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CASE STUDY

Kumar. SST added one more advanced 12flutes; and reamers and holemills, with the turnaround time was short. We acted
version of the ANCA FX5 in 2019. It is fully sizes ranging from 1mm to 25mm, within quickly, gathered all our technical staff and
automatic and provides high accuracy and the tolerance of 0.002 mm. Additionally, halted all our other projects. I am glad we
an in-process measuring camera. the company works with threading tools, were able to play a small role in the fight
boring tools, ID and OD grooving tools, pico against Corona.”
It’s all about meeting requirements bars, and angle grooving tools.
One of the most important and challenging Kumar comes from a very humble More growth ahead at home and
activities for cutting tool manufacturers background. At the age when most abroad
is to prepare precision blanks with close children enjoy their school days, he worked After close to 15 years of operations
tolerances. The right blank can define the part-time to make ends meet. At the and many happy customers in India,
overall cutting tool. “With time, customers age of 18, Kumar started working as a the company is now eyeing exports,
have also become very demanding. They machine operator in one of the job shops in and expanding their infrastructure to
want a cost-effective and accurate product Bengaluru, the IT and manufacturing hub of accommodate more machines. “We are
on time. However, in 2021, the volume of India. Motivated to learn more, he took up a looking forward to adding more ANCA
orders we had in our current setup needed Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in the machines in the coming days,” says Kumar.
an upgrade, especially for the preparation evenings. He adds, “We have big plans for the
of blanks. I wanted to reduce the blank “I wanted to learn the fundamentals of future. However, it is worth looking back
preparation time with 100% accuracy and mechanical engineering, the functionality at the journey and remembering all that
decided to opt for the ANCA 4 Axes CPX of the latest machines, and various has worked in our favour. Choosing ANCA
blank preparation machine,” says Kumar. advantages of grinding applications. I used was one of the best decisions in my career.
The CPX Linear is capable of achieving to work for 10-12 hours during the day and ANCA has not only enhanced the efficiency
a surface finish better than 0.2Ra with a attend classes in the evening,” he recalls. and productivity of SST Cutting Tools, it has
run out of less than two microns. “With the SST Cutting Tools’ also given our confidence the
addition of a CPX Linear, we can make tools drive and versatility is also much-needed boost.”
in a few hours, thereby meeting urgent highlighted in their multiple “The ANCA team is well
requirements,” he adds. #ANCATooloftheYear versed with the technical know-
entries, showcasing their how and their service is nothing
Focus on quality, accuracy for skill and creativity with short of excellent. Whenever
applications ANCA software as well as we faced any technical hurdles,
Talking about his vision, Kumar says, “I an enthusiastic commitment the team would quickly
want SST Cutting Tools to be a world-class to the community of cutting respond. We never had to
manufacturer of cutting tools and provide tool manufacturers. face any major delays in our
services to the customer’s speculated time Proudly highlighting one projects thanks to their prompt
with zero defects and a high degree of of his projects, Kumar says, “When COVID support. In fact, there have been instances
accuracy.” cases were at their peak, we did our small of executives from ANCA flying down to
The company specialises in customised bit by helping the Indian government make Bengaluru from Australia only to help us
cutting tools such as drills with sizes ventilator parts quickly with the help of our better understand the machine’s features. I
ranging from Ø1 to Ø25 with the L/D ratio ANCA machines. Since the project was am looking forward to working with ANCA;
of Ø X 12; endmills with sizes ranging related to medical equipment, the accuracy they are our growth partner and not just a
from 0.8mm to 25mm and 2flutes to and surface finish needed were high and vendor,” concludes Kumar.

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