CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool industries, is organizing the first “Additive Manufacturing European Conference” at the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium) on 23 June 2015, where representatives from additive manufacturing (AM) companies, EU institutions, think tanks and the machine tools sector will discuss how the full-scale industrialisation of AM could be achieved in a rapid and cost-effective manner, and how this disruptive technology could help create the (…)

Medtec Europe 2015, taking place in Messe Stuttgart, Germany from the 21-23 April 2015 is the European meeting place for global medical device manufacturers to source new technology, insight, networking and education. Attracting more than 7,000 R&D, engineers, production and development specialists from medical device manufacturers, to source technology, products, services and education from over 800 component suppliers, healthcare experts and service providers, it’s the European hub (…)

Two worlds will converge at the Hannover Messe 2015: the worlds of additive manufacturing and injection moulding. As an exclusive partner of the “Additive Manufacturing Plaza”, the special new exhibit at the leading “Digital Factory” trade fair from 13 to 17 April, Arburg will demonstrate how this works. The main focus of the fair, “Industrial Automation and IT”, combines two leading trade fairs, “Industrial Automation” and “Digital Factory”. In 2015, the “Additive Manufacturing Plaza” (…)

Sandvik Coromant successfully hosted the first-ever Gear Summit on March 16th to 19th 2015 in Sandviken, Sweden. Twenty-five of the world-leading decision-makers and experts from the gear industry were invited to discuss the common challenges and the future of gear manufacturing. Axel Küpper, Manager Marketing and Business Development, Gear Milling Solutions, at Sandvik Coromant stated the goal of the summit by saying, “In a world characterized by its increasing tempo, it is more important (…)

In the aerospace industry, high-volume cutting of aluminium structural parts is of major importance. Frame elements or wing parts are generally milled from solid material, and often more than 90% of the raw part is cut away. The tools and machines used therefore must have a reliable and high performance level to avoid scrap and keep the machining times as short as possible. With the new high-performance milling tools OptiMill-SPM MAPAL presents a highly efficient tool solution of roughing (…)

Where maximum precision and processing reliability are required in minimal space, the MINISLIDE miniature tables offer outstanding solutions. These new-generation Schneeberger miniature guideways are also extremely rigid and provide a high level of smoothness. Problematic cage creep is completely eliminated or at least reduced significantly. The MINISLIDE miniature guideways are available in two designs, MSQ and MS, with rail widths of between 4 and 15 mm and with different strokes. All of (…)

Delcam has added a number of new options for reverse engineering to its PowerSHAPE Pro software for the design of products and tooling. The 2015 R2 release of the software also includes improvements to speed up and simplify the editing of product designs to make them more suitable for manufacture. By offering a combination of solid, surface and direct modelling, together with reverse engineering, PowerSHAPE Pro provides the most comprehensive range of design techniques available in a (…)

In cooperation with the new trade fair for tool, pattern and mould making, the BME Forum entitled „Purchasing of tools“ will be held at the same time in Stuttgart. With the German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME) and its BME Forum entitled "Purchasing of tools", Moulding Expo has found the perfect partner to achieve this goal. On 6 and 7 May 2015, the BME will stage a 2-day seminar concurrently with the trade fair in Stuttgart. This seminar is expected (…)

KUKA receives the German Business Innovation Award for the LBR iiwa and the euRobotics Technology Transfer Award for autonomous navigation. With its LBR iiwa lightweight robot, KUKA has won the German Business Innovation Award in the large company category. CEO Dr. Till Reuter was presented with the award at a gala in the Gesellschaftshaus at the Parlamentsgarten in Frankfurt attended by around 500 guests from the worlds of business, science, politics and society. The German Business (…)

NCG CAM Solutions Ltd, UK officially released NCG CAM v14. This major release includes a number of new features including UV surface machining, the ability to cover pockets, tools to align 3+2 axis, ability to quickly change the background colour, enhancements to translucency, 5-axis along curve machining, tool axis alignment curves for 5-axis along curve strategy as well as many enhancements including improved automation of the drilling in macros, the ability to copy and paste all of the (…)