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p How has your company

historically arrived at making

tools for high-performance and

precise machining?

p How do you keep pace with

the competition? Do you have

your own development?

We definitely have several such products,

but it is definitely worth highlighting the

DC170 sintered carbide drill, the "icon"

of drilling. A universal drill for steel and

cast iron. Its unique and innovative

design features radially ground facets,

special geometry and modified cooling,

which allows it to achieve high

productivity even when drilling through

transverse openings or slanted surfaces. I

would also definitely mention our

SUPREME line, which this drill is a part of.

Yes, we put great emphasis on developing

new products. We have a separate development department for each tool type so

that we can keep pace or even be a bit

ahead of the competition.

p What are your reference

projects? What are all the places

where your tools are used in the

aerospace industry?

I think we had to develop these tools partly due to demand on the market and also

to stay competitive and be able to meet

the requirements of customers.

p Could you pick out a single

product from your portfolio that

you consider central?

Can you introduce it a little

and show what makes it unique?

Our reference in the aerospace industry is

Latecoere Czech, where we are one of

the suppliers of tools for certain types of

machining.

Our editors' questions were answered by

Pavel Procházka

Technical Director, Walter CZ

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18 years of experience in engineering,

15 of which in the field of chip-forming machining

3 years working as a technologist, programmer

3 years working as a designer of hydraulic drives

12 years working for Walter as a design engineer

and application technologist for special tools

now in the post of technical director

p What can your company offer

for machining aluminium alloys?

Walter can offer a number of products,

from classic SC tools to tools fitted with indexable inserts designed for Al alloys, to

high-performance PCD tools. Once again,

we try to develop new and powerful tools,

such as DC165 and DC166 drills for drilling aluminium alloys, the already mentioned M2131 milling cutters with indexable

inserts and, of course, a range of special

tools with soldered PCD (polycrystalline

diamond) exactly to the customer's specifications.

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