At EMO on booth F18, Halle 7, Emissa will present its new flexible and modular machining center that doesn’t need any robot: The WinFlex 3800. This center can machine parts on 5 sides at high productivity with flexibility. A well kept secret The manufacturer doesn’t say a lot about the machine (size of the parts? main assets?) but it seems that the manipulation of parts has been particularly well designed and that it is not necessary to add a robot to integrate the machine into an industrial (...)
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Uniquely positioned to help companies achieve more
More technology, more precision, more automation, more productivity and more satisfaction are at the heart of GF AgieCharmilles’ commitment to helping customers achieve more success. A place not to miss at EMO The exhibition space at EMO Milan 2009 is the place to “Experience more” of the solutions the company has developed specifically to enable customer’s success today, tomorrow and beyond. Visitors will have the opportunity to discover the complete, actual range of technologies and services (...)
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New Tornos machine @EMO
Tornos is unveiling a new family of machines under the name Gamma. Positioned between the Deco machines, designed for manufacturing complex parts, and Delta machines, which have been highly successful in manufacturing straightforward to moderately complex parts, these new turning machines complete the manufacturer’s range for creating moderately complex parts. How to choose Questioned as to the difficulty experienced by the customer in knowing how to choose between a Delta 20/5, a Sigma 20, (...)
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Back to the roots… and more
In the past, Schaublin was well known in both fields of high production and small batches machining. In the recent past years, companies looking for a production means combining high precision, high production and flexibility were not able to find a Schaublin product tailored to this wide spectrum of needs. Since EMO 2009 this is no longer a question as the company launches a new product range combining all these advantages with the renowned Schaublin quality. Legacy of the famous 110 and (...)
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600 Gains Strength from Restructuring
The 600 Group plc has released details of its recent significant restructuring and new product supply arrangements. It is the UK’s largest machine tool company operating from a number of locations worldwide and sells its products into more than 180 countries. [->http://www.600group.com Transformational change needed David Norman, CEO of The 600 Group plc, said: “At the time of my appointment in August, it was clear that both the cost infrastructure of the Group and the machine tools’ supply (...)
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Hermle AG: In-house show and news
Over 2’000 visitors from Germany and throughout Europe, including groups from Japan, Korea, Russia, Israel, China and Thailand, attended the traditional in-house exhibition of Hermle AG in Gosheim earlier this spring. First presentation The flexible RS 4 production system RS 4 combines an industrial robot, a pallet magazine and one or even two 5-axis machining centres in a single production system. The 1000-kg transport weight of the robot is very high and offers the pre-conditions for (...)
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Swiss machine tool builder looking for agents in Germany
Renowned machine tools builder in the watchmaking field for 15 years, Witech launched this year a new range of machines dedicated to produce dental prosthesis. The manufacturer doesn’t let watchmaking aside insofar as a novelty for this field of activity will be launched this year. The company aims high and is looking for agents in Germany. Ambitious aims If today Witech produces approximately 40 to 50 machines per year, Mr Meunier, Head of sales, doesn’t hide his ambitions for the future. (...)
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Improved quality in laser cutting
Designer and manufacturer of high-end laser machining system for super precision cutting, drilling and welding of micro parts, Swiss Tec helps companies in implementing innovative machining solutions. A new solution is being implemented to drastically reduce the stent cutting process time. Meeting with Eduard Fassbind, CEO of the company. Innovative production « Our commitment is to help companies implementing innovative machining solutions to expand micro-machining capabilities, and (...)
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Perfect holes 8 times smaller than a hair!
When microtechnolgy goes to micro bores, the results are stunning. I’ve been carrying on my trip to visit companies that have "magic" in the hands to write articles for next issue. This week I had the opportunity to discover MBS (Micro Bore Sizing) with Microcut in Lengnau (Switzerland). Customer and Technology-driven company Microcut Ltd. Is specialized in providing standard and customized machines for processing small bores down to 0.015 mm. The bore size, geometries and surface quality (...)
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“International Best Factory Award 2009”
KASTO adds another trophy to their winning series with the “International Best Factory Award 2009” in the category “Manufacturing Businesses” “If one wants to reach the top, one should follow the success of others.” The management method benchmarking follows this guideline and offers businesses support in taking a good look at the competition as well as oneself – this is the governing principle of the Export Akademie in Reutlingen, which – together with the journal Market and Medium-Sized (...)