ITC signs Hanita regrind agreement

The Hanita product range delivers cutting tools specially adapted to meet the demands of advanced manufacturing processes and materials that are commonly used in the aerospace, automotive, medical, motorsport and mould and die industries.The range is recognised for its product quality and all tools are manufactured to ISO:9001, ISO:14001 and OHSAS:18001 certification standards. ITC's managing director, Mr Peter Graves (picture, left) comments: "This announcement recognises that we are the only UK facility that has access to the original Hanita end mill geometries. This enables us to return all Hanita end mills to an 'as new' condition. Our customers will be delighted with this announcement, as it now enables us to provide our full remit of customer services to Hanita users. Our regrind service has grown considerably in recent years. This is credit to our investment in state-of-the-art technology that enables us to deliver consistently high quality levels." ITC has been providing a regrind and recondition service for its customers for over 13 years, cost effectively returning customers HSS and solid carbide cutting tools to an 'as new' condition. This service goes beyond standard products with the highly skilled technical staff producing special tooling from blanks and providing the regrind service on special and standard items. ITC's reconditioning service extends the life of tooling by returning it to its original geometry and if necessary re-coating, so in many instances the tools work better than new. ITC's state-of-the-art grinding facility includes manual and CNC machines from leading Swiss and German specialists including Schneeberger, Walter, Deckel and Rollomatic, with new machines set to be delivered imminently. ITC places such a high emphasis on quality that it is the only UK cutting tool manufacturer to boast having two Walter Heli tool check automatic measuring machines.