(IDEX Online) - Synova, a manufacturer of high-precision laser diamond cutting systems, has opened its second Micro-Machining Center (MMC) in India.
The new MMC, located in Mumbai, will allow Synova to better serve existing local customers and to meet the growing market demand in the area, the firm said.
The new MMC offers laser sawing jobs such as straight sawing, pie sawing and fancy bruting of gem diamonds as well as stone analyses and machine demonstrations. The new MMC is equipped with a Synova laser diamond cutting system DCS with Laser MicroJet (LMJ) technology and is run by a group of experienced operators, analyzers and gluing professionals from Synova's MMC in Surat.
J??rg Pausch, Head of Diamond Business Unit at Synova, said: "We will be able to serve our local customers better and faster than ever before since all sawing jobs can now be done locally and stones don't need to be shipped back and forth between Surat and Mumbai. Customers will receive their cut stones within one day instead of several working days."
Synova's Laser MicroJet (R) technology is a hybrid method combing a laser beam with a low-pressure water jet, which cools the cutting zone, removes debris and offers parallel kerfs. The company said that the water jet guided LMJ technology enables maximum precision and minimum waste in diamond cutting, reducing damage to expensive rough stones and providing higher yields.