CERAMETAL and PLANSEE TIZIT have combined their power

ceratizit gazette 10/03
CERATIZIT
Carbide has got a new name
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ProfileMaster
World innovation
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„High performance“ and more
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Headquarters and parent company in Luxembourg
Merger of CERAMETAL and PLANSEE TIZIT
carbide has got a new name
On November, 29 2002, the executive board of the PLANSEE Group,
Reutte/Austria, and the shareholders of CERAMETAL, Mamer/
Luxembourg signed an agreement
for the merger of their carbide activities. CERATIZIT resulting from
the merger of CERAMETAL and
PLANSEE TIZIT will be headquartered in Luxembourg. With a turno-
ver of approx. 400 million EUR and
a total staff of 3,500, it will be one of
the leading manufacturers of carbide products worldwide. The PLANSEE Group and the Luxembourg
based owners of CERAMETAL will
each hold a 50 % equity share in
CERATIZIT. The declared objective
of the merged carbide manufacturer
is to establish CERATIZIT as the
1931 Foundation in Walferdange, Luxembourg
1948 Production of carbide parts
1962 Manufacture of carbide pen balls
1968 Production of rolls for hot rolling mills
1970 New plant 5000m2 in Mamer, Luxembourg
1973 Start of overseas export activities
1921 Metallwerk PLANSEE founded
by Dr. Paul Schwarzkopf
1929 First carbide TITANITE launched
1931 First CERMET patented
1952 First PLANSEE seminar ‘de re metallica‘
1973 TIZIT GoldMaster: multi-layer coating + patent
1977 Creation of own R&D lab
1982 TIZIT StarMaster launched
(AL2O3 – coated inserts)
1979 Branch in Columbia, USA inaugurated
1985 PLANSEE TIZIT founded
1988 Branch in Detroit, USA inaugurated
1987 PLANSEE TIZIT is ISO 9002 certified
1988 Start of the production of ceramic parts
1996 Instrument AG (Bulgaria) becomes part of the
PLANSEE group
1989 Powder production in the Differdange plant, Luxembourg
1993 CERAMETAL is ISO 9002 certified
1997 Inauguration of a sales office in Japan
1998 Inauguration of a carbide production plant in China
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most competitive carbide brand
worldwide. With more than 30 production and sales locations in all the
three large economic regions of the
world and with their technological
know-how, the ambitious target of
the merged firms is clearly achievable.
2000 Aldap TIZIT (I) founded
2001 PLANSEE TIZIT is ISO 9001:2000 certified
2002 E-TECHSTORE launched
Parent company in REUTTE / Austria
Merger 2002
Tradition - experience - competence
CERATIZIT's efforts are aimed
at the success of our customers
in a wide variety of market
segments.
The continuous exchange of
information and worldwide cooperation with customers, rapid
reaction to new requirements,
market-oriented
innovations,
high quality and service standards
and process improvements ensure
this success.
Production sites & Sales companies
all around the world
Grinding
Austria
Bulgaria
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
United Kingdom
USA
China
India
Japan
Pressing
“Just in time“ delivery service
from the new central
CERATIZIT logistics centre.
Sintering
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ProfileMaster
ProfileMaster
Uniquely different – a tool from CERATIZIT
Multi-functionality, i.e. the possibility to turn, drill, part and
groove with only one tool, characterise this new development by
CERATIZIT. At last, turned parts
can be produced faster and more
precisely using ProfileMaster.
With this tool, the machining process has been newly defined.
Every engineer knows the following situation: a complex turned
part with a bored hole, radial
and axial grooves, copy turned
surfaces and inclined surfaces.
This requires a lot of tools, which
means that there are frequently
problems with regard to the number of turret positions as well as
unproductive tool changes. The
ProfileMaster system represents
an ideal remedy in this context.
One tool is sufficient to machine
even complex parts without a
tool change.
The ProfileMaster is made of
high-quality tempered steel with
a profile optimised through FEM,
which results in high system rigidi-
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ty. A particular feature are the six
coolant exit holes which provide
cooling on the edge as well as
efficient chip evacuation in connection with a helical chip flute.
