Parts manufacturers face challenges that seem contradictory; on one hand they must produce shorter and shorter batches. On the other they must manufacture as automatically as possible and at minimum costs. A manufacturer of milling and turning centers pulls out in this complex equation. Meeting at Willemin-Macodel SA with MM Patrick Haegeli, director and Denis Jeannerat, technical director. "We do not only sell products with advanced features, but the whole of a process and our ability to (…)

At the EMO in hall 27, stand D68, Chiron will exhibit eight “new generation” machining centers – including five world premieres – to demonstrate all aspects of efficient, fast and precise machining for numerous applications in different industries and with a wide range of materials. The live machining demonstrations will focus on productivity increases by the use of multi-spindle technology, simultaneous turning and milling, new automation solutions and energy efficient machining centers. (…)

If the EMO is usually the place where companies launch their products, it is quite rare to discover a product that changes the way we see machining. Most of the time there are new machines a little bit more so and so or with enhanced so and so to be discovered. At the next EMO, Tornos will launch a product that will probably be seen as a real new way to machine. The company has launched a microwebsite dedicated to this new machine: [www.multiswiss.info->http://www.multiswiss.info. There is (…)

Dixi Polytool SA offers various options for internal micro threads. Dixi has in stock complete ranges of whirling tools, micro taps, micro thread formers as well as thread mills. With the launch of the new series of Dixi 1740 drilling thread whirlers, Dixi steps ahead with a new option for its customers’ needs. Daily, Dixi’s customers face smaller and smaller series coupled with shorter delivery terms. Therefore the company’s R&D department has focused on defining a tool able to assure (…)

The 41st Midest, the industrial subcontracting show, will take place from 15th to 18th November at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre and it will open against a background that mixes concerns (consequences of the ending of the scrappage scheme, rising raw materials prices, Japanese disaster) with real reasons for hope (economic recovery, support measures in a range of countries, development of new channels…). . To meet the current challenges, Midest is launching new initiatives (…)

We all do marketing, sometimes even without knowing it… and sometimes we would like to have a backbone structure to help us. The CIP in Tramelan (Switzerland) organizes a 4-day training to help partakers clarify their vision and build actual tools. This training will take place in French. The training is based on projects for partakers and will help them answer a lot of questions like: What are our assets? What is the DNA of my company? What do I want to communicate? How to prepare the (…)

Leading international trade show offers solutions for the manufacturing challenges of today and tomorrow. Machine tools play an important role in countless aspects of everyday life, contributing to the things we eat, the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, the healthcare we enjoy as well mobility, education, raw materials production, power generation, the exchange of information and communication. Foods, building materials, textiles, medical devices, vehicles and conveying systems, (…)

Sales of investment goods is never really simple, neither for new nor for second hand. In both cases, the sale of the second machine is conditioned by the performance of the first. In the case of a new machine, it is the brand that is "colored" by the experience with the first purchase. In the case of second-hand deals, it is the image of the company who made the sale which is affected. Meeting with Mr. Frank Délétraz, Director of RD Machine-Outils (France). To "new machines actors", there (…)

From September 19 to 24 Alicona will present three measurement systems dedicated to cutting tool measurements at EMO Hanover. IF-Real3D InfiniteFocus Real3D is an optical 3D micro coordinate measurement system for complete form measurement of cutting edges. Form, contour and roughness are measured in high resolution and out of every perspective. Users benefit from several functionalities of a coordinate measurement system and of a surface measurement device. The 360° measurement of drills, (…)

Following a well-established tradition, MunichExpo Veranstaltungs GmbH once again offers the prestigious MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award. The competition is open to designers, materials suppliers, developers, engineers, and producers. Application deadline ends on 30 June, 2011 - Sponsorship Award endowed with €1,500. Students can apply for the Student Award that is endowed with €1,500. The price is awarded for outstanding innovative, creative or engineering achievements in the (…)