From December 6 to 9, 2011, the machine tool builder exhibits the machines presented in 2011 at EMO in its premises in Moutier. It is the occasion to discover these solutions in a friendly environment. The specialists from the company are eager to welcome visitors. In order to present a global solution to customers, Sandvik Coromant tools and Tesa measuring devices are also on display in Moutier. Tornos New machines and solutions The following solutions can be discovered: MultiSwiss (…)

Kuka Roboter and Siemens Drive Technologies unveil an application for the perfect integration of the robot into the Sinumerik interface for operator control and programming – without major effort, and ergonomic from the point of view of the integrator and machine tool operator. The end-customer-friendly automation of machine tools requires the integration of industrial robots in machining cells in such a way that modifications that have to be made by the operator, e.g. retrofits, are (…)

New high-performance Widia Victory™ turning grades, part of the Widia Victory platform of advanced turning, milling, and holemaking tools, are delivering higher productivity results, including improved surface finishes and longer tool life, for turning steel and stainless steel parts. The benefits are lower manufacturing costs for users. New Widia Victory™ turning inserts. Three new grades, WP15CT, WP25CT, and WP35CT, are aimed at users that want extended tool life and improved turning (…)

Proto Labs Limited has recently moved to an expansive, purpose-designed manufacturing facility on Halesfield, one of Shropshire’s largest industrial parks (UK). We met with Bernard Faure responsible for Proto labs France and Richard Vaughan head of European marketing at Midest to discuss the evolution of the company (full article on Eurotec will follow). The company’s new, 12,600 m2 home has ample room for its growing fleet of injection moulding machines and CNC machine tools, and is (…)

It’s exactly three years ago that I started working with Eurotec and since that time I’ve never stopped trying to be qualified to offering you the best possible magazine and online source of information on microtechnology. The team helped me a lot indeed! The release of issue 379 gives me the opportunity to thank you all for your support during these three years. Wow I met so many outstanding people and visited so many incredible companies! And it is only the start, I’m eager to carry on (…)

It is taken for granted that a product will work reliably (moreover in medical industry!). In addition today it is more and more important to guarantee the ease of operation in view of the scarcity of personnel and the variety of devices. Therefore to market medical technology products also implies maximizing user friendliness and experience… Medical Cluster Switzerland has decided to deal with these important topics and help companies being perfectly efficient on these aspects. On January (…)

The recent evolution of the market-leading Edgecam CNC software means manufacturers can achieve more machining in the same production time. Edgecam users from around the UK saw live machining demonstrations at Mazak’s European Technology Centre, showing how a revolutionary new Waveform Roughing Strategy in Edgecam 2012 R1 cuts cycle time from 63 minutes to just 18 minutes, and improves the metal removal rate from 30 cm3 per minute to 135 cm3 per minute. The demonstrations were part of the (…)

Amada, the publicly listed Japanese machine-tool and tool manufacturer offers a broad range of machines in several field of activities. A few examples?, You can find high-speed fiber laser, press brake, press featuring servo-electric drive technology, turning machines, integrated automation solutions, and grinding machines (using new grinding technologies) in its portfolio. To learn more about these we met with Ben Scherr, CEO of the European branch of the company. In the last EMO the (…)

Dental technology demands zero-defects production! “Fundamentally, dental milling machines are no different from normal CNC milling machines”, says Dr.-Ing. Michael Kreis, who heads Datron AG’s technology centre in Mühltal-Traisa near Darmstadt. The METAV 2012 in Düsseldorf will be showcasing the entire spectrum of equipment involved. At the “Metal meets Medical” special show, vendors of machines, tools, metrological instruments and software will be showing that the dental process chain is (…)

Today in almost all areas, men-machine interfaces use electronic devices and require always more advanced skills in "electronic development and industrialization". In the industry, a breakdown often means "loss of production", therefore manufacturers of machines and appliances must offer electronic solutions of high quality. We met with Mr. Patrick Roy, head of sales and Marketing at Cloos Electronic, specialist of custom electronic solutions supplier. "The trend today is very often that (…)