Q. BLUM has gained credible market share in the measurement technology industry, how did your company manage this significant growth?
Blum-Novotest a global company established its operations in the year 1968. With over 50 years of working experience with global Machine Tools Manufacturers and End Users, company has developed products and services required by the industry to address the challenges.
BLUM leads the way in technology for optical and tactile production measurement technology for machine tools. Our measuring technology supports customers of various industrial sectors in increasing their productivity, as well as the quality of the produced parts.Our production Metrology has its focus on Fast | Precise | High level of reliable products
Q. Can you brief us about BLUM’s global network & activities?
Blum-Novotest – Global technology and innovation leader in measurement and testing technology. Reliable partner to the global machine tool, automotive and aerospace industries
The headquarters of Blum-Novotest GmbH is located at Grünkraut Germany with two manufacturing plants. Worldwide sales and services are provided by its 18 subsidiaries and over 25 system integrators.
Blum-Novotest partners with various Machine Tool manufacturers globally.
Q. How about BLUM’s initiatives in the measurement technology space? Which are your focus areas?
We keep in sink with the developments of Machine Tools Industry and the new expectation from the industry. Over decades, we are working with various sectors to develop and introduce new technologies. To name one among them is our Digilog technology which provides faster, highly accurate and reliable measurements for tools and work piece.
Q. What are the market opportunities for BLUM products in India? How do you plan to position these products?
Blum-Novotest India with over 16 years of experience in India has its offices at Bangalore, Pune, Delhi, Chennai and Ahmedabad along with channel partner networks in major industrial cities across India.
India is a very important Industry globally. We in India service manufacturing industries such as Machine Manufacturers, Automotive, Aerospace, Die & Mould, Medical, Electronics, Toy Manufacturing, Heavy Industries and more….
Our focus and success are also the MSME sector. Meeting MSME requirement of optimization of their investments and increase in productivity.
With high reliable products and strong support to the industry, our products are well accepted and well recognized by the industry.
Q. What is your marketing strategy for the Indian market?
Our strategy to our industry is quite simple. Stay with the customers and provide the high quality & reliable products. We are highly successful with repeated orders which is realized by extending a high-quality service and in-time service.
In addition, we use various platform such as exhibitions, seminars and printed & electronic media to reach our product and services to the customers.
We carry out test-installations to win the confidence of the customers on their investments in our technologies
Q. Can you please elucidate the contribution of R&D in the success of BLUM products?
The vibrant R&D focuses on the product development which is future-oriented to meet the technological developments in manufacturing industry.
Q. Brief us about the quality policy for the business?
… High in-house production depth
… Modern production facilities
… Highest quality standards
… Application and testing of Blum products in the own production
… Certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 & VDA 6.4
Q. Can you brief us more about BLUM’s top-line product range?
The top of the line products are :
DIGILOG Technology The measuring systems combine the functionality of a digital touch probe and an analogue touch probe in a single device.
LC50-DIGILOG – A future-oriented laser measuring system for CNC machining centres. Unbeatably fast, precise and reliable thanks to the latest DIGILOG technology, premium laser optics and perfected BLUM protection system.
TC76/63/64 – DIGILOG touch probes by BLUM are used for fast and automatic inspection of workpiece contours during mass production. BLUM offers a steadily expanding selection of DIGILOG touch probe systems for machine tools.
BLUM Laser MicroCompact NT – Laser measuring systems are BLUM are the leading solution for non-contact tool setting and tool monitoring in CNC machining centers. For three decades they have stood for consistent manufacturing quality and minimal downtime. The perfect protection, the high-quality laser optics and the intelligent electronics guarantee the proven reliability & precision Laser Control.
BLUM Z-Series– Tool Probe for tactile tool measurement in machine tools. Tool probes form BLUM are used for fast and automatic tactile tool setting and tool breakage monitoring. Specially designed for the harsh climate in machine tools, the probes are an effective solution to increase the accuracy of your workpiece and the productivity of your production.
BLUM-TC– Series Probe for work piece measurement in machine tools. BLUM probes are used for fast and automatic workpiece measurement and workpiece zero point detection in machine tools. Specially designed for the harsh climate of these machines, the touch probe systems are an effective Solution to increase the accuracy of your workpieces and the productivity of production.
BLUM Form Control- 3D inspection software User-friendly software for fast quality control of free-form surfaces and standard geometric elements in CNC machining centers. Maximum productivity and less waste thanks to control measurements between the processing steps and rework in the original setup.
Measuring software Form Control – measuring at the click of a mouse in CNC milling machines
Q. What do you think are the strengths of the Indian measurement technology industry & How it is positioning itself against the global market?
The Indian manufacturing industry has integrated the measuring technology in sink with global technology. Having said that, there is big scope for expansion of the same in India.
Q. Please highlight the Global perspective of the measurement technology industry and what is the differentiating factor?
Production quality & control, repeatability & Reproducibility, Speed of manufacturing, Zero defect, first time right, Industry 4.0 and IoT drives the fact to control manufacturing through implementation of measurements within manufacturing process. Our R&D keep an abreast with future technology requirements and develops the same.
Q. What are the key technological trends that are driving the measurement technology industry?
The key factors are the manufacturing trends, IoT and Industry 4.0. The growth in the industry with Make in India and AatmaNirbhar Bharat challenges the efficiency of manufacturing with high level of re-producibility and productivity. Our Production Metrology Systems would address the same.
Q. What are the issues you need to address that are related to the measurement technology industry?
To meet the requirement of the industry, we are planning for the expansion of our network to reach more and more customers. Display and demonstrate our technologies through exhibition, seminars, electronic media and so on.
