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TungStuds press photo
TungStuds – the new all-round anti-wear solution from BETEK
Many machines are subjected to great strains and high levels of wear. Sections of plants where abrasive materials are conveyed or processed are always particularly susceptible to this and the plants also often run non-stop. Without special protection against wear such machines and plant sections can only be operated for short periods. A lack of anti-wear protection can lead to greatly reduced hours of operation, high maintenance costs and even to expensive machine failure.
Dragon Tooth tool system
BETEK unveils new product at BAUMA:
Dragon Tooth tools for excavation work
Betek, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tools tipped with tungsten carbide, is unveiling the latest generation of Dragon Tooth foundation drilling tools at the BAUMA show. Developed specifically for use on pilot bits, augers and core rings, the Dragon Tooth sets new standards: with a high percentage of operating costs in excavation work accounted for by the tools, the Dragon Tooth’s especially high levels of durability and resistance to wear pay off well in all such projects.
BETEK unveils new product at BAUMA:
BA47 – Successful systems for foundation drilling
Betek, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tools tipped with tungsten carbide, is unveiling a new generation of quick-change bar / holder systems at the BAUMA show: the BA47 tool systems are used on drilling machines with a pipe wall thickness of 40mm and are excellently suited to all sub-surfaces and rock types.
New tool from the XR range
BAUMA show news from BETEK:
Stabilising the clever way
With the innovative XR range of tungsten carbide tools, Betek is setting new standards at BAUMA for the durability and cost-efficiency of consumable tools. Developed together with partners Wirtgen, the XR range is designed specifically for soil stabilisation and cold recycling applications.
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BAUMA show news from BETEK
Long-life bit range: tungsten carbide tools that keep rotating longer
New, increasingly higher capacity road milling machines demand ever better and longer lasting tools, as whenever these new ‘super machines’ are in use, any unscheduled stop, e.g. to change tools or even complete holder systems, is more than ever before an expensive business.
Betek catalogue
New product catalogues from BETEK
Absolute must haves!
The new, 2010 edition Betek product catalogues are available now – both in hard copy and to download. Split into the three subject areas of trenching, mining / tunnelling and foundation drilling, the three new issues are packed full of information on the standard product range – including technical data on the different tungsten carbide tool systems and accessories. The complete portfolio has been added to with numerous new products, and as well as the tried and tested range the catalogues also cover these in extensive detail.
Screenshot of the new website
Master of construction and the fine art of tungsten carbide production
BETEK promotes itself with a new website
Online at BAUMA!
Tungsten carbide tool manufacturer Betek presents its new website: the site, at www.helden-der-baustelle.de, brings you brand new information on show news and the latest developments in the field of tungsten carbide technology. Also targeted directly at tool users is the new forum, which invites visitors to swap experiences.
Fitted with the new Dragon’s Tooth the ‘Rock Auger’ accomplished four times as many bored piles as with rival tools.
Great success
Dragon’s Tooth four times better than rival tool
Bored pile jobs in difficult geological conditions are appreciably more effective with the ‘Dragon’s Tooth’ than with other tools. A great example of this comes from the experience on a construction site in Venezuela, where switching to Betek tools got the cost-to-performance ratio back on track.
Low wear and tear
Black Forest tools pass tough test in Alaska
From Aichhalden to Alaska – Betek tools help to secure the extraction of raw materials even in the most hidden corners of the world.
Quality can’t be beaten
Chinese rely on ‘Made in Germany’
China’s highest building – and the second highest in the world – is currently being built in Pudong, a district of Shanghai. Already known as the ‘Shanghai Tower’, the building is set to soar half a kilometre or, to be more precise, 632 metres up into the sky. As always, however, the first job is drilling deep into the ground and it’s not the appearance but the construction details that fascinate interested observers.
After the Wirtgen machines had been fitted with the ideal combination for such use of Twin Stop sleeves and Betek road bits, road construction firm Swank were able to reduce the level of wear. The bits used were round shank bits based on the so-called R-series. They rotate permanently about their own axis and keep automatically sharpening themselves as they penetrate into the concrete.
The right bits led to success
Optimum cutting technology minimises wear
Difficult construction site situations often call for teamwork. That was the case on a road construction project in Portland, USA. Road construction firm Swank had a contract to mill a concrete road – which due to particularly high concrete quality proved to be very difficult to do. As a result of cutting bit tests carried out jointly by Swank, Wirtgen America and Betek, the company was finally able to tip the Wirtgen machines in such a way that excellent milling performance was possible and an end was put to the excessive wear.
