Manufacturer of cutting tools and tooling solutions for turning, milling, drilling and threading
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About Sandvik Coromant
Sandvik Coromant is a Swedish manufacturer of cutting tools and tooling solutions for metalworking, headquartered in Sandviken. The company was founded in 1942 for the production of carbide tools and has since developed indexable inserts, solid round tools, toolholders and vibration-damping tools (Silent Tools) for turning, milling, drilling, reaming, threading as well as parting and grooving. The carbide indexable inserts are manufactured at the Gimo site, which was named a Lighthouse factory for Industry 4.0 by the World Economic Forum in 2019. The portfolio also includes digital solutions such as the CoroPlus software for tool and cutting data recommendations as well as customised tools (Tailor Made). With around 8,000 employees, over 1,700 patents and a presence in more than 150 countries, Sandvik Coromant is part of the Sandvik Machining Solutions business area of the Sandvik Group. Through a worldwide network of Sandvik Coromant Centers, including Renningen in Germany, the company offers training, demonstrations and consulting on process optimisation.
- Site
- 811 81 Sandviken
- Processes
- Turning (general turning, heavy turning, small-part machining, parting and grooving), Milling (face milling, shoulder milling, profile milling, turn-milling, high-feed milling, spot, Drilling (general drilling, step and countersink drilling, combination drilling, thread tapping), Drilling and reaming (rough boring, fine boring, reaming), Threading tools, Parting and grooving, Toolholders / Tooling Systems (Coromant Capto, holders for turn-mill centers,, Silent Tools™ - vibration-damping tools
- Materials
- Carbide (indexable inserts, partly >65% recycled material), Carbide (Hard Metal), Gamma Coating (GC), Inveio Coating Technology
- Founded
- 1942
- Employees
- ca. 8,000
- Industries
- Metal cutting (turning, milling, drilling, reaming, threading), Aerospace (AMRC partnership), General manufacturing industry, Aerospace (via AMRC partnership)
- 01
Research and development
- 02
Carbide manufacturing (indexable inserts, tools)
- 03
Tool design / Tailor Made
- 04
Software and digital manufacturing (CoroPlus)
- 05
Training and consulting (Academy, Centers)
- 06
Recycling of used carbide inserts
Materials and Coating Technologies
Carbide (Hard Metal)
Base material of the indexable inserts; in steel-turning inserts, sometimes more than 65 % recycled material is used.
Gamma Coating (GC)
Heat-resistant coating grades for inserts, introduced in 1969.
Inveio Coating Technology
Atomically controlled, densely packed and thermally protected coating for higher hardness, introduced in 2013.
Product Groups
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turning (general turning, heavy turning, small-part machining, parting and grooving)Cutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Milling (face milling, shoulder milling, profile milling, turn-milling, high-feed milling, spotCutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Drilling (general drilling, step and countersink drilling, combination drilling, thread tapping)Cutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Drilling and reaming (rough boring, fine boring, reaming)Cutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Threading toolsCutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Parting and groovingCutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Toolholders / Tooling Systems (Coromant Capto, holders for turn-mill centers,Cutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Silent Tools™ - vibration-damping toolsCutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Individually customised tools (Tailor Made)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| PrimeTurning - turning in all directionsCutting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Digital manufacturing / CoroPlus® software (tool recommendations, cutting data, processEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexable insert tools (T-Max) | Sandvik Coromant T-Max | – | – | – | – |
| CoroMill MR20 profile/contour milling cutter | Sandvik Coromant CoroMill MR20 | – | – | – | – |
| Vibration-damping adapters / damped adaptors | Sandvik Coromant (Teeness) Silent Tools | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
History
- 1942
Founded as a production facility for carbide tools in Sandviken; Wilhelm Haglund becomes head of the unit.
- 1951
Establishment of an industrialised production unit in Gimo, Sweden.
- 1957
First products with mechanically clamped indexable inserts; emergence of the T-Max system.
- 1969
Introduction of the heat-resistant Gamma coating (GC).
- 1990
Introduction of the Coromant Capto clamping system, now an ISO standard.
- 1997
Offer to buy back used carbide inserts for recycling.
- 2008
Acquisition of the Norwegian developer of vibration-damping tools Teeness (Silent Tools).
- 2013
Introduction of the Inveio coating technology.
- 2016
Debut of CoroPlus for digital planning, monitoring and optimisation of machining.
- 2017
Introduction of PrimeTurning, a methodology for turning in all directions.
- 2019
The Gimo production plant is named a Lighthouse for Industry 4.0 by the World Economic Forum.