It’s exactly three years ago that I started working with Eurotec and since that time I’ve never stopped trying to be qualified to offering you the best possible magazine and online source of information on microtechnology. The team helped me a lot indeed! The release of issue 379 gives me the opportunity to thank you all for your support during these three years. Wow I met so many outstanding people and visited so many incredible companies! And it is only the start, I’m eager to carry on (…)

It is taken for granted that a product will work reliably (moreover in medical industry!). In addition today it is more and more important to guarantee the ease of operation in view of the scarcity of personnel and the variety of devices. Therefore to market medical technology products also implies maximizing user friendliness and experience… Medical Cluster Switzerland has decided to deal with these important topics and help companies being perfectly efficient on these aspects. On January (…)

The recent evolution of the market-leading Edgecam CNC software means manufacturers can achieve more machining in the same production time. Edgecam users from around the UK saw live machining demonstrations at Mazak’s European Technology Centre, showing how a revolutionary new Waveform Roughing Strategy in Edgecam 2012 R1 cuts cycle time from 63 minutes to just 18 minutes, and improves the metal removal rate from 30 cm3 per minute to 135 cm3 per minute. The demonstrations were part of the (…)

Amada, the publicly listed Japanese machine-tool and tool manufacturer offers a broad range of machines in several field of activities. A few examples?, You can find high-speed fiber laser, press brake, press featuring servo-electric drive technology, turning machines, integrated automation solutions, and grinding machines (using new grinding technologies) in its portfolio. To learn more about these we met with Ben Scherr, CEO of the European branch of the company. In the last EMO the (…)

Dental technology demands zero-defects production! “Fundamentally, dental milling machines are no different from normal CNC milling machines”, says Dr.-Ing. Michael Kreis, who heads Datron AG’s technology centre in Mühltal-Traisa near Darmstadt. The METAV 2012 in Düsseldorf will be showcasing the entire spectrum of equipment involved. At the “Metal meets Medical” special show, vendors of machines, tools, metrological instruments and software will be showing that the dental process chain is (…)

Today in almost all areas, men-machine interfaces use electronic devices and require always more advanced skills in "electronic development and industrialization". In the industry, a breakdown often means "loss of production", therefore manufacturers of machines and appliances must offer electronic solutions of high quality. We met with Mr. Patrick Roy, head of sales and Marketing at Cloos Electronic, specialist of custom electronic solutions supplier. "The trend today is very often that (…)

It’s been a while since we spoke about coating here and I’ve a good news to people interested in this topic. we met Christian Manasterski, head of R&D of the Surfaces Synergie group, leader in this technology and we will publish a two-episode story in Eurotec. First episode in our December issue! Example of black PVD coating use in the watch industry with the Louis Chevrolet Frontenac 7500 and its steel case black PVD coated and polished. Black coatings are for some years, very (…)

With the MEDTEC Italy, UBM Canon presents a new trade show and conferences event in the third-largest European market for medical technology. It will take place on September 26 and 27, 2012 in Modena, Italy and will present design and manufacturing solutions for the growing medical technology industries in the area. Italian OEMs of the medical sector counts over 32,000 employees and generate an annual turnover of around EUR 10 billion. About 2,500 manufacturers of medical equipment or (…)

Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, are pleased to announce the release of Machining STRATEGIST V13. A powerful multi-axis CAM solution that generates optimum HSM roughing and finishing CNC toolpaths for both the office and shop-floor environment. Machining STRATEGIST is a CAD independent solution and can work with data from all major 3D modelling systems. Within the latest release, support for VISI 19 has been included and the CAD interfaces (…)

Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, will host its second annual international conference, Hexagon 2012, 4-7 June at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Bringing together users from Hexagon Metrology, Intergraph®, ERDAS, Leica Geosystems and NovAtel the Hexagon 2012 agenda promises attendees hands-on training courses, interactive technology demonstrations and exhibits and unlimited networking opportunities. As the (…)