Tell us about your company and its product range and solutions
Hardinge is the leader in providing a wide range of highly reliable turning, milling, grinding and workholding solutions. We never compromise on product design, so customers can count on Hardinge to help them make the right part to the required specification, every time. The breadth and depth of our product solutions are unmatched in the industry, enabling us to support a variety of market applications, including aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, construction, agriculture, mould, tool and die, and more.
Your views about the Indian Machine Tool Industry?
In recent years, the demand for important equipment manufacturing industries such as India’s defense, automobile accessories and railways has increased significantly, which has led to a substantial increase in the machine tool industry. Despite the global economic downturn, the Indian economy has remained in balance, with GDP growth of 7%-10%, making it the second fastest growing economy in the world. The rapid development of the Indian economy has led to an increase in demand for machine tools and has become an important area for competition among countries.
What are the top trends you observe in the industry?
Intelligent Manufacturing: Based on the Internet, big data, and intelligent manufacturing equipment has faster and more accurate perception, feedback, and analytical decision-making capabilities, and is more capable of meeting individualised market sales and flexible product production. Unlike the large-scale order production methods currently used in the global manufacturing industry, smart manufacturing makes mass customisation of personalised products possible.
Integrated development for Industrial robots and CNC machine tools: The robot participates in the machining and manufacturing of the machine tool parts to realise automation. The special machine tool serves the precision machining of the robot-specific reducer, improves the processing quality and mass production efficiency which has a great space for integration and development.
What are the new machine tool technologies that are gaining acceptance in manufacturing industry?
Hardinge Super-Precision® technology is a combination of best practice, design and manufacturing of hardware and software integrated into a machine tool that provides the highest level of precision for production turning centers that require the least amount of human intervention in the marketplace today. The key differentiators including High degree of machine stiffness qualified by Finite Element Analysis, high surface finish capability of eight micro-inch or better and Ball bar testing for superior geometric accuracy and so on.
How do you see the future of Indian Machine Tool Industry?
In 2018, I have visited India for several times, the professionalism of Indian clients and agencies impressed me so much.
Factory buildings and highways under construction can be seen everywhere indicated that the huge potential and bright future on India Machine Tool industry. Besides, I am confident about the development of the automobile and auto-components manufacturing industry in India. India is expected to become 3rd largest Auto component manufacture in the world in the next decade.
Tell us about what are you showcasing at the IMTEX 2019?
We will display fully digital, next generation vertical Machining Centers-V320 5AX. Our Bridgeport’s innovative technology provides superior accuracy, repeatability, a large load rating, stable accuracy, high rigidity and low friction optimum for small to medium parts. All of the robust features are designed into a small cost-effective footprint machine. An investment in Bridgeport’s latest generation of 5-Axis vertical machining centers will bring instant and positive results.
On grinding machine, we will display KELLENBERGER 100 which offering the widest possible range of configuration options. The global innovation of a new grinding wheelhead with choice of 10 wheelhead versions to optimize design of the machine; Higher power of the grinding wheel help to increased productivity; redesigned Z-guideways provides greater profile accuracy. KELLENBERGER 100 was just displayed in JIMTOF and attracted extensive attention.
