During EMO 2009 in Milan Spinner presented its newly developed TTC-Series, a twin-turret CNC-turning-center in a modular design, which can be equipped up to two spindles as main and sub-spindle, live tools and Y-axis in upper turret. With a bar capacity of 42 or 52mm and a max chuck size of 200mm it can be used for bar machining as well as chucker. Two SPINNER-designed speedy turrets with 2x12 tools can work simultaneously on main- and sub-spindle without interference. As usual for (…)

Avicenne is a unique orthopaedic market research company, providing for over 15 years unrivalled advantages to its clients in the orthopedic industry. Being well placed in every level of the industry (OEM, Clinics and hospitals, Contract manufacturers and outsourcing, Raw material supplies as well as Authorities and Regulators), the company is able to identify early trends and new technologies affecting the orthopaedic market. . Report just released The newly printed report can be (…)

The New Zeta collet clamping system offers the market a much better advantage to solve most collet clamping problems. Collets are used in a lot of different variations such as; static and rotating tools, multi-spindle heads, Swiss-turn lathes, angle-heads in different sectors like automotive ,aircraft, various metal, medical, wood and plastic manufacturers. In each of these fields no one offers, until today, an absolutely safe collet clamping system with the addition of the possibility to (…)

Mr Marcus Burton, currently Managing Director of Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd, will be the new Group Managing Director Europe from 1st January 2010. He succeeds Dr David Jack who has been responsible for Mazak’s European business since 2004 and who has reached retirement age. Mr Tomohisa Yamazaki, President of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, comments that continuity has a high priority within Mazak. “Mr Burton has sound knowledge and understanding of the machine tool business and the Mazak (…)

In our modern world where we take it so much for granted that we can be in Switzerland eating a kiwi grown in New Zealand, taking photographs using a camera made in Japan or enjoying a red wine produced in South Africa, it is easy to forget that these seemingly everyday actions are rendered possible by a seamless system of logistics which is anything but banal. People speak of production units on extended manufacturing runs in Germany being prevented from working because a sub-contractor in (…)

Encountered at EMO, Daniel Dünner, Director of Walter Dünner SA Moutier (Switzerland) showed us a new system designed to replace a complete hydraulic group. This innovation is launched jointly with a new hydraulic actuating cylinder and an automatic clamping system for jaws. These novelties present true benefits both in terms of precision and of environmental respect. How does it work? The pressure multiplier is a simple device that uses pneumatic to generate hydraulic power. This small (…)

At the EMO we discovered some grinding solutions to meet both demands for small and precise parts and for very affordable simple grinding solutions. Norma microTool, the surgery machine The ideal solution for production of small parts is Norma microTool : Micro small cutting tools for electronics, watchmaking or other micro-mechanical applications. Very important also the growing market of tools and other products for the medical industry. Milling cutters, ballnose cutters, drills with (…)

On the occasion of the recent EMO in Milano, we had the opportunity to discover the Emissa 3800 Winflex. This modular and flexible machining center doesn’t need any robot to manage the parts and combines the possibilities of a conventional machining center with the performances of the well known Pibomulti’s machining turret heads. The result? A machine like no other in term of productivity and flexibility (compared to more traditional solutions). Meeting with Mr. Boschi, Chief Executive (…)

MAG presented world premiers for 5-axis machining and technology integration at EMO – with strong focus on energy Efficiency. The EMO is the place where the international machine tool industry unveils its new machine concepts and related innovations. In times of economic crisis, there is a high demand for solutions that help manufacturers reduce processing costs and total cost of ownership. Responding to that demand, MAG presented many productivity innovations in Milan, ranging from new (…)

The new DMU 50 eco from DMG offers first-rate 5-axis technology at an unbeatable price. In economically turbulent times it is important not to stand still. Therefore Gildemeister has developed the DMG ECOLINE. This concept is based on the idea of supplying the customary high DMG quality at unbeatable value for money by combining consistent standardization with a simple, reliable design. The newest member of this new machine generation is the CNC universal milling machine DMU 50 eco, which (…)