With a new base in Poznan Betek’s partner Wirtgen has further developed its presence in an important European market.
Road bits
Making fast progress with the ideal tool fitting
Europe’s largest road construction site is currently Poland, where the A1 motorway is being built. For lovers of large construction machines this site is sometimes a veritable feast for the eyes: during the first phase of construction almost 100 Wirtgen Group machines were involved both in the earth-moving work and the laying and compression of the roadbed all the way to work on the asphalt top surface. Included amongst the factors ensuring that the road construction makes fast progress are Betek tools, with all of the machines fitted with Betek road construction tools.
‘Changing teeth’ and thus any extraction of the milling machine was a thing of the past for Geo Rumo’s machine operators – saving them 30 minutes per panel. And, as everywhere, on construction sites ‘time is money’!
Making fast progress
New SB38DC cuts in every direction – forwards and backwards
The Romans called the Limia River the ‘Lethe’ and in classic mythology it was surrounded by legends as a river of forgetfulness and perfidy. When it came to laying a water pipeline under this river only one thing was perfidious: the geological and spatial conditions. However, thanks to a specific excavation method and the fitting of the milling machine with newly developed cutting teeth these challenges were soon forgotten.
As the construction work is being carried out below ground, an official service to St Barbara was held as part of opening up of the cave prior to the formal ceremony to pray for an accident-free construction period.
World’s largest underground cheese store
Drilling holes with Betek for famous Swiss cheese
To prevent any misunderstanding right from the off: we’re not talking here about the famous holes in the cheese, but rather the huge holes being driven into the sandstone in order to create more space for the famous Kaltbach cheese from Emmi in Switzerland to rest and mature.
M Former Minister President Lothar Späth presents the award to Betek HR Director Gerold Klausmann, who shows his delight with fellow Betek employees at belonging to one of the most innovative companies in the German SME sector.
‘Top 100’ Seal of Approval
Betek wins top innovator award
The staff and management at Betek in Aichhalden are overjoyed: BETEK Bergbau- und Hartmetalltechnik Karl-Heinz Simon GmbH & Co. KG is one of the 100 most innovative companies in the German SME sector. That was the finding of the latest study conducted as part of the nationwide, cross-industry ‘Top 100’ business comparison survey. In this 17th running of the prestigious business initiative, it was Betek’s made-to-measure innovation management that truly impressed. Lothar Späth, retired former Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, presented the cherished ‘Top 100’ award to Betek HR Director Gerold Klausmann.
Nothing is harder: a diamond drill for exploratory drilling. The objective of the research is to give such a drill not just hardness but also impact resistance.
A HARD CASE TO CRACK ...
In search of the ideal compound
In the research projects being carried out by Dr Wolfgang Strelsky, Head of R&D at Betek, finding a way to combine two different properties is at the very top of his list of objectives. The aim is to create a material that is as hard as diamond and as impact resistant as tungsten carbide.
The largest and most expensive round shank cutter bit (shown compared with traditional bits) that Betek has ever made is being used in breakers for working oil sands.
REDUCING WEAR
ROUND SHANK BIT FOR OIL EXTRACTION IS RECORD BREAKER
The investigation and exploitation of unconventional sources of oil such as oil sands and oil shale is a matter occupying many industrial countries – all the more so as the oil price rises and conventional sources of oil dwindle. Technical advances and better and less expensive methods of extraction are turning unconventional sources of oil like these into exploitable deposits – even if in this regard we are still at the very early stage ...
Surface mining replaces traditional blasting and is used primarily for extraction of rock in opencast mines. Seen here is a limestone quarry in France.
HIGHER PERFORMANCE
WIRTGEN PLACES VALUE ON PERFECT CUTTING TOOL
As is the case with many applications, it is clear in surface mining too that special demands need special solutions. Success is then achieved above all if not only the product works really well, but also the partnership between toolmaker, machine manufacturer and user.
When you see the steel-reinforced core you get a sense of the great strain put on the boring machine and drilling tools. In special foundation work the high durability and resistance to wear of Betek tools really pay off.
