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 (…)

Hasco has added a small new product with a large savings potential to its portfolio. The proven conical shut-off screws Z94/... and the cylindrical version Z940/... have now been supplemented with the intermediate size M9x1. . The core hole diameter of M9x1 corresponds to the cooling channel diameter of 8 mm. This dispenses with the need for complicated and time-consuming mould changes and drilling work on the moulding machine. The thread can be cut immediately after production of the (…)

A good start of the year for Citizen, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of CNC sliding headstock lathes up to 32 mm diameter. A wide part of the 50’000 machines are used in Europe as approximately 30 percent the Japanese manufacturer production is sold to Europe. The Cincom M32 V is currently the most powerful sliding headstock lathe offered by Citizen. The first sliding headstock lathe of Citizen had been delivered in February 1971. Citizen was the first to offer a sliding head (…)

The company design and implement industrial laser applications. Advices, research and development and production of metallic parts are the main activities of the company. Parts created layer by layer The fusion process can generate large-volume components layer-by-layer using 3D CAD data. Laser Jura only uses original materials, no powder mixes, are used which are uniquely suitable to manufacture cooled tool inserts for instance. The process allows complex component geometries to be (…)

The new Schläfli Acuwire-S machine was developed for the precise machining of bores on workpieces with a diameter of from 0.04 mm up to about 0.6 mm. A wide range of materials such as PCD, sapphire, ruby, technical ceramic, tungsten carbide, steel, medical alloys, etc. can be machined with a precision of up to 0.001 mm. The machine is suitable for machining workpieces such as dies, nozzles, bushings, bearings, glass dies cutting wheels, ferrules, thread guides, watch jewel bearings, (…)

Körber Schleifring is strengthening its three technology areas; surface and profile grinding with the Blohm, Jung and Mägerle brands, tool grinding with the Walter and EWAG brands and cylindrical grinding with the Studer, Schaudt and Mikrosa brands. Behind (from the left): Richard Bauer, Gustel Baumert, in front (from the left): Stephan Nell, Heinz Poklekowski, Dr. Roland Rütti. "These areas will in future each be allocated their own management, and will accordingly be able to offer the (…)

After the success of the common presence of Newemag & Schneider mc SA at SIAMS 2008, the concept is repeated this year. New products presented: Brother TC-S2D and TC-R2, as well as Miyano BNA-42 S models. Machining area of the new Miyano BNA-42S Brother TC-S2D - develop constantly "Develop constantly" is the motto of Brother, the Japanese machine tools manufacturer. The new TC-S2D development is presented at SIAMS just 4 years after the introduction of the previous successful model, (…)

Inform visitors quickly and comprehensively of the newest market trends – this is the mission of Osec’s two «Swiss Pavilion» at the Hannover Messe. In Hall 2, Swiss researchers and start-up companies are presenting exhibits on current high-tech developments, while in Hall 4 the dynamic Swiss supplier sector is demonstrating how it applies innovative ideas and helps customers to create higher value-added products. The latest trends in Swiss research at a glance The «Swiss Pavilion» in Hall (…)