Best MACH ever for CERATIZIT
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The CERATIZIT UK & Ireland stand at MACH 2026 was a hive of activity from the moment the doors opened until the final visitors left, and the stand visitor numbers tell the tale.
Located near the entrance to Hall 19, CERATIZIT UK & Ireland recorded its highest number of stand visitors since records began.
As a world-leading cutting tool innovator, there was an incredibly diverse portfolio presentation that spanned the latest milling, turning, drilling, parting, grooving, threading and tool management solutions - all supported by the UK Technical Centre that showcased a selection of its workholding and fixturing technology.
Highlighting an impressive range of cutting tools designed to tackle the most demanding machining applications across all industry sectors, a key highlight was the CTC5240 'Best in Class' Titanium Indexable Milling Systems real-life display of tools, actual work piece and swarf presentation made in collaboration with the University of Sheffield AMRC, Heller Machine tools and Siemens NX.
CTC5240 delivers 'Best in Class' performance for milling notoriously difficult materials such as Inconel, Hastelloy, Waspaloy and Titanium alloys, and it has been specifically engineered to deliver astounding
performance with unfathomable tool life enhancements on Titanium indexable milling applications in particular.
CERATIZIT invited show visitors to challenge them with applications, and at MACH, engineers turned up in their droves to see how CTC5240 could improve processes, reduce costs and improve productivity. The CTC5240 grade and CERATIZIT's proprietary coating technology demonstrate astounding adhesion of the Tungsten carbide grains to provide an extremely smooth surface with low friction that optimises heat distribution and chip forming. When machining titanium, only 25 perccent of the heat is dissipated via the swarf, with the heat concentration in the cutting edge. This is where the patented high-heat-resistance CTC5240 coating, with its 4-micron CVD-TiB2 double layer and HyperCoat low-friction post-treatment technology, stands above competitor products. In the aftermath of MACH, the CERATIZIT UK & Ireland team is already hitting the road to deliver cost reductions to manufacturers.
The real-life demo piece showed a variety of applications and massive performance improvements machining in TiAl6V4. The showstopping highlight being a full slot milling pass with the new RADX porcupine cutter at Ø63mm paired with SXHU 120408ER-F41 CTC5240 inserts. The cutter was run at these parameters; Vc 50m/min (253RPM), Fz 0.1 (101.2mm/min), Depth of cut 50mm, Width of cut 63mm, all yielding an astounding Material Machining Rate of 318.78 cm3/min. This high MMR and eight usable cutting edges per insert create a value proposition that is hard to beat in heavy-duty Titanium roughing applications.
CERATIZIT's comprehensive product portfolio encompasses over 65,000 standard cutting tools plus extensive customised solutions, all supported by the company's UK & Ireland 41 strong team of engineers who are dedicated to, and passionate about solving metal cutting problems for customers.
Another attraction on the stand was the bi-annual MACH prize draw to win a high-end Hope HB160 mountain bike made with Ceratizit cutting tools. For every £10 donation made to the British Heart Foundation or Cancer Research UK, CERATIZIT UK automatically entered show visitors into the draw. This year's winner is David Bramhall, Production Engineer at X-Cel Superturn Ltd. Over the last 16 years, CERATIZIT has now raised more than £100,000 for the two chosen charities that are dear to their hearts.
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