Luxembourg-based Ceratizit Group, a manufacturer of hard material products for wear protection and cutting tools, has set up a coating unit for inserts at Uluberia industrial area near Kolkata (West Bengal) to cater to the demand for Indian and other Asian markets. With the new coating unit, the capacity for producing coated inserts will increase by nearly 40 percent. 

 

Ceratizit India, which has been manufacturing hard metal products in West Bengal for 22 years, has become an integral part of the Ceratizit Group’s global production network and is now responsible for the supply of cutting tools for the entire Asian region. 

The new coating unit uses an advanced chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique.

 

The multilayer coating technique will enhance tool life and increase performance to a great extent. The considerably enhanced surface finish has a positive influence on both chip flow and wear resistance which can be achieved with this new coating. The special multi-layer structure additionally provides increased toughness to the cutting edge. Combined with improved adhesion the new coating technology in Ceratizit India is perfect for machining metals at high speeds.