Demand for smart phones and consumer electronics are driving un-heard-of volumes of tooling and ANCA is serving what the market wants. Designed solely to service the growing micro tap market, the TapXmicro brings a complete grinding package into one versatile machine.
Yet another booming market is the high-speed steel drill and with a yearly demand of around 1.8 billion drills - the opportunities are huge. ANCA’s new FCP4 machine is denying the speed limits to produce drills from Ø0.8 to Ø4mm. This is important for drill makers who can achieve efficiencies and cost benefits by manufacturing a complete high speed steel (HSS) drills on a single machine.
Pat Boland, joint co-founder at ANCA said, “I have been working in the tool and cutter grinding industry for over 40 years and have seen many market shifts during that time and this is the hottest market I have experienced. Across China, the US and Europe we have seen an average 41% increase in orders in the past year and a report on machine tool and parts manufacturing projects a revenue of $1.1 billion AUS for 2016-17.”
“With our customers experiencing record orders the entire industry are having to work extra hard to meet their volumes. Our two latest product releases have been designed for tool makers to capitalise on this boom with products that enable them to service the micro tap sector and produce HSS drills in massive volumes.”
“I hope everyone has a successful Grindtec and welcome everyone to come and join us at Hall 5, Booth 5093 to see our latest technology in action,” Pat concluded.
ANCA will showcase its diverse range of applications – launching two new grinding machines to service small taps through to high volume jobber drills. Marking an expansion into different cutting tool segments, ANCA stands by its brand promise of providing flexibility with a product range that can manufacture an extensive range of cutting tools.
TapXmicro: Single setup grinding of micro taps 3mm and under
Grinding micro tolerances with superior quality the TapXmicro delivers superior quality achieving a pitch diameter CpK of 1.5 when batch grinding M1.4 x 0.3mm taps with a tolerance of ±7μm.
TapXMicro Product Manager, Duncan Thompson comments “when thinking of applications for micro taps (typically defined as having thread pitch of 0.3mm or less) people tend to think of watch making or jewellery industries, but the applications is much broader. In fact, items within arm’s reach – consumer electronics, smart phones and wearables now drive the massive volumes of micro taps and we want our customers to make the most out of this opportunity.”
“The TapXmicro was a logical extension of our tap grinding capabilities, I am confident customers will find the versatility of the machine for grinding taps up to M3 will result in a fast return on investment.”
Based off ANCA’s proven MX Linear machine platform, the five axis machine includes all the necessary features to support each grinding operation. It has capacity for up to six wheel packs, dressers for all grinding wheels and a flexible compensating chuck system between centre work holding.