BESPOKE DRILL BIT
DRILLING DEEP TO REACH THE TOP
It is not without good reason that Frankfurt am Main is often called ‘Mainhattan’. If you look at the city’s skyline, associations with the American ‘Manhattan’ are obvious. In a prime central location between the exhibition centre, main railway station and banking quarter, the foundations for a new skyscraper, Tower 185, are currently being prepared – creating in the process a particular challenge for the firms doing the work.
‘Insatiable and never tired’ – industrial robots work day and night and help to keep wage costs low. The new building housing the toolmaking operation provides ideal conditions both for the humans and the ‘high-tech workers’ made of steel and electronics. It is large, bright and full of light.
PRODUCTION WITH LOW WAGE COSTS
SOME WITH CLEVER MINDS, OTHERS WITH HEARTS OF STEEL
Cutting edge products can only be made using cutting edge production equipment. On top of this come innovative manufacturing methods that create a competitive advantage. That alone, of course, is not enough: the right combination of trained workers and automation is one of the keys to economic success, which is often also measured in short production times and low wage costs.
Shortly after the ‘Bauma’ trade fair opened in Shanghai, Chinese exhibitor ‘Everpads Machinery Accessory’ had to remove products from its stand, as Betek had successfully lodged a complaint.
FORGERIES IN CHINA
BETEK DEFENDS ITSELF AGAINST IDEAS THEFT
The audacity with which Chinese companies copy European businesses’ products is incredible. Last autumn Betek came across several Chinese tool producers at the ‘Bauma’ trade fair in Shanghai who had breached Betek intellectual property rights with many of their exhibits. Betek took systematic and well-prepared action against the product pirates – with success: one Chinese exhibitor had to remove its cutting tool copies, complete with toolbox, from its stand.
‘Nothing is impossible’ – that’s the philosophy of Jochen Kern and team, proud to be producing tungsten carbide parts by direct moulding.
HIGH-TECH POWER
SQUEEZING OUT EVERY POSSIBILITY
“Nothing is impossible” – that is actually the advertising slogan used in Germany by a Japanese carmaker. However, when it comes to innovative tungsten carbide tools and especially their production, it also applies to Betek.
An attritor is a milling device that, with carbide balls mixed in, stirs the powder mix via a mixing arm and thus produces a consistent powder compound.
AHEAD OF THE TIMES
Pioneers in safety at work
Acting in a far-sighted manner is a high priority for the Betek management team – and not only in terms of product development and opening up new markets. “The safety and health of our staff is very important to us,” stresses Managing Director Karl Kammerer.
ALTERNATIVES SOUGHT FOR EXPENSIVE RAW MATERIALS
Research into new binding agents pays off
Research and development play a major role at Betek and continually enable the company to make great progress.
STARTING YOUNG
Trainees build new machine
‘Practice makes perfect’ – this proverb applies very much to Simon Group trainees. A team of them recently built a new machine for the final assembly process that will enable the bits used for surface mining to be equipped in future with even higher performance fittings.
Extreme demands are placed on the tools in natural stone extraction.
ENHANCING PERFORMANCE IN PARTNERSHIP
Testing tools on Kleemann impact crushers
The tests that Betek will shortly be starting with Kleemann GmbH are going to be extremely interesting. Kleemann is a leading specialist company in crushing and screening plant for preparing and recycling natural stone and is testing the use of tungsten carbide tools on impact crushers.
Modern prefabricated concrete construction methods, plus traditional elements - The ceiling construction using timber from the Black Forest creates a warm, pleasant ambience in the well-lit rooms.
BETEK INVESTS IN TOOL-MAKING
New building for staff and high-tech machines
One of the keys to success at Betek is the company’s own tool-making operation. A department that ensures the high precision of Betek’s tungsten carbide wear parts through high-tech equipment and the know-how of 30 staff. And the tool-making department will soon be on the move, as Betek is investing in a new building.
