Feintool R&D premieres new environmentally compatible chlorine-free
fineblanking oils
As the global technology leader in fineblanking and forming, Feintool
traditionally carries out its research in conjunction with leading
international universities. This year's Feintool university
colloquium once again yielded rapidly implementable customer
benefits, most notably in the form of new, environmentally compatible
chlorine-free lubricants.
Feintool's success as the technology leader in fineblanking and
forming derives firstly from the pioneering spirit of company founder
Fritz Boesch and secondly from the research and development
collaboration with specialist departments at universities in
Switzerland, Germany, China and the United States. This collaboration
is not just restricted to basic research but extends to applied R&D
covering the entire process chain. By bringing together specialist
skills and focusing on customer-oriented solutions, the aim is to
retain the leading position of this globally used technology process.
New applications and technologically perfected and cost-optimized
fineblanking and forming processes that open up new markets for
Feintool's technology and press customers while at the same time
encouraging an environmentally aware use of resources serve as both
an objective and an incentive.
Theory and practice provide rapidly implementable customer benefits
Working with its partners in academia, Feintool is using theory and
practice - in other words science coupled with top-notch technical
and manufacturing performance - to further expand its competitive
lead for the years ahead and provide comprehensive support for its
customers. Results are presented and new goals agreed at the
university colloquia that Feintool regularly organizes with its
international university partners.
Feintool university colloquium 2007 in Munich
This year's colloquium, attended by the Chairman of the Feintool
Board of Directors and Group management, took place at utg, the
Technical University of Munich's Institute of Metal Forming and
Casting. Prof. Hartmut Hoffmann, the Institute's head, and Professors
Fritz Klocke of RWTH Aachen, Pavel Hora from ETH Zurich, Xueyu Ruan
of SRI University Shanghai und Robert H. Wagoner from Ohio State
University Cincinnati presented the results of their work. As project
manager, the Feintool Group's Chief Technology Officer, Arthur
Locher, is responsible for ensuring that Feintool's operational
divisions can successfully use these results in the market place in
consultation with key account customers and without infringing the
universities' intellectual property rights.
Feintool premieres new environmentally compatible chlorine-free
fineblanking oils
In an interdisciplinary consortium with reputable partners from the
petroleum industry such as WISURA and coating experts such as
Oerlikon Balzers, Feintool has developed and tested forward-looking
chlorine-free fineblanking oils at the machine tools laboratory at
RWTH Aachen. By adopting innovative approaches it has been possible
to overcome earlier setbacks to develop fully fledged solutions that
have yielded positive results in real-life testing with a large
number of customers. The advantages offered by the new products cover
the entire process, making them more cost-efficient,
quality-enhancing and, above all, environmentally compatible. An
improvement in the performance of selected tools in the production
environment goes hand-in-hand with a reduction in oil consumption.
Series-production parts and the systems on which they are
manufactured are automatically protected against corrosion. The need
for expensive part cleaning and anti-corrosion treatment is
eliminated along with the costs of disposing of chlorine-contaminated
scrap metal. Moreover, the new fineblanking oils represent a
significant step forward for employee health and environmental
compatibility overall. This is Feintool's good news for its customers
- news that is entirely in keeping with last year's environmental
certification at the Group's Lyss headquarters in Switzerland.
For further information, please contact:
Arthur Locher, Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Rolf-A. Schmidt, Head of Technology Services
Phone +41 (0)32 387 51 11
Feintool is a leading technology and systems provider in
fineblanking/forming and assembly automation. It is also a global
supplier of metal and plastic components.
Feintool operates throughout the world at the company's own
facilities in Switzerland (head office in Lyss), Germany, France,
Italy, Great Britain, the United States, Japan, China and Thailand,
where around 1800 employees are committed to customer satisfaction.
Feintool International Holding
Industriering 8, CH-3250 Lyss
Phone +41 (0)32 387 51 11
Fax +41 (0)32 387 57 81
feintool-fim@feintool.com
www.feintool.com
Head of Corporate Communications
Urs Feitknecht
Phone +41 (0)32 387 51 63
Fax +41 (0)32 387 54 16
Mobile 079 204 41 13
urs.feitknecht@feintool.com
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