Kennametal Receives the prize ‘Excellent Supplier Performance' of hands of Parker Hannifin

To first of year Kennametal —company represented in Spain by Kenci— received the prize ‘Excellent Supplier Performance' of hands of Parker Hannifin, in recognition to his commitment of innovation in the optimisation of processes. This galardón recognises two projects of co-engineering of big success between Kennametal Deutschland GmbH and Parker Hannifin, Pump & Engine Division Chemnitz, that provided to the customer a saving of 80.000 USD. Being his aim share knowledges and experience to improve the processes of the customer, the engineers of Kennametal collaborated in the reduction of time referents to the operations of turning in steel of manganese of low alloy. It achieved a capacity of 680 hours of mechanised that at present it uses with the end to increase the production of the mechanised soft of gears. In addition to all the commented, reduced also the consumption of tools, abaratando significantly the costs of tools.

Likewise, Kennametal helped to increase the cycle of life of the plaquitas of cut in the machining centres and in the carcasas of smelting for pumps of gears. The tools of feeding/milling of precision were redefined saving 85 hours of mechanised and diminishing in a 50 percent the frequency of the exchanges of plaquitas of cutting.

Both projects were implemented in 2011, basing in the initiative of Process of Continuous Improvement of Parker Hannifin, that forms part of the agreements on a long-term basis of the providers of Parker Hannifin, and the stability of the process was controlled and supervised during all the year 2012. Once confirmed the savings of cost, Parker Hannifin proposed to award to Kennametal like provider in terms of excellence. Another example of how Kennametal fulfils with his commitment that his customers are each more competitive day.

The prize presented on 14 January 2013 by part of Parker Hannifin Pump & Engine Division Europe in Chemnitz, in addition to by Marcus Arnold, boss of tools and indirect materials; Nadja Groschupf, boss of acquisitions; and Ludwig Gobsch, boss of technology of manufacture/production adjusted. Wolfgang Haehnel, specialist in application, Manfred Seliger, boss of sales and general engineering of east Germany, represented to Kennametal Deutschland GmbH in the ceremony of prizes and thanked Parker Hannifin by this excellent recognition.