Complex products and modern high-tech materials are placing ever greater demands on precision tools.

Silicon (silicon dioxide) is literally a dime a dozen. The earth’s crust consists of about 25.8 percent silicon by mass.

Mi-Tech Tooling, Inc., a cutting insert expert for the oil and gas industry in the USA, and the coating experts from CemeCon, Inc. in Horseheads, N.Y. have been working together for many years.

Electrically conductive, temperature-resistant and a good heat conductor, dimensionally stable, lightweight and more – graphite has numerous positive properties.

Initially reserved for the engines and airframes of military reconnaissance aircraft, titanium has long since become an integral part of our everyday lives thanks to its outstanding properties.