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8/12/2019 Metal Working World 2010 #1 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/metal-working-world-2010-1 1/40 A SMALL PIECE WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED POWER GENERATES NEW BUSINESS  JAPANESE AERO MASTERS BIG INVESTMENT DOUBLE OUTPUT A BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE FROM SANDVIK COROMANT 1/ MAKING LIFE A BIT GREENER A brilliant solution THE LIFE OF THE MODERN COWBOY Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov, head of the cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works

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Page 1: Metal Working World 2010 #1

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A SMALL PIECE WASALL THAT WAS NEEDED

POWER GENERATES

NEW BUSINESS JAPANESEAERO MASTERS

BIG INVESTMENT991251 DOUBLE OUTPUT

A BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE FROM SANDVIK COROMANT

1

MAKING LIFEA BIT GREENER

A brilliantsolution

THE LIFE OF THE MODERN COWBOY

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov head of thecutting laboratory atSeversky Tube Works

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WE LIVE IN A TIME of rapid change and

specialization and in order to progress a

company must embrace both with persever-

ance New challenges confront us daily ndash inmachining new materials in nding custom-

ized solutions and in achieving optimal

performance Progress comes in meeting these

challenges and as the new president for

Sandvik Coromant I am determined to

facilitate this

The aerospace industry is already operating

under extreme demands with challenging

materials and an ever-higher degree of

specialization Japanese company Mitsubishi

Heavy Industries faced this situation when it

chose the difcult-to-manufacture material

Waspaloy for its combustion cases for aircraft

turbofan engines Sandvik Coromant worked

with the company to nd the optimal process

Some six years after the rst tests the

production line was implemented Read the

full story on page 6

WE SEE THE SAME development elsewhere ndash in

the automotive industry in power generationin the oil and gas industry even in medicine

Germanyrsquos Mayer Feintechnik knows

rsthand the tough quality demands of the

global medical industry Even though the com-

pany was experiencing considerable price

pressure from its customers it needed to make

heavy machine investments and turned to

Sandvik Coromant representatives for help

Read more about this successful cooperation

on page 31 No industry will escape the challenges of

change and specialization No one can

overcome these challenges on his own At

Sandvik Coromant we take seriously the

responsibility of perseverance ndash to work

closely and continually with our customers to

nd optimal ways to use our tools in every

solution we suggest and to make sure that

solution is implemented to the utmost benet

of the customer

I wish you pleasant reading

TOM ERIXONPRESIDENT SANDVIK COROMANT

Change specializationand perseverance

EDITORIAL

PS 1 The global nuclear power

industry is predicted to double incapacity by 2030 Check out what this

could mean for you on page 14

PS 2 Sandvik Coromant is one of the

exhibitors at the Swedish pavilion at the

huge Expo 2010 Shanghai which opens

in May Meet us there

ldquoProgress comesin meeting these

challengesrdquo

METALWORKING WORLDis a business and technology magazifrom AB Sandvik Coromant811 81 Sandviken SwedenPhone +46 (26) 26 60 00Metalworking World is published thrtimes a year in American and BritishEnglish Czech Chinese Danish DutFinnish French German HungarianItalian Japanese Korean PolishPortuguese Russian Spanish Swedand Thai The magazine is free tocustomers of Sandvik Coromantworldwide Published by SpoonPublishing in Stockholm SwedenISSN 1652-5825

Editor-in-chief and responsible unSwedish publishing law PernillaEriksson Account executive ChrisHoffmann Editorial manager JohaAnderssonArt director Erik WestinTechnical editor Christer RichtSub editor Valerie MindelCoordinator Beate TjernstroumlmLanguage coordination SergioTenconi Layout language editions Jessica Bladh Prepress MarkusDahlstedt Cover photo Jeremy Nic

Please note that unsolicited manuscare not accepted Material in thispublication may only be reproduced permission Requests for permissionshould be sent to the editorial managMetalworking World Editorial materiand opinions expressed in Metalwor

World do not necessarily reflect theviews of Sandvik Coromant or thepublisher

Correspondence and inquiries regarthe magazine are welcome ContactMetalworking World Spoon PublishiAB Kungstensgatan 21B113 57 Stockholm SwedenPhone +46 (8) 442 96 20E-mail mwwspoonseDistribution inquiries Beate

Tjernstroumlm Sandvik CoromantPhone +46 (26) 26 67 35 E-mailmwwcoromantsandvikcomPrinted in USA Coromant CaptoCoroMill CoroCut CoroPlex CoroTuCoroThread CoroDrill CoroBoreCoroGrip AutoTAS GC and iLock areregistered trademarks of SandvikCoromant

Metalworking World is issued for

informational purposes The informaprovided is of a general nature andshould not be treated as advice or berelied upon for making decisions or fuse in a specific matter Any use of tinformation provided is at the userrsquossole risk and Sandvik Coromant shanot be liable for any direct incidentaconsequential or indirect damagearising out of the use of the informatmade available in Metalworking Wor

Get your free copy of MetalwoWorld Email your address tomwwcoromantsandvikcom

TOM ERIXON PRESIDENT SANDVIK COROMANT

2 METALWORKING WORLD

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Metalworking News4

Japanese engineeringthat helps us fly high6

Future homeson the water11

Nuclear power is backbigger than ever14

Tiny piece greatachievement20

Modern cowboys andgreener ethanol26

How to double youroutput ndash fast31

Metalworking

Outlook36

What challenges hidein an airplaneframe38

30 3518METALWORKING WORLD

CONTENTMETALWORKING WORLD 1 201

CoroMperfetitanimillin

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries makescombustion casesfor aircraftturbofan engines

12

TECHNOLOGY

32

The frame of anairplane contains anumber ofchallenges

Thread whirling is animportant milling

operation when

manufacturing bone

screws Now manufac-

turers can make the

bone screws in a

single-pass milling

operation

Titanium is a key structuralmaterial in aircraft frames

But since titanium doesnrsquot

allow secure machining by

frontal attack other

techniques have to be

used for optimal efficiency

Machining composites isvery different from

machining other

materials Now there are

a number of new cutting

tools as well as optimized

processes available in

this area

New disc milling cuttersand hobs modern

indexable carbide

inserts and the best

technical support are all

crucial for success in

todayrsquos wind power

industry

Faster ndash yetso precise

Great butcomplex

Windysolutions

From difficultto efficient

6

38

11

26

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4 METALWORKING WORLD

Tom Erixon new president ofSandvik Coromant doesnrsquotthink the global financial crisisis over yet ldquoYou have to beprepared to changerdquo he says

TOM ERIXON NEW PRESIDENT OF SANDVIK COROMANT

IN SEPTEMBER IN THE middle of the economic crisis

Tom Erixon became president of Sandvik Coromant Arealist Erixon believes the metalcutting industry will

have to struggle for a while yet

ldquoThis crisis came faster than anything we had seen

beforerdquo he says ldquoAnd we still havenrsquot seen anything of

the structural transformations that normally follow a

deep recession I think during the next year or so we will

see more companies going bankrupt as well as mergers

and other changesrdquo

Still he says he prefers to see the situation for

Sandvik Coromant as a challenge

ldquoWithin all organizations there is always room for

improvementsrdquo Erixon says ldquoThis is a reminder that to

develop a company needs to be open to changerdquo

Erixon was born in Helsingborg in southern Sweden but he has lived and worked in Spain the United States

Britain and Denmark

ldquoI moved up to Sandviken when I joined the Sandvik

Group in 2001rdquo he says ldquoLiving here suits me and my

family well Itrsquos close to the outdoor activities we all

enjoy but it is also close to Stockholm and through

Arlanda Airport to the world at largerdquo

Looking beyond the current crisis Erixon sees a

world of rapid changes and specialization

ldquoFor a company to survive it needs to adapt to new

demands and we can already see the signs of those

demands todayrdquo he says

Erixon points to two factors he sees as crucial in the

metalcutting industryldquoFirst a strong presence in Asia is neededrdquo he says

ldquoThey have the best growth when it comes to production

as well as sales

ldquoSecond most manufacturers need to be prepared to

work in exotic new materials that are difcult to

machinerdquo he says ldquoThis is already a reality within the

aerospace industry where the importance of various

composites is growing steadily But we can see the same

pattern within other sectors

ldquoTraditional materials will of course continue to be

NEWS

the mainstay for the worldrsquos manufacturers for a long

time to come But when the change comes ndash and it wi

come ndash you need to be preparedrdquo

Erixon hopes he can help Sandvik Coromant focus

more on customized work

ldquoAs time goes by we can see manufacturers being

more and more specialized within their own sectorsrdquo

says ldquoThis calls for Sandvik Coromant to work in an

even more customized manner than we do todayrdquo

ldquoThe aero industry leads the wayrdquo

TOM ERIXON

AGE 49 years

LIVES Sandviken

Sweden

FAMILY Wife and three

children

Background Master of

law degree from Lund

University Sweden and a

MBA degree from IESEBarcelona Spain Worked

at executive positions

within the Boston

Consulting Group before

joining the Sandvik Group

in 2001

Leisure activities

Enjoys cross-country

skiing golf and opera and

is a passionate wine

collector

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METALWORKING WORLD

Welcome machining 20

TRADE SHOWS 2010bullDieampMod China May 11ndash15 Shanghai

bullMMTS May 17ndash19 Montreal Canada

bullFarnborogh Airshow 2010 J 19ndash25

Farnborough UK

bullIMTS 2010 Sept 13ndash18 Chicago Illinois

US

bullAMB Sept 28ndashOct 2 Stuttgart Germany

bullTATEF Oct 12ndash17 Istanbul Turkey

bull JIMTOF2010 Oct 28ndashNov 2 Tokyo Japan

NEW TECHNOLOGY As the

level of accuracy in simulation

increases virtual machines are

becoming an important part of the

manufacturing process German

machine tool manufacturer DMG a

pioneer in this field has now

equipped the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center in Sandviken

Sweden with one of its virtual

machines

The DMG virtual machine

integrates geometry kinematics and

dynamics of the real machine and the

functionalities of CNC and PLC in a single

continuous virtual process chain With a

virtual machine all activities and processes

can be safely planned and verified Avoiding

collisions and recording all functions that are

on the screen allows the highest measure of

safety in planning and implem

tation as well as new opportu

ties for training

ldquoWhether NC programs are

made available from a CAM

program or created directly on

the CNC controls you can see

advance how your processes w

function later on the shop floo

says Mats Allard manager vir

machining at Sandvik Coroma

Simulations of manufacturi

processes arenrsquot new to the industry ldquoWe

have been working with simulation softwa

for a long time and have 8300 solids of ou

tools available on our websiterdquo Allard says

ldquoBut we have to ensure that we are able to

provide manufacturers with solids and oth

kinds of product data in new environments

such as virtual machinesrdquo

A boost forcomposite researchRampD Composite use is forecast to increase significantly

during the coming years To better accommodate this

trend Sandvik Tooling including Sandvik Coromantpersonnel has set up the Research and Technology

Center for Composites in Britain The goal is to develop

knowledge and tooling solutions for machining this class

of materials

Composites represent a considerable challenge in

terms of tool life productivity and part quality control

ldquoWe aim to help understand and provide solutions to

these challenges through

knowledge development and

tooling developmentsrdquo says

Francis Richt project manager

composites and advanced

materials

The center provides material

machinability knowledge based onthe material manufacturing

process and machining operation

It is a focus for continued

development in the areas of

substrate coating and geometry effects as these evolve

with the development of composite materials

ldquoWe will also support manufacturers by conducting

machinability trials to meet specific quality and

productivity targetsrdquo Richt says

Read more about composite manufacturing on

page 12

DID YOU KNOW THAT hellip

hellipit is 40 years sinceSandvik Coromantreleased the firstcoated cemented

carbides

Mats Allard

Francis Richt

The SandvikCoromantbooth at IMTS2008

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6 METALWORKING WORLD

Located about an hourrsquos drive from

Nagoya a city in the heartland of industrial

Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industriesrsquo Nagoya

Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

(NGPSW) represents the traditional values of

corporate Japan Company spirit is fostered bya lunchtime relay race with crowds of workers

cheering on their teams A family-like

atmosphere is promoted with a huge cafeteria

where everyone dines together ndash the highest-

paid employee next to the oor workers ndash and

everyone brings his or her own tray to the

kitchen

Yukio Kamimura the senior engineer of the

production department wears the same blue

overalls as the rest of the factory crew but on

his right arm is a band acknowledging that he

is a ldquodistinguished employeerdquo In November

2009 he visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to

be granted a Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honorfrom the Emperor of Japan The award is the

countryrsquos highest recognition of professional

contribution to the betterment of the nation

For Kamimura it was not one specic

achievement but rather his 45 years of

contribution to developing the aerospace

industry in Japan that garnered him the prize

ldquoWhen I rst began machining HRSA

materials 30 years ago nobody really knew

what to dordquo he recalls ldquoWe had to gure

HEATEDCOOPERATIONNAGOYA JAPAN Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan enginesare extremely complex to manufacture But Japanrsquos Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries has managed to improve the manufacturing processrepeatedly Its way to success fruitful partnerships

Yukio Kamimura seniorengineer of theproduction department

TEXT CAROL AKIYAMA PHOTO KEN STRAITON

everything out by ourselvesrdquo Among

Kamimurarsquos contributions was the

early technical development of

machining C1 aircraft pistonswhich were long and asymmetrical

within 0002 inch of concentricity

This type of advanced machining

skills eventually led to the efcient

production of turbine discs and

combustion cases

WHAT MADE KAMIMURArsquoS award

even more impressive was that it

was the second year in a row that an

engineer from NGPSW received the accola

ldquoI think itrsquos a clear indication from the

government that the aerospace industry is o

that they are giving attention to and that ou

company has been instrumental in the

development of this sector in Japan which a relatively short history [in the feld]rdquo say

vice president Fumiaki Tominaga

NGPSW DEVELOPS manufactures and repair

various parts of gas turbine aircraft engines

joint programs with industry giants such as

Pratt amp Whitney Rolls-Royce and General

Electric In particular the facility specialize

in the production of heat-resistant engine

parts All the combustion chambers of

large-size commercial Pratt amp Whitney

engines are manufactured here

NGPSW is also responsible for

development and manufacture othe heat-resistant parts of the

Geared Turbofan PW 1200G a

new type of engine for the

upcoming Mitsubishi Regional J

(MRJ)

In 2005 NGPSW embarked o

an important risk-sharing partne

ship with Rolls-Royce to create

combustion cases for the Trent

1000 series of turbo engines for

Ceramic millingcutters offeredan impressiveimprovement

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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METALWORKING WORLD

Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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10 METALWORKING WORLD

THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

METALWORKING WORLD

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BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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WE LIVE IN A TIME of rapid change and

specialization and in order to progress a

company must embrace both with persever-

ance New challenges confront us daily ndash inmachining new materials in nding custom-

ized solutions and in achieving optimal

performance Progress comes in meeting these

challenges and as the new president for

Sandvik Coromant I am determined to

facilitate this

The aerospace industry is already operating

under extreme demands with challenging

materials and an ever-higher degree of

specialization Japanese company Mitsubishi

Heavy Industries faced this situation when it

chose the difcult-to-manufacture material

Waspaloy for its combustion cases for aircraft

turbofan engines Sandvik Coromant worked

with the company to nd the optimal process

Some six years after the rst tests the

production line was implemented Read the

full story on page 6

WE SEE THE SAME development elsewhere ndash in

the automotive industry in power generationin the oil and gas industry even in medicine

Germanyrsquos Mayer Feintechnik knows

rsthand the tough quality demands of the

global medical industry Even though the com-

pany was experiencing considerable price

pressure from its customers it needed to make

heavy machine investments and turned to

Sandvik Coromant representatives for help

Read more about this successful cooperation

on page 31 No industry will escape the challenges of

change and specialization No one can

overcome these challenges on his own At

Sandvik Coromant we take seriously the

responsibility of perseverance ndash to work

closely and continually with our customers to

nd optimal ways to use our tools in every

solution we suggest and to make sure that

solution is implemented to the utmost benet

of the customer

I wish you pleasant reading

TOM ERIXONPRESIDENT SANDVIK COROMANT

Change specializationand perseverance

EDITORIAL

PS 1 The global nuclear power

industry is predicted to double incapacity by 2030 Check out what this

could mean for you on page 14

PS 2 Sandvik Coromant is one of the

exhibitors at the Swedish pavilion at the

huge Expo 2010 Shanghai which opens

in May Meet us there

ldquoProgress comesin meeting these

challengesrdquo

METALWORKING WORLDis a business and technology magazifrom AB Sandvik Coromant811 81 Sandviken SwedenPhone +46 (26) 26 60 00Metalworking World is published thrtimes a year in American and BritishEnglish Czech Chinese Danish DutFinnish French German HungarianItalian Japanese Korean PolishPortuguese Russian Spanish Swedand Thai The magazine is free tocustomers of Sandvik Coromantworldwide Published by SpoonPublishing in Stockholm SwedenISSN 1652-5825

Editor-in-chief and responsible unSwedish publishing law PernillaEriksson Account executive ChrisHoffmann Editorial manager JohaAnderssonArt director Erik WestinTechnical editor Christer RichtSub editor Valerie MindelCoordinator Beate TjernstroumlmLanguage coordination SergioTenconi Layout language editions Jessica Bladh Prepress MarkusDahlstedt Cover photo Jeremy Nic

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informational purposes The informaprovided is of a general nature andshould not be treated as advice or berelied upon for making decisions or fuse in a specific matter Any use of tinformation provided is at the userrsquossole risk and Sandvik Coromant shanot be liable for any direct incidentaconsequential or indirect damagearising out of the use of the informatmade available in Metalworking Wor

Get your free copy of MetalwoWorld Email your address tomwwcoromantsandvikcom

TOM ERIXON PRESIDENT SANDVIK COROMANT

2 METALWORKING WORLD

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Metalworking News4

Japanese engineeringthat helps us fly high6

Future homeson the water11

Nuclear power is backbigger than ever14

Tiny piece greatachievement20

Modern cowboys andgreener ethanol26

How to double youroutput ndash fast31

Metalworking

Outlook36

What challenges hidein an airplaneframe38

30 3518METALWORKING WORLD

CONTENTMETALWORKING WORLD 1 201

CoroMperfetitanimillin

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries makescombustion casesfor aircraftturbofan engines

12

TECHNOLOGY

32

The frame of anairplane contains anumber ofchallenges

Thread whirling is animportant milling

operation when

manufacturing bone

screws Now manufac-

turers can make the

bone screws in a

single-pass milling

operation

Titanium is a key structuralmaterial in aircraft frames

But since titanium doesnrsquot

allow secure machining by

frontal attack other

techniques have to be

used for optimal efficiency

Machining composites isvery different from

machining other

materials Now there are

a number of new cutting

tools as well as optimized

processes available in

this area

New disc milling cuttersand hobs modern

indexable carbide

inserts and the best

technical support are all

crucial for success in

todayrsquos wind power

industry

Faster ndash yetso precise

Great butcomplex

Windysolutions

From difficultto efficient

6

38

11

26

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4 METALWORKING WORLD

Tom Erixon new president ofSandvik Coromant doesnrsquotthink the global financial crisisis over yet ldquoYou have to beprepared to changerdquo he says

TOM ERIXON NEW PRESIDENT OF SANDVIK COROMANT

IN SEPTEMBER IN THE middle of the economic crisis

Tom Erixon became president of Sandvik Coromant Arealist Erixon believes the metalcutting industry will

have to struggle for a while yet

ldquoThis crisis came faster than anything we had seen

beforerdquo he says ldquoAnd we still havenrsquot seen anything of

the structural transformations that normally follow a

deep recession I think during the next year or so we will

see more companies going bankrupt as well as mergers

and other changesrdquo

Still he says he prefers to see the situation for

Sandvik Coromant as a challenge

ldquoWithin all organizations there is always room for

improvementsrdquo Erixon says ldquoThis is a reminder that to

develop a company needs to be open to changerdquo

Erixon was born in Helsingborg in southern Sweden but he has lived and worked in Spain the United States

Britain and Denmark

ldquoI moved up to Sandviken when I joined the Sandvik

Group in 2001rdquo he says ldquoLiving here suits me and my

family well Itrsquos close to the outdoor activities we all

enjoy but it is also close to Stockholm and through

Arlanda Airport to the world at largerdquo

Looking beyond the current crisis Erixon sees a

world of rapid changes and specialization

ldquoFor a company to survive it needs to adapt to new

demands and we can already see the signs of those

demands todayrdquo he says

Erixon points to two factors he sees as crucial in the

metalcutting industryldquoFirst a strong presence in Asia is neededrdquo he says

ldquoThey have the best growth when it comes to production

as well as sales

ldquoSecond most manufacturers need to be prepared to

work in exotic new materials that are difcult to

machinerdquo he says ldquoThis is already a reality within the

aerospace industry where the importance of various

composites is growing steadily But we can see the same

pattern within other sectors

ldquoTraditional materials will of course continue to be

NEWS

the mainstay for the worldrsquos manufacturers for a long

time to come But when the change comes ndash and it wi

come ndash you need to be preparedrdquo

Erixon hopes he can help Sandvik Coromant focus

more on customized work

ldquoAs time goes by we can see manufacturers being

more and more specialized within their own sectorsrdquo

says ldquoThis calls for Sandvik Coromant to work in an

even more customized manner than we do todayrdquo

ldquoThe aero industry leads the wayrdquo

TOM ERIXON

AGE 49 years

LIVES Sandviken

Sweden

FAMILY Wife and three

children

Background Master of

law degree from Lund

University Sweden and a

MBA degree from IESEBarcelona Spain Worked

at executive positions

within the Boston

Consulting Group before

joining the Sandvik Group

in 2001

Leisure activities

Enjoys cross-country

skiing golf and opera and

is a passionate wine

collector

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METALWORKING WORLD

Welcome machining 20

TRADE SHOWS 2010bullDieampMod China May 11ndash15 Shanghai

bullMMTS May 17ndash19 Montreal Canada

bullFarnborogh Airshow 2010 J 19ndash25

Farnborough UK

bullIMTS 2010 Sept 13ndash18 Chicago Illinois

US

bullAMB Sept 28ndashOct 2 Stuttgart Germany

bullTATEF Oct 12ndash17 Istanbul Turkey

bull JIMTOF2010 Oct 28ndashNov 2 Tokyo Japan

NEW TECHNOLOGY As the

level of accuracy in simulation

increases virtual machines are

becoming an important part of the

manufacturing process German

machine tool manufacturer DMG a

pioneer in this field has now

equipped the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center in Sandviken

Sweden with one of its virtual

machines

The DMG virtual machine

integrates geometry kinematics and

dynamics of the real machine and the

functionalities of CNC and PLC in a single

continuous virtual process chain With a

virtual machine all activities and processes

can be safely planned and verified Avoiding

collisions and recording all functions that are

on the screen allows the highest measure of

safety in planning and implem

tation as well as new opportu

ties for training

ldquoWhether NC programs are

made available from a CAM

program or created directly on

the CNC controls you can see

advance how your processes w

function later on the shop floo

says Mats Allard manager vir

machining at Sandvik Coroma

Simulations of manufacturi

processes arenrsquot new to the industry ldquoWe

have been working with simulation softwa

for a long time and have 8300 solids of ou

tools available on our websiterdquo Allard says

ldquoBut we have to ensure that we are able to

provide manufacturers with solids and oth

kinds of product data in new environments

such as virtual machinesrdquo

A boost forcomposite researchRampD Composite use is forecast to increase significantly

during the coming years To better accommodate this

trend Sandvik Tooling including Sandvik Coromantpersonnel has set up the Research and Technology

Center for Composites in Britain The goal is to develop

knowledge and tooling solutions for machining this class

of materials

Composites represent a considerable challenge in

terms of tool life productivity and part quality control

ldquoWe aim to help understand and provide solutions to

these challenges through

knowledge development and

tooling developmentsrdquo says

Francis Richt project manager

composites and advanced

materials

The center provides material

machinability knowledge based onthe material manufacturing

process and machining operation

It is a focus for continued

development in the areas of

substrate coating and geometry effects as these evolve

with the development of composite materials

ldquoWe will also support manufacturers by conducting

machinability trials to meet specific quality and

productivity targetsrdquo Richt says

Read more about composite manufacturing on

page 12

DID YOU KNOW THAT hellip

hellipit is 40 years sinceSandvik Coromantreleased the firstcoated cemented

carbides

Mats Allard

Francis Richt

The SandvikCoromantbooth at IMTS2008

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6 METALWORKING WORLD

Located about an hourrsquos drive from

Nagoya a city in the heartland of industrial

Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industriesrsquo Nagoya

Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

(NGPSW) represents the traditional values of

corporate Japan Company spirit is fostered bya lunchtime relay race with crowds of workers

cheering on their teams A family-like

atmosphere is promoted with a huge cafeteria

where everyone dines together ndash the highest-

paid employee next to the oor workers ndash and

everyone brings his or her own tray to the

kitchen

Yukio Kamimura the senior engineer of the

production department wears the same blue

overalls as the rest of the factory crew but on

his right arm is a band acknowledging that he

is a ldquodistinguished employeerdquo In November

2009 he visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to

be granted a Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honorfrom the Emperor of Japan The award is the

countryrsquos highest recognition of professional

contribution to the betterment of the nation

For Kamimura it was not one specic

achievement but rather his 45 years of

contribution to developing the aerospace

industry in Japan that garnered him the prize

ldquoWhen I rst began machining HRSA

materials 30 years ago nobody really knew

what to dordquo he recalls ldquoWe had to gure

HEATEDCOOPERATIONNAGOYA JAPAN Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan enginesare extremely complex to manufacture But Japanrsquos Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries has managed to improve the manufacturing processrepeatedly Its way to success fruitful partnerships

Yukio Kamimura seniorengineer of theproduction department

TEXT CAROL AKIYAMA PHOTO KEN STRAITON

everything out by ourselvesrdquo Among

Kamimurarsquos contributions was the

early technical development of

machining C1 aircraft pistonswhich were long and asymmetrical

within 0002 inch of concentricity

This type of advanced machining

skills eventually led to the efcient

production of turbine discs and

combustion cases

WHAT MADE KAMIMURArsquoS award

even more impressive was that it

was the second year in a row that an

engineer from NGPSW received the accola

ldquoI think itrsquos a clear indication from the

government that the aerospace industry is o

that they are giving attention to and that ou

company has been instrumental in the

development of this sector in Japan which a relatively short history [in the feld]rdquo say

vice president Fumiaki Tominaga

NGPSW DEVELOPS manufactures and repair

various parts of gas turbine aircraft engines

joint programs with industry giants such as

Pratt amp Whitney Rolls-Royce and General

Electric In particular the facility specialize

in the production of heat-resistant engine

parts All the combustion chambers of

large-size commercial Pratt amp Whitney

engines are manufactured here

NGPSW is also responsible for

development and manufacture othe heat-resistant parts of the

Geared Turbofan PW 1200G a

new type of engine for the

upcoming Mitsubishi Regional J

(MRJ)

In 2005 NGPSW embarked o

an important risk-sharing partne

ship with Rolls-Royce to create

combustion cases for the Trent

1000 series of turbo engines for

Ceramic millingcutters offeredan impressiveimprovement

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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METALWORKING WORLD

Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

METALWORKING WORLD

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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Metalworking News4

Japanese engineeringthat helps us fly high6

Future homeson the water11

Nuclear power is backbigger than ever14

Tiny piece greatachievement20

Modern cowboys andgreener ethanol26

How to double youroutput ndash fast31

Metalworking

Outlook36

What challenges hidein an airplaneframe38

30 3518METALWORKING WORLD

CONTENTMETALWORKING WORLD 1 201

CoroMperfetitanimillin

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries makescombustion casesfor aircraftturbofan engines

12

TECHNOLOGY

32

The frame of anairplane contains anumber ofchallenges

Thread whirling is animportant milling

operation when

manufacturing bone

screws Now manufac-

turers can make the

bone screws in a

single-pass milling

operation

Titanium is a key structuralmaterial in aircraft frames

But since titanium doesnrsquot

allow secure machining by

frontal attack other

techniques have to be

used for optimal efficiency

Machining composites isvery different from

machining other

materials Now there are

a number of new cutting

tools as well as optimized

processes available in

this area

New disc milling cuttersand hobs modern

indexable carbide

inserts and the best

technical support are all

crucial for success in

todayrsquos wind power

industry

Faster ndash yetso precise

Great butcomplex

Windysolutions

From difficultto efficient

6

38

11

26

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4 METALWORKING WORLD

Tom Erixon new president ofSandvik Coromant doesnrsquotthink the global financial crisisis over yet ldquoYou have to beprepared to changerdquo he says

