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and Medical segments today, included by CII in the list. At
we have a full range of high-end BFW, we have been encouraging
5-Axes machine platforms – Ver- innovation and creativity con-
tical, Horizontal, and Double Col- tinually. Our effort is to develop
umn configurations. We are also a strong culture of innovation.
the first Indian machine maker Innovation does not stop with
to have an in-house developed a product; it includes question-
array of combination 2-Axes ing the status quo of everything
spindle heads to suit these plat- that comes in the way of serving
forms,” shares Raghavan. customers effectively. Therefore,
Globally, BFW is operational in it includes processes, products,
Europe (Germany, France, Italy, technologies, and services.”
Turkey), Russia, South East Asian Source: BFW Ltd BFW has evolved a strong plat-
countries, and the Middle East form-based concept of products
along with its distributor part- deployed across the product fam-
“Over the last decade, we have
ners and promotes select high-end focused on getting our product ilies. “As we conceive a new plat-
technologies in these segments. platforms to the global level of form, we brainstorm and set very
technology and have also high goals for the platform, which
expanded our offerings to
Focus on R&D include comprehensive milling/ necessarily demand unconven-
BFW launched Dr Kalam Center turning and multi-process tional solutions. For example, our BFW has
for Innovation in 2016 to create technologies, automation, IoT, Mach platform constitutes the delved into
process engineering, and
applied R&D for next-gen man- recently, additive technology.” slimmest high-speed machines. Additive
ufacturing technologies. Ragha- This meant questioning every Manufac-
Ravi Raghavan turing (AM)
van elaborates, “Our purpose is Managing Director conventional norm to minimize
to ‘Enable Progress’, and being Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd (BFW) the footprint,” he informs. and Digital
Manufac-
an industry leader in the Indian In daily routine work, the compa- turing and
industry, we believe it is our re- chining the components and en- ny has a robust kaizen process to has signed
sponsibility to continue to devel- sures the highest standards of con- kindle the creativity of its people a strategic
op new technologies through the sistent accuracies on our products,” in evolving minor improvements partnership
applied R&D route. At Dr Kalam he explains. in day-to-day operations. with Meltio,
Centre of Innovation, our teams IRIS, the company’s scalable, mod- “Recently, we deployed the SAP a disruptive
are doing significant work in the ular IoT platform based on Edge Hanna platform, and we are in laser metal
field of common technologies, processing technology, is helping the process of revamping and dig- deposition
which we subsequently deploy create smart shop floors for its cus- itizing all our internal processes to technology
on various product platforms.” tomers. This technology has also serve the customer more efficient- manufac-
The company has developed a been developed at Dr Kalam Cen- ly. In a nutshell, questioning the turer, for
the AM
unique composite structure tech- tre of Innovation. status quo is a way of life at BFW,” technology.
nology (I C Tec – Patent Pending) “Besides these, our teams are en- he points out.
to enhance the rigidity and gaged in ultra-high-speed spin-
vibration-damping performance dle technologies, a combination In sync with current times
of machine structures, resulting of spindle heads and a variety of BFW has delved into Additive
in the superior surface finish of sensor-based systems. Dr Kalam Manufacturing (AM) and Digital
parts produced on machines and Centre of Innovation is providing a Manufacturing and has signed a
enhanced tool life. strong technology foundation for strategic partnership with Meltio,
“In India, we have a typical prob- our future products,” he remarks. a disruptive laser metal deposition
lem of significant temperature technology manufacturer, for the
variations within a day and across Questioning the status quo AM technology.
the year. Hence, our customers BFW has been recognized as Briefing us with this alliance and
need to produce parts with in- one of the Top 25 Most Innova- the company’s goals to tap busi-
creasingly stringent accuracy tive Companies in India at the ness opportunities in AM and
needs. To overcome this issue, we prestigious CII Industrial Inno- Digital Manufacturing, Raghavan
have developed a radically intelli- vation Awards from more than says, “The world of manufactur-
gent Thermal Compensation Tech- 600 companies across the nation. ing is undergoing major technol-
nology (I RTC – Patent Pending). Raghavan comments on this ac- ogy disruptions, and the growth
This allows compensating thermal knowledgment from the indus- of additive technology is one of
deflections in real time while ma- try, “We are happy to have been them. Globally, additive technol-

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