Reliable measurement of 10 µ tools
When it comes to carbide tools, there are always products that push the boundaries of what was previously considered technically possible. Some of these incredible products are made by ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH – for instance, a two-flute end mill with a diameter of 10 µ or a PCD tool that has 42 cutting edges with a diameter of 6 millimetres. However, the company from Königsbach-Stein in Germany not only makes tools, but also supplies complete solutions for manufacturing processes. It is here that laser measuring technology from Blum-Novotest plays an important role.
ZECHA tools are used in many different industries, which means the company is quite resistant to crisis: The customer products range from mould and tool construction, dental and electrical engineering to the pharmaceutical, textile, furniture, jewellery, automotive and aerospace industries. The company specialises in tools with diameters from 12 mm to very small micro-tools with diameters of 0.01 mm with the highest level of precision. Manufacturing these tools requires a high degree of expertise, because the geometries of normal-sized tools cannot simply be scaled down to the micro range. When milling cutters with a diameter of a few tenths of a millimetre are used, the machining conditions are completely different from those for conventional dimensions.
When it comes to carbide tools, there are always products that push the boundaries of what was previously considered technically possible. Some of these incredible products are made by ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH – for instance, a two-flute end mill with a diameter of 10 µ or a PCD tool that has 42 cutting edges with a diameter of 6 millimetres. However, the company from Königsbach-Stein in Germany not only makes tools, but also supplies complete solutions for manufacturing processes. It is here that laser measuring technology from Blum-Novotest plays an important role.
ZECHA tools are used in many different industries, which means the company is quite resistant to crisis: The customer products range from mould and tool construction, dental and electrical engineering to the pharmaceutical, textile, furniture, jewellery, automotive and aerospace industries. The company specialises in tools with diameters from 12 mm to very small micro-tools with diameters of 0.01 mm with the highest level of precision. Manufacturing these tools requires a high degree of expertise, because the geometries of normal-sized tools cannot simply be scaled down to the micro range. When milling cutters with a diameter of a few tenths of a millimetre are used, the machining conditions are completely different from those for conventional dimensions.