The industry event for the entire sheet metal processing sequence has just started at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre (it will last from the 1st through the 4th of December, 2009). With approximately 940 exhibitors on more than 750,000 square feet of overall exhibition floor space, the show is quite impressive and fully visited. Hard times Fiscal year 2009, which has been difficult for everyone, will close in a more or less conciliatory manner with the trade fair duo consisting of the 9th (…)

The next METAV will soon take place. This time it’s being held very early in the year, from 23 to 27 February 2010 in Düsseldorf. It is thus the first international trade fair next year to offer an overview of the entire technology involved in metalworking. The trade