Insert clamping is extremely simple thanks to the use of a Torx screw,
a tried and tested means providing
reliable insert retention.
The new CTC 1435 carbide with
its gradient peripheral zone guarantees application safety and
ensures that the long tool life for
which CERATIZIT is well-known
can be attained. The all-around
chip groove results in short chips
at all machining steps. A “Masterfinish” edge integrated into
the cutting edge produces perfect
surface quality.
The tool is particularly efficient
where a flat bottom hole is to be
produced through drilling into full
material. Other possible operations using the same tool are counterboring, the creation of radial
grooves, inclined surfaces, face
turning and the turning of external
profiles, once again including the
ability to produce radial grooves.
By clamping a left-hand insert
into a right-hand tool, a ringshaped axial groove can be generated. This is not only possible on
the front side of the workpiece but
also in stepped holes or on the
bottom of the hole.
All in all, this is a successful
development which offers unlimited potential for rationalising
numerous turning operations.
ProfileMaster – a new definition
of metal cutting!
Unique / multifunctional / different
ProfileMaster
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Speed - Information - Services - Business - Just click
www.ceratizit.com
CERATIZIT - E-SOLUTIONS
Service for our customers
The E-TECHSTORE, an e-business solution from CERATIZIT,
is a special free-of-charge service
for our customers and for persons interested in CERATIZIT.
You can not only order our products on-line or check availability
in real time. You will also receive detailed information about
each of our standard cutting tool
products. Downloadable dxf files
are available.
20,000 products for the fields
of turning, milling, parting &
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grooving, drilling, threading,
spindle nose tooling and
rods can be ordered via the
E-TECHSTORE.
Its variety makes the E-TECHSTORE a perfect tool for
engineers and sales representatives who trust in CERATIZIT
products.
In addition to the E-TECHSTORE
Partner Store, which is tailored to
the needs of our customers, we have
developed the Open Store, which
is particularly adapted to persons
i n t e rested in
C E R AT I Z I T,
customers of our
customers, and also e.g.
external staff.
The CERATIZIT Techadviser,
an intelligent consultant for turning tools is the ideal consultant
when you have detailed information about your application, but
require some assistance for
choosing the right insert.
E-TECHSTORE catalogue
Additional information about the E-TECHSTORE
Have we succeeded in making you
interested in the TECHSTORE?
Simply order the new ETECHTORE catalogue. It includes
all the useful information about
the CERATIZIT E-TECHSTORE
and its advantages and benefits.
Otherwise refer directly to the
CERATIZIT
E-SOLUTIONS
Centre.
Tel.:
Fax:
200-2071
+43 (5672)
200-62071
2)
67
(5
+43
ratizit.com
esolutions@ce
www.ceratizit.com
CERATIZIT: Red continues scoring ...
Now in the new strip.
CERAMETAL and PLANSEE TIZIT have combined their power. United,
the new company offers the premium brand CERATIZIT providing
bespoke carbide solutions today, tomorrow and beyond.
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Solide carbide slitting discs made from CERATIZIT blanks
SOLID TUNGSTEN CARBIDE DISCS FOR CIRCULAR SHEAR KNIVES
Saws must be able to produce
straight surfaces even with extremely small cutting widths and large diameters. Thanks to the high
modulus of elasticity carbide is the
ideal material for precision saws
which are exposed to high stress.
The high precision of the saws
requires complex grinding operations on all sides. In order to
reduce grinding work, the CERATIZIT carbide discs are produced
with the lowest possible grinding
allowance and flatness, which guarantees high cost savings.
In close cooperation with the
customers, carbide quality is
continuously improved. Good
resistance against chipping and
abrasion on the flanks guarantee
sawing operations without problems over a longer period of time.
More detailed information is included in the new brochure “Solid
tungsten carbide discs for slitting
and circular shear knives”, no.
169 in English, German, French
and Italian.
