Trophies awarded at Midest in Paris are not stopped by border; exactly, like the Franco-German alliance Jores/Meca-Rectif winner of the "partnership-alliance” category. In a few years these two double surface grinding subcontracting companies have evolved from fierce competitors to partners working hand to hand to develop the market. Meeting with Mr. Torsten Jores and Philippe Chapé, the two CEO’s. “We simply combined our forces to develop the market” says Mr. Jores. But behind this short (…)

Micro-cutting stents is one of the most demanding manufacturing applications in the medical device industry. With tube diameters between 1mm and 10mm and a wall thickness of around 100µm, precision cutting is essential. It is also critical that the cut metal does not have rough edges as the stents are permanently inserted into arteries. At this year’s BIOMEDevice exhibition, held in San Jose, California, 6 - 7 December, visitors to JK Lasers’ booth discovered how medium power range, single (…)

In the area of consumer electronics, multi-touch has not only changed the ergonomics of devices, it has changed user habits as well. In industrial automation, this technology has the potential to make machine operation more intuitive, faster and safer - in essence, to bring about a revolution in ergonomics for machine and system visualization units. B&R introduces devices that allow multi-touch input in industrial environments. In industrial automation, there has been a strong and (…)

The guide bushes delivered with Tornos Deco7 and Micro7 machines have a thread of M10x0.8, which is difficult to find and not according to international standards. Walter Dünner SA proposes the alternative to allow customers to set up their machines with guide bushes from different producers. The two proposed nuts adapt the machine in order to set up guide bushes with M10x0.75 thread. The machine equipped with such a nut will then also be able to accept the same guide bushes as set on (…)

Christian Thönes to become deputy member of Executive Board. http://eurotec-online.com/wp-conten...On December 13 at the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft Christian Thönes (39) was appointed as deputy member of the Executive Board effective as of 1 January 2012. This takes account of the growing internationalisation in the areas of products, product development and technology. In his new appointment he will be responsible for the future direction of (…)

Walter Dünner presents a kit to boost the capabilities of the Tornos Deco 20 machines regarding clamping on the counter-spindle. The new “large opening set” is delivered complete, with sealing discs and springs. Basically the maximum stroke way of the counter collet sleeve is of 0.8 mm, which is limiting the opening of the counter collet. With the new pusher developed by Walter Dünner and tested with the company’s customers, the way of the sleeve is increased up to 2.8 mm! This allows a (…)

The Swiss NanoConvention 2012 will bring together Swiss and international leaders from science and industry in the field of «nano», key figures in innovation and technology, entrepreneurs, investors, administrators and politicians. The Swiss NanoConvention 2012 will be a platform for connecting people, networking, debating and exchanging ideas – or even generating new ones. Key players will be able to gather the best available information on the potential, but also on the risks of one of (…)

The new DT-1 from Haas Automation, Inc., is a compact, high-speed drill and tap machine with full milling capabilities. The machine features a generous 508 x 406 x394 mm work cube and 660 x 381 mm T-slot table, while maintaining a very small footprint. A powerful BT-30 taper spindle spins to 12,000 rpm, and allows tapping at speeds to 5000 rpm. The spindle is coupled directly to the motor for smooth, quiet operation and extreme thermal stability. A 11.2 kW vector drive system provides 62 (…)

Solid carbide high-performance drills from speciality brand Walter Titex now also available with external cooling. X.treme DIN 6537 long with shank DIN 6535 HA - now also available with external cooling. The solid carbide high-performance drills from the X.treme product range represent maximum productivity, process reliability and an extremely wide range of applications, as they can be used universally for all material groups. With this most recent addition, a version with external (…)

In our issue number 375, we wrote about Proto Labs, the "Amazon.com" of subcontracting. In this article we emphasized the novelty of this service largely based on the web and embedded intelligence of "supercomputers" of the company to respond very quickly to all solicitations. We also introduced the "virtual and dehumanized" aspects that some clients could feel. About a year has passed and we met with Mr. Bernard Faure, responsible for France, Switzerland and Belgium as well as Richard (…)