HELIX Grooving Technology

HELIX developed an innovative and very efficient technology for manufacturing grooves in barrels and cylinders. The technical data for this process:
  • Length of the screws up to 4000 mm axially or helically with a
  • bore diameter of 25 to 300 mm
  • Progression of groove depth as desired
  • Helical pitch as desired
  • Groove width as desired
  • Groove shape according to client requirements
Materials:
  • All machineable materials
  • Nitrided steels, high-alloyed steels and
  • for wear protected applications:
    • fully-hardened tooling steels,
    • bimetallic plated materials,
    • HIP materials
Precision helical grooves
Sickle grooves in a bimetallic plated blank
Helibar® cylinder, (cut open for better view) Transition between helically grooved zone to axially grooved zone
Helical grooves in bimetal