Haimer is a premium partner and supporter of the Augsburger Panther hockey team in the German Hockey League. The prestigious system supplier around the machine tool took this opportunity to demonstrate the performance capabilities of its tools and tool holders by creating a model panther. The CAM specialists at Open Mind took on the challenging programming task using their hyperMILL software.
The ‘Augsburger Panther’, a member of the DEL (German Hockey League) are the most renowned ‘panthers’ around. Haimer GmbH, headquartered in Igenhausen, located just 30 minutes from Augsburg, is a proud fan and sponsor of the professional hockey team. The family company, a market leader that develops, manufactures and sells high-precision metal cutting products, came up with the idea of milling a panther out of aluminum at the Haimer application center. The panther is a masterful part showing that 5-axis-milling with HAIMER tool holders and solid carbide endmills can compete with the sport of hockey in terms of speed, power and dynamics. Head of the Haimer application center Konstantin Brodowski sees even greater parallels: “Hockey isn’t just about speed and brute force. Each player must possess excellent technical skills and contribute them into a perfect team. Haimer works in very much the same way by incorporating the perfect synergy of its high-tech products with most modern machine tools and the best in class CAD/CAM software.”
