Ugitech at wire 2018
Excellent machinability despite high cutting speeds
The performance of today's CNC machines can hardly be compared to the models in standard use ten years ago. Yet as cutting speeds are stepped up, the demands placed on the material also increase, more precisely, on steel. This is where Ugitech, a company of the SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH Group, comes into the picture. The steel grades produced by the French company Ugitech reveal their strengths best under high loads. Experts at wire 2018 at stand A71 in hall 13 explain which technologies and measures Ugitech uses to guarantee this level of performance.
One focus at wire in the stainless steel segment will be on the development of the New Generation of UGIMA®. The machinability of this special steel is excellent, a quality that Ugitech has engineered to meet the requirements of state-of-the-art CNC machines. It is at high cutting speeds that the benefits of uniformly reproducible inclusions in the steel are apparent since tool wear is extremely low. Moreover, the material is also used to produce stainless bar steel with a high degree of straightness. The Next Generation of UGIMA® steels will beavailable as turned and drawn steel bar.
Presentation of the new UGIMA®-X series
The basis for the excellent quality of machined Ugitech steel grades are UGIMA® oxides which are induced in the material as minute particles that deform at high temperatures. The Ugitech smelting plant has developed a special process that guarantees better reproducibility of the composition of oxides. This new process will also be showcased at wire. Ugitech, a subsidiary of the SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH Group sellsthese steels under the product name UGIMA®-X. In order to be able to machine steel at high speed and optimally utilize the advantages of UGIMA®-X oxides, Ugitech also will provide very straight rods under the label UGIMA®-XD.
Ugitech looks deep inside steel grades
Ugitech will also explain their latest analysis method that uses transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In TEM, an electron beam is directed through a (usually ultra-thin) specimen of a given grade of steel. Ugitech is one of the few producers of stainless steel long products to use TEM to analyze the microstructure of materials in the sub-micron range. The specimen is generally less than 100 nanometers thick. Transmission electron microscopes reveal particles and structures that are a thousand times smaller than an object viewed under a light-optical microscope. Ugitech uses the new system for research work as well as for expert studies.
At the stand Ugitech will also explain the functioning of their new 3-point press. The press is an automatic mechanism that takes up one bar and then scans it in three dimensions. Using this process, Ugitech can identify accurate to the millimeter precisely what points of the bar are not perfectly straight. If any deviations in straightness are detected, the system analyzes at which three points on the bar pressure needs to be applied to perfect its straightness.
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Photo 1: Precision part, source: Ugitech
Photo2:Transmissionelectron microscope, source: Ugitech
Picture caption 1: The New Generation of UGIMA® is the solution for the increasing technical demands for high-speed machining on state-of-the-art CNC machines.
Picture caption2:Ugitech is one of the few producers of stainless steel long products to use transmission electron microscopy to analyze the microstructure of special steel.
About Ugitech S.A.
Ugitech, a company of the SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH Group, is one of the leading manufacturers of stainless steel long products worldwide. The company's main products include billets, bar stock, wire rod, drawn wire that the company produces in its own steel mill and in its rolling mills and wire-drawing plants. The stainless steels are known for their excellent mechanical properties. They are used to manufacture a wide range of parts, such as e.g. valves, turbine components, welding wire or surgical instruments. With over 100 years of experience in steel production and ongoing metallurgical research, the company guarantees optimum steel solutions for demanding applications for its customers in the automotive, construction, process and aviation industries and medical technology.
About SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH
The SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH Group is one of the world’s leading providers of individual solutions in the special long steel products sector. The group is among the leading manufacturers of tool steel and non-corrosive long steel on the global market and one of the two largest companies in Europe for alloyed and high-alloyed engineering steel. With over 10,000 employees and its own production and distribution companies in over 30 countries on five continents, the company guarantees its customers global support and supply and offers a complete production and sales and services portfolio at locations worldwide. Customers benefit from the company's technological expertise, consistently high product quality and detailed knowledge of local markets.
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