Managing Engineering
solutions worldwide
Engineering
expertise
Saint gobain offers abrasive solutions across a wide range of engineering
markets, including :
Aerospace hier dus telkens een link naar het desbetreffende marktsegment
Automotive
Gears
Bearing
Cutting tools
Steel
Foundry
Chipboard
Glass
General Engineering
And others,…
An ongoing commitment to research and development combined with our technical expertise and understanding of the demand of each marketplace enable us to assist our customers with application development and measurement as well as driving down costs.
Advanced technologies
"Quality and precision driven excellence"
300 years of
innovation
Established in1665, Saint Gobain began as a company with new ideas for the
manufacture of flat glass.Over the next 300 years, the company's ability
to innovate, and its expertise in engineered materials , led to worldwide
expansion and market leadership in diverse industries
Today, Saint Gobain has over 16000 people working in abrasives and is a leading producer, processor and distributor of materials for a wide range of industry sectors.
The corporation operates in 45 countries and is both European and worldwide leader in all business sectores.
Saint Gobain is the
world's largest producer of abrasives and is the only manufacturer at a
worldwide level producing the three major types of abrasives:Bonded (grinding
wheels), Coated (paper and cloth backed products) and Superabrasives (diamond
and CBN)
Manufacturing
technology
A commitment to continuous investment in state of the art manufacturing
plants has enabled Saint Gobain to develop most advanced production capabilities.
Fast lead times are supported by exceptional technical strenght and high
standards of quality. Saint gobain is ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 accredited
and also holds the prestigious Ford Q1 certification.
Grinding Technology
Centres
These specialist centres in Germany and the USA are dedicated to the advancement
of grinding technology to help customers meet the demands of the future
through world class application engineering, advanced abrasive development,
the latest grinding technology and ongoing training as well as via strategic
alliances.
The centres incorporate
developments such as 'systems approach', where all parts of the grinding
system are utilised to influence the microscopic interaction of the process.
A centralised system, the European Technical Data Base (ETDB) also enables
the sharing of expertise and knowledge of grinding processes at a local
level.
FIS process analysis
The Saint Gobain Field Instrumentation System (FIS) is a portable tool designed
to monitor and measure the grinding process to provide accurate , comparable
information to help maximise performance.
FIS has been successfully used in all areas of grinding for the optimisation
of processes, cycle time reduction, tool life increases, machine and process
studies, investigations and benchmarking.
Research and
development
Saint Gobain is committed to continually improving its world leading service
through ongoing research and development. As well as improving productivity
and product performance through innovation, we are also working to protect
the evironment by upgrading manufacturing processes and developing recycling
solutions.
