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Sales partner with full marks

Any producer wanting to purchase cutting tools and machinery from a distributor expects the best possible consulting service, product quality as well as a compre-hensive after sales service. HAHN+KOLB, which is rich in tradition and which is one of the leading system suppliers for tools in the German-speaking and European area, is an example of this.

Through the utmost consulting and expert competence, the Stuttgart based company provides to its customers a higher productivity through coated high-quality tools among others. For example, at the company Sautner Zerspanungstechnik, which uses a tool solution from HAHN+KOLB – provided with a CemeCon ALU CC coating – the machining time could be reduced by 15% when machining aluminum.

HAHN+KOLB is well-known throughout the industry for its high requirements regarding service, delivery and product quality. Alexander Wagner, Product Manager for Machining and Clamping Technology at HAHN+KOLB: “Customers rely onour quality and competence. For example, our expert puts himself in the picture based on the situation at the location as to the tasks, problems and the specific interrelationships. Based on this information, the customer receives individual consulting and information on all practical possibilities in connection with the specific task, including the optimum coating. In this sector we are closely cooperating with CemeCon. Because only in doing so we can be sure to deliver the best possible product”. Comprehensive product presentations, internally and externally, support the discussion and illustration of the solutions to the specific problem. If required, an expert consultant remains available also during start of production after having received and fulfilled the order.

Inka Harrand, Product Manager Cutting Inserts at CemeCon: “Tool dealers like HAHN+KOLB have at their disposal considerable process know-how and are positioned at the interface between machining vendor and tool manufacturer. Here they also rely on high-performance coatings from CemeCon. Because these are an im-portant selling point. This is substantiated by the success stories of tool manufacturers closely working together with CemeCon and who through HAHN+KOLB, among others, ensure productivity increases at the end-users site.

For example, the company Ingolstädter Fräszentrum GmbH attains through ALU CC coated milling cutters used to process model prototypes made of aluminum for the automotive industry, a significantly longer tool life and better surfaces compared to tools coated conventionally. Alexander Wagner: “One of our tools at Sautner Zerspanungstechnik has made history. At this company the machining time for processing of aircraft aluminum 3.1354/3.4365 was to be reduced. Instead of a conventional TiAlN coating we used an optimised CemeCon coating. The milling cutters now have a significantly longer tool life and machining time is cut by 15%.

Flanking support

Inka Harrand: „We provide intensive sup-port for dealers like HAHN+KOLB. For example through presentations on occasion of the technology seminar ‘Milling of aluminium and high alloy steel’ at the company Hermle. Here and also on other occasions coating specialists present the enormous possibilities offered by high-performance coatings. From this again the tool dealers benefit.”

Source: FACTS 27 page 10-11