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 (…)

The lead theme of Hannover Messe 2013 signals the fair’s key focus on the growing integration of all areas of industry. Machines, industrial equipment, workpieces and system components will soon be capable of exchanging data in real-time. Oliver Frese, head of Hannover Messe presenting the strengths of Hannover Messe to Swiss exhibitors and journalists yesterday at Osec in Zürich. "This will significantly boost efficiency, safety and resource sustainability in production and logistics," (…)

A team made up of employees from British Aerospace Systems and the Starrag Group has won the prestigious Silver Chairman’s Award for Innovation from BAE Systems. The award is in recognition for their development of new technology for the cost-effective processing of safety-critical Titanium alloy aircraft components. The team, which went by the name of “Two heads are better than one”, was one of over 3’000 nominations who were then whittled down to 16 finalists before finally receiving the (…)

The pioneer project of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab) of the University of Zurich started six months ago, with the target of developing one of the most modern humanoid robots within nine months. Now the robot has received a new face and is able to move his arms. On March 9, 2013, Roboy will be presented to the public at the “Robots on Tour” robotics exhibition held in Zurich on occasion of the 25th anniversary of the lab. More than 50 brushless maxon drives are responsible (…)