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Ceratizit UK & Ireland stand at MACH 2026 was a hive of activity from the moment the doors opened until the final visitors left this year.
Located near the entrance to Hall 19, the cutting tool company recorded its highest number of stand visitors since records began.
As a world-leading innovator, there was an incredibly diverse portfolio presentation that spanned the latest milling, turning, drilling, threading and tool management solutions – all supported by the UK Technical Centre that showcased a selection of its ‘Made in Sheffield’ workholding and fixturing technology.
Highlighting an impressive range of solid carbide end mills and indexable insert face milling systems designed to tackle the most demanding machining applications across all industry sectors, a key highlight was the MonsterMill ISO-S series. With the global challenge of record-high carbide pricing impacting the industry, manufacturers visited the Ceratizit stand desperate for a solution – and they found it with the MonsterMill CTC5240.
The MonsterMill delivers high performance milling for notoriously difficult materials such as Inconel, Hastelloy, Waspaloy and titanium alloys, and it has been specifically engineered to deliver astounding performance with added tool life enhancements. Ceratizit says the productivity and carbide cost savings will be a game-changer for machine shops beyond MACH.
The company also invited show visitors to challenge them with applications, and at MACH, engineers turned up in their droves to see how the MonsterMill could improve processes, reduce costs and improve productivity.
The CTC5240 grade and Ceratizit’s proprietary coating technology demonstrate astounding adhesion of the ultra-fine grains to provide an extremely smooth surface with low friction that optimises heat distribution and chip forming. When machining titanium, only 25% of the heat is dissipated via the swarf, with the heat concentration in the cutting edge.
This is where the patented high-heat-resistance CTC5240 coating, with its 4µm CVD-TiB2 double layer and HyperCoat low-friction post-treatment technology, stands above competitor products. In the aftermath of MACH, the Ceratizit team is already hitting the road to deliver cost reductions to manufacturers.
Also central Ceratizit's advanced indexable insert milling display at MACH was the MaxiMill S-Power. The specialist face milling solution for cast iron machining features an innovative 88° setting angle that enables a maximum number of cutting edges on the milling cutter diameter. This enables the MaxiMill S-Power to overcome common cast iron machining problems such as excessive tool wear, burr formation and workpiece edge fractures.
The MaxiMill S-Power incorporates double-sided indexable inserts with eight cutting edges to deliver optimal performance with a smooth cutting action. Once again, it wasn’t just discussions around performance and productivity; it was the double-sided inserts with eight cutting edges that immediately appealed to end users in the face of rising tooling costs. Available in diameters from 56 to 125mm, the system is ideal for machining cast components with maximum depths of cut up to 8mm.
Ceratizit offers a comprehensive product portfolio of over 65,000 standard cutting tools and extensive customised solutions, all supported by the latest catalogue available in both digital and print formats.
With the armoury of workholding systems encompassing everything from single, centric and multiple vice configurations that include best-selling products like the ZSG Mini, ZSG 4 CentriClamp, MNG Mini zero-point system, the HyPower toolholding and workholding solutions, the SBF-3 stationary 3-jaw chucks and much more, the key aspect intrinsically linking them all was the ‘Made in Sheffield’ brand.
With a wide range of standard and bespoke clamping solutions, the Ceratizit team are continually developing unique single and multi-point clamping solutions to overcome the productivity headaches that manufacturers encounter.
Another attraction on the stand was the bi-annual MACH prize draw to win a high-end Hope HB160 mountain bike. For every £10 donation made to the British Heart Foundation or Cancer Research UK, Ceratizit automatically entered show visitors into the draw. This year’s winner is David Bramhall, a production engineer at X-Cel Superturn Ltd.