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Best surface finishes and stable processes
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Best surface finishes and stable processes

CFRP and GFRP, aluminum and titanium stacks, Peek, glass fiber-reinforced aluminum - if you want to machine modern materials reliably and at the same time faster and more precisely and with fewer machining steps, i.e. more productively, you need material-optimized tools and processes.
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Know-how made by CemeCon
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Know-how made by CemeCon

Which coating material is good for which application? What is actually the difference between coating material and coating? What options do tool manufacturers have? What do you have to pay attention to before coating?
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HiPIMS opens up enormous potential in turning
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HiPIMS opens up enormous potential in turning

Short distances and the complete tool development process from a single source – this strategy has put Boehlerit from Kapfenberg, Austria, on course for growth. Gerhard Melcher, Sales Manager at Boehlerit, gets confirmation of this every day.
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Increase performance in thread production
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Increase performance in thread production

In order to enable the local industry to make a performance leap in thread production, Chinese tool manufacturers can now have their HSS taps and formers coated with the new HiPIMS coating material TapCon®Gold at the CemeCon coating center in Suzhou.
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Long tool life and best surface quality
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Long tool life and best surface quality

Because of their low weight and high load-bearing capacity, fiber composite materials (FRP) are being used in more and more applications. HPTec GmbH from Ravensburg is one of the world's leading specialists when it comes to the anything but simple machining of such high-performance materials.
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Increase performance with diamond
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Increase performance with diamond

Anyone who thinks that diamond coatings are only suitable for shank tools and that PCD is always required on cutting inserts in corresponding applications is mistaken: Diamond coatings can also be used excellently for cutting inserts.
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New possibilities for cutting inserts
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New possibilities for cutting inserts

High coating thicknesses for cutting inserts have always been a specialty of CemeCon. HiPMS has again significantly expanded the possibilities here. The process can be used to produce coating thicknesses between 1 and 12 µm.
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Performance leap thanks to thick coatings
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Performance leap thanks to thick coatings

Heavy-duty machining is demanding – maximum cutting volumes, without sacrificing good surface quality, requires high feed rates and extreme wear. The company that can offer longer tool life and the best performance will quickly outpace the competition.
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Ultra thin and extremely smooth
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Ultra thin and extremely smooth

In the fields of electronics and medical technologies, the high-precision machining of the smallest components, with tools that are only a few millimeters or even tenths of a millimeter thick, is the key to innovation – now more than ever.
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Everything for the customer
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Everything for the customer

Japan is one of the leading technology countries in the world. Many developments are driven forward there or in collaboration with Japanese companies. This is not different in the tool industry.
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Coating technology up close
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Coating technology up close

HiPIMS is the coating technology of the future and opens up enormous possibilities. In Horseheads (USA), CemeCon customers were able to experience the full production process and the benefits of the technology up close at three live events
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TapCon®Gold – The coating for the perfect thread
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TapCon®Gold – The coating for the perfect thread

Internal thread production – whether through hole or blind hole – is one of the most challenging cutting tasks. It is particularly important as one of, if not the last, machining step. Process reliability is the top priority in order not to waste the almost completed component.
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Consistent quality is impressive
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Consistent quality is impressive

Cutting inserts are used in many different applications, for example, when rough machining steel materials with high removal rates or when finishing high-precision components made of aluminium.
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