High-performance machining

New, high-strength materials and wear-resistant coatings pose new challenges for efficient machining. Hybrid technologies, for example, offer a way to push technological boundaries. Among other things, we are developing novel machining processes that use active media in the form of high-pressure cooling or cryogenic cooling, or superimpose movements using vibrations. These processes can increase quality and productivity, improve chip and burr formation, and reduce thermomechanical tool loading.

Trends

• Precision machining with geometrically defined cutting edges
• Vibration-superimposed and cryogenic drilling and milling
• Optimization of cooling lubrication strategies
• Design and machining of wear protection layers
• Machining of difficult-to-machine materials