For further information, kindly refer
to: info.austria@ceratizit.com
WATER JET NOZZLES
precise – clean – fast
Water jet cutting technology has
asserted itself to an ever increasing
degree against competing technologies. Highly wear resistant carbide
nozzles are a major fact for the
cutting result.
Extremely high pressure combined
with high speed make water an
excellent medium for cutting a variety of materials. The water jet is
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mixed in a nozzle shaped chamber,
which is exposed to high abrasion stress. This is especially true
when the water contains abrasive
additives. Special carbides from
CERATIZIT are particularly suitable for mixing the water jet over a longer period of time, which guarantees
consistent cutting quality and definitive intervals for nozzle changes.
Instead of “slow and dirty” – “quick
and clean” using water jet nozzles
from CERATIZIT!
For further information, kindly refer
to: info@ceratizit.com
CERATIZIT - This whole you can trust
Water jet nozzles
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Peripheral zone with coating
CERATIZIT CTC1135
The carbide grade with a shock absorber
Processing safety is more than just
a buzzword for every engineer. Failure caused by broken cutting edges
often has fatal repercussions. Ruining a tool is sometimes a lesser evil
than losing an expensive workpiece,
as the latter frequently has considerably more serious consequences.
The dream of a carbide cutting material
that shows hardly any wear and never
breaks has so far not come true. Nevertheless, by developing this new grade,
the metallurgists from CERATIZIT
have virtually succeeded in squaring
the circle. In fact, between the wear
resistant CVD coating and the heat
resistant core substrate of the basic
material, the new grade CTC1135 has
a highly tensile gradient peripheral
zone with a thickness of 20 µm. This
peripheral zone has a shock absorbing
effect and is able to withstand thrusts
and pushes in a particularly efficient
way. State-of-the-art manufacturing
technology combined with the knowhow of the CERATIZIT metallurgists
have enabled the production of this
complex gradient grade. The latest
generation medium temperature CVD
multi-layer coating is deposited on the
substrate. The perfect combination of
layer and substrate makes all the difference and opens up new dimensions
for turning hard materials.
The ideal application area for the newly developed CERATIZIT grade is the
turning of steel and stainless steel in
the ISO application field P35.
The development of this grade is
characterised by the competence of a
carbide manufacturer who has proved
himself for more than 80 years as a
reliable partner in the cutting tool
industry. When process safety is the
most important factor, a test with the
new CERATIZIT CTC 1135 grade will
convince everybody.
For further information, kindly refer
to: info.austria@ceratizit.com
EXTRUSION PRESSED RODS
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Rods made by PLANSEE TIZIT
and CERAMETAL have always
represented a quality standard in the
precision tool segment. The combined activities of the two companies,
under the brand name CERATIZIT
result in a considerably more attractive and extended range for solid
carbide tooling manufacturers.
A solid carbide tool is characterised
by a high degree of refinement. Sometimes manufacturers do not achieve
the desired success despite applying
both complex grinding processes and
optimised geometries. The reason
is often insufficient quality of the
rod material.
The metallurgists from CERATIZIT
do not compromise in this respect.
They have the necessary experience
to produce the rod quality tailored to
the customer’s needs for every application. Their competence regarding
hard materials ranges from absolutely pore-free ultrafine carbide grades
to rods made of silicon nitride. There
is one thing that all these cutting materials have in common: they perform
totally reliable with regard to stateof-the-art high-performance tools.
The variety of geometries does not
leave anything to desire either. The
range of rod diameters and lengths
as well as the design of straight and
helical coolant holes is larger than
ever before. Convince yourself. The
extensive competence of CERATIZIT
has been documented in a brochure.
„Carbide for precision tools“, no.
147, available in English, German,
French and Italian.
For further information, kindly refer
to: info.austria@ceratizit.com
www.ceratizit.com
New power has been created.
CERATIZIT: red means energy.
CERAMETAL and PLANSEE TIZIT have combined their power.
United, the new company offers the premium brand CERATIZIT
providing bespoke carbide solutions today, tomorrow and beyond.
