Today’s markets are becoming increasingly competitive, with customers who own machine tools needing to adopt new, more systematic approaches to improve their performance. Concepts such as SMED, lean manufacturing, 5S and 8D are being used more and more widely. The production process is very important, and the choice of machine has a significant impact on numerous parameters that directly influence the operating result of companies using them. (To be discovered comprehensively in a further (…)

As we’re soon at the deadline and a few spaces left in the magazine, we decided to let them go at half price. A few slots are available till Thursday noon. Don’t miss them! Next issue will be published for Medisiams (Switzerland) and Implants (France) and largely distributed in the European world of microtechnology. Your benefits in advertising: Targeted advertising in the 50-year’s know-how in microtechniques magazine in Europe « Added value » targeted editorial content for the (…)

Mid-1980s, Patrick Fleury, founder of DOP Gestion SA, was working as a Logistics Manager with a machine tools company. During this period he developed the vision of an industrial management system able to combine applied techniques of "MRP" production management and "PERT" projects that would be both easy to use and to understand. This product now exists! Why consider this challenger in the market? Meeting with Mr. Patrick Fleury, passionate visionary and happy CEO. An innovative concept (…)

The expertise of the Arc Jurassien in the field of medical microtechnology enjoys a long history, and can be sure of having significant potential for development in the future. This remarkable competence fits perfectly into the well-developed value creation process delivered by the highly interdisciplinary Swiss medical engineering industry. It is in this cutting-edge technology context that the forthcoming 3rd edition of the mediSIAMS fair will take place in Moutier in early May. (…)

Delcam has taken reverse engineering software to a new level of affordability by combining the functionality from its CopyCAD reverse engineering package into the 2011 release of its PowerSHAPE Pro CAD system. This extended range of functionality, which will be supplied automatically to all users on maintenance, is ideal both for the creation of CAD models from all types of digitised scan data, and for the re-engineering of existing products into improved or customised designs. The (…)

Yesterday was the first day of the European medical event not to be missed this year and we can say that it starts well. I’ve no figures yet, but in the middle of the day the crowd was impressive and the people I discussed with were happy both by quality and quantity of visitors. There are a lot of very interesting things to discover, both in terms of products and marketing approaches. In this regard, the “Pulp” created by Valtronic really grasped my attention. (I’ll come back on this (…)

The quality of measures in the departments of metrology and laboratories is constantly drawn upwards, furthermore a new standard of roughness measurement taking surface into account and no longer just profile involves changes in the means of measurement. We discovered InfiniteFocus, a device capable of measuring automatically the three elements of dimensional precision, shape accuracy and quality of surface finish. Meeting with Mr. Jérôme Orteu, Director of Microcube and exclusive reseller (…)

Germany’s fast-growing medical technology sector achieved sales of over €23 billion in 2009. Medtec Europe Manager Gregor Bischkopf, explains that he expects the industry’s continued growth to be reflected in exhibitor and visitor numbers at Europe’s leading medical technology fair. The central, overarching theme is precision technology this year at Medtec Europe, and there’ll be a specific PrecisionTec Pavilion, which attracted a lot of visitors last year. It will be a chance for (…)

Precision is one of the essential elements in high precision turning. Therefore companies looking for ultra precision feed their machines with bars whose dimensions and surface finishes are fully mastered and guaranteed. A company provides these to them. Meeting with Ms. Anne-Marie Liechti, Director of the company of the same name located in Moutier, in the heart of the world of high precision turning. Deep understanding of the material "The company was founded in 1939 in order to make (…)

For the realization of the articles of Eurotec’s next issues, I visited many companies and each time, I have discovered deeply passionate men and women proud of their work. In many cases, I am sure that they would have refused to exchange their job against a winning lottery ticket if they would have to abandon their professional activity to receive the ticket. Isn’t this fascinating? Speaking of passion, it is one of the common elements between all these interlocutors: They are intensely (…)