Recent News
GT Technologies awarded Delphi Business
GT Technologies has been selected to supply Cam Follower Bearings to Delphi Corporation. The new award consists of providing 3 unique bearing components in a multi-year agreement. New to GT Technologies’ customer portfolio, Delphi will assemble these bearings into valve train systems for Global OEM customers. These components will be used in gasoline and diesel engines for the passenger car, SUV, and light truck market segment.
Product launch activities are underway at GT Technologies’ Defiance, Ohio Operation with production starting in August 2009.
Precision Metal Stamper Switches from Carbide to Phygen FortiPhy™ UltraEndurance™ Coating on DC53
Recently GT Technologies's stamping facility in Toledo, OH, Toledo Technologies has made the change from carbide to Phygen FortiPhy™ UltraEndurance™ coatings for their machining tools.
Larry Webb, a Buyer for Toledo Technologies, is an experienced tool & die maker and has been involved in certification of tooling.“Just like everybody else, we’re always looking for longevity in a part program, along with making it as cost effective as we can,” Webb reports. “We were using a particular type of carbide tool to produce our parts because of the material’s hardness and the metal flow required during forming.” However, when a tool coated in carbide needs to be replaced it can take 8 weeks to recoat and get back in place where the Phygen coating can be made usable again in one week.
The whole article, which can be found at http://www.phygen.com/Success_Toledo_Tech.html goes on to describe how the tool coating is made and to extol the benefits of using the Phygen coating as well as to give examples of how Phygen FortiPhy™ UltraEndurance™ coatings have already proved to be a good choice for GT Technologies when it comes to stamping new parts.