Innovations creating customer value

Component manufacturing of the future is digitalized and automated, from design to the finished product, a transformation that will make the industry more productive, energy efficient and less resource intensive. Our innovative products are designed to support our customers on this journey.

We offer integrated hardware and software solutions that increase productivity and value for our customers. In 2024, Sandvik Coromant launched MS20, a two-edged milling tool with superior properties. Its new insert interface boosts reliability, and improved tool accuracy and minimal runout enhances component quality and surface finish. The extended tool life lowers tool consumption and improves productivity, contributing to cost efficiency, and reduced energy consumption and environmental impact.

Thrill∙tec™ from Walter is a 3-in–1 solution designed for thread milling. This versatile tool can perform chamfering, core hole drilling, and threading, all with high efficiency and reliability.

Dormer Pramet launched E55 tool taps which are designed for general engineering purposes and produced in Ankleshwar (India). Made from high-quality recycled high-speed steel (HSS), these taps suit various handheld power tools. Launched in September, the product line has already generated substantial sales.

Seco introduced a boring head equipped with a digital reader, designed to enhance ease of use, efficiency, and quality. This innovative tool is prepared with Bluetooth capabilities for data communication, offering improved, automated functionalities that increase customer value. By eliminating human errors, this product is set to increase precision in machining.

During the year, Sandvik launched generative AI in its manufacturing software in alliance with Microsoft. An industry-first Manufacturing Copilot was included in the latest releases of CAD/CAM softwares GibbsCAM™, Cimatron® and SigmaNEST®. The copilot will simplify the user experience and onboarding.

Cross-fertilization and integration of tools and software continued. Mastercam launched its 2025 version with the addition of Y-axis turning capability from Sandvik Coromant. The addition enables machining of complex shapes. Integrating the GibbsCAM™ software to Vericut® makes verifying Numerical Control (NC) programs and simulating CNC machines a more efficient process. The integration of the quality intelligence product QDM with the metrology softwares Metrolog X4®, Silma® and Viewer gained high interest from customers looking to improve their productivity in quality management.

Examples of innovations