The program of the MAM continues and again yesterday afternoon high value conferences took places. Prof. J. Rhett Mayor, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) presented the results of their studies on micromachining (just one conference that I decided to highlight). Obviously we all know the cutting edge of inserts or tools, but when we come to machine very small parts, it appears that the cutting edge isn’t that sharp… in fact we cut with a round cutting edge. What (…)

The first morning is even not finished and I can tell you, absents miss a lot of interesting clues in Microproduction. The spectrum is quite wide in equipment for microproduction and this morning there were mainly to conferences targeted to Eurotec. In this post, the first one. About 60 people are reunited in the beautiful venue of Villars-sur-Olon under the MAM flag. Again Micronarc and Mancef have organized a high level event for people interested in today’s and tomorrow’s challenging in (…)

Delcam has played a major part in a GKN Aerospace project to supply new electro-thermal ice protection technology for the wings of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The project represents the first application of this technology to a major wing environment. The Huron KX 200 at Delcam’s Birmingham headquarters was used to manufacture demonstration parts and the initial production samples. The Delcam contribution involved both Delcam Professional Services, which developed a novel (…)

In the bar turning industry, countersinking and turning operations with a single tool are routine. Unfortunately, depending on the material, traditional X-geometry inserts (Parisian cut) are not always ideal for dealing with long and bulky swarf fragments. Applitec now presents a new family of inserts combining the machinability benefits of X inserts with the ‘chip rolling’ capability of ISO inserts: The Top-Line range of ZX geometry inserts. Applitec is a company that listens to its (…)

H20, European market leader for energy saving vacuum distillation systems presents a new treatment for oil containing process water and spent emulsions. In addition to the numerous industrial property rights already in possession of H2O the patent for the innovative ClearCat®-technology has been granted recently by the European patent office. It allows processing of oil containing process waste water and spent emulsions in one process step. Quality of processed water allows disposal into (…)

Expanding the One-Stop-Shop: The Swiss LNS Group, world market leader for machine-tool peripherals, purchases the Italian company Fox IFS. The company with headquarters in Azzano San Paolo in the Lombardy region is specialized in producing industrial air filtration systems including oil mist collectors. The Swiss LNS Group, world leader in bar feeding, takes over the Italian company Fox IFS. The LNS Group is expanding: The world market leader in bar feeding with headquarters in Orvin (…)

The 2010 Formula One World Championship has seen a thrilling season and for Red Bull Racing the culmination of a few years hard work has seen their meteoric rise to the top of both the Constructors and Drivers championships. Hexagon Metrology has been working with Red Bull Technology for a number of years as one of Red Bull Racing’s Innovation Partners. Winning a Formula One race usually involves the difference between a few thousandths of a second, in quality terms we turn this into a few (…)

In the field of machine tool, few brands can boast to be universally known, this one clearly can! In Asia, Africa, Europe, Americas and Australia, this brand is synonymous with Swiss quality, precision and reliability. More than 250’000 machines of this manufacturer have been delivered. The other side of the coin? The weight of this past hide a little innovation skills and willingness to propose new and effective solutions to market. To speak of these developments, we met with Mr. Rolf (…)

The equipment for Microproducts. 2nd Edition event is approaching. From January 16 to 18, 2011, in Villars-sur-Ollon partakers will be able to learn more on equipment for manufacturing microproducts. Microsystems have now entered the age of high volume production for consumer applications, especially mobile phones, ICT and medical disposable devices. The issues associated with the production of these are of continued interest to manufacturers. These include tooling in high volume (…)

Black coatings have been very popular for some years in the field of watchmaking, but also eyeglass frames, leather goods, writing instruments and jewellery. Few black coatings are made by electroplating (black chrome, black nickel, black gold, black rhodium ...) but the majority is made by dry and in particular by the DLC technique (Diamond Like Carbon). Progress on conducting coatings: The SEM photo shows that the developed coating has a fully columnar structure, which is confirmed by (…)