satisfy the customer’s requirements based on a rolling fore- cast. Ceratizit maintains its own logistics centers in Kempten, Germany, and through its US subsidiary in Warren, MI. “It was also considered a positive fact that we were able to organize the regrinding of the tools in the US through our California affiliate, Promax Tools,” said Ceratizit’s Uttenthaler. According to Weingärtner, another advantage and evidence of the com- mitment of everybody involved was that the American Ceratizit employee responsible for the project spent two weeks in Kirchham at Weingärtner’s headquarters in order to become acquainted with the component, the tools that are used, and the machin- ing parameters.
“What we have achieved here is the
result of a great team performance,” said Uttenthaler, “emphasizing how closely both parties, Weingärtner and Ceratizit, worked together. “The task was extremely demanding considering the tight timeframe we had been given, said Pommer. “We broke it down into individual work packages and planned and worked through each, step by step. Creativity backed up by engineering was vital.” In Pommer’s opin- ion, Ceratizit’s Hofegger was one of the key players in the project thanks to his excellent technical advice. Both sides are proud of the fact that the result ultimately has even exceeded expectations. The overall machining time for the large shaft including tool changes is only around 130 hours. Originally the goal was to reduce the machining costs by half. In fact, they were reduced by two thirds. According to Dominik Weingärtner,
vice president of the family-owned company, both Austrian companies with an extremely high share of exports, were able to demonstrate how work- ing together they are strong partners for demanding customers around the
world. “Culturally speaking, it makes things easier when two Austrians communicate with each other. We can really be proud of the technology that comes from our region and it’s Continued on P72
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