Improved machining quality, higher availability and longer working life with hydrostatic machine tool components. In order to get the best surface finish, the machine tool components, such as spindles, gears, hydraulic control valves, roller bearing parts and other high precision components all need to work perfectly. If ultra-precise surfaces with a mirror finish are required, the machines must also be equipped with specialised tools. Specialised tools for ultra-precise surfaces When (…)

To boost future growth, drive innovation and increase resilience, Siemens today presented its investment strategy which includes €2 billion mainly for new manufacturing capacity as well as innovation labs and education centers. “Our technologies address secular growth trends where our customers need our support to become more competitive, resilient and sustainable. Siemens is experiencing significantly above-market growth. Today we announce an investment strategy to boost future growth, (…)

Lenze is expanding its portfolio with a new servo inverter that solves almost all automation tasks for dynamic multi-axis applications. In the age of ever-increasing competitive pressure in production, the bar for drive technology is higher than ever: Fast response times, absolute motion accuracy, intelligent algorithms and maximum productivity are considered basic requirements for competitive machine automation. Thanks to more than 75 years of experience in drive technology, Lenze (…)

With the MX system, Beckhoff offers a solution that eliminates the need for conventional control cabinets. Its innovative design has just been recognised by the jury of the renowned "Red Dot Award", as well as by the experts of the "iF Design Award".

The HPMA-X is the latest addition to the company’s family of high-precision tool setting arms and has been engineered to perform in the most challenging turning applications. Building on the success of the original high-precision motorised arm (HPMA), the HPMA-X brings high-accuracy tool setting and broken tool detection to large CNC lathes. Lathes of this size typically require longer, heavier and more complex arm designs, which can be challenging to move smoothly and repeatably. Such (…)

After the takeover of Kummer Frères by Precitrame Machines, an analysis of the K5 product showed that it still had too many teething problems to be marketed in volume. This triggered the immediate development of a new generation of micromachine, which was eagerly awaited by the microtechnology industry. This modernisation also makes it possible to integrate new functions and options requested by the markets. Standalone machines In its simplest form, the K5 range is a single machine that (…)

Business has been growing so quickly for Italian medical implant manufacturer Permedica that it can barely keep up with demand. However, a new strategy for its CNC department, in partnership with Seco Tools, has started to make a powerful increase to its productivity. The global market in medical implants is booming. One estimate says that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2022 and 2030 will be 5.4%, increasing the overall value from $95.1 billion to $145.6 billion.1 Over (…)

Markus Schnyder, the long-standing COO of Mikron Switzerland AG, Division Tool, has passed on the baton to Elio Lupica. In recent years, Mikron Tool has enjoyed an exceptional market performance. In the interview, Elio Lupica appears highly optimistic for 2023. Congratulations on your new role, Mr Lupica. Your company achieved another record year in 2022. Can we expect great changes from your management? Markus Schnyder and I have been working side by side for more than 15 years. With (…)

Faced with a complex automation challenge, Bruderer Maschninen Fabrik in Frasnacht found an innovative solution with the system integrator Roth Technik and Fanuc. BRUDERER builds highly accurate stamping machines for a worldwide market with a nominal force of 180 to 2500 kN and a stroke rate range of 100 to 2000 rpm. Their machines are used to produce parts used in watches, electronics, and a variety of other industries. The automation challenge was to load blanks into and remove (…)

What is the best way to connect old machines to new systems? This was the very question that spurred umati, the connectivity initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry, to organize a hackathon in cooperation with the international United Grinding Group. A total of 30 digitalization experts from 17 companies attended the networking event in Steffisburg, Switzerland. The main focus of the hackathon was on bringing together experts to enable the exchange of data between (…)