MMC Hardmetal India

MMC Hardmetal India launched all the new products that Mitsubishi Japan launched at an event two months ago. All the latest innovations by Mitsubishi are in line with the demand by industry to improve cutting efficiency and reduce machining costs. Due to strict environmental policies and increase the resilience of the product, work materials are changing. High temperature alloys, high strength materials or composite materials are on demand.

To cope up with these changes, MMC Japan is investing heavily in R&D to launch new grades, geometries or coating technologies. “We launched new shoulder end mills with tangential inserts named VPX series. We also introduced a revolutionary grooving and cutting off system, GW series. Besides this, we expanded our range of heads for the iMX exchangeable head end-mill series. This is a revolutionary end-mill system which provides excellent economy and promises high efficiency and precision. This product is also powered by innovative coating technology called “Smart Miracle” to enhance both smoothness & sharpness of the cutting edge for a longer tool life,” says Sardeshmukh.

With Mitsubishi’s core strengths in developing varieties of cutting tool materials and coatings, opportunities are plenty. Application oriented tungsten carbide grades & specialised tool materials like cermet with a hardened surface layer obtained by a special sintering process or CBN with “Particle Activated Sintering” are developed for achieving longer tool life.

The advancements are powered by smart manufacturing, robotics, embedded intelligence and IoT, leading to end-users efficiency improvement, cost benefits and reduced human exertion.