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Corporate History of
Procunier Safety Chuck Co.



The Original Reversing Tapping Attachment
1912 William Procunier originally started manufacturing a line of positive drive reversing tappers with friction chuck ("A" and "B" tools) and a non-reversing friction tap chuck ("C" tool) from a factory in downtown Chicago, Illinois under the name of William L. Procunier Company.

1924 William designed and added a line of non-reversing and quick change drill and tap holders ("QC" tools).

1929 Harry G. Procunier, Williams' son, took over and incorporated it as the Procunier Safety Chuck Company in Illinois.

1931 Harry designed and developed the first friction type reversing tapping attachment with the patented "Tru-Grip" collet chuck, ("E" Series). These tappers were then united with the "Delta" drill press to produce a tapping machine with constant pressure feed and "Hi-Boy" Coolant Pump ("D" machines).

1948 John A. McConnell purchased Procunier Safety Chuck Company from Harry Procunier.

1949 John designed and introduced a Heavy Duty Tapper ("F" Series).

1954 John developed the hand model Lead Screw Tapper ("L" Series) combining the "E" Series with a lead screw for controlled feed.

1957 Richard A. McConnell, Johns' son, redesigned the hand style tapper into a completely self-contained automatic lead screw tapping, unit and machine. (#1-AL)

1960 Richard designed and introduced a larger capacity automatic lead screw tapper (#3-AL) increasing its market share.

1966 Procunier moved from downtown Chicago to the West Side, doubling its plant size.

1976 Richard A. McConnell became President.

1977 Richard developed and introduced multiple spindles tapping and drilling heads as an entry into an additional market.

1981 With the need for larger facilities and additional equipment. Procunier moved to its new 31,000 square foot building in Lakeland, Florida and became a Florida Corporation.

   Since that time the company has added a wide variety of drilling and tapping products including complete drilling machines, tapping machines, combination machines and fixed center attachments.


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Procunier
304 Winston Creek Parkway
Lakeland, FL. 33810
Phone: (863) 688-0071
Fax: (863) 682-6233