Never-ending line: pipeline pipes before installation in the Yemen desert
A good solution - tungsten carbide tools pave the way for the new gas pipeline in Yemen
The Republic of Yemen is in the south west of the Arabian Peninsula. The country, which is approximately one and a half times the size of Germany, is bordered by Oman to the East, the Gulf of Aden to the South, the Red Sea to the West and Saudi Arabia to the North. The climate is dry and hot, with daytime temperatures of over 400C. Steppes, semi-deserts and desert areas dominate the landscape with stone of volcanic origin, sand and gravel areas and limestone. ... >more<
Area of application: Desert landscape in the Emirate of Qatar
Indestructible: High performance civil engineering tools in the Qatar desert
The Emirate of Qatar is a country in the north east if the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf. Thanks to giant deposits, Qatar mainly lives on petroleum and natural gas extraction. The country has the third largest natural gas deposit on earth. The Peninsula is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the South. From the South to the North, the country spans around 180km and around 80km from West to East. Qatar is separated from the Arabian Peninsula by desert areas and salt marshes. This predominantly flat country is arid and barren and marked by boulder and gravel desert areas with isolated sand dunes in the coastal regions. ... >more<
Press information
- Cuts through: "Sharp Tooth" (doc, 117KB)
- New coating for tool sleeves (doc, 117KB)
- E-Series (doc, 117KB)
- HDD (doc, 117KB)
- Catalogue (doc, 117KB)
- R-Series (doc, 117KB)
- Civil engineering (doc, 118KB)
More detailed information can be obtained under:
info@betek.de
25 Jahre Hochleistungs-Werkzeuge Made in Germany
Am 23. September 2006 feierte das Unternehmen BETEK Bergbau- und Hartmetalltechnik in Aichhalden bei Schramberg mit einem Mitarbeitertag sein 25-jähriges Firmenjubiläum. Auch die anderen Unternehmen der SIMON Firmengruppe, zu der auch BETEK zählt und die ebenfalls am Standort Aichhalden ihren Firmensitz haben, beteiligten sich mit der Präsentation ihrer Produktportfolios und mit Werksbesichtigungen für die Gäste an den Jubiläumsfeierlichkeiten. ... >more<
Cutting a swathe across Saudi Arabia with Betek power
Wheel and track-based planers are cutting up to 1.2 metres down into the surface of the desert near Al-Hofuf in southern Saudi Arabia. Glass fibre cables are being laid as communication links between newly erected oilrigs. Once this project is finished, around 11,000 kilometres of subterranean power cables then have to be laid. Being used for both milling jobs: High quality Betek bits from Germany, plus Betek on-site support provided by Thomas Eggers. ... >more<
"Moles" under Lausanne
The ground under the Vaud capital was rooted up by the "construction site of the century". Kilometres of tunnels have been created for the first Swiss underground and the future Tridel waste transport railway.
Five days a week, 16 hours a day, 100-tonne local section machines dug their way through the earth under Lausanne. ... >more<
Milling Work in the Berghofen Tunnel, Dortmund
Even the hardest rock gives way to the special bit from BETEK
The air in the tunnel is filled with noise and dust. A Wirtgen cold milling machine cuts away the dense rock from the floor of the tunnel, metre by metre. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief because the work is going well. ... >more<
More capacity thanks to latest tungsten carbide production technology
BETEK says "Yes" to Germany
The relocation of production facilities to other countries is a source of frustration and anger for more and more people in Germany. But they still exist - the companies who affirm their commitment to Germany as a location for their work. One of them is BETEK, internationally a major manufacturer of tungsten carbide wear tools ... >more<
Secure supply of raw materials in spite of the strained market conditions
We have already reported on the situation in the raw materials market in BETEK News – and also in this editorial. The situation is precarious. Ammonium paratungstate (APT), the base material for the production of tungsten carbide (TC), has not yet finished its high-altitude pricing flight ... >more<
ROAD MILLING
Fast overhaul of a bottleneck
New bit W6EH from BETEK at the milling site "Antwerp Ring"
All of the traffic flowing towards France and Germany from the ports in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp goes through Antwerp. The ring around the city is the most heavily travelled road in Europe. Now this main traffic route had to be completely overhauled ... >more<
ROAD MILLING
Wirtgen machine lands a milling success at the Prague Airport
Wirtgen machine lands a milling success at the Prague Airport One look, and even a layperson would see the cracks and unevenness in the runway at the airport in Prague. Repairs will not do the job here. The old runway made of 28 cm of hard concrete must be torn up and taken away ... >more<
HYDRAULIC MILLING CUTTERSN
With ERKAT power and BETEK bite
Low-vibration milling cutters beneath a listed historical building.
The Mönchstein Hotel in Salzberg was to be extended by two new floors. The challenge lay in three factors at the same time ... >more<
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