Imoberdorf AG established that there was a need for a small machine on the market in order to concentrate the high productivity demanded by many companies into the smallest possible area. This has led its engineers to successfully harness state-of-the-art control and drive technologies from the wide and varied world of machine tools to maximise the productivity per unit area of a rotary transfer machine. We had the luck to meet Toni Imoberdorf, CEO at EMO to discover that new machine. (…)

At the recent EMO in Hannover the Swiss company presented quite a lot of novelties regarding machines and solutions, today the producer unveils a new website, evolution or revolution? We called Brice Renggli Head of Marketing to chat about it. At first glance the new website seems full of information but we can find our way quite efficiently. Those willing to find quick information about a machine will be satisfied as well as those looking for investor relations information. But there is (…)

OPS-Ingersoll, located in Burbach/Germany, operates world-wide as a leading technology partner for the mould- and die-industry at the highest stage. At EMO the company presented a lot of novelties and it’s time to present the Eagle MultiChangelinear automation concept: nonstop operation, error-free during constant operation. As a full-range supplier, OPS-Ingersoll offers the new concept, where the advanced technology combination is perfectly joined with a well-engineered automation (…)

No less than 360 applications for booths at the GrindTec 2012 (as per 28.10.2011) have already been received by Project Manager Joachim Kalsdorf, only 40 less than in the record year 2010. But one thing is already clear: The GrindTec 2012 will be considerably larger (from March 14 to 17, 2012). According to Joachim Kalsdorf: “At the moment we are planning on 30,000 m² gross area, 5,000 m² more than last time. This is caused in particular by the machinery manufacturers, many of whom have (…)

In the recent Fakuma a small machine grasped my attention. This very compact injection machine is actually dedicated to microtechnology and realize parts with one or two components between 10 and 400 mg. Indeed that’s not an usual way to characterize parts in "classical microtechnology" were we do parts doing chips. Nevertheless this machine can produce true microtechnology parts in many different material (including CIM, PIM and MIM). The formica Plast range comprises two machines, the 1K (…)

Trumpf has become the first manufacturer of laser marking systems to connect a laser directly to SAP R/3 via a standard printer interface. TruMark marking lasers can now be hooked up and integrated with SAP systems just as easily as conventional inkjet and toner printers. TruMark marking lasers can now be connected and integrated with SAP systems just as easily as standard inkjet and toner printers. Photo: Trumpf Group The connection is established using the driver interface for printers (…)

There are many areas for potential cost savings when it comes to compressed air production and this is especially true for compressed air system monitoring and control. Kaeser’s latest generation Sigma Air Manager (SAM) provides users with the transparency and performance required to tap into these savings. The new Sigma Air Manager with its adaptive 3-D-Control masters 3 key elements: 1) pressure flexibility, 2) control losses and 3) switching losses. An all-in-one An all-in-one master (…)

Employing 105 highly qualified workforce, the Rubis Précis / Micropierre / DPL Friatec Group has been engaged for 60 years in the production using customer’s drawings of high precision components. Especially of small mounted assemblies in Sapphire, Ruby, Quartz, Silica, Optical Glasses, Technical Ceramics, Ferrite, Tungsten Carbide, Stainless Steel, Gold, Platinum and other hard materials and metals. Such materials have exceptional qualities of hardness (surpassed only by diamond), wear (…)

PX Tools is well known by companies active in the fields of medical and watch industries for its ability to provide them with special tools based on plans. The company has always proposed standard tools, but by its organization and its structure they were produced with the methods used for special tools and were available at inappropriate prices. Through a profound reorganization and a broad listening to the markets, the manufacturer has completely changed its production methods and renewed (…)

Precise France presents SPF 50 compliance cutting. This system consists of an electrospindle with ball and socket join for compliance on X and Y axes (flexible system). Its displacement is controlled by a pneumatic damping system which tends to realign the spindle into its constant effort axis. 1-Compliance, 2-Electrospindle, 3 – Perpendicular plane to the spindle axis The HEN 50 Fisher electrospindle is primarily intended for robotized machining operations, for example: milling of (…)