{"id":2469,"date":"2026-05-27T11:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/2026\/05\/27\/ephj-is-ready-to-welcome-visitors-during-the-g7-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:29:09","slug":"ephj-is-ready-to-welcome-visitors-during-the-g7-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/2026\/05\/27\/ephj-is-ready-to-welcome-visitors-during-the-g7-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis B\u00e9let wins the EPHJ 2026 Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Louis B\u00e9let wins the EPHJ 2026 Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Louis B\u00e9let SA has won the EPHJ 2026 Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix with an innovation that pushes the limits of precision drilling: PCD drills with internal lubrication channels, capable of machining particularly demanding materials faster, more cleanly and for longer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The verdict came after the exhibitors\u2019 vote:\u00a0Louis B\u00e9let SA<\/strong>\u00a0has joined the list of winners of the EPHJ Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix with an innovation that is both highly technical and immediately useful for high-precision workshops. The company was rewarded for its\u00a0polycrystalline diamond \u2014 PCD \u2014 drills with internal lubrication<\/strong>, designed to improve production rates, tool life and drilling quality in difficult-to-machine materials.<\/p>\n

The innovation is based on a hybrid architecture combining a\u00a0tungsten carbide body<\/strong>, which enables efficient geometry and a high oil flow rate, with a\u00a0polycrystalline diamond tip<\/strong>, renowned for its exceptional wear resistance. The technological breakthrough lies in the laser drilling of this PCD tip, allowing lubrication to be delivered directly as close as possible to the cutting zone.<\/p>\n

For Louis B\u00e9let\u2019s R&D managers, Pierre Falbriard and Thibaut Nicoulin, the objective was very concrete: to overcome the limitations encountered with conventional PCD tools, whose production rates often remain insufficient. By bringing the fluid to the heart of the problem, directly into the critical drilling zone, the tool enables better chip evacuation, fewer interruptions and greater process stability.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The results achieved are significant. In\u00a0lead-free brass<\/strong>, a\u00a02.28 mm<\/strong>\u00a0drill was validated at more than\u00a0800 mm\/min<\/strong>, without peck drilling and without tangled chips. On small diameters, Louis B\u00e9let reports speed gains of up to seven times compared with some conventional solutions. Beyond pure performance, the economic impact is also important: a more durable and more stable tool, capable of guaranteeing high drilling quality, directly improves the cost per hole.<\/p>\n

This innovation also responds to the evolution of materials. Lead-free brass, driven by new regulatory and environmental requirements, is more complex to machine. Other materials, such as technical ceramics, composites, precious metals or certain materials used in the medical sector, also require new technological solutions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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By rewarding Louis B\u00e9let, the EPHJ 2026 Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix highlights an innovation that is emblematic of high precision: discreet in appearance, but decisive in terms of industrial performance. It illustrates a strong conviction: the future of productivity will not be shaped by machines alone, but also by the intelligence of tools, materials and processes.<\/p>\n

With this distinction, Louis B\u00e9let confirms its role as a reference player in high-precision cutting tools and opens up new perspectives for watchmaking, microtechnology, medtech and all industries faced with the machining of increasingly demanding materials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Louis B\u00e9let wins the EPHJ 2026 Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix Louis B\u00e9let SA has won the EPHJ 2026 Exhibitors\u2019 Grand Prix with an innovation that pushes the limits of precision drilling: PCD drills with internal lubrication channels, capable of machining particularly demanding materials faster, more cleanly and for longer. The verdict came after the exhibitors\u2019 vote:\u00a0Louis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1671,"featured_media":2488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"edition":[],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ephj.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}