Under the slogan "technology for life", the Spanish industry changes its skin. The aim of this high-aimed program is to revaluate the often unknown industrial and innovative skills of Spain. An image change During the Midest show in Paris, where Spain was VIP guest, it was impossible to miss the "technology for life" presence. Under the aisle of ICEX (Spanish institute for foreign trade), a new brand image has been built for the whole Spanish industry. To do such a change is obviously (…)

Industrie Lyon comes back in 2009 and would like to confirm its position as complement to Industrie Paris. Moreover this year, and for the first time, STIM- exhibition dedicated to innovative technical solutions for subcontracting, will be integrated to that event. Industrial performance Within the global industrial world, industrial performance is the condition to follow the pace and maintain a strong industrial presence in Europe. This performance goes through technological innovation (…)

The forces exerted on the tap flank during the rigid machining and particularly by the reverse of the machine spindle led to a very important deduction of the service life of the tap, which can generate a premature wear and even the breakage of the tap, so a lower thread quality. Edalmatic-Synchro chuck Type MT-S By rigid tapping, the torque graph (visible on the illustration published in next issue (3)) changes continually because of the variations of the machine synchronism. With the (…)

The Federal Polythechnic School of Zürich[1]offers a global service to the companies active in mechanics. With the help of Swiss industry, it created an entity with the aim to reunite science and industry. Its name: inspire. Would you like to analyze tool weariness? Cutting parameters? You wonder how a product will become old? You need advices or help to manage complete processes? Inspire offers you that and far more. Appointment was organized with Lukas Weiss head of the machining (…)

This year is a very important year for Eurotec, I aim to become one of the magazine that is needed on the market. For that, there is only one motto, to give value to the readers. I’ve done recently a few interviews that goes in that direction and I’m happy to say that industry managers play the game with me and are open to share their experiences and successes! (all value to the readers!) I wish you a pleasant year and I’m happy if you’re coming to see the blog from time to time to (…)

da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System relies on Swiss Precision. Key to winning the business: follow the golden rules of customer service! Ask questions. Listen to customer needs. Deliver quality product. Stand by your product. These are the golden rules of good customer service. And these are the reasons that Intuitive Surgical of Sunnyvale, California, manufacturer of the revolutionary da Vinci® surgical system, chooses to partner with Swiss Precision Machining, Inc., a Swiss-style machine (…)

It is always the weakest link that conditions the global performance of any system. Often that’s "small items seen as non relevant " that impacts negatively the whole result. For instance in a company working in just in time, a lot of parameters have to be taken into account and tool management is part of the main points .If a "mere" milling tool is missing, the whole production line can be jammed. Aware of this hurdle, Fraisa is offering a turnkey solution for new and re-sharpened tooling. (…)

For the second time, medical technology has place of honour in the Bernese Jura (Switzerland). From 10th to 13 March 2009, Moutier will play host to the mediSIAMS fair. Here we look at the first event and the future. Off to a first success In March 2007 with little over 200 exhibitors and nearly 5000 visitors, the first edition of this specialist biennial fair held all its promises. For example, almost 500 visitors from ‘research and development’ departments found answers to some of their (…)

The medical sector is estimated at about € 200 billion in sales worldwide and is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 6.4 percent over the next two to three years. The world population is aging and the average yearly per capita spending for healthcare increases with age. According some studies, a man age 30-34 will spend an average of € 1500 for healthcare whereas a man age 50-54 will spend nearly three times as much. In 2020 for instance, there will be 55 million Americans aged (…)

High precision machining needs know-how and open mind. I’ve met yesterday François Champion who is head of Sales and Marketing with Applitec and that was interesting because once again I discovered that technical skills is important but that’s nothing without a clear vision of what customers need. Medical tooling Medical is not significantly different than others field. Material are challenging and maybe the most difficult thing with Titanium is that it’s a material that needs very sharp (…)