Question to the tool manufacturer

It must be remembered that Japanese products are highly regarded in the world with excellent processing machinery and cutting tools. Japan's tool industry is now in the midst of a vibrant global manufacturing industry and an expanding overseas market. In 2007, the production of mechanical tools slightly exceeded the previous year. The relationship between supply and demand remains at a high level.

However, the prospects are by no means smooth sailing. In recent years, in order to improve international competitiveness, it has become very important for user companies to develop product strategies that are more advantageous, stand out, and unique in design, function and quality. To this end, the tool is also required to adapt to these needs. Not only high-speed, high-precision machining is required to improve production efficiency and quality, reduce processing costs, but also to adapt to increasingly diverse and complex workpiece materials and shapes, to adapt to multi-functionality, to have a love for the environment, etc. Take on a more important role.

At the same time, it is worrying that the price of rare metals as raw materials for cutting tools is high, which has led to an increase in the cost of manufacturing tools. The author tracked the recent situation of the tool industry, which faced sluggish demand and severe market conditions.

"Thousands of connections"

In the cutting process, the machine tool and the tool have always been said to be the relationship between the body and the wheel of the car. Developed epoch-making tool materials to improve cutting performance, and the machine will increase its rigidity and control level in order to fully utilize the tool performance. In this way, the two promote each other and achieve a higher level of cutting. For example, from the early days, carbon tool steel was born in 1740, and a horizontal boring machine was invented more than 30 years later, so that the steam engine cylinder of Watt was made possible; in 1868, with high-speed steel, the car was soon invented. Machines for processing gears on automobiles have been invented, and automobile manufacturing has begun to run to mass production. It is the high-speed tooling material of high-speed steel that promotes the evolution of machines. Later, ceramic materials were invented in 1914, superhard alloy steel was invented in 1926, and EDM machines were invented 20 years later. Metallic ceramics appeared in 1956, and cubic boron nitride (CBN) was synthesized in 1957, after which a machining center appeared. A diamond sintered body was developed in 1974, and an ultra-precision machining machine using a diamond sintered body tool was developed.

If you want to say that this is an accidental phenomenon, it is difficult to explain. Once a tool with superior performance is developed, a machine tool that can fully utilize its functions will appear. And the tool has moved into the development of new materials with better performance - looking at the history of the invention of tools and machine tools, can not help but think so.

This raises the question: Does today's machine tools have unreservedly used the full performance of the tool? And has the tool already made the inherent features of the machine to the fullest?

To this end, we have raised nine common problems with some major tool manufacturers. One of them is "has the tool already used the style and performance of the machine?" and "has the machine fully utilized the full performance of the tool?"

As a result, the tool manufacturer replied "yes" almost half. Should it be understood that half of the responding companies are satisfied with the existing tool performance; or should they be seen as half of the manufacturers who feel unsatisfied?

Runners who continue to run

Next, the question related to this is “Do you continue to pay research and development expenses as it is?” The company that answered “No” was more than double the company that answered “Yes”. This can be understood as the fact that many companies value research and development, and are more committed to the performance of research and development than before. However, its content and initiatives are varied, from enriching research and development facilities, cultivating talented people to pursuing multiplier effects by working with other companies. In the highly competitive tool industry, a halt to the escape means to escape from the competition. Because of this, it can be seen that many companies invest 4% to 6% of their annual sales in research and development.

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