At the Hannover Messe Preview I discussed with the specialists of Technische Antriebselemente GmbH. This company located in Hamburg is specialised in drive technology and linear systems. They just launched a new electro piston… let’s have a look at it. Many companies try to replace pneumatic or hydraulic pistons by electrical ones. Technische Antriebselemente GmbH now offers them an interesting alternative. The new electro piston benefits from a patented technology without any electric (…)

In many industrial cleaning applications the use of solvents yields valuable process advantages. Committed to making optimum use of these benefits, Dürr Ecoclean keeps refining and improving its equipment portfolio continually to adapt each cleaning system perfectly to its task and enhance the cost efficiency, process reliability and sustainability of the solvent-based cleaning process. Organic solvents are commonly used in industrial part and surface cleaning where highly oil-contaminated (…)

If the world of surface treatments has seen many innovations in recent years, we are only at the beginning of a (r)evolution which sees parts be treated to combine several functions to obtain unimaginable results not so long time ago. To talk about it and draw parallels with mountaineering, we’ve met with Mr. Samuel Estoppey, Director of the Estoppey-Reber group and great admirer of mountains... and the comparison between mountain and surface treatment is very relevant! “We want to discover (…)

The Hannover Messe preview took place last week in Hannover and I was lucky to be there to discuss with some exhibitors and the organisers. It was amazing to see that at least half of the companies I visited talked about energy efficiency. It is still a major trend, let’s see an example. In any workshop people are using compressed air and most of the time that resource is seen as necessity evil and anyhow not a topic top deal with to add value to the company.... things may be seen (…)

Executive conference examines MEMS’ connection to European advancements in consumer, automotive, energy, medical MEMS Industry Group (MIG) will host its second annual MEMS Executive Congress® Europe, March 12, 2013 in Amsterdam. This European edition of MIG’s highly successful executive event features an opening presentation by MIG Managing Director Karen Lightman, keynotes by Continental Automotive GmbH and SORIN GROUP, and panels exploring micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) as a core (…)

Nowadays the mastery of power supply goes through high-performance devices that guarantee that the desired power is provided reliably and continuously. In demanding areas such as surface treatment and noble material coating, for example, being able to finely manage power supply is an absolute necessity. We met with Mr. Eric Aumeunier Director and Frank Vaccaro, commercial responsible at Micronics Systems, a French manufacturer of current rectifiers, stabilised power supplies and on-demand (…)

The demand for heavy-duty cutting is standard in the aerospace and energy industries. Tool producers have historically reacted to these requirements with advancements on materials, coatings and geometries. ATI Stellram is now releasing solid carbide end mills with the Haimer Safe-λock™system to the market. XE, XER and RSM Aerospace solid carbide end mills from ATI Stellram will be available with the new pull out protection Safe-Lock™ that has been developed from the tool holding specialist (…)

Coolant circuits place special requirements on the connections and lines used. To meet these requirements, Eisele offers a special product line for coolants – Liquidline – with optimised connections in a full range of sizes and time-proven Eisele quality. Now this product line includes two new components for extra high flow capacities. The two new Liquidline coolant connections are flow-optimised for extra fast heat dissipation. Coolant circuits have the task of dissipating heat from (…)

At the next Medtec Europe, Daetwyler Industries will present the microwaterjet system. This high-precision waterjet system revolutionizes the possible applications of this method of processing We can only get cost-effective solutions while maintaining a high level of quality by optimizing manufacturing. To meet this objective Daetwyler Industries, the Swiss company, will present in Stuttgart a new cutting method that combines the accuracy of EDM wire equipment and laser cutting to the (…)

Tornos has a well established reputation in the field of bar turning for watchmaking, but never before the launch of Swiss Nano had a manufacturer gone so far ahead in design, ergonomics and integration research into a human-machine interface with a radical focus on efficiency and simplicity. For more than 100 years, Tornos has been manufacturing machines aimed at watchmaking, and for around twenty years the company has been providing NC solutions to meet highly specific watchmaking (…)