{"id":3611,"date":"2022-03-31T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.zecha.de\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:18:28","slug":"iguanamillingchalenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zecha.de\/en\/iguanamillingchalenge\/","title":{"rendered":"IGUANA MILLING CHALLENGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3611\" class=\"elementor elementor-3611\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ffdb7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69ffdb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fede986 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"fede986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"Layer_1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 800 800\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 800 800;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g>\t<path d=\"M399.5,800c-220.56,0-400-179.44-400-400S178.94,0,399.5,0s400,179.44,400,400S620.06,800,399.5,800z M399.5,26.73  C193.68,26.73,26.23,194.18,26.23,400c0,205.82,167.45,373.27,373.27,373.27c205.82,0,373.27-167.45,373.27-373.27  C772.77,194.18,605.32,26.73,399.5,26.73z\"><\/path>\t<g>\t\t<polygon style=\"fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;\" points=\"412.92,462.26 612.47,187.88 412.92,187.88 188.42,187.88    188.42,312.6 412.92,312.6   \"><\/polygon>\t\t<polygon style=\"fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;\" points=\"387.97,337.54 188.42,611.93 387.97,611.93 612.47,611.93    612.47,487.21 387.97,487.21   \"><\/polygon>\t<\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e21e3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e21e3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>IGUANA MILLING CHALLENGE<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ee19b elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25ee19b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CHALLENGE ACCEPTED &#8211; STILL SHARP<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16e46b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c16e46b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d0695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84d0695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>MIKRO-WERKZEUG IGUANA<\/strong><\/p><p>BEZWINGT DEUTSCHLANDS H\u00d6CHSTES BAUWERK<\/p><p>Ende vergangenen Jahres 2021 gingen die ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH und AlienTools GmbH zum ersten Mal in der Firmengeschichte live, um herauszufinden: \u201eWie lange wird unser IGUANA-Werkzeug laufen?\u201c\u00a0<\/p><p>Noch nie zuvor hat sich in der Branche jemand einer solchen Challenge gestellt und einen Langzeitfr\u00e4stest per Live-Stream \u00fcbertragen. Doch was gab Anlass zur IGUANA MILLING CHALLENGE?<\/p><p>Anl\u00e4sslich des Gewinns beim Innovationspreis 2021 des Landes Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg und um gleichzeitig zu beweisen, warum die IGUANA-Werkzeugtechnologie ausgezeichnet wurde, haben wir das Werkzeug einfach laufen lassen\u2026und zwar so lange wie m\u00f6glich. Das Ziel war klar: Ein Werkzeug, eine Maschine und die Aufgabe, Fr\u00e4sbahnen zur\u00fcckzulegen.<\/p><p>Gesagt, getan. Am Donnerstag, den 16. Dezember 2021 gingen ZECHA und AlienTools live. W\u00e4hrend des Live-Events sollten aus hochwertigen 50 x 50 mm Kupferrohlingen (E-CU \u2013 CW004A), Medaillen in verschiedenen Motiven gefr\u00e4st werden, und zwar nonstop. All das mit nur einem einzigen zweischneidigen 1-mm-Kugelfr\u00e4ser der IGUANA-Familie. Das Innovative an diesem Werkzeug: der Einsatz von Lasertechnologie zum Sch\u00e4rfen der diamantbeschichteten Schneidkanten f\u00fchrt zu einer perfekt scharfen und pr\u00e4zisen Schneide. Die Lebensdauer des Werkzeugs wird dadurch erheblich verl\u00e4ngert.<\/p><p>Unter der strengen Beobachtung des VDWF-Pr\u00e4sidenten Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Seul und mehreren tausend Live-Zuschauern wurde der Fr\u00e4sversuch nach sage und schreibe 30 Tagen proaktiv beendet, um die betriebseigene KERN-Fr\u00e4smaschine f\u00fcr weitere Projekte freizugeben.<\/p><p>Auf den ersten Blick sahen sowohl Medaillen als auch das Werkzeug selbst nach unglaublichen 641+ Fr\u00e4s-Stunden und einem zur\u00fcckgelegten Fr\u00e4s-Weg von \u00fcber 27 km unversehrt aus. Fast unvorstellbar, wenn man bedenkt, welche Strecke der nur 5 cm lange Fr\u00e4ser zur\u00fccklegte.\u00a0<\/p><p>So hat sich das Mikrowerkzeug IGUANA w\u00e4hrend des Live-Events 546.288-fach selbst gefr\u00e4st. Verglichen mit Deutschlands h\u00f6chstem Bauwerk, ist es dem Werkzeug gelungen, die L\u00e4nge des Berliner Fernsehturms 74,2-mal zu fr\u00e4sen. Wem immer noch nicht schwindelig ist, der sollte sich am h\u00f6chsten Geb\u00e4ude der Welt orientieren. Auch hier hat der IGUANA Durchhalteverm\u00f6gen bewiesen und 32,9-mal die L\u00e4nge des Burj Khalifas gefr\u00e4st.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Dies galt es genaustens zu untersuchen. Und so begannen die Vermessungen auf der hauseigenen Messtechnik.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a92ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a92ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bea479c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bea479c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa950e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fa950e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Die Ergebnisse unter dem C-View, REM und Nano-Fokus sprechen f\u00fcr sich:<\/p><ul><li>Formabweichung des Werkzeugs &lt; 0,002 mm\u00a0<\/li><li>Keine Besch\u00e4digungen oder Ver\u00e4nderungen der Schichtstrukturen<\/li><li>Feingeschlichtete Werkst\u00fcckoberfl\u00e4chen mit Ra &lt; 0,3 (N4 \u2013 N5 Qualit\u00e4t)n.