move.

Polygon Solutions Inc. is a small Fort Myers, FL […]