TOM ERIXON NEW PRESIDENT OF SANDVIK COROMANT

IN SEPTEMBER IN THE middle of the economic crisis

Tom Erixon became president of Sandvik Coromant Arealist Erixon believes the metalcutting industry will

have to struggle for a while yet

ldquoThis crisis came faster than anything we had seen

beforerdquo he says ldquoAnd we still havenrsquot seen anything of

the structural transformations that normally follow a

deep recession I think during the next year or so we will

see more companies going bankrupt as well as mergers

and other changesrdquo

Still he says he prefers to see the situation for

Sandvik Coromant as a challenge

ldquoWithin all organizations there is always room for

improvementsrdquo Erixon says ldquoThis is a reminder that to

develop a company needs to be open to changerdquo

Erixon was born in Helsingborg in southern Sweden but he has lived and worked in Spain the United States

Britain and Denmark

ldquoI moved up to Sandviken when I joined the Sandvik

Group in 2001rdquo he says ldquoLiving here suits me and my

family well Itrsquos close to the outdoor activities we all

enjoy but it is also close to Stockholm and through

Arlanda Airport to the world at largerdquo

Looking beyond the current crisis Erixon sees a

world of rapid changes and specialization

ldquoFor a company to survive it needs to adapt to new

demands and we can already see the signs of those

demands todayrdquo he says

Erixon points to two factors he sees as crucial in the

metalcutting industryldquoFirst a strong presence in Asia is neededrdquo he says

ldquoThey have the best growth when it comes to production

as well as sales

ldquoSecond most manufacturers need to be prepared to

work in exotic new materials that are difcult to

machinerdquo he says ldquoThis is already a reality within the

aerospace industry where the importance of various

composites is growing steadily But we can see the same

pattern within other sectors

ldquoTraditional materials will of course continue to be

NEWS

the mainstay for the worldrsquos manufacturers for a long

time to come But when the change comes ndash and it wi

come ndash you need to be preparedrdquo

Erixon hopes he can help Sandvik Coromant focus

more on customized work

ldquoAs time goes by we can see manufacturers being

more and more specialized within their own sectorsrdquo

says ldquoThis calls for Sandvik Coromant to work in an

even more customized manner than we do todayrdquo

ldquoThe aero industry leads the wayrdquo

TOM ERIXON

AGE 49 years

LIVES Sandviken

Sweden

FAMILY Wife and three

children

Background Master of

law degree from Lund

University Sweden and a

MBA degree from IESEBarcelona Spain Worked

at executive positions

within the Boston

Consulting Group before

joining the Sandvik Group

in 2001

Leisure activities

Enjoys cross-country

skiing golf and opera and

is a passionate wine

collector

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METALWORKING WORLD

Welcome machining 20

TRADE SHOWS 2010bullDieampMod China May 11ndash15 Shanghai

bullMMTS May 17ndash19 Montreal Canada

bullFarnborogh Airshow 2010 J 19ndash25

Farnborough UK

bullIMTS 2010 Sept 13ndash18 Chicago Illinois

US

bullAMB Sept 28ndashOct 2 Stuttgart Germany

bullTATEF Oct 12ndash17 Istanbul Turkey

bull JIMTOF2010 Oct 28ndashNov 2 Tokyo Japan

NEW TECHNOLOGY As the

level of accuracy in simulation

increases virtual machines are

becoming an important part of the

manufacturing process German

machine tool manufacturer DMG a

pioneer in this field has now

equipped the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center in Sandviken

Sweden with one of its virtual

machines

The DMG virtual machine

integrates geometry kinematics and

dynamics of the real machine and the

functionalities of CNC and PLC in a single

continuous virtual process chain With a

virtual machine all activities and processes

can be safely planned and verified Avoiding

collisions and recording all functions that are

on the screen allows the highest measure of

safety in planning and implem

tation as well as new opportu

ties for training

ldquoWhether NC programs are

made available from a CAM

program or created directly on

the CNC controls you can see

advance how your processes w

function later on the shop floo

says Mats Allard manager vir

machining at Sandvik Coroma

Simulations of manufacturi

processes arenrsquot new to the industry ldquoWe

have been working with simulation softwa

for a long time and have 8300 solids of ou

tools available on our websiterdquo Allard says

ldquoBut we have to ensure that we are able to

provide manufacturers with solids and oth

kinds of product data in new environments

such as virtual machinesrdquo

A boost forcomposite researchRampD Composite use is forecast to increase significantly

during the coming years To better accommodate this

trend Sandvik Tooling including Sandvik Coromantpersonnel has set up the Research and Technology

Center for Composites in Britain The goal is to develop

knowledge and tooling solutions for machining this class

of materials

Composites represent a considerable challenge in

terms of tool life productivity and part quality control

ldquoWe aim to help understand and provide solutions to

these challenges through

knowledge development and

tooling developmentsrdquo says

Francis Richt project manager

composites and advanced

materials

The center provides material

machinability knowledge based onthe material manufacturing

process and machining operation

It is a focus for continued

development in the areas of

substrate coating and geometry effects as these evolve

with the development of composite materials

ldquoWe will also support manufacturers by conducting

machinability trials to meet specific quality and

productivity targetsrdquo Richt says

Read more about composite manufacturing on

page 12

DID YOU KNOW THAT hellip

hellipit is 40 years sinceSandvik Coromantreleased the firstcoated cemented

carbides

Mats Allard

Francis Richt

The SandvikCoromantbooth at IMTS2008

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6 METALWORKING WORLD

Located about an hourrsquos drive from

Nagoya a city in the heartland of industrial

Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industriesrsquo Nagoya

Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

(NGPSW) represents the traditional values of

corporate Japan Company spirit is fostered bya lunchtime relay race with crowds of workers

cheering on their teams A family-like

atmosphere is promoted with a huge cafeteria

where everyone dines together ndash the highest-

paid employee next to the oor workers ndash and

everyone brings his or her own tray to the

kitchen

Yukio Kamimura the senior engineer of the

production department wears the same blue

overalls as the rest of the factory crew but on

his right arm is a band acknowledging that he

is a ldquodistinguished employeerdquo In November

2009 he visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to

be granted a Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honorfrom the Emperor of Japan The award is the

countryrsquos highest recognition of professional

contribution to the betterment of the nation

For Kamimura it was not one specic

achievement but rather his 45 years of

contribution to developing the aerospace

industry in Japan that garnered him the prize

ldquoWhen I rst began machining HRSA

materials 30 years ago nobody really knew

what to dordquo he recalls ldquoWe had to gure

HEATEDCOOPERATIONNAGOYA JAPAN Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan enginesare extremely complex to manufacture But Japanrsquos Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries has managed to improve the manufacturing processrepeatedly Its way to success fruitful partnerships

Yukio Kamimura seniorengineer of theproduction department

TEXT CAROL AKIYAMA PHOTO KEN STRAITON

everything out by ourselvesrdquo Among

Kamimurarsquos contributions was the

early technical development of

machining C1 aircraft pistonswhich were long and asymmetrical

within 0002 inch of concentricity

This type of advanced machining

skills eventually led to the efcient

production of turbine discs and

combustion cases

WHAT MADE KAMIMURArsquoS award

even more impressive was that it

was the second year in a row that an

engineer from NGPSW received the accola

ldquoI think itrsquos a clear indication from the

government that the aerospace industry is o

that they are giving attention to and that ou

company has been instrumental in the

development of this sector in Japan which a relatively short history [in the feld]rdquo say

vice president Fumiaki Tominaga

NGPSW DEVELOPS manufactures and repair

various parts of gas turbine aircraft engines

joint programs with industry giants such as

Pratt amp Whitney Rolls-Royce and General

Electric In particular the facility specialize

in the production of heat-resistant engine

parts All the combustion chambers of

large-size commercial Pratt amp Whitney

engines are manufactured here

NGPSW is also responsible for

development and manufacture othe heat-resistant parts of the

Geared Turbofan PW 1200G a

new type of engine for the

upcoming Mitsubishi Regional J

(MRJ)

In 2005 NGPSW embarked o

an important risk-sharing partne

ship with Rolls-Royce to create

combustion cases for the Trent

1000 series of turbo engines for

Ceramic millingcutters offeredan impressiveimprovement

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Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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METALWORKING WORLD

Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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10 METALWORKING WORLD

THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

METALWORKING WORLD

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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16 METALWORKING WORLD

In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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4 METALWORKING WORLD

Tom Erixon new president ofSandvik Coromant doesnrsquotthink the global financial crisisis over yet ldquoYou have to beprepared to changerdquo he says

TOM ERIXON NEW PRESIDENT OF SANDVIK COROMANT

IN SEPTEMBER IN THE middle of the economic crisis

Tom Erixon became president of Sandvik Coromant Arealist Erixon believes the metalcutting industry will

have to struggle for a while yet

ldquoThis crisis came faster than anything we had seen

beforerdquo he says ldquoAnd we still havenrsquot seen anything of

the structural transformations that normally follow a

deep recession I think during the next year or so we will

see more companies going bankrupt as well as mergers

and other changesrdquo

Still he says he prefers to see the situation for

Sandvik Coromant as a challenge

ldquoWithin all organizations there is always room for

improvementsrdquo Erixon says ldquoThis is a reminder that to

develop a company needs to be open to changerdquo

Erixon was born in Helsingborg in southern Sweden but he has lived and worked in Spain the United States

Britain and Denmark

ldquoI moved up to Sandviken when I joined the Sandvik

Group in 2001rdquo he says ldquoLiving here suits me and my

family well Itrsquos close to the outdoor activities we all

enjoy but it is also close to Stockholm and through

Arlanda Airport to the world at largerdquo

Looking beyond the current crisis Erixon sees a

world of rapid changes and specialization

ldquoFor a company to survive it needs to adapt to new

demands and we can already see the signs of those

demands todayrdquo he says

Erixon points to two factors he sees as crucial in the

metalcutting industryldquoFirst a strong presence in Asia is neededrdquo he says

ldquoThey have the best growth when it comes to production

as well as sales

ldquoSecond most manufacturers need to be prepared to

work in exotic new materials that are difcult to

machinerdquo he says ldquoThis is already a reality within the

aerospace industry where the importance of various

composites is growing steadily But we can see the same

pattern within other sectors

ldquoTraditional materials will of course continue to be

NEWS

the mainstay for the worldrsquos manufacturers for a long

time to come But when the change comes ndash and it wi

come ndash you need to be preparedrdquo

Erixon hopes he can help Sandvik Coromant focus

more on customized work

ldquoAs time goes by we can see manufacturers being

more and more specialized within their own sectorsrdquo

says ldquoThis calls for Sandvik Coromant to work in an

even more customized manner than we do todayrdquo

ldquoThe aero industry leads the wayrdquo

TOM ERIXON

AGE 49 years

LIVES Sandviken

Sweden

FAMILY Wife and three

children

Background Master of

law degree from Lund

University Sweden and a

MBA degree from IESEBarcelona Spain Worked

at executive positions

within the Boston

Consulting Group before

joining the Sandvik Group

in 2001

Leisure activities

Enjoys cross-country

skiing golf and opera and

is a passionate wine

collector

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METALWORKING WORLD

Welcome machining 20

TRADE SHOWS 2010bullDieampMod China May 11ndash15 Shanghai

bullMMTS May 17ndash19 Montreal Canada

bullFarnborogh Airshow 2010 J 19ndash25

Farnborough UK

bullIMTS 2010 Sept 13ndash18 Chicago Illinois

US

bullAMB Sept 28ndashOct 2 Stuttgart Germany

bullTATEF Oct 12ndash17 Istanbul Turkey

bull JIMTOF2010 Oct 28ndashNov 2 Tokyo Japan

NEW TECHNOLOGY As the

level of accuracy in simulation

increases virtual machines are

becoming an important part of the

manufacturing process German

machine tool manufacturer DMG a

pioneer in this field has now

equipped the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center in Sandviken

Sweden with one of its virtual

machines

The DMG virtual machine

integrates geometry kinematics and

dynamics of the real machine and the

functionalities of CNC and PLC in a single

continuous virtual process chain With a

virtual machine all activities and processes

can be safely planned and verified Avoiding

collisions and recording all functions that are

on the screen allows the highest measure of

safety in planning and implem

tation as well as new opportu

ties for training

ldquoWhether NC programs are

made available from a CAM

program or created directly on

the CNC controls you can see

advance how your processes w

function later on the shop floo

says Mats Allard manager vir

machining at Sandvik Coroma

Simulations of manufacturi

processes arenrsquot new to the industry ldquoWe

have been working with simulation softwa

for a long time and have 8300 solids of ou

tools available on our websiterdquo Allard says

ldquoBut we have to ensure that we are able to

provide manufacturers with solids and oth

kinds of product data in new environments

such as virtual machinesrdquo

A boost forcomposite researchRampD Composite use is forecast to increase significantly

during the coming years To better accommodate this

trend Sandvik Tooling including Sandvik Coromantpersonnel has set up the Research and Technology

Center for Composites in Britain The goal is to develop

knowledge and tooling solutions for machining this class

of materials

Composites represent a considerable challenge in

terms of tool life productivity and part quality control

ldquoWe aim to help understand and provide solutions to

these challenges through

knowledge development and

tooling developmentsrdquo says

Francis Richt project manager

composites and advanced

materials

The center provides material

machinability knowledge based onthe material manufacturing

process and machining operation

It is a focus for continued

development in the areas of

substrate coating and geometry effects as these evolve

with the development of composite materials

ldquoWe will also support manufacturers by conducting

machinability trials to meet specific quality and

productivity targetsrdquo Richt says

Read more about composite manufacturing on

page 12

DID YOU KNOW THAT hellip

hellipit is 40 years sinceSandvik Coromantreleased the firstcoated cemented

carbides

Mats Allard

Francis Richt

The SandvikCoromantbooth at IMTS2008

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6 METALWORKING WORLD

Located about an hourrsquos drive from

Nagoya a city in the heartland of industrial

Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industriesrsquo Nagoya

Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

(NGPSW) represents the traditional values of

corporate Japan Company spirit is fostered bya lunchtime relay race with crowds of workers

cheering on their teams A family-like

atmosphere is promoted with a huge cafeteria

where everyone dines together ndash the highest-

paid employee next to the oor workers ndash and

everyone brings his or her own tray to the

kitchen

Yukio Kamimura the senior engineer of the

production department wears the same blue

overalls as the rest of the factory crew but on

his right arm is a band acknowledging that he

is a ldquodistinguished employeerdquo In November

2009 he visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to

be granted a Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honorfrom the Emperor of Japan The award is the

countryrsquos highest recognition of professional

contribution to the betterment of the nation

For Kamimura it was not one specic

achievement but rather his 45 years of

contribution to developing the aerospace

industry in Japan that garnered him the prize

ldquoWhen I rst began machining HRSA

materials 30 years ago nobody really knew

what to dordquo he recalls ldquoWe had to gure

HEATEDCOOPERATIONNAGOYA JAPAN Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan enginesare extremely complex to manufacture But Japanrsquos Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries has managed to improve the manufacturing processrepeatedly Its way to success fruitful partnerships

