Acetabular Cup
Requiring extreme precision, acetabular cups are composed of a titanium or cobalt chrome shell and Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene liner.While grinding titanium remains elusive, fear not—there’s an alternative path to perfection! When traditional hand linishing and polishing often lead to high scrap rate, with straight-from-the-machine polishing, on the contrary, defects are minimized, waste is reduced, and production efficiency is optimized.
Imagine a hip cup crafted from titanium bar stock. Now picture its surface, flawlessly polished right as it emerges from the machine on a robot polishing cell. No manual intervention, no defects—just unparalleled precision with Seco tooling. That’s what you can expect from observing the demo.
At the same time, this technique isn’t limited to hip cups alone and can be used for various titanium applications, from aerospace to medical devices and beyond.
Collaborative partners:
- Zeeko
- DMG MORI
- Hexagon
- Blum
- Sandvik AM
- Hainbuch
Requiring extreme precision, acetabular cups are composed of a titanium or cobalt chrome shell and Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene liner. The shape of these components requires the use of custom fixturing during machining; their thin walls increase the importance of eliminating vibration from the process. Custom tools are often required to effectively and competitively create these complex components.
- Increase tool life
- Reduce vibration
- Optimize turning of acetabular cups
- Control chip flow
- Maximize turning productivity
Your Challenge: | | Increase tool life |
Our Solution: | | TS2050 is a TiSiN-TiAlN coated grade that features a coating structure with a Nanolaminate PVD top layer for maximum toughness and high chipping resistance. It is highly applicable in both CoCr and titanium alloys. |
Product: | | Seco Turning Grade TS2050 |
Your Benefits: | | - Highly resistant to edge fracture
- Long, predictable tool life
- Maximized part quality
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Ideal for: | | Acetabular cups |
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STABLE MACHINING |
Your Challenge: | | Reduce vibration |
Our Solution: | | A custom toolholder combined with inserts featuring sharp cutting edges and excellent chip control reduces cutting forces and provides a soft cutting action for a reduction in vibration. |
Product: | | Toolholder |
Your Benefits: | | - More stable process
- Superior surface finish
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Ideal for: | | Acetabular cups |
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TURN SPHERICAL CUPS |
Your Challenge: | | Optimize turning of acetabular cups |
Our Solution: | | Round turning inserts strike an excellent balance of process security and productivity during internal turning. The inserts can reduce cycle times by 50% and tooling costs by 33%. |
Product: | | Round Turning Inserts |
Your Benefits: | | - Higher output
- Improved profitability
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Ideal for: | | - Acetabular cups
- Femoral caps
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TURN HIP REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS |
Your Challenges: | | - Control chip flow
- Maximize turning productivity
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Our Solution: | | Jetstream Tooling® Duo applies one or more additional coolant jets from a second direction to quickly and efectively remove heat from the cutting zone and lush the clearance surface to enable the use of higher cutting speeds. |
Product: | | Jetstream Tooling® Duo |
Your Benefits: | | - Longer tool life
- Higher productivity
- Better chip control
- Excellent part quality
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