The speaker’s line up for the IMPLANTS 2010 conference will include around 30 most representative personalities from the international implants industry. Trying to capture the best shot of the international and complex dimension of orthopaedic implants in Europe, the conference will feature also important names from America and the emerging Asian markets. To see the full list go here. List of confirmed exhibitors: HEPTAL - AVICENNE Développement - OHST - DPMR - ACNIS - INTERCARAT - GPI - (…)

At the Hannover Messe 2010, Xactform presents a new breathtaking innovation for the world of dentistry and medicine. The tool manufacturer is the first in the world to master the realization of helical flute on a conical tool. Meeting with M. Ferrière, Head of Marketing & Sales. Special orthopedic thread mill by Xactform Xactform is a 25-year old company specialized in producing high quality tools. Its product range for medical industry consists mainly in solid carbide thread mills (…)

Water-miscible cooling lubricants are a crucially important element of demanding metal machining processes. In nature, life cannot exist without water – but the water, mineral oil and emulsifiers used in machine tools can turn them into ideal incubators. Up to now, chemicals such as boron, amines, fungicides or bactericides have had to be regularly used to check this persistent growth. The need for such “chemical bludgeons” is now over! Ladybugs (the Coccinellidae family of beetles) eat up (…)

Current issue of the magazine is being sent to customers these days. It will be available on shows too as Eurotec will be on tour in a few important exhibitions. http://eurotec-online.com/articles/... . You can meet with us at the following shows: Hannover Messe – Halle 4, Stand C12/13 Medtec Besançon – Halle B1, Stand 515 Siams, Moutier – Halle 1.2, Stand C25 EPHJ/EPMT, Lausanne Stand H13/A10 Should you need more information or to receive your personal copy, do not hesitate to ask (…)

Demands from watch and micro manufacturing companies for higher accuracy and surface finish quality has lead to new task assignments for Machines and Machine Tool Manufacturers. Heinz Kaiser AG, the industry leader in manufacturing high precision boring tools for more than 60 years, is reacting to the demands of micro manufacturers with the world’s smallest boring head, the EWN 04-7. . The newest Kaiser head EWN 04-7, with a length of 14 mm and an outer diameter of 18.5 mm is the ideal (…)

Vericut 7 features significant performance-improving enhancements that reduce the time required for manufacturing engineers to develop, analyze, inspect and document the CNC programming and machining process. Instead of focusing on new features or add-on modules, CGTech developers have focused on diligent code optimisation and over 500 customer-driven enhancements. This complete solution will be shown at Mach, September 28 to October 2 (D). “For Vericut 7.0 we focused on the customer’s use (…)

Stäubli Robotics, manufacturers of innovative and technologically advanced industrial and cleanroom robots, announces the introduction of the new TS series of high speed SCARA robots. This next generation robotic line features 100% Stäubli design and engineering, and are among the fastest commercially available SCARA robots in the industry. . Stäubli’s high performance benchmarks of speed, rigidity and precision are exemplified by this series which includes the TS40, TS60 and TS80 with (…)

Hexagon Metrology today announced the immediate availability of new versions of the Tesastar-m and Tesastar-sm motorized probe heads for DEA and Brown & Sharpe coordinate measuring machines. These new variants of the popular motorized probe heads offer a 7.5 degree indexing increment for maximum compatibility with legacy products. . The new Tesastar-m and Tesastar-sm versions deliver -180 to +180 degrees of revolution and 0 to 105 degrees of pitch for a total of 720 indexable (…)

To discover how the Décovi company, based in Vicques (Switzerland), uses the new Applitec Cut-Line inserts, we set up a meeting with Clovis Chételat, head of bar turning at Décovi, and Pascal Kohler, Applitec’s technical manager. Just a few millimetres…The difference between a 1.6 mm insert and a 3.1 mm insert is not just 1.5 mm: multiplied by 200,000 workpieces, it adds up to 100 three-meter bars! With very costly materials such as titanium, at approximately 100 CHF per kg, the savings (…)

In its catalogue, Bimu offers a vast standard range of bar turning inserts and accessories for turning machines, all designed and developed in-house. However, certain customers have very specific requirements that cannot be met by this range. This is why Bimu has chosen to team up with various partners and become the Swiss representative for numerous already successful products. . In the field of equipment for automatic turning machines or cutting tools, various products already have a (…)