Yukio Kamimura seniorengineer of theproduction department

TEXT CAROL AKIYAMA PHOTO KEN STRAITON

everything out by ourselvesrdquo Among

Kamimurarsquos contributions was the

early technical development of

machining C1 aircraft pistonswhich were long and asymmetrical

within 0002 inch of concentricity

This type of advanced machining

skills eventually led to the efcient

production of turbine discs and

combustion cases

WHAT MADE KAMIMURArsquoS award

even more impressive was that it

was the second year in a row that an

engineer from NGPSW received the accola

ldquoI think itrsquos a clear indication from the

government that the aerospace industry is o

that they are giving attention to and that ou

company has been instrumental in the

development of this sector in Japan which a relatively short history [in the feld]rdquo say

vice president Fumiaki Tominaga

NGPSW DEVELOPS manufactures and repair

various parts of gas turbine aircraft engines

joint programs with industry giants such as

Pratt amp Whitney Rolls-Royce and General

Electric In particular the facility specialize

in the production of heat-resistant engine

parts All the combustion chambers of

large-size commercial Pratt amp Whitney

engines are manufactured here

NGPSW is also responsible for

development and manufacture othe heat-resistant parts of the

Geared Turbofan PW 1200G a

new type of engine for the

upcoming Mitsubishi Regional J

(MRJ)

In 2005 NGPSW embarked o

an important risk-sharing partne

ship with Rolls-Royce to create

combustion cases for the Trent

1000 series of turbo engines for

Ceramic millingcutters offeredan impressiveimprovement

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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METALWORKING WORLD

Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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10 METALWORKING WORLD

THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Welcome machining 20

TRADE SHOWS 2010bullDieampMod China May 11ndash15 Shanghai

bullMMTS May 17ndash19 Montreal Canada

bullFarnborogh Airshow 2010 J 19ndash25

Farnborough UK

bullIMTS 2010 Sept 13ndash18 Chicago Illinois

US

bullAMB Sept 28ndashOct 2 Stuttgart Germany

bullTATEF Oct 12ndash17 Istanbul Turkey

bull JIMTOF2010 Oct 28ndashNov 2 Tokyo Japan

NEW TECHNOLOGY As the

level of accuracy in simulation

increases virtual machines are

becoming an important part of the

manufacturing process German

machine tool manufacturer DMG a

pioneer in this field has now

equipped the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center in Sandviken

Sweden with one of its virtual

machines

The DMG virtual machine

integrates geometry kinematics and

dynamics of the real machine and the

functionalities of CNC and PLC in a single

continuous virtual process chain With a

virtual machine all activities and processes

can be safely planned and verified Avoiding

collisions and recording all functions that are

on the screen allows the highest measure of

safety in planning and implem

tation as well as new opportu

ties for training

ldquoWhether NC programs are

made available from a CAM

program or created directly on

the CNC controls you can see

advance how your processes w

function later on the shop floo

says Mats Allard manager vir

machining at Sandvik Coroma

Simulations of manufacturi

processes arenrsquot new to the industry ldquoWe

have been working with simulation softwa

for a long time and have 8300 solids of ou

tools available on our websiterdquo Allard says

ldquoBut we have to ensure that we are able to

provide manufacturers with solids and oth

kinds of product data in new environments

such as virtual machinesrdquo

A boost forcomposite researchRampD Composite use is forecast to increase significantly

during the coming years To better accommodate this

trend Sandvik Tooling including Sandvik Coromantpersonnel has set up the Research and Technology

Center for Composites in Britain The goal is to develop

knowledge and tooling solutions for machining this class

of materials

Composites represent a considerable challenge in

terms of tool life productivity and part quality control

ldquoWe aim to help understand and provide solutions to

these challenges through

knowledge development and

tooling developmentsrdquo says

Francis Richt project manager

composites and advanced

materials

The center provides material

machinability knowledge based onthe material manufacturing

process and machining operation

It is a focus for continued

development in the areas of

substrate coating and geometry effects as these evolve

with the development of composite materials

ldquoWe will also support manufacturers by conducting

machinability trials to meet specific quality and

productivity targetsrdquo Richt says

Read more about composite manufacturing on

page 12

DID YOU KNOW THAT hellip

hellipit is 40 years sinceSandvik Coromantreleased the firstcoated cemented

carbides

Mats Allard

Francis Richt

The SandvikCoromantbooth at IMTS2008

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Located about an hourrsquos drive from

Nagoya a city in the heartland of industrial

Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industriesrsquo Nagoya

Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

(NGPSW) represents the traditional values of

corporate Japan Company spirit is fostered bya lunchtime relay race with crowds of workers

cheering on their teams A family-like

atmosphere is promoted with a huge cafeteria

where everyone dines together ndash the highest-

paid employee next to the oor workers ndash and

everyone brings his or her own tray to the

kitchen

Yukio Kamimura the senior engineer of the

production department wears the same blue

overalls as the rest of the factory crew but on

his right arm is a band acknowledging that he

is a ldquodistinguished employeerdquo In November

2009 he visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to

be granted a Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honorfrom the Emperor of Japan The award is the

countryrsquos highest recognition of professional

contribution to the betterment of the nation

For Kamimura it was not one specic

achievement but rather his 45 years of

contribution to developing the aerospace

industry in Japan that garnered him the prize

ldquoWhen I rst began machining HRSA

materials 30 years ago nobody really knew

what to dordquo he recalls ldquoWe had to gure

HEATEDCOOPERATIONNAGOYA JAPAN Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan enginesare extremely complex to manufacture But Japanrsquos Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries has managed to improve the manufacturing processrepeatedly Its way to success fruitful partnerships

Yukio Kamimura seniorengineer of theproduction department

TEXT CAROL AKIYAMA PHOTO KEN STRAITON

everything out by ourselvesrdquo Among

Kamimurarsquos contributions was the

early technical development of

machining C1 aircraft pistonswhich were long and asymmetrical

within 0002 inch of concentricity

This type of advanced machining

skills eventually led to the efcient

production of turbine discs and

combustion cases

WHAT MADE KAMIMURArsquoS award

even more impressive was that it

was the second year in a row that an

engineer from NGPSW received the accola

ldquoI think itrsquos a clear indication from the

government that the aerospace industry is o

that they are giving attention to and that ou

company has been instrumental in the

development of this sector in Japan which a relatively short history [in the feld]rdquo say

vice president Fumiaki Tominaga

NGPSW DEVELOPS manufactures and repair

various parts of gas turbine aircraft engines

joint programs with industry giants such as

Pratt amp Whitney Rolls-Royce and General

Electric In particular the facility specialize

in the production of heat-resistant engine

parts All the combustion chambers of

large-size commercial Pratt amp Whitney

engines are manufactured here

NGPSW is also responsible for

development and manufacture othe heat-resistant parts of the

Geared Turbofan PW 1200G a

new type of engine for the

upcoming Mitsubishi Regional J

(MRJ)

In 2005 NGPSW embarked o

an important risk-sharing partne

ship with Rolls-Royce to create

combustion cases for the Trent

1000 series of turbo engines for

Ceramic millingcutters offeredan impressiveimprovement

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Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

METALWORKING WORLD

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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6 METALWORKING WORLD

Located about an hourrsquos drive from

Nagoya a city in the heartland of industrial

Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industriesrsquo Nagoya

Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

(NGPSW) represents the traditional values of

corporate Japan Company spirit is fostered bya lunchtime relay race with crowds of workers

cheering on their teams A family-like

atmosphere is promoted with a huge cafeteria

where everyone dines together ndash the highest-

paid employee next to the oor workers ndash and

everyone brings his or her own tray to the

kitchen

Yukio Kamimura the senior engineer of the

production department wears the same blue

overalls as the rest of the factory crew but on

his right arm is a band acknowledging that he

is a ldquodistinguished employeerdquo In November

2009 he visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to

be granted a Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honorfrom the Emperor of Japan The award is the

countryrsquos highest recognition of professional

contribution to the betterment of the nation

For Kamimura it was not one specic

achievement but rather his 45 years of

contribution to developing the aerospace

industry in Japan that garnered him the prize

ldquoWhen I rst began machining HRSA

materials 30 years ago nobody really knew

what to dordquo he recalls ldquoWe had to gure

HEATEDCOOPERATIONNAGOYA JAPAN Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan enginesare extremely complex to manufacture But Japanrsquos Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries has managed to improve the manufacturing processrepeatedly Its way to success fruitful partnerships

Yukio Kamimura seniorengineer of theproduction department

TEXT CAROL AKIYAMA PHOTO KEN STRAITON

everything out by ourselvesrdquo Among

Kamimurarsquos contributions was the

early technical development of

machining C1 aircraft pistonswhich were long and asymmetrical

within 0002 inch of concentricity

This type of advanced machining

skills eventually led to the efcient

production of turbine discs and

combustion cases

WHAT MADE KAMIMURArsquoS award

even more impressive was that it

was the second year in a row that an

engineer from NGPSW received the accola

ldquoI think itrsquos a clear indication from the

government that the aerospace industry is o

that they are giving attention to and that ou

company has been instrumental in the

development of this sector in Japan which a relatively short history [in the feld]rdquo say

vice president Fumiaki Tominaga

NGPSW DEVELOPS manufactures and repair

various parts of gas turbine aircraft engines

joint programs with industry giants such as

Pratt amp Whitney Rolls-Royce and General

Electric In particular the facility specialize

in the production of heat-resistant engine

parts All the combustion chambers of

large-size commercial Pratt amp Whitney

engines are manufactured here

NGPSW is also responsible for

development and manufacture othe heat-resistant parts of the

Geared Turbofan PW 1200G a

new type of engine for the

upcoming Mitsubishi Regional J

(MRJ)

In 2005 NGPSW embarked o

an important risk-sharing partne

ship with Rolls-Royce to create

combustion cases for the Trent

1000 series of turbo engines for

Ceramic millingcutters offeredan impressiveimprovement

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hiroyuki Yoshidamanager of theproduction departmentlooks through thecombustion case

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Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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16 METALWORKING WORLD

In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Sueyoshi an engineer from the production

department who worked directly on this

project

Yoshie Narita represents Sandvik Coromant

distributor Sanwa Seiki which oversaw the

implementation of the solution from the

beginning He made almost daily trips to

NGPSW and to the Sandvik Coromant

Productivity Center to monitor the process

ldquoGood results do not come right awayrdquo

says Yoshida recalling that it took almost six

years from the time that tests were rstconducted in 2001 to implementation on the

production line in 2007 ldquoBut everyone

associated with Sandvik Coromant responded

quickly to our questions and provided all the

support we neededrdquo Narita adds ldquoIt was a

long project but when we reached our goal it

truly felt like a team victoryrdquo

THE SUCCESS IN machining the Trent 1000

combustion cases was pivotal in the relation-

ship between NGPSW and Sandvik Coromant

but it was not the beginning The companies

had had a relationship for more than 20 years

ldquoWhen we nd a technical solution togetherwith a client it forms a strong relationship

between the companiesrdquo says Noriyuki

Matsumoto Nagoya branch manager at

Sandvik Coromant Japan ldquoWe had the

opportunity to take members of NGPSW to

Sweden and show them our research on

ceramic cutting as well as our full range of

productsrdquo

NGPSW is now working on the Trent

XWB the new series of turbofan engines

A combustin Waspalomachined

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries employees with

the combustion case

Rsh hor Ever now and then the companrsquosemployees run a noontime relay race at the plantgrounds in Nagoya

Yasuhiro Sueyoshi engineer in the productiondepartment worked directly on the combustioncase project

from Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant isagain providing essential solutions Sueyoshi

says ldquoDuring our turning process there was

too much vibration I consulted Sandvik Coro-

mant and they pointed out that vibrations

came from having a weak tool holder We are

now conducting tests using the CoroTurn SL

70 with Coromant Capto in order to resolve

the problem

ldquoFor the rough milling of Trent 1000 we

mostly used the high-feed CoroMill 210 cutter

because we can quickly do facemilling and

also make holesrdquo he continues ldquoBut we have

already pushed it to its maximum level For

the upcoming Trent XWB we need toimprove the conditions more Sandvik

Coromant tools are known to be stable but we

use them under difcult conditions Therefore

we need support

ldquoWHEN I AM FACED with a machining problem

I canrsquot solve things by myselfrdquo Sueyoshi says

ldquoI can think up new methods but I have no

guarantee they will actually work Sandvik

Coromant provides realistic guidelines and

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10 METALWORKING WORLD

THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

METALWORKING WORLD

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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16 METALWORKING WORLD

In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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10 METALWORKING WORLD

THE CHALLENGEIN BRIEFTHE NEEDNagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) wanted to

cut down milling time for the

manufacture of Trent1000 jet enginecombustion cases in Waspaloy

THE SOLUTIONROUGH OPERATION CoroMill 210

and a ceramic milling cutter with

CC6060 inserts removing large

amounts of metal in a short time

MEDIUM OPERATION CoroMill 300

with round inserts allowing for low

cutting forces reduced notch wear

and higher feed rates

FINISHING OPERATION CoroMill

390 ensured secure machining with a

stable tool life and no vibration with

required surface quality

THE RESULTThe machining time of the rough

surface was cut down from 60ndash70

hours to 40 for one cycle resulting in

more than 300 hours of time saved

per month NGPSW was able to

produce 10 combustion cases per

month

rdquoProviding support helping to figure

out the best way to use the tools iswhat sets Sandvik Coromant apartrdquo

we can think through solutions

together Providing support helping

to gure out the best way to use the

tools is what sets Sandvik Coromant

apartrdquo

From the experience of manufac-

turing the Trent 1000 combustion

cases Yoshida felt strongly that more

research on the machining of HRSAmust be done in a more expansive

way At the end of 2007 he created

the Global Manufacturing Technology Team

(GMATT) This virtual research group

involves NGPSW major universities and

machine toolmakers and tooling suppliers in

Japan Sandvik Coromant is an essential

partner in this group

Since 2008 GMATT has conducted tests

with ceramic milling and high-pressure coolant

to improve the machining of the new

series of Trent XWB jet engines

ldquoGMATTrsquos goal is to strengthen

Japanrsquos aero-engine manufacturing

industry with advanced applications

in order to succeed in the worldrdquo

says Yoshida ldquoWe will implement

the new techniques we developed

with Sandvik Coromant to the TrentXWB and PW 1200G enginesrdquo In

addition to GMATT NGPSW has

been collaborating on an application develop-

ment project with Rolls-Royce at the Ad-

vanced Manufacturing Research Centre in

Britain that also involves Sandvik Coromant

ldquoEfforts like this are necessaryrdquo says

Tominaga ldquobecause optimum solutions are

found when all parts of the puzzle come

together to make a bigger picturerdquo

The finished nozzlean LE-7A rocket enprepared for delive

The Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion

Systems Works (NGPSW) is an

operational facility of Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries a Japanese industrial giant

with sales of 33756 billion yen ($38

billion) in 2009 NGPSW has been in the

aerospace engine business since 1920

Production output stands at JPY 2256

billion ($25 billion) It has almost 2000

employees The main plant covers

4112000 square feet

MITSUBISHI HEAVYINDUSTRIES

YASUHIRO SUEYOSHI ENGINEER

Yoshie Narita SanwaSeiki representative

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

12 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

METALWORKING WORLD

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis would have us walk ndash and live ndash on water