<\/li><\/ul><p>Die preisgekr\u00f6nte Technologie l\u00e4sst sich also mittels des Fr\u00e4sversuchs best\u00e4tigen: der Einsatz der IGUANA-Werkzeugfamilie f\u00fchrt zu bedeutenden Standzeiterh\u00f6hungen bei besten Oberfl\u00e4cheng\u00fcten am Bauteil.<\/p><p>Detaillierte Messergebnisse sind auf der Unternehmenswebsite einsehbar.\u00a0<\/p><p>Durch die Kooperation mit den ausgew\u00e4hlten Partnern, AlienTools GmbH, Cimtrode GmbH, Kern Microtechnik GmbH, LANG Technik GmbH, oelheld GmbH, OPEN MIND Technologies AG sowie REGO-FIX AG, konnte nicht nur regional und international Erfolg generiert werden, sondern auch die gesch\u00e4tzten Beziehungen weiterwachsen. Jeder Partner erhielt im Nachgang, seine einzigartige, auf das Unternehmen abgestimmte Medaille.<\/p><p>Weitere Medaillen-Unikate konnten Teilnehmer lediglich im Rahmen einer Online-Auktion ergattern.<\/p><p>Versteigert wurden drei Sondermedaillen, dessen gesamter Erl\u00f6s dem Kinder- und Jugendhospizdienst Pforzheim und Enzkreis Sterneninsel e.V. zugute kam.<\/p><p>Mit der Challenge wurden nicht nur die Besonderheiten der preisgekr\u00f6nten IGUANA-Technologie bewiesen, sondern auch der Verkaufsstart der neuen 935-Linien eingel\u00e4utet \u2013 sowohl bei ZECHA als auch bei AlienTools. Das bedeutet: alle Abmessungen der neuen Linien k\u00f6nnen ab sofort im ZECHA- und AlienTools-Shop bestellt werden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d377225 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d377225\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0771c77 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0771c77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca38ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ca38ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3939e00 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3939e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>THE IGUANA MILLING CHALLENGE<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-886a880 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"886a880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE ULTIMATE TEST OF THE TECHNOLOGY&#8230; <br \/>STREAMED LIVE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baaa261 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baaa261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH and AlienTools GmbH went live for the first time in the company\u2019s history to find out:<\/p><p>\u201cHow long will our IGUANA tool run?\u201d<\/p><p>For more info on the event, the tool and it\u2019s performace follow the link below!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a679e1 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3a679e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6NkazMBdHqc&#038;t=336s\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf0832 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"faf0832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/zecha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenmockup.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3632\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zecha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenmockup.jpg 800w, https:\/\/zecha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenmockup-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zecha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenmockup-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zecha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenmockup-120x75.jpg 120w, https:\/\/zecha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenmockup-700x438.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 700px, (max-width:800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b544c09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b544c09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1ed07 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b1ed07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH<\/strong><\/p><div><div>ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH has been a pioneer and trendsetter in the field of micro cutting, stamping and forming tools for over half a century. The company&#8217;s origins in the chronograph industry can be seen not only in its uncompromising specialization in the producing miniature tools of the highest precision, but also in its special tool solutions.<\/div><div>Precision and quality are key for the international employment in different industries, such as, for example, in medical and dental technology, the chronograph industry, automotive industry, or in tool and mould making. Experts in the company&#8217;s own research and development department are constantly developing groundbreaking geometries and tools for sophisticated applications and cutting-edge materials.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>In addition, tool reproducibility is also guaranteed even for years on account of the life number stamped at the end of the shaft of every tool.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Modern CNC machines, high-end measuring and testing technologies and carefully selected hard metals from leading manufacturers as well as an intensive cooperation with our customers and partners ensure the exceptional perfection of our Tools.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12944d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c12944d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed82bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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