Midest is the sourcing platform for international suppliers of industrial subcontracting. It is a show for the forging of partnerships and monitoring technology, serving manufacturers, component suppliers and assemblers, who are looking for face to face meetings with providers of solutions in metal working, plastics, electronics and industry services. Midest places the men and women of such businesses at the heart of exchanges designed to get them working together. Midest 2009 starts very (…)

The organiser of TCT Live and MM Live 2009, Rapid News Communications Group, is delighted to announce that not only has it been another successful year for the two co-located shows but visitor numbers have once again increased. This continued journey of success is further proof that the two shows are perfectly positioned as the leading UK events for the design, development and manufacturing industry and the micro manufacturing industry. The two-day events, held at the Ricoh Arena, (…)

Zollmann GmbH developed a solution with the New Zeta collet nut system to offer an absolute safe collet clamping system for collets DIN6499 und DIN6388. . Unique innovation The New Zeta system provides a lot of unique and extraordinary possibilities that have never been offered before on the market. This new system is completely exchangeable with all spindles in single situations, aggregates, multi-spindle heads, and Swiss turn lathes which use ER-DIN6499 or OZ-DIN6388 collet systems. (…)

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 fabrication of precision parts, making highly efficient and reliable automated assembly lines and test systems for microproducts. There is a fast growing market for such components and products. . January (…)

Thanks to the 12-blade thread whirler from Utilis, the medical technology firm Stuckenbrock Medizintechnik GmbH was able to almost halve the machining time for the production of bone screws. The increased number of blades and high-pressure cooling means that the service life has been almost doubled and the surface finish improved. Thread whirling: a must! In recent years, the whirling of threads for manufacturing high-quality screws for the medical technology industry and other sectors has (…)

With the workshop ‚Formula Student’, December 5, 2009, EuroMold proves proximity to state-of-the-art techniques and innovations. Besides the design workshop which will be held for the second time EuroMold has also for many years already sponsored the Formula Student Competition. . Added value for everyone This year’s Formula Student Workshop at EuroMold under the motto “Suspension Design & Set Up” will focus on the subject of chassis. The lectures will inform about tires and (…)

The latest version of computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) software created by CAM industry leader DP Technology will be on display Dec. 2-5 in Frankfurt, Germany, where Esprit® will be featured at EuroMold 2009. One more opportunity to discover a powerful tool This 16th edition of EuroMold, slated to take place at the Frankfurt Exhibition Center, is a world fair for moldmaking and tooling, as well as design and application development. Knowledgeable and approachable representatives (…)

At the EMO show in Milano, I’ve met the owners of Vertx, a next to Stockholm (Sweden) based company, as well as Ehn&Land and Tornos representatives. The company signed at the show for a new DECO 7a machine to face its increasing demands in high precision small parts and parts specialized for fiber optics. Young and dynamic In 1997, MM Akerman and Eriksson decided to create their own company and performed a spin off from a business already active in the same field. That was clear at the (…)

The Swiss manufacturer Wandfluh AG develops and produces high-grade oil hydraulic control and closed-circuit control devices as well as digital amplifier – and control electronic circuits for world-wide utilisation. Wandfluh presents its new proportional screw-in valves with slip-on coil. The exchangeable coil significantly simplifies the logistics, because the solenoid coil can also be retrofitted. The various alternatives make the proportional screw-in cartridges a very flexible system. (…)

Next issue of Eurotec is about to be sent (and all the articles will be available for download vers soon). As usual we’ve tried to provide useful information to help our readers know how they can win. As you will see in the editorial, I ask some questions about EMO and exhibitions... what is certain is that the exhibition ground of Fieramilano is perfect to house such an event. . The content is as follow: Editorial: As usual I ask some questions and try to put the light on some hot (…)