Welcome Water WorldImagine a modern Venice withskyscrapers hundreds of feet high

and a network of shops roads andstreets ndash all built on water Orovercrowded coastal cities such asNew York and Hong Kong findingnew room to expand on the seaThis is Dutch architect KoenOthisrsquo vision

ldquoWater will definitely give newexpansion possibilities to citiesworldwiderdquo he says

Othisrsquo visions have aread

become reait in some 100

hoses that hersquos bit on or cose

to the waterline So far his

constructions are a mix of modernhouseboats and waterhouses andeven amphibious houses in theNetherands and abroad For

instance he has constructedhouses that will float if the waterrises Others like the one in thepicture are constructed on rivershores or other flood-risk areasAn additiona 1000 or so are

planned including the New Watera new district in the city of

Westland the Netherlands TheNew Water includes the first

floating apartment complexAs a Dutchman Olthuis hasalways been aware of the threatfrom the ocean Roughly a third ofthe Netherlands lies below sealevel and the Dutch have spent thepast 1000 ears or so batting the

sea Olthuis wants to take adifferent tack

ldquoThe threat of rising water levelsand climate change in combina-tion with increased urbanization

is forcing us to rethink ourrelationship with waterrdquo he say

Olthuis sees a wide applicatifor his buildings in areas wherefrequent storms and floodingcause continual hardship

ldquoFoating strctres are not j

a luxury alternative for people wwant to enjoy living near thewaterrdquo he says ldquoThey are asolution to the very real problemof climate change effectsrdquo

Koen Olthuis 39 is tfounder of the Dutcharchitectural firmWaterstudioNL whic

specializes in floatingstructures In 2007 hwas ranked No 122 oTime magazinersquos ist the most influentialpeople in the world

QUICK TIMETEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON PHOTO WATERSTUDION

INFLUENTALNEW THINKER

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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The next step in

composite machining

SOLUTION A new approach to ma-

chining including dedicated tools and

the latest application strategies

MACHINING COMPOSITES IS very different

from machining metals and machining one

type of composite is different from machin-

ing another composite Moreover the range

of composite materials is broader than that of

metals This has daunting implications for

machine shops that are beginning to

manufacture parts made of composites as

well as challenges for shops that are already

working with composites Machining

composites needs a reassessment ofmethods tools setup and in some cases even

machinery and xturing In fact every new

composite material entering the machine

shop needs a new approach in machining

The cutting action in composite materials

is quite different from that of metals in that

the cutting edge does not generate chips

through shearing as with the majority of

metals The edge breaks off the composite

material to be removed often cutting the

epoxy resin and fracturing or cutting the

bers in the process

The general principle of machining

composites is to use extra-sharp cuttingedges that have sufcient clearance in order

to give a clean cut and minimize the

tendency for the tool to rub against the

workpiece Tool wear needs to be absolutely

minimized as even minor geometrical

changes to the edge can rapidly lead to

excessive heat generation and edge

CHALLENGE To provide the tools and

processes to improve the rapidly ex-

panding area of composite machining

For miing composites the CoroMi 590 facemiis equipped with PCD inserts for high demandson tolerances and surface finish It is capable ofhigh cutting data with minimal splintering offibers in dry machining ndash ideal when dustextraction (see picture) is in place and when themachining is last in line followed by assembly

breakdown and if not addressed can affect

the all-important quality levels

WHERE VARIOUS TOOL geometries are needed

to suit the varied character of the composite

material cutting tools need to cut easily

generating minimal thrust forces

Achieving successful performance

security and results requires establishing

individual processes to suit and optimize

operations and the composite materials in

question An economic calculation should

determine what solution is the most

favorable in situations where the material

removal rate is important but not the main

factor

Hole and edge quality combined with

satisfactory hole cost and cost per foot wil

affect productivity more when it comes to

composite machining The nish achievedone operation can reduce or eliminate

secondary operations contributing to

improved tool life and reduced machine

downtime

In the continually evolving world of

composite machining use of dedicated

cutting tools for a particular type of

composite is essential It is also essential t

establish the right parameters for the

operations at hand and to achieve the corr

setup

DRILLING A DOMINANT operation in

composites is particularly challenging because the material can splinter or even

split into separate layers (delamination) at

the entry and exit of the hole Achieving th

necessary surface nish requires extra effo

to obtain satisfactory cutting action betwe

the ber layers and the matrix As impact

resistance and heat resistance improve in

TECHNOLOGYTEXT CHRISTER RICHT

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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16 METALWORKING WORLD

In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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24 METALWORKING WORLD

companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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SUMMARYIn addition to developing cutting tools that

will lift performance in composite

machining Sandvik Coromant is also

focusing on the development of optimum

processes in this area

A range of new drills and milling cutters

is improving performance in the use of

composite materials Carbide drills have

been designed with diamond coatings suit-

able for a number of applications as well

as with vein-PCD technology Several new

drill geometries have been developed to

date for making high-quality holes in

various carbon fiber reinforced (CFRP)

materials For milling edging and trimming

composite parts endmills and facemillswith specially developed PCD inserts and

coated solid carbide provide new

advantages Both standard and engi-

neered products form solutions for the

present and future in drilling and milling

composites

A composite is produced when two materials

each with dif ferent individual characteristicsare combined to form a material with a

certain property

Fibers whiskers particles or woven

materials are dispersed in a matrix where they

add stiffness and strength Structural

composites are made up of laminates or

sandwich layers A laminar composite has

stacked sheets cemented together in a way

that the strength orientation varies with

successive layers

The main matrix materials are organic

materials metal and ceramic and the

reinforcement may be a continuous or

discontinuous material of carbon or some

inorganic materialCarbon fiber aramid fiber and carbon-

aramid fiber reinforced-plastic composite

materials are common airframe materials The

fibers are bonded in the matrix material such

as an epoxy resin Applications for composites

are growing rapidly and thus the development

of materials is also growing

The compositematerial

Composites solutions are application-

specific Solutions can include one of

the CoroDrill geometries selected or

adapted to the material and operation

Due to the variation in materials in

different components three geometries

have been developed including an

all-around drill CoroDrill 855 to arrive

at optimum processes that deliver hole

quality to meet the highest demands

The CoroDrill 856 is designed to

minimize delamination tendencies at

hole entries and exits particularly in

resin-rich composites But drilling

fiber-rich materials requires a geometry

that will reduce splintering such as the

new CoroDrill 854 drill with similarities

to a geometry used for aluminum

composites machining must also evolve

Specially adapted polycrystalline diamond

(PCD) tipped or coated tools have the best

tool life as diamond stands up to the wear of

various carbon ber and stacked materials

including titanium

Demands on at machined surfaces are

often high for composite components as are

those on edged and trimmed features

demanding innovative approaches with

suitable indexable inserts and diamond-coat-ed solid carbide tools

Engineered PCD cutters are a solution to

most milling operations where vein-PCD

and brazed PCD tools are designed with

various ute designs to meet application

demands Improvements include achieving

better surface nish by applying a particular

tool geometry in the best possible way This

may also entail transporting dust while

further reducing splintering and fraying

tendencies

CD 854 CD 855 CD 856

When edging and Sturtz milling is

part of the composite-machining

solution CoroMill 390 endmill with

PCD-tipped or -coated precision

inserts is especially effective in

composites with a high-fiber

content To edge and trim compositeparts carbide or diamond inserts or

solid carbide cutters are effective for

achieving high-quality results

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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16 METALWORKING WORLD

In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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14 METALWORKING WORLD

BACK TO

THE FUTUREENERGY Once derided and discounted the nuclear powerindustry is now back Manufacturers that want to catch the trainneed to prepare themselves for the extreme demands and tough-to-manufacture materials in this rapidly growing sector

TEXT PAUL REDSTONE

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METALWORKING WORLD

A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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16 METALWORKING WORLD

In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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24 METALWORKING WORLD

companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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A few years ago nuclear power was a pariah

industry widely considered to be in terminal decline

But with world energy demand predicted to increase by

44 percent by 2030 and growing pressure to reduce CO2

emissions its future now looks decidedly rosier

ldquoNuclear renaissancerdquo is a well-used phrase these days

Manufacturers that supply vital components to theindustry are certainly experiencing growing order

books And if the more optimistic predictions are

correct there will be major implications for the

metalcutting industry

Leading the way in aggressive nuclear plans is China

with 35 new reactors planned and 90 proposed by 2030

followed by India with 23 reactors planned and 15

proposed But big things are also under way in Europe

which relies on nuclear power for 34 percent of its

electricity more than double the global average

Europersquos expansion is spearheaded by the United

Kingdom where the government has just given the

green light to 10 sites for new reactors The country

currently has 10 nuclear power stations so the moverepresents a major increase Four plants are already in

the planning stage

John McNamara head of communications at the

UKrsquos Nuclear Industry Association says the move will

help revitalize many other aspects of British industry

not least metalcutting ldquoBritain is planning the rst eet

of new nuclear power stations in Europerdquo he says ldquoThis

will mean a massive build program over the next 10

years ndash Britainrsquos biggest building project following the

preparations for the 2012 Olympicsrdquo

High-precision work is an everyday thing for

Swedish contract manufacturer GenerPro

part of the Leax Group and a leading

specialist in large generators and turbines

for the power generation industry A recent

project to supply subcontractor Alstom with

a generator rotor for the TVO nuclear power

plant in Finland proved the value of itspartnership with Sandvik Coromant

Tore Andersson an industrial engineer at

GenerPro says ldquoFor this rotor we had to

drill holes to a depth of 53 meters [174

feet] crossing through the rotor Previously

we hadnrsquot gone deeper than 37 meters [12

feet] We successfully drilled four holes in

two rotors Hole straightness accuracy to

within four millimeters [0158 inch] was

needed at the end point but we actually

achieved 25 millimeters [0098 inch]

which is excellentrdquo

The size of the rotor created specia

challenges ldquoWhen drilling such deep

you would normally rotate the piece to

ensure the best possible hole straight

Andersson says ldquoOn a piece this big

a rotationally asymmetrical hole thatrsquo

not possible and the hole must be dran angle that puts extremely high dem

on the drilling process There is no ma

for error the piece weighs 80 tons an

represents considerable valuerdquo

The solution was based on Sandvik

Coromantrsquos deep hole drilling system

with CoroDrill 800 ldquoThe new thingrdquo

Andersson says ldquowas the dedicated d

head design with an extra guide pad T

and specialist support were why we

succeeded so wellrdquo

ldquoNo margin for errorrdquo

Growing pressure toreduce CO2 emissionsand increased energydemands are drivinga renaissance innuclear power

From eft Tore AnderssonKas Goumlran Bjoumlrknd

Thomas Aringberg (SandvikCoromant) and Jan Bostroumlm

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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24 METALWORKING WORLD

companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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In 2008 nuclear power accounted

for 14 percent of global electricity

generation down from the 16ndash17

percent that had been consistent for

the 20 years up to 2005 Butprojections have been revised

upward In 2008 global nuclear

power capacity was predicted to

increase by 27 to 100 percent by

2030Source International Atomic Energy Agency

ndash Energy Electricity and Nuclear Power

Estimates for the Period to 2030

J O H N Eacute R

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

18 METALWORKING WORLD

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Meeting nuclear needsIn addition to deep hole drilling in

generator shafts Sandvik Coromant

offers tool technologies for a number ofother applications within the nuclear

power industry

In turbine shaft and turbine wheel

production Coromant Capto and the

CoroTurn SL modular adapter system in

combination with damped blades for long

overhangs and ldquohockey stickrdquo grooving

tools have solved a number of manufac-

turing problems The CoroBore boring

system is well suited to large casings

In the blade machining area the new

exchangeable-head milling cutter CoroMill

316 is creating interest among blade

manufacturers For roughing the

round-insert milling cutter CoroMill 300 isa productive solution

Per Forssell program manager for power

generation at Sandvik Coromant says

ldquoWe closely monitor the development of

new more advanced high-alloyed

workpiece materials This has led to the

high-pressure coolant technology CoroTurn

HP which improves chip control and

productivity Our technical specialists have

extensive experience and application

knowledge and are dedicated to supporting

customers to achieve their targetsrdquo

There will be a major push now McNamara says as

many of the UKrsquos power stations are nearing the end of

their service life ldquoOver the next 10 to 15 years Britain

will lose around one-third of its total power generation

capacityrdquo he says ldquoDemand is increasing by around 2

percent per year and new build is needed to avoid anenergy gap The rst new nuclear power station will be

operative in 2017 and the intention is to bring another

one online every 18 monthsrdquo

Developing an effective supply chain is an important

focus McNamara says ldquoThere is a skills gap as we

have not built anything new since the early 1990s so

rms with specialist capabilities for the nuclear power

industry will be in great demandrdquo he says ldquoCompanies

that have stopped working with nuclear will be

encouraged to return to the industry and there will also

be a need for new players Those who get involved now

will have many opportunities in the wider European and

global expansionrdquo

Despite the undeniable expansion nuclear power

remains a relatively small percentage of the global

energy mix (renewable sources now generate moreelectricity for example) and may not increase its overall

share signicantly According to United Nations gures

renewables in 2008 overtook fossil fuels in attracting

power generation investment with the biggest growth

coming from China India and other developing

countries But coal with its widespread

availability still remains the fastest-growing

energy source

McNamara says that one of the key drivers

for nuclear growth is the pressing issue of

climate change CO2 reduction targets are

increasingly aggressive while round-the-

clock power demands are increasing And

while the intermittent nature of renewablesmeans that wind farms and solar power plants

currently deliver at best 30 to 40 percent of

generating capacity a nuclear power station can

continuously perform at more than 90 percent of

capacity

ldquoIf you donrsquot have nuclear you can forget your

climate change credentialsrdquo McNamara says ldquoRenewa-

bles are expanding but without nuclear itrsquos currently

impossible to satisfy growing baseload demand while

reducing emissionsrdquo

The major metalworking applications within a nuclear

power station include manufacturing of turbines andgenerators Itrsquos complex and precise work says Per

