T O O L S
CREATING A NEW
CUTTING TOOL
CONCEPT TO SPINDLE
New cutting tools are continuously being added into the market, but what is the process to get a product from
concept through to the spindle? Global manufacturer Dormer Pramet tasks its product management and
development department with creating new tools every year. A member of the team is product and development
engineer Jan Bittner, joined Dormer Pramet and became part of the company’s project to develop an
assortment of high feed milling tools. Almost three years later, a new range of SBN10 cutters and BNGX inserts
were launched into the global market. The time taken to introduce a product is an indication of the investment a
manufacturer makes to create a new product which will add value to customers for many years. This is Jan’s story.
42 September 2018