Process Innovations: Machining - Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives

As the world emerges from the pandemic’s disruptions, the demand for high-performing tools with enhanced value propositions has become more pressing than ever. In this session, where innovation meets necessity in the evolving landscape of cutting tool technologies, we delve into the current dynamics of the Global Cutting Tools market, exploring its steady growth in 2024 and forecasting a substantial rise for the next 5 years. Amid this surge, key players are strategically shaping the market’s trajectory, offering new opportunities and challenges.

Our session aims to unravel operational challenges in the cutting tool industry and their consequential impact on the bottom line. Discover best-practice approaches for achieving operational excellence, from enhancing productivity and efficiency to ensuring superior process control and improved part quality. Explore tools designed for easy operation, requiring less operator skill, and promising rapid payback on investments.

Additionally, we will explore the intricacies of grinding product tiers, unveiling key technology differences that significantly lower the cost per part in the grinding of cutting tools. Engage with relevant case studies from end-users in the cutting tool manufacturing sector, gaining insights into successful strategies and outcomes.

We will also discuss next-generation products for round tool grinding and insert grinding, actively pursued and tested in today’s dynamic cutting tool market.

Alfredo Barragan

Senior Application Engineer

Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Alfredo Barragan is a senior application engineer at Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives. He received his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and his MBA from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has been with Saint-Gobain Abrasives since 2008, first as a manufacturing engineer, then a project engineer, and then a product engineer before assuming his current application engineer role in 2016.

Norton, a brand of Saint-Gobain Abrasives, offers powerful, user-friendly solutions, which enable customers to cut, shape, and finish all materials in the most challenging applications. By working closely with end-users and expert partners, Norton engineers design and implement customized solutions to secure the best option for performance, cost, and safety.

IMTS 2024 booth #237042
https://www.nortonabrasives.com