Resharpens worn drills, end mills and reamers for the small machine shops that make auto and engineering parts in Chennai's industrial estates, so they buy fewer new tools.
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A workshop that regrinds worn cutting tools (the drills, end mills, reamers and form tools that machines use to cut metal) back to their original shape so they can be used again. It can also send tools for fresh coating through a partner.
Engineering and auto components is Chennai's One District One Product, and the city is often called the Detroit of Asia. Many small machine shops in industrial estates such as Ambattur and Guindy turn parts for larger suppliers. All of them wear out cutting tools every day. NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan makes MSME lending, with ₹84,700 crore of potential, its top thrust for the district, and names auto-component ancillaries as a key activity.
You need a tool and cutter grinder (a CNC machine, new or used, once work grows), a tool-measuring setup, a vehicle for pickup and delivery, and at least one skilled grinding operator, who is the hardest person to find and keep. Regrinding shops already serve these estates, so you win on quality and quick turnaround. A badly reground drill breaks on a customer's machine and you lose the account. Machine shops also often pay late.
Visit shop floors with sample reground tools, offer free pickup and delivery on a fixed weekly route, and agree a monthly arrangement with each shop's production in-charge.
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