Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Schwegler Werkzeugfabrik GmbH currently makes around 20 per cent of its turnover from diamond-tipped tools, and this figure is set to increase. Increasingly, customers are looking to acquire PCD tools (polycrystalline diamond) to machine metals, aluminium and composites. Schwegler’s biggest customers when it comes to special tools are in the automotive industry. These tools are either made from PCD or solid carbide, depending on the specific requirements.
“We use erosion to obtain the very complex cutting-edge geometries of our diamond-tipped special tools, as it allows us to machine our cutting tools with even greater precision than would be possible with, for example, laser technology,” says Reiner Schwegler, CEO of Schwegler Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG. “We use Vollmer wire erosion machines for the erosion process because we were impressed not only by the quality, but also by the ease of use and functionality.” He added further.
For the kind of precision machining needed to produce its drilling, reaming and milling tools, this medium-sized enterprise uses wire erosion machines manufactured by Vollmer, the Biberach-based world market leader in grinding and erosion machine technology. Vollmer will be exhibiting these machines at the EMO 2015 trade fair in Milan.
Using Vollmer’s wire erosion machines, Schwegler is able to achieve even complex tool geometries for milling cutters, drill bits and reamers with the utmost precision. The erosion machines take the information and values directly from the tool’s design drawing. This allows manufacturers to benefit from the tool’s design drawing. This allows manufacturers to benefit from a fully automated production process in which the tool can be measured and eroded without having to be clamped in more than one position. The machine features a diagnostics system that monitors it continuously whilst work is in progress, to ensure that there are no malfunctions.
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