The INGRESS (INdustry GRoup on European Standardisation Strategy) platform has been launched today by its 16 founding European industry associations. The multi-stakeholder platform aims at facilitating the representation and advocacy of industry interests groups on European standardisation policy matters, given that industry is the main contributor (funding 95% of standards’ development costs) and user of European standards. Regulation EU 1025/2012 on European standardisation of 14 (…)

Delcam Professional Services is offering free Custom Software Core software to speed up and simplify the automation of repetitive operations in Delcam’s PowerSHAPE design and reverse engineering software, and PowerMILL CAM system. Even though both PowerSHAPE and PowerMILL incorporate automatic routines as part of the software, many experienced users like to customise the software to automate further standard, repetitive operations specific to their application or product range. Typically, (…)

RoboJob is a Belgian company which offers flexible automation solutions for the automated loading and unloading of CNC machines. With over 25 years’ in machining and over 40 years’ experience in machine building, RoboJob can rely on all the needed know-how to build extremely user-friendly standard solutions that can significantly increase gross margins in the machining industry. Growing labor costs, declining volumes and shrinking margins. These are but a few of the challenges that many (…)

Arburg will exhibit a broad range of efficient plastic part production applications from 5 to 9 May 2015 at the Plast trade fair in Milan, Italy. The Freeformer will be presented for the first time in Italy, demonstrating how one-off parts and small, multiple-variant batches can be produced from standard granulate without a mould in an additive manufacturing process, using Arburg Plastic Freeforming (AKF). The applications on view in the injection moulding area will include multi-component (…)

SpiroGrooving - an innovative method for seal ring grooves developed by Sandvik Coromant ensures high output of quality components and meets tough security demands. Used with the CoroBore XL system, it utilizes a spirograph tool path to create close-tolerance seal ring grooves in a very secure and productive way Machining challenges Requiring close tolerances and high-quality surface finish, seal ring grooves is a critical feature on many oil and gas components. Conventional methods for (…)

The latest release of Radan, from Vero Software, includes enhanced functionality to ensure imported 3D files retain accurate information, resolving manufacturing issues throughout the production process, including at the press brake. A number of the 180 enhancements in Radan 2015 help bring all aspects of the software together – CAD/CAM, Radbend, Radm-ax, Radtube and the logistics products. “When people think of Radan they think of the world’s most powerful sheetmetal CAD/CAM software,” (…)

Known for innovation, Swiss firm Schneeberger AG Lineartechnik is currently developing a new positioning and movement system that will bear the name Double Gantry. Initial tests and analyses prove that speed of positioning can be almost doubled in applications such as wafer production. The Double Gantry should be on the market from mid-2014. Mobile telephones, tablets, laptops and many other, routine electronic products are becoming ever more efficient and/or smaller. This is due to the (…)

As market and technology leader in cylindrical grinding, STUDER decided to endow the fourth research prize, the «Fritz Studer Award». In the fall of 2014 applications were submitted from many European countries. The research award targeted graduates from European universities and higher education technical colleges. All graduates, who have dealt with scientific topics or have had an applied research focus during their studies or as a subject in a dissertation and who are able to proffer (…)

What strikes the observer first about the new EcoCFlex 3 is Dürr Ecoclean’s proprietary scara manipulator replacing the standard 6-axis jointed-arm robot, as well as the machine’s exceptional design. A view under the hood reveals further details contributing to its superior process reliability, quality, energy efficiency and availability rates in pre-cleaning and final cleaning of powertrain components. In the pre- and final cleaning of powertrain parts such as cylinder heads, engine (…)

The Arburg Energy Efficiency Award was officially presented on Tuesday 10 March 2015. The winner for 2015 is ARaymond, one of the world’s market leaders in clip fasteners for the automotive industry. Based on internal environmental guidelines, the French family-owned company promotes environmental protection in all 37 of its independent affiliates. Award recognises excellent energy efficiency performance In his welcoming speech, Michael Hehl, Managing Partner and Spokesperson for the (…)