Forssell program manager for power generation at

Sandvik Coromant

ldquoThere are extremely high quality demands on

componentsrdquo he says ldquoThere are also a lot of advanced

materials involved such as heat-resistant

super-alloys which can be tricky to work

with and often require long machining

timesrdquo

Another challenge is the sheer scale of the

equipment ldquoEverything is bigger in the new

more powerful reactor designsrdquo Forssell

says ldquoThe electrical generator rotor shaft for

example is made from a single piece ofmetal It might weigh 80 [metric] tons There

is a lot of machining involved after which

the piece may be reduced to something like 60 tons

When all the electrical components are added itrsquos back

up to 80 tons againrdquo

High reliability is an essential prerequisite Forssell

adds ldquoThe industry has great potentialrdquo he says ldquoThe

winners will be stable companies with the resources to

make a long-term commitment and work to demanding

regulations Trust is paramountrdquo

ldquoIf you donrsquot havenuclear you can

forget your climatechange credentialsrdquoCoroTurn SL modular

adapter system

CoroMi 316 exchangebe-

head cutter is well suitedfor the machining ofturbine blades

JOHN MCNAMARA HEAD OF COMMuNICATIONS AT THEuKrsquoS NuClEAR INDuSTRy ASSOCIATION

John McNamara

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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Switching to high gear

SOLUTION Upgrade machining

methods and replace high-speed

steel tools with modern cemented

carbide tools

THE DEMAND FOR greener energy and

concerns about climate change are making

wind energy increasingly topical Indeed

wind power is a rare bird in todayrsquos

unforgiving economic climate While the 30

percent growth rate of recent years has

diminished to 18ndash22 percent long-term

growth still remains strong

The main challenge in the wind power

industry ndash how to keep pace with demand ndashis very different and much more positive

than the challenges facing many other elds

In wind energy the focus is on increasing

productivity and fullling the stringent

quality requirements

The gearbox the link between the rotor

the main shaft and the generator is one of

the most critical components in a wind

turbine A typical gearbox contains several

geared parts such as the ring gear planetary

gear sun gear and slow gear wheel

IN ADDITION wind turbines include various

rings with gears such as slewing rings a typeof component consisting of a gear and a

bearing to control the pitch angle of the

blades and to orient the nacelle appropriately

in relation to the wind

In gearbox production quality in practical

terms means consistency and tight toleranc-

es Generally the gearbox is the most

CHALLENGE How can the wind

power industry increase the produc-

tivity and cost-efficiency of gear

milling operations

vulnerable component in a wind turbine andgearbox failure can result in serious

availability issues and high repair costs

Thus gearboxes require the best possible

quality without compromising productivity

The gears in a wind turbine gearbox are

commonly made in a two-stage process

milling in the roughing stage and grinding in

the nishing operation Any inconsistenciduring the gear milling process will make

grinding more difcult

IN RECENT YEARS gearbox manufacturers

have invested heavily in modern machine

tools However powerful new machines

often stretch the capabilities of convention

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

This hob cutter withindexable inserts increasesthe productivity in gearcutting

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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SUMMARYIn the wind power industry continuingstrong demand necessitates a focus on both

high productivity and high quality New disc

milling cutters and hobs modern indexable

carbide inserts and comprehensive support

from experienced specialists make an

effective solution to the challenges of gear

component manufacturing

HOB WITH CARBIDE INSERTS

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cut

hob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 460525 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 102 minutes

HHS HOB

Module 16 Wind Power planetary gear 1st2nd cuthob diameter 118 inches

Cutting speed 164164 ftmin

Feed per revolution 006013 inrev

Total time of hobbing cycle 298 minutes

The results speak for themselves The productivity

increased by two-thirds and a consistent secure

operation was accomplished The customer felt that

the investment in the new machine was a success

Case studyGear hobbing with carbideindexable hob vs HSS hob

high-speed steel (HSS) tooling to the limit

making it difcult to fully utilize the

potential of efcient machinery

This is a good example of the interdepend-

ence of all factors in a machining process

Increasing the overall performance is rarely

possible by a single improvement without

overall optimization

In addition to inferior performance HSS

tools involve a great deal of logistical effort

handling and regrinding which all add up to

loss of time and higher total costs

A strong solution to the problems of gearmilling is a modern tool with a high number

of advanced indexable carbide inserts Each

additional insert increases the potential

cutting data and productivity

Indexable inserts also solve the logistical

problems related to HSS tooling and provide

in-house control over productivity

In 2010 and 2011 new products from

Sandvik Coromant will include disc milling

cutters and hob milling cutters which will

bring the benets of advanced carbide inserts

to an operation traditionally dominated by

conventional HSS tools

While modern cemented carbide inserts

are strong contenders for productive gear

milling choosing the optimal tool insert and

grade is not simply a matter of picking up the

most impressive tool catalog

A MORE PRUDENT course is to look for adedicated partner with advanced application

knowledge and a good understanding of the

customerrsquos challenges requirements and

goals

Ideally a tooling partner should be able to

offer a total solution for a specic wind

turbine component ndash the necessary tools and

inserts as well as methods and all backed up

by full support from experienced profession-

als

As the productivity improvement case

illustrates (see box) such solutions can make

a real difference in the productivity of a

given machining operation

METALWORKING WORLD

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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Seversky Tube Works located in the forested

foothills of the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg is

Russiarsquos biggest steel pipe production factory It is part

of the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) one of the

leaders in the global pipe business Maintaining this

leading position however is not simply about focusing

on massive capital projects Itrsquos also about providing its

customers with pipe products of the highest quality

Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head of Seversky

Tube Worksrsquo cutting laboratory knows this well

Zyryanov is particularly proud of a small solid carbide

cutting tool he designed together with SandvikCoromant engineers to create the pressure-tight threaded

connection required for the casings used in gas elds

This tiny component ndash not much larger than a coin

and weighing about 07 ounce ndash plays an important role

in the oil and gas industry

THE SPECIALIZED insert which has three cutting teeth and

a special geometry for easy disposal of the steel chips is

used for cutting thread in cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel pipes used in pumping gas in Siberia

SMALL PARTPLAYS BIG ROLEPOLEVSKOY RUSSIA Yevgeny Sergeevich Zyryanov head ofthe cutting laboratory at Seversky Tube Works develops new typesof threaded joint casings to meet the demands of the market

Sometimes all thatrsquos needed is one small insert

CLOSE983085UP

These high-performance pipes require premium-cl

threaded connections The specialized threads preven

gas pumped at high pressures from escaping and are

essential for safe and accident-free gas exploration

production and transportation

Until Zyryanov designed the tool for cutting these

high-performance threads on Severskyrsquos own gas-tigh

connections Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom had t

buy its pipes from overseas suppliers

NOW THANKS TO A component that costs around $40

Gazprom can purchase the pipes from Seversky TubeWorks taking advantage of the transportation cost

savings resulting from buying domestically

Zyryanov talks about his job in the midst of the

cavernous (650 by 3000 feet) hangar that houses the

cutting laboratory at Seversky Zyryanovrsquos words are

but drowned out by the cacophony of hundreds of ste

pipes being moved along processing lines

ldquoWersquore always scanning the marketrdquo he says ldquoThe

are many companies that produce metalworking tools

and we are constantly testing products from different

TEXT NICK HOLDSWORTH PHOTO JEREMY NICHOLL

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

YEVGENY SERGEEVICHZYRYANOV

Age 48

Lives Polevskoi Sverdlovsk region RussiaFamily Wife Natalya an accountant at the

Seversky Tube Works and two grown

daughters ndash Yelena an engineer in

Severskyrsquos RampD department and Olga a

university student studying personnel

management

Education Graduate of Urals Technical

University Ekaterinburg metallurgy

department with a specialty in steel tube

production

Interests Freshwater fishing

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22 METALWORKING WORLD

White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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24 METALWORKING WORLD

companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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White-hot pipesmove through theproduction processSeversky Tube Worksplans to beginworking with newhigher grades ofsteel that have a highchrome content

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

Seversky Tube Works is Russiarsquos top producer of hot-rolled

electric-welded steel pipes producing more than a million t

of round and profiled steel pipes a year The company is

located in Polevskoi in the Sverdlovsk region an area know

for its long metalworking tradition

Major clients for Severskyrsquos hot-rolled pipes includeRussiarsquos top oil and gas companies Gazprom Lukoil and TN

BP as well as industrial clients around the world

Seversky Tube Works produces 320000 metric tons

(352800 US tons) of steel pipe a year in diameters rangin

from 66 to 13 inches for the gas and oil industries In addit

the company produces 305000 tons (336200 US tons) o

electric-welded pipes a year for the automotive and constru

tion industries and pipelines in diameters of 04 to 21 inche

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS

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companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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24 METALWORKING WORLD

companies Wersquove worked as partners with SandvikCoromant for 11 years now and the quality and

reliability of their tools is what makes them the best

The tools are hard-wearing and versatile And of course

it is very important for us to work with partners that

have their ofces in Russiardquo

Vladimir Leshukov regional representative at

Sandvik Coromant in Ekaterinburg worked closely with

Zyryanov to resolve the precise technical details

required to create the specialized insert liaising with

engineers and designers at the Sandvik Coromant

ldquoQuality and price are the keyto what we do We considerSandvik Coromant our toppartner because it offers bothrdquo

headquarters in Sweden to ne-tune it until everyone

was satised

ldquoI usually visit the Seversky Works two or three tim

a month to discuss the plantrsquos needs for cutting insert

and to provide information on how we can help with

technical or production questions they haverdquo says

Leshukov

THE SEVERSKY TUBE Works started in 1739 and grew

with the town and the local metalworking industry

Today many of the Severskyrsquos 8000 factory workerscome from families who have worked at the plant for

generations

Zyryanov is no exception His father grandfather a

great grandfather all worked at Seversky and he hims

has worked there for 25 years ever since his graduati

from Ekaterinburgrsquos Urals Technical University in

metallurgy His wife Natalya is an accountant at the

works and daughter Yelena is an engineer in the

research and development department

Zyryanov enjoys the creative challenge of nding

MIKHAIL ZUEV MANAGING DIRECTOR

Yevgeny SergeevichZyryanov confers witViktor Berezov headsupervisor in the cutshop

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solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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26 METALWORKING WORLD

THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

solutions to thorny technical problems ldquoWe have plans

to begin working with new grades of steel that have ahigher chrome contentrdquo he says ldquoThat will place new

demands on quality for the cutting tools we use The oil

and gas industry is always progressing and it is our job

to come up with solutions to the challenges we are given

by our customersrdquo

SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS customers include Russiarsquos

biggest oil and gas companies ndash Gazprom Lukoil and

TNK BP ndash as well as companies across Europe the

Middle East America and Asia ndash so attention to detail

and customer service is everything

The Seversky Works has recently modernized its steel-

smelting facility and plans for the future include a

massive modernization of the pipe rolling facility Withthe adoption of new technologies the company hopes to

be able to make a major qualitative and quantitative

breakthrough in oil and gas pipe production and an

essential reduction in the industryrsquos impact on the

environment

ldquoQuality and price are the key when choosing a

partnerrdquo says Seversky Managing Director Mikhail

Zuev ldquoThatrsquos why we consider Sandvik Coromant our

top partner in thread-cutting toolsrdquo

The triangular coated carbide insert

used at the Seversky Tube Works to cut

specialized high-performance gas-proof

threads for cold-resistant heavy-alloyed

steel gas pipes goes by the name

ldquothread cutting plate 4125rdquo The

number refers to the grade of steel the

tool is designed to work on

The tiny coin-sized insert measures

09 inch on a side and has a width of

024 inch and three cutting teeth It

weighs about 07 ounce The insert is

designed to cut thread in a patented

high-tight pipe connection of premium

classThe customerrsquos specification was

demanding calling for a tool made with

high accuracy that was both hard-

wearing and capable of giving top

performance through some 200 cutting

cycles before needing replacement

ldquoThe first challenge in designing the

tool was to secure the necessary

geometry of the cutting edges in order

to produce accurate and precise pipe

threadsrdquo says Yevgeny Sergeevich

Zyryanov head of Severskyrsquos cutting

laboratory

The second challenge Zyryanov

says was to reduce the number ofthread-cutting cycles necessary ldquoin

order to make the cutting process

easier and less time-consumingrdquo The

third was figuring out how to fix the

insert to the turning tool on a

pipe-threading machine

With the help of Sandvik Coromant

engineers those challenges were

overcome

Vladimir Leshukov the local

representative for Sandvik Coromant in

Ekaterinburg recalls

ldquoWe worked closely with Yevgeny

Sergeevich liaising with Sandvik

Coromant engineers in Sweden to

come up with an insert that had

sufficient and smart geometry with a

stable accurate mounting in the

turning tool on the pipe-threading

machine and specific innovations such

as the special chip-forming geometry

behind the cutting teeth to ensure that

waste chip was removed without risk of

damaging the threads being cutrdquo

Slightly rounded edges for thecutting edges suggested by Anatoly

Khromov who works at Sandvik MKTS

in Moscow helped improve cutting

durability

ldquoEveryone in the cutting laboratory

gave some inputrdquo says Zyryanov

ldquoWersquove ended up with an insert that

does a necessary job and does it well

It is made with a high degree of

accuracy and it lasts twice as longrdquo

The key to successA hot pipe is shiftedinto position forcutting as it movesthrough theproduction process

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

The custom-ized inserts

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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THE GREEN

FEEDYARDIt is the true all-American tough-guy professionMetalworking World traveled to Hereford Texas

to meet the modern-day cowboy ndash and found atown working to make life a little greener

TEXT HENRIK EK PHOTO MARTIN ADOLFSSON

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METALWORKING WORLD

Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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Hereford Texas is the self-proclaimed beef

capital of the world The town is named for a famous

breed of beef cattle and it has around a million head of

cattle on feed That works out to 60 animals for each

resident

The town situated a few miles southwest of

Amarillo is part of the Great Plains The ground is at

as far as you can see and the presence of cattle is

unmistakable Endless elds are covered by them and

the smell is inescapable It also seems every man in

Hereford wears the famous Texas 10-gallon cowboy hat

with prideldquoThis isnrsquot a business itrsquos a way of liferdquo says cowboy

Rex Reynolds ldquoI couldnrsquot see myself doing anything

elserdquo

Fellow cowboy Rob Levnons agrees

ldquoI started when I was 6 years oldrdquo he says ldquoOur job

is to ride around and check on the animals The sick

ones are the ones moping around and being snotty We

take them to a special area where they are looked atrdquo

Reynolds and Levnons make their living riding

horseback on one of the nationrsquos largest feedyards the

Bar G which accommodates 130000 head of cattle I

owned by Hereford local Johnny Trotter who himselstarted out as a cowboy

ldquoItrsquos the only way the job can be donerdquo he says

ldquoEvery animal is looked in the eye every day Wersquove

25 cowboys give or take starting at 530 am riding

three horses a day going into all the 1200 pens looki

at all the animals Thatrsquos the kind of attention we give

them And if one is sick we take it aside and make it

feel better Itrsquos the cowboy wayrdquo

Trotter says some people have been trying to switc

from horses to vehicles of various kinds for years

ldquoThis isnrsquot a businessitrsquos a way of life Icouldnrsquot see myselfdoing anything elserdquo

