The WPC-Change is an indexable insert drill, which ensures that high-quality machining doesn’t have to come at a high price

Sheffield-based Ceratizit UK & Ireland Ltd will once again be at MACH 2024 (Hall 19, Stand 340), taking place 15-19 April, where the tooling specialist promises to showcase the very latest in cutting tools and cutting tool technology.

Ceratizit has a reputation in the industry for its ground-breaking technological advancements and for top quality high-performance tooling. A reflection of the company’s standing is the fact that it has an ever-growing catalogue with brand new tooling developments added each year. With a large display encompassing hundreds of cutting tools and workholdings, the Ceratizit stand will be a major draw at the show. Furthermore, the stand will be manned by more than 40 engineers to ensure that anyone wanting to enquire about working with Ceratizit or who wants to discuss a particular tooling challenge, will get the chance to have a useful conversation.

Taking centre stage on Ceratizit‘s stand at MACH 2024 will be the WPC-Change, the HyPower, and the MonoThread. The WPC-Change is an indexable insert drill, which ensures that high-quality machining doesn’t have to come at a high price. Furthermore, the WPC-Change and Change UNI combine the well-known advantages of Ceratizit’s WPC high-performance drills with the flexibility of an exchange system, allowing for quicker changeovers and reduced material usage.

While being an affordable machining solution, the WPC-Change system is also highly accurate, producing precise holes with diameters ranging between 14 to 30mm and hole depths of 3xD and 5xD on all machines. Their wear-resistant holder makes them durable and ideal for repeated machine use. With the exception of the solid carbide indexable insert, the WPC-Change drills are made from completely re-usable materials, offering a low-waste and sustainable drilling solution. Specialised for steel and casting materials, the WPC-Change universal drilling system will prove to be efficient in any machine.

Meanwhile, Ceratizit’s expansion of its HyPower hydraulic chucks range means that even the most difficult machining requirements can be easily met. For rough and demanding machining operations, the HyPower Rough is tough enough to take on any challenge, and for optimum accessibility in the machining zone, the HyPower Access 4.5deg offers itself as a highly flexible adapter for machining contoured components. The chucks come in 16 and 20mm diameters for a 32mm cylinder diameter as well as in variations of 16, 20 and 25mm for a 40mm cylinder diameter, which will all be on display at the exhibition.

On the thread milling side of cutting tool innovation is the MonoThread, a champion of Ceratizit’s performance line. Delivering an improvement on performance of 20%, this thread-milling cutter upgrade is ideal for all standardised thread profiles with all tolerances and especially for asymmetrical, thin-walled, large or very expensive workpieces.

The solid carbide shank thread milling cutters can be used to machine any materials, including high-strength and tempered steels, meaning that its performance is guaranteed even in tough machine conditions. For customers looking for a thread milling cutter which will deliver unbeatable performance, Ceratizit will be highlighting different sizes and variations of the MonoThread on the stand.