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HSC-11 - High performance and more
Aluminium machining with HSC-11
The revolutionary new manufacturing strategy
Guarantees constantly high milling quality. Success through
profitability. Profitability through
speed. Speed through quality.
Quality through precision.
The application of the new milling
system from CERATIZIT makes
chip removal rates of up to 3,500
ccm/min possible. The quality of
attainable workpiece surface finish
reaches a level, which removes
the need for finishing finishing
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(without additional machining by
traditional solid carbide finishing
tools). It is possible to program
high cutting speeds of 3,500 m/min
with spindle revolutions of up to
56,000 rev/min.
This has become possible through
a new manufacturing method for
tools and inserts from CERATIZIT
at the production site in Reutte,
Austria: During this procedure inserts are ground, in relationship to
the insert seat (tailor-made), with a
precision in the μm range in only
one operation.
A wide product range offers virtually every application. Special
solutions can be produced.
The HSC-11 system will be available from October 2003 onwards.
For further information, kindly refer
to: info.austria@ceratizit.com
Angled ramping
Face milling
Peripheral milling
Helical plunge milling
Slot milling
Pocket milling
www.ceratizit.com
Let’s see ourselves, eye to eye.
We can really focus on your needs.
CERAMETAL and PLANSEE TIZIT have combined their power.
United, the new company offers the premium brand CERATIZIT
providing bespoke carbide solutions today, tomorrow and beyond.
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Division “Cutting tools“
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Business unit “End users“
BRANCH / SEGMENT
Cutting tool solutions for...
Automotive
Crankshafts
Motor units
Brake systems
Pumps / turbo chargers
Running gears / power train
Energy and transport
Aerospace
Railway vehicles
Turbines
Electric engines
Mechanical engineering
Roller bearings
Machine manufacturers
Rolls / bars
Petroleum industry
Tubes
Couplings
Distribution partners
Turning / milling / parting and grooving /
drilling and boring
Business unit “Tool manufacturers“
BRANCH / SEGMENT
CERATIZIT Specialities
Manufacturers of solid carbide and
brazed precision tools
Rods and blanks, sintered and ground,
brazed inserts and inserts
Suppliers of own inserts and
tooling systems
Tooling systems, standard and special inserts,
precision-sintered or preground blanks
Division “Wear parts“
Business unit “Wood and stone“
BRANCH / SEGMENT
CERATIZIT Specialities
Wood and stone working
Saw tips, Blanks, Indexable knives,
Inserts, Rods (round, rectangular, with profile),
Drill tips
Writing instruments
Balls
Business unit “Industrial applications“
BRANCH / SEGMENT
CERATIZIT Specialities
Paper, plastic and metal industry
Round, long and special knives
Medical systems
Blanks for dental instruments, Holders for surgical needles
Electronics, electrical engineering
Blanks for circuit board drills
Tool and mould making
Blanks for punching tools, Blanks for powder compacting tools
Nozzles for plastic injection moulding
Metal forming technology
Dies for screw production, Nail making tools,
Drawing tools, Hot rolls
Textile and tobacco industry
Sleeves, Textile cutting parts, Discs
Precision tool manufacturers
Blanks for circular knives, Blanks for hobs
Automotive
Valves, injection pistons, sleeves, tappets
Special industry applications
High-pressure tools, Lock parts, Construction parts,
Recycling, Water-jet nozzles, Floating seal rings
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Main site Austria
CERATIZIT Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.
A-6600 Reutte/Tyrol
Tel.:
+43 (5672) 200-0
Fax:
+43 (5672) 200-502
E-Mail: info.austria@ceratizit.com
176/0 EN 10.03
We reserve the right to make technical changes for improvement of the product.
Headquarters: CERATIZIT S.A.
Main site Luxembourg
CERATIZIT Luxembourg Sarl
Route de Holzem
L-8232 Mamer
Tel.:
+352 312 085-1
Fax:
+352 311 911
E-Mail: info@ceratizit.com