2014 is shaping up to be a great year for Manufacturing Technologies in the UK as MACH 2014, the key industry bellwether, is set to deliver a great return for the industry. The Exhibition will be held 7-11 April at the NEC Birmingham and is open to all (over the age of 14). MACH 2012 played host to 21,500 visitors and hopes are high that MACH 2014 will eclipse that number. Hall 5 at the NEC, Britain’s largest exhibition space, is completely sold out and the NEC’s next biggest, Hall 4 is (…)
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Subcontracting
Development and manufacture of technical springs
The Federtechnik Group with headquarter at Kaltbrunn relies on four production sites in Switzerland. It offers more than 80 years of experience in the development and manufacture of technical springs from wire and metal strips. The Federtechnik Group offers its technical expertise at every stage from development to mass production. Unlimited possibilities with the Federtechnik Group Compression, traction and torsion springs ranging from 0,1 to 20,0 mm in diameter Torsion springs and bended (…)
CAD
Delcam reaches 2,500 customers in China
Delcam is pleased to announce that the company recently added its 2,500th customer in China; Star Prototype Manufacturing Co., Ltd, based in Zhongshan Torch Development Zone in Guangdong Province. The company ordered recently multiple copies of Delcam’s PowerSHAPE CAD software and Delcam PowerMILL CAM system. To mark this landmark achievement, David You, Operating General Manager of Delcam China, presented a plaque to delegates from Star Prototype during the Delcam China 2013 New Product (…)
Innovation
A new turret type
On the occasion of the Simodec, Emissa will unveil an axial turret of a completely new genre. Designed to become the heart of a new machine for the automotive market, it offers advantages of setting and compactness without common measure with the existing solutions on the market. As always with Emissa, this new machine to be unveiled a little later this year (probably at Biemh) relies on proven concepts to better get out of the beaten tracks. Proven elements The new axial turret presented (…)
Control
New CNC solution for automated threaded wheel grinding
NUM has announced a high performance CNC solution for gear production machines that fully automates threaded wheel grinding. Incorporating unique high speed gear alignment technology that is believed to be an order of magnitude faster than comparable control schemes, the new CNC system dramatically reduces grinding machine threading-in times to accelerate throughput significantly. The comprehensive new solution is ideal for machine tool manufacturers seeking to improve the performance of (…)
Grinding
Production cylindrical grinding machine for micro components in Paris
The youngest Studer S11 is the smallest machine in the Thun company’s portfolio and is tailor-made for workpieces of up to 200 mm in length. You will be able to discover this new machine at Industrie Paris from March 31 to Avril 4, 2014. This extremely compact machine concept delivers a level of productivity that will amaze even experienced grinding specialists. The S11 embodies an extremely compact design paired with high productivity and Swiss precision. Energy efficiency included and (…)
CAD
New PartMaker features Vortex roughing and much more
Delcam’s PartMaker Division has released PartMaker 2014, which marks the introduction of Delcam’s Vortex high-efficiency strategy for area clearance into the PartMaker CAM suite. Vortex is Delcam’s newest proprietary high-speed roughing technology. Vortex controls the maximum engagement angle of the cutter in the material, such that the angle calculated for the programmed stepover is never exceeded, even in internal corners. This allows for optimal cutting conditions to be maintained (…)
Subcontracting
Cooperation Exchange with Bulgarian companies from the MEM industries
Mechanical engineering, metalworking, electronics, and electrical engineering are industries that are among the strengths of the Bulgarian economy. Also in the areas of infrastructure, technologies in the environmental sector and in the communication and information technology, business and cooperation opportunities are unlimited, and access to projects financed with EU funds are secured. Many well-organized and internationally experienced Bulgarian manufacturers are willing to assist Swiss (…)
Plastic and composites
Polymer powder range for SLS market
Velox GmbH distributor of Axalta Polymer Powders’ Coathylene range, is expanding its plastics product portfolio to include Coathylene SB0426-R. The Coathylene range is generally used as an anti-shrinkage agent for hot curing in the composites market. This polystyrene powder grade has been developed specifically for use in Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). Growing technology Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is one of several additive-manufacturing techniques. This promising technology uses (…)
Trade show
The BIEMH journeys to four continents in its campaign to attract purchasers
After visiting Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in 2013 the organisers of the BIEMH (International Machine-Tool Exhibition) are preparing further trade missions to Brazil, Morocco, Algeria, the USA, Mexico, Germany, Portugal, India and China in the first four months of 2014. The campaign to attract foreign buyers extends to a long list of markets, and involves an exhaustive travel agenda: between October and April the organisers of the event are to visit 15 (…)