Bob Josserand feedardowner and the mayor ofHereford

Wet distillgrain is abyproductof ethanol

productio

Modern cowboyson their daily rideto check on theanimals CiroFraire (eft) and

Ramon Tovar

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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28 METALWORKING WORLD

ldquoBut it wonrsquot workrdquo he says

The cowboys here in Hereford are dressed just as

yoursquod expect ndash in jeans boots and the ubiquitous

10-gallon hat But despite the appearance of an ordinary

Texas town things are not ordinary in Hereford

You wonrsquot nd wildcat oil drillers here running

roughshod over the environment In fact itrsquos not even a

stretch to say the town is in the vanguard on greenissues

ldquoBut then again we never had oil hererdquo says Sheila

Quirk who heads the city-funded Hereford Economic

Development Corporation by way of explaining the

townrsquos green predilections

THE TOWN RECENTLY invited two ethanol plants into the

community The rst owned by White Energy is

already fully operational and ts nicely into the master

plan of a green alliance between the farmers and the

ethanol industry The second being built by Panda

Energy International is on hold because of the current

recession

In Johnny Trotterrsquos feedyard the cattle are fed a diet

that includes about 10 percent of what is called wet

distillers grain ndash a byproduct of ethanol production

ldquoWersquove been on the ethanol byproduct for two years

nowrdquo Trotter says ldquoWersquore probably one of the biggest

consumers of wet distillers grain in the country and itrsquos

a consistent productrdquoIt also happens to be perfect for cattle feeding

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us to compete with the

northern states that have got a lot of cornrdquo says Bob

Josserand another local feedyard owner and the mayor

of Hereford ldquoIf we hadnrsquot had the ethanol plant and the

wet distillers grain we probably would have seen the

loss of some cattle feeding to the northern yardsrdquo

JOSSERAND SAYS THE area around Hereford is well

suited to the beef industry in many ways The

temperature is good and the lack of moisture is

benecial

ldquoThe more mud and water the animals stumblearound in the more energy they use and more muscle

they buildrdquo Josserand explains ldquoThe market wants

lsquofattyrsquo cows that simply eat and build up fatty body m

without burning any of it A wet farm is therefore a ba

farmrdquo

Also a main freight railway that runs from Chicago

Los Angeles passes through here But having a main

source of feed produced nearby is a huge step toward

more efcient business

ldquoThe ethanol plant allows us tocompete with the northern statesthat have got a lot of cornrdquo

Feedard owner Johnn Trotter

Sheila Quirk headof the Hereford EconomiDevelopment Corpora-tion

With some 1 miion

cattle on feed HerefordTexas is the self-proclaimed beef capitalof the world

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White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

White Energy has been running the first

ethanol plant in Hereford Texas since

2007 The company has said it located

the plant in Hereford because the area is

a stronghold for the cattle industry

ldquoWe have an economic advantage inproduction here because we are able to

market all of the co-products at 35

percent dry matter and not incur the

energy costs associated with drying the

wet grains to 90 percent dry matterrdquo

says Dane Noyce who markets the

co-products for White Energyrsquos Hereford

location ldquoMost ethanol plants are forced

to dry their co-products to lessen the

cost of freight to end usersrdquo

In simple terms the ethanol

production process starts with corn going

through a hammer mill It then enters the

liquefaction process where water and

heat are added and the resulting mixture

is fermented a process that takes about

56 hours After fermentation a solution

that contains about 15 percent alcohol is

transferred to the beer well and from

there to distillation where it is heated to

158 degrees Fahrenheit the tempera-

ture at which alcohol becomes gas The

alcohol is then cooled to a liquid state

and sieves are used to separate any

remaining water from the liquid After

distillation the remaining mash is

processed in centrifuges where the wet

distillers grain is separated from the

liquid fraction Noyce explains that in

the Hereford area both feedyards and

dairies use wet distillers grains in theircattle rations so the company sells a

majority of this product within a 75-mile

radius of the town

White Energy has no plans to burn

manure to fuel its plant as Panda Energy

International its competition in the area

plans to do when its plant is complete

Noyce says ldquoItrsquos not a proven theoryrdquo he

says ldquobut yoursquove got to appreciate the

ideardquo He suggests that making use of

the methane gas might be a better

concept Methane has the attention of

environmentalists and reducing the

volume in livestock production would

be perceived as beneficial

ldquoIf we could someday develop a closed

system with a feedyard an ethanol plant

and a methane digester well that would

make a lot of senserdquo Noyce says

Donrsquot be surprised if you see a new

groundbreaking solution here in

Hereford first

One step better

NO MATTER HOW GREEN the initiatives in Hereford may

sound people in the beef business do want to make a

prot The beef business like many others has soured

in the past few years Josserand says the main issue is

that people donrsquot seem to spend money on prime cuts of

beef anymore The high-priced steaks sold to steak

houses and ne restaurants are less in demand today So

in order to keep this agriculture-dependent community

in blossom smarter practices are needed such as fueling

an ethanol plant with manurePanda Energy International in its yet-to-be-completed

ethanol production facility plans to burn manure to fuel

its plant Construction is currently on hold as the banks

pulled their support during the recession but the idea

lives on

ldquoManure is a problem since we have such a concen-

tration of cattlerdquo says Josserand who estimates he

spends from $300000 to $500000 annually to collect

and ship manure to become fertilizer ldquoWe calculated it

would reduce our cost to $50000 if Panda were to

take it insteadrdquo

Corn becomes ethanol a clean energy source and

its byproduct becomes feed for the local beef industry

which in turn produces manure to then fuel the plant ndash thatrsquos a complete ecosystem for you

ldquoYes wersquore doing our partrdquo says Trotter adding that

his industry isnrsquot given the credit it deserves ldquoSince the

cattle industry is so independent wersquore scrutinized by

the government and so we are kind of just being quiet

and accepting the blame for being a burden to the

environment But I think the story needs to be toldrdquo

NOW THE BEEF INDUSTRY in Hereford is being joined by

a huge inux of dairy farms And as the cattle popula-

tion grows the town must continue to strive forever-greener solutions

ldquoMore stringent environmental rulings are comingrdquo

says Trotter ldquoBut we just have to learn to live with itrdquo

Sheila Quirk already has a new project planned wind

turbines

ldquoWersquore working very aggressively to get wind

turbines and transmission linesrdquo she says ldquoWersquore trying

to become more independent from gas and oil We have

class-four winds right here which is goodrdquo

Dane Noyce marketsthe co-products forethanol producerWhite EnergrsquosHereford location

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

30 METALWORKING WORLD

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THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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SUMMARYThread whirling is an important milling

operation that ensures high-qualitymanufacturing of bone screws for medical

applications The thread whirling solution

offered by Sandvik Coromant enables

medical component manufacturers to

make bone screws in a single-pass milling

operation while improving overall

component quality and productivity

SOLUTION Provide continual

innovation with machining solutions

and new grades

CHALLENGE To increase quality and

productivity in the manufacture of

medical components

Small improvements make a big difference

one back-turning operation for a dental scr

a change in insert grade resulted in signific

savings

MATERIAL 316 LVM CMC 0511

COOLANT Oil

INSERT MABR 3010 MABR 30

GRADE 1025 1105

CUTTING SPEED 233 ftmin 371 ftm

FEED 0001 inrev 0001 in

TOOL LIFE 150 pcs 1700

SAVINGS $1900

CASE STUDY

Thread whirling makeshigh-quality medical

parts more productiveOf all the precision machining challenges

making medical components represents

the pinnacle of the art Today Sandvik

Coromant offers impressive tooling solu-

tions that are essential to medical component

manufacturing

The companyrsquos thread whirling solution is

one of them offering a complete solution for

bone screws One benet of this solution is

that it is a single-pass milling operation thus

offering signicant productivity improve-

ments while enhancing overall qualityA thread whirling tool is basically a ring

with inserts mounted on the inner diameter A

machine-mounted attachment carries the tool

and rotates it at a high speed relative to the

slower rotating workpiece The ring is

positioned slightly off center from the part so

that a single insert engages the work per

rotation The thread angle of inclination is set

by the angle of the cutter ring to the

workpiece The thread prole is determined

by the design of the insert

The thread whirling process enables bone

screws to be produced in a huge variety of

lengths and diameters This is advantageousto bone screw manufacturers which

typically must develop custom threads to

accommodate human bone requirements

Human bone has a hard outer shell and a

softer sponge-like core Bone screws need to

be hard enough and sharp enough to

penetrate the outer shell but their thread

form must be able to resist pulling out the

bonersquos softer core

Thread whirling is an efcient productive

technique that produces high-quality threads

Common materials used are 316 LVN

stainless steel and titanium None of these

are straightforward to cut because of the

bone screwsrsquo prole which requires sharp

angles long thread lengths and large

differences between the root and head

diameters The thread whirling capability

offered by Sandvik Coromant is comple-mented by insert grade enhancements

This latest development is backed by a

deep knowledge of biomaterial manufactur-

ing and its machining requirements through

working with Sandvik Bioline and related

specialists in the medical components

industry Consequently Sandvik Coromant

has a specic program of development for

this sector that encompasses all of its

small-part manufacturing requirements

The extension of the 1105 for CoroCt XS is

suitable for smaller diameters (0039ndash0393inch) as required by bone screws and medicalimpants For one cstomer se of this insertgrade increased productivity by 59 percent

Thread whirlingwith insertsattached

TECHNOLOGYTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

THE SPEEDYTREATMENTGOumlTTINGEN GERMANY In early 2009 German manufacturerMayer Feintechnik installed a new multi-task machine Now thehuge investment has paid off with doubled productivity ldquoAutomation is the only way to survive global competition and tocontinue to growrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank Neuschulz szlig

ProductionmanagerKarl-RichardCurdt works onthe newmulti-taskmachine

TEXTTOMAS LUNDIN PHOTO BERNHARD CLASSEN

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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32 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig Achim Ludewig is German manufac-

turer Mayer Feintechnikrsquos best turner The

spiky-haired veteran works at the far end of

the factory with the new Mori Seiki NT 4250

multi-task machine

The machine installed in early 2009

integrates turning and milling without having

to set up the workpiece ldquoItrsquos a challengerdquo

Ludewig says with a cheeky smile as he patsthe machine ldquoThere are a thousand and one

ways to program it Sometimes I think of a

solution at home in the bathroom while Irsquom in

the middle of shavingrdquo

ldquoThe machine is worth every single euro we

paid for itrdquo says CEO and part-owner Frank

Neuschulz ldquoBut you have to have employees

like Achim Ludewig who like to solve

problems and are interested in it and who are

also doing extra training alongside their

normal work hours

ldquoYou also need a partner who helps to get it

right from the start so that you avoid having to

improvise and make improvements after-

wardrdquo he says

MAYER FEINTECHNIK IS a manufacturing

company with 45 employees situated in

Goumlttingen Germany It was founded in 1951 by Willy Mayer who in the early years

manufactured interior ttings for model trains

Almost a third of its sales today come from

medical technology an industry that in

Germany alone has revenues of $25 billion

The rest is divided between the areas of

laser technology measurement technology

and instruments for the optical industry

Practically all its customers are among the top

ve world leaders in their markets

ldquoThey are discriminating customers who

demand high quality great exibility and th

ability to develop at the same rate they do

themselvesrdquo says Neuschulz In 2004 he to

on a 50 percent share in Mayer FeintechnikThe company was then already out in fro

When Mayer Feintechnik introduced Japan

CNC machines in the 1970s many compet

tors hadnrsquot yet discovered the potential of

CNC technology Since Neuschulz came in

the company the rate of modernization has

been further increased by annual investmen

of around $14 million The goal is to reduc

the cost of staff from 35 percent of sales to

percent In the next stage a seven-day week

Maer Feintech-

nikrsquos atestinvestment is aMori Seiki NT4250 multi-taskmachine

The new machinehas reducedproduction timeby around 50percent

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

The challenge To halve manufac-

turing and setup times raise

quality and build more flexibility

into production

The solution Invest in an

integrated turning and milling

machine NT 4250 DCG1500 SZ

from Japanese manufacturer Mori

Seiki equipped with the tool holder

system Coromant Capto

Mayer Feintechnik makes

precision instruments specializing

in parts for the medical technologyindustry and for companies in

measurement and laser technol-

ogy Instruments include a fixed

angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges with extremely high

demands on roundness Centri-

fuges today can reach speeds of up

to 25000 revolutions per minute

But the trend is for speeds of

closer to 100000 rpm

Suppliers who want to

compete in this market

have to invest in new

machines

The machine that

Mayer Feintechnik

purchased in March

2009 is an integrated

horizontal milling

center with speeds of

up to 12000 rpm and

a turning center with4000 rpm It is fed by

a portal robot and a rod loader and

stands on a special base that

prevents vibrations from disturbing

the sensitive measurement

instrument

It can machine workpieces with

diameters of up to 315 inches and

lengths of up to 59 inches

According to Mayer

Feintechnikrsquos CEO

and part-owner

Frank Neuschulz

the reason Mayer

Feintechnik chose

Coromant Capto is

that it is one of the

only modular tooling

systems that can be

used for both

turning and milling

tasks with aprecision of 0002

millimeters (0000079 inch)

