moulding applications in the medical industry and packaging industries (especially for screw cap and PET bottle manufacturing), as well as for all of the moving and sliding parts of injection moulding tools
The highly successful and respected company, which has a workforce of around 100, provides a full range of services for press tooling, ranging from consulting to logistics and surface settings through
(°C) Colour M.CRN Minting dies, forming and plastic processing tools for mirror-polished surfaces CrN Monolayer 2300 ± 200 700 Silver Grey M.ALTIN Turning, minting dies AlTiN Monolayer 3200 ± 300 900
Macom Instrumental Cirúrgico, one of Brazil’s leading manufacturers of surgical tools, faced a persistent challenge: tissue adhesion during coagulation (sealing of small blood vessels) with bipolar forceps
Hammarlund‘s perfectionism soon drove him to design tools and machines precise enough to meet his sophisticated demands – accurate to 1/100 mm.
These ions are attracted to the substrate to be coated (this can be a component or a tool) by the application of an electrical voltage.
“This approach to collaboration is a hallmark of our team’s approach to R&D,” says Henry Guo, Head of Tools at Oerlikon Balzers China.
This saves manufacturers and suppliers time and expense in the testing and validation phase, because expensive tooling is only needed for series production.
The acquisition will also deepen access in new end markets such as aerospace, defense, power generation, oil & gas, and accelerates growth outside the traditional precision tooling and automotive sectors
Or they extend the service life of turbines or industrial tools, meaning these can be employed more efficiently and resources are conserved.
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