BIG KAISER, a leader in premium high-precision tooling systems and solutions for the aerospace, automotive, energy, medical and watch-making industries, today announced its new Fullcut Mills. There are two versions: FCM for profiling and FCR for ramping. The FCR and FCM Fullcut Mills are indexable insert endmills that deliver excellent cutting performance for demanding milling applications. They are available in many types and for every machine spindle, and are particularly well-suited to (…)

At the Plastics & Rubber Vietnam, which takes place in Ho Chi Minh City from 1 to 3 March 2016, Arburg will present an efficient production solution based on a hybrid Allrounder from the high-performance Hidrive series, thus placing the focus on the packaging industry. The high-speed Allrounder 570 H in the “Packaging” version will demonstrate the cost-effective production of drinks bottle closures. "With a hybrid Allrounder 570 H in the “Packaging” version, we will be presenting an (…)

Many customers visited the UNITED GRINDING Group at the world’s largest machine tool trade fair. In parallel with the EXPO world exhibition the largest trade fair for machine tools, EMO, took place in October 2015 in Milan, Italy. Under the slogan "Let’s build the Future", 1600 compa-nies from 42 countries presented visitors with new and proven products from the world of metalworking. The UNITED GRINDING Group presented 15 machines on its exhibition stand, including three world (…)

The CECIMO General Assembly that took place in Brussels on 3 December 2015 confirmed: • The European machine tool production will record 23.3 billion euros in 2015, increasing by 2% from the year before; • The machine tool consumption in Europe will be growing 4% this year to 14.2 billion euros; • The conceptual framework of the Ecodesign Directive is unsuitable, not feasible and not desirable for complex industrial goods. • CECIMO will be the voice of additive manufacturing in Europe. (…)

In the recently published QS World University Rankings 2015/2016, five out of the top 10 universities are already customers of the 3D printer manufacturer Nanoscribe. Not only Harvard University, but also the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Oxford as well as Imperial College London are among the elite users of the high-precision systems for microfabrication. ETH Zurich, which has already purchased a second Nanoscribe system this year, succeeded in (…)

The Komet Group is continually working to further develop its range of tools, which will afford the user even greater gains in terms of productivity. The results of the latest efforts are a choice of two new centring points for the Komet Kub Centron Powerline core bit drill which, with its multiple cutting edges, enables high feed rates and, as a result, short production times. The points that have been available until now are standard carbide points, which can be used universally. (…)

The interest shown by Asian suppliers of grinding technology is growing visibly. More and more companies from China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan see the GrindTec as the perfect platform for the presentation of their products. And the amount of space they need for their stands is also growing. The large manufacturers from Germany, Italy and Switzerland also require more space for their stands, which are becoming more and more elaborate. At present the project management has received about 470 (…)

Sandvik Coromant has launched a reinforced variant of its CoroDrill® 880 indexable drill that will substantially improve production economy in large diameter hole-making applications. The latest CoroDrill 880 tool body is compatible with a range of insert grades, including a grade based on the company’s new Zertivo™ technology, which delivers optimized cutting edge integrity. Representing the latest breakthrough in U-drill evolution, the reinforced CoroDrill 880 features a new enhanced (…)

Renishaw is pleased to announce the launch of REVO-2, a new improved version of the revolutionary multi-sensor 5-axis measuring head for use on co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs). REVO-2 and its new CMM controller UCC S5, build upon the successful REVO multi-sensor system with enhanced power and communications capability to carry the latest REVO sensors such as the RVP vision measurement probe. The head also has an increased range of movement in the negative A-axis which can improve part (…)

More than 100 exhibitors from eleven countries will be on hand when the first DeburringEXPO opens its doors from the 13th through the 15th of October, 2015. They’ll present products and services for reliable and efficient deburring, rounding and polishing processes which have a decisive effect on manufacturing quality. Regardless of the industry sector and the manufacturing technology, deburring, rounding and polishing are indispensable steps in modern components production processes. And (…)