The universal joint multispindle heads have been in production since 1961; over the years they have been modified and updated, without however refuting the goodness of the idea and always leaving major features unaltered: possibility of using for both drilling and tapping possibility of multi-positioning the spindle units, restricted only by the size of the spindle and of the working area suitable for all types of drills or for special solutions especially useful when the need arises to frequently change the hole centre distances broad range of models for different requirements