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Technology & Innovation
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BEYOND SURFACES
Spring
16
T
he manufacture of durable, low-noise and highly efficient gears, such
as for transmission applications, is associated with enormous quality
demands and a correspondingly high production effort. Industrial com-
petition therefore demands both the shortest possible production times and
low production costs. Actual gear cutting costs, which at about 30 percent
(after machine set-up, cooling and manufacture) represent the biggest cost
factor in production, can be most effectively reduced through higher cutting
speeds.
Broadened
horizons
for
gear cutting
High-speed gear cutting with BALINIT ALTENSA
The development of tailored tool coatings plays an
especially key role in increasing cutting speeds, rais-
ing productivity and lowering costs for demanding
gear-cutting processes. The amazing performance
dimensions that can now be achieved are demon-
strated in customer tests of Oerlikon Balzers’
BALINIT ALTENSA.