Preparation for the investment

was undertaken at machine and

tool distributor PWK Knoumlbberrsquos

training center in Kassel Germany

Machine operators and production

managers from Mayer Feintechnik

along with Sandvik Coromant and

PWK Knoumlbber ran through all the

tool and application possibilities

long before the machine was

delivered

ldquoThe advantage of this was that

Mayer Feintechnik never needed to

experiment but instead could get

started as soon as the machine

was in placerdquo explains Alexander

Duschek sales engineer for

Sandvik Coromant

Says Neuschulz ldquoMaking the

most of the multi-task machinealso requires stable high-perfor-

mance tools and here nothing

beats Sandvik Coromant which

has such a comprehensive range of

turning and milling tools Using

Sandvik Coromantrsquos high-pressure

coolant tools improved both the

volume of chips and the cutting

datardquo

ldquoNever needed to experimentrdquo

Alexander Duschek

sales engineer ofSandvik Coromant

will be introduced at the new machine

ldquoIn a downturn many companies try to

reduce their level of investmentrdquo says

Neuschulz ldquoFor us that is not an option A

crisis is an opportunity We continue to inv

and to raise productivity permanently At th

same time we are turning over every stone t

make us more productive and more exible

NEUSCHULZ SAYS HE DIDNrsquoT expect that the

economic crisis would be as deep as it has

been or the price war as brutal Instead of t

expected drop of 20 to 25 percent in sales

demand has dropped by about 50 percent

compared with the spring of 2009 At the

same time global price competition has

increased But Mayer Feintechnik has still

succeeded in gaining orders for new produc

by using new technology

ldquoWhen it comes to products we were

already manufacturing we have been able t

reduce manufacturing time with help from

likes of Sandvik Coromantrdquo he saysBut itrsquos been difcult Neuschulz says as

holds up a complex turned part made from

high alloy special steel ldquoThis pressure sens

is something we have been manufacturing

many yearsrdquo he explains ldquoOne day a

customer rang and said the price in the new

contract could only be half what it wasrdquo

szlig

Ruumldiger Volle(left) and AchimLudewig (right)machineoperatorschange a drillhead on the newmachine

TECHNICAL INSIGHTS

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

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36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

Page 34: Metal Working World 2010 #1

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34 METALWORKING WORLD

szlig

Mayer Feintechnik was founded in 1951 The

company has 45 employees and annual sales of

$61 million Precision parts for the medical

technology industry make up 30 percent of its sa

The rest is divided between laser technology

measurement technology and optical technology

MAYER FEINTECHNIK

Thanks to an investment in a machine with

three turrets and three machine shifts MayerFeintechnik was able to accept orders of 5000

units each year The company then succeeded

in reducing the production time from nine

minutes and 52 seconds to six minutes and 17

seconds

BUT THE COMPANYrsquoS latest investment is the

multi-task machine NT 4250 It was acquired

in September 2008 and delivered in March

2009 From the start it has exceeded all

expectations

ldquoOne of the critical reasons for the successrdquo

says production manager Karl-Richard Curdt

ldquowas that working with Sandvik Coromantand experts at the machine and tooling

distributor PWK Knoumlbber we made sure it

was right from the startrdquo

Neuschulz explains ldquoYou canrsquot buy a Porsche

and put rims on it that can only cope with going

100 kilometers [about 60 miles] an hour Thatrsquos

why we chose Coromant Capto It isnrsquot the

cheapest on the market but it is denitely one of

the very bestrdquo

One of Mayer Feintechnikrsquos most important

products is a xed-angle rotor for laboratory

centrifuges The rotor works with up to 25000revolutions per minute and is subjected to

enormous centrifugal forces Thus the part

must be perfectly counterbalanced a factor

that mainly depends on its roundness

With the old technology there were ve

work stages The workpiece needed to be

turned four times and drilled once Each time

it had to be set up again and moved between

different machines

THE TOLERANCE ACHIEVED of 2100ths of a

millimeter (00008 inch) was high but not

good enough for future challenges and the

customer had to counterbalance the rotor aftereach use

With the new hybrid machine everything

happens in a single process cutting

production and setup time in half Besides

the time savings however the tolerance can

now be reduced to less than 1100th of a

millimeter (00004) which will save the

customer a complete machining stage

ldquoAs well as the shorter manufacturing times

above all the machine has the ability to

improve qualityrdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIn thefuture we are planning to offer our custome

nished products with certicates of quality

The customer will no longer have to carry o

its own quality controls for the part and can

sell its nished product immediatelyrdquo

FLEXIBILITY IS ALSO CRITICAL ldquoThe big

manufacturers today are cutting back on the

number of subcontractors by up to 70 percen

and at the same time still making them

compete on pricerdquo Neuschulz says ldquoIt is ev

more important that every investment is

planned correctly No one can afford to inve

wrongly todayrdquoTorsten Neumann at tool distributor PWK

Knoumlbber agrees ldquoMany customers buy

expensive machines but they invest too littl

in preparationrdquo he says ldquoOthers use tools t

are less than optimal Then they complain

when the tools donrsquot work the way they

thought they would And then it is much mo

difcult to correct the faultsrdquo

ldquoIn the futurerdquo says Neuschulz ldquowe will

generate growth only if we have strong

partners and can carry out continuous

improvements For us Sandvik Coromant is

one of these strategic partnersrdquo

Frank NeschzCEO andpart-ownershows thefixed-angle rotorfor laboratorycentrifuges

Manufacturing of the fixed-angle rotor Withthe new multi-task machine the rotor can bemachined in one setup instead of five

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TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3640

36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3740

METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3840

EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3940

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 4040

Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

Page 35: Metal Working World 2010 #1

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3540

TECHNOLOGYTEXT TURKKA KULMALA

SUMMARYAchieving a good productivity rate is the

fundamental goal in titanium milling The

best productivity rates will be achieved by

first aiming at good process security and

reliability by means of advanced NC

programming and optimized tools

SOLUTION Make use of a proven

overall solution to achieve superior

security and reliability

CHALLENGE To improve the

productivity of titanium milling

An HSS tool was replaced by a CoroMill 690 cutter and an S30T carbide

insert grade

Cutting data Old solution New solution

Cutting speed 689 ftmin 148 ftmin

Feed 3 inmin 6 inmin

Metal removal 226 in3 903 in3

Productivity increased by 30 percent and annual savings amounted to almost

$23000

CASE TITANIUM CENTER HINGE

Cost-efficiencythrough securityThe superior strength-to-weight ratio of

titanium makes it a key structural material in

aircraft frames and increasingly also inlanding gears The share of titanium in the

weight of a typical commercial jet is

increasing and eet modernization pressures

are boosting long-term demand The key to

efcient titanium milling is productivity

But titanium does not allow secure

machining by frontal attack Its low thermal

conductivity along with a tendency to

chemically react with the tool material forces

the metal cutter to look for a back door

The rst priority is to establish security

and reliability cost-efciency will follow

High security can be achieved by a proven

solution including the machine processoptimized tools programming techniques

and cutting data

For the machine tool the crucial require-

ments are stability and sufcient power

output even at low rpms

A good titanium tool has an open sharp

geometry and high edge toughness The new

coated S30T and S40T insert grades from

Sandvik Coromant have a ne-grainedcemented carbide substrate with excellent hot

hardness Modern carbide solutions generally

outperform conventional HSS tooling

Involving NC programmers early on in the

design process supports security and

predictability goals avoiding unnecessary

entries and exits and working toward

continuous feed and radial engagement

Copious coolant supply is a standard

procedure in titanium milling and a

high-pressure system should be used to

improve productivity and tool life In

CoroMill 690 this is facilitated by threaded

holes for coolant nozzlesThe range of cutting data is very wide

Under difcult conditions cutting speed can

be as low as 82 to 98 feet per minute but in

optimal nishing conditions rates of 656 to

820 feet per minute can be achieved

CoroMill 690 is facilitated bythreaded holes for coolant nozzles

METALWORKING WORLD

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3640

36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3740

METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3840

EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3940

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 4040

Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

Page 36: Metal Working World 2010 #1

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3640

36 METALWORKING WORLD

OUTLOOK

Rocket sciencemade easySPACE INDUSTRY The

European space rocket series Ariane

5 is designed to deliver payloads of

satellites and other spaceships into

geostationary transfer orbit or low

earth orbit

However as with all components

for the space industry making pieces

for the rocket is a huge challenge for

any manufacturer

Serre a small company located in

the Rhocircne province in southernFrance had to face two problems

when manufacturing brackets for the

Ariane 5rsquos booster rockets First with

the difficulties inherent in working in

Inconel 718 (48 HRC) it couldnrsquot meet

the deadlines from SKF Aerospace

the supplier of products and solutions

for aerospace which manufactures

attachments assemblies for boosters

ldquoThe Sandvik Coromant team had a

look at the process and they

proposed that we use Sialon

technology for turning and milling the

componentrdquo says Director Alexandre

Serre

The new tools reduced the turning

cutting time fivefold and increased

productivity by 50 percent As for the

milling operation cycle time was

reduced by two-thirds

ldquoWe invested in a new milling

machine an OKK VMO distributed by

the company Halbronn The technicalcooperation helped us to decrease

downtime and make this project with

SKF more sustainable and it eased

the process significantly The solution

we worked on with Sandvik Coromant

is now used in applications for

customers other than SKFrdquo

The Ariane 5 rocket will be the

mainstay of French space rocket

manufacturer Arianespace through at

least 2015

1 Why is precision vital for bonescrews

ldquoBone screws need to have a perfect fit

as they are part of the mechanical

constructs used in surgical fracture

treatment Such mechanical constructs

may include plates and rods and the

screws are connected to these as well as

to the bonerdquo

2 What could happen if the bone

screw isnrsquot made with high precision

ldquoIt might be impossible for the orthopedic surgeon to achieve

adequate fracture fixation due to a poor fit between various

components such as plates and screws Also the fixation of the

screws in the bone tissue is dependent on exact definitionrdquo

3 How does a surgeon insert a bone screw

ldquoBone screws can be used in stabilizing a fractured bone The surgical

technique when putting screws in bone depends on the type of the

fracture that is being treated Understanding biomechanical as well

as biological principles is important for the successful healing of a

fracture that is surgically treated in this wayrdquo

3 QUESTIONS TO BJOumlRN RYDEVIKProfessor of orthopedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska

University Hospital in Gothenburg Sweden

Ariane 5taking offon a spacemission

Recently Sandvik Materials

Technology secured several ordersfor steam generator tubes that will

be used in nuclear power plants in

the United States and China

ldquoThese tubes are among the most

advanced we supplyrdquo says Cecilia

Haumlggloumlf marketing manager within

the Tube product area ldquoThe

demands are stringent both on

product quality and quality

assurance We have put a lot of

effort into leading the development

of the nondestructive examinatio

of the tubingrdquoIn addition to steam generator

tubes Sandvik Materials Techno

also produces zirconium-alloy

cladding tubes (zirconium is a m

specially developed for use in

nuclear fuel applications) strip

tube bar and welding products fo

number of key components

Read more about the rise of the

nuclear power industry on page 14

A boost for nuclear power

A R I A N E S P A C E

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3740

METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

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Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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METALWORKING WORLD

EVENTS Last fall Sandvik Coromant US

held a new kind of technology event at its

Productivity Center in Schaumburg IllinoisSome 175 people from the automotive

aerospace and power generation industries

attended the event which focused on

increasing productivity and learning about

new machining technologies

ldquoFor years to come technology will be the

key to manufacturersrsquo profitabilityrdquo says

Productivity Center manager Robert Page

Sandvik Coromant ran two sessions on

how to work smart One session was for new

cutting tool solutions for rotating products

and one was for turning

In another presentation Mike Lynch

president of CNC Concepts explained how touse improvement programs to get more out of

an investment

Page sees Smart Events taking place year

after year ldquoWe will of fer manufacturers a

resource for the latest technical solutions in

the metalcutting industryrdquo he says

Events such as the one in Schaumburg are

a way for the industry to share knowledge

Contact your local Sandvik Coromant

representative for information on events

close to you

Smart ambition

CCS faces some challengesThe cost of the captureprocess is high the safety ofstorage must be proven andthe capacity ensured andsome regulations must be

put in place

About a third of all carbon

dioxide emissions derivefrom the fossil fuels used togenerate electricity Carboncapture and storage (CCS) isa new technology to preventthese emissions fromentering the atmosphere

Thus far undergroundgeological formations arebeing used to store the CO

2

ndash depleted oil and gas fieldscoal reservoirs and aquifersin saline formationsCCS is already used in

several commercial projectsin the oil and gas andchemical industries Manypilot projects are in place inpower plants and plans areunder way to launch CCS intofull use by 2020

RampDCO2capture and storage is a blanket

term for various methods of capturingCO2 and preventing it from entering theatmosphere

Capturing CO2

A SmartEvent is anew way toshareknowledge

K J E L L E R I K S S O N

One storage option is to storethe CO2 in the oceans but

this presents various issuesboth scientific and legal

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3840

EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 4040

Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

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EFFICIENCYTAKES OFFTo manufacture the components ofan airplane frame efficiently youneed both the right programmingtechniques and optimized tools that

can handle the challengingdemands Here are eight examplesof tools that give you the bestresults for structural components inan airplane body

CoroTurn SL and Silent Tools

PRODUCTIVE AND SILENTManufacturing of landing gear components needs productive and

flexible solutions Silent Tools boring bar products are designed to

prevent vibrations Combined with CoroTurn SL cutting heads Silent

Tools products can be used in a broad range of applications including

the use of high-pressure coolant for internal machining The result ca

be measured in performance and process stability

THE SOLUTIONTEXT JOHAN ANDERSSON ILLUSTRATION KJELL ERIKSSON

CoroMill Plura

THE END OF SLOW RATESThe vertical tail in composite materials offers great

challenges regarding edging CoroMill Plura

endmills in PCD (vein and brazed) and diamond-

coated carbide cutters can be engineered to suit

most applications reducing splintering of fibers and

increasing metal removal rates

M A I N

F I T

S L A T

T R A C

K

The slat track a component on the leadin

mechanism is normally made of high-allo

and stainless materials CoroMill 345 wit

eight-edged insert supplies coolant to ea

insert pocket which ensures good chip

evacuation for the best performance whe

machining demanding materials

V E R T

I C A L

T A I L

CoroMill 345COST983085EFFICIENT AND HIGPERFORMING

38 METALWORKING WORLD

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 3940

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 4040

Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

Page 39: Metal Working World 2010 #1

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8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 4040

Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us

Page 40: Metal Working World 2010 #1

8122019 Metal Working World 2010 1

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmetal-working-world-2010-1 4040

Think smart | Work smart | Earn smart

When it comes to finding smart tooling solutions therersquos no subst

tute for world-leading expertise The yellow coat is your guarantee

that yoursquoll get both the worldrsquos finest tools and the know-how to

make the most of them

With thousands of proven milling solutions we have the experienc

to help you cut cost per part produced increase machine utilizatio

and improve product quality in everything from helical interpolation

to plunge milling to roll-in-roll-out methods

Sound interesting Visit our website at sandvikcoromantcomus

or get in touch with someone in a yellow coat at 1ndash800ndashSANDVIK

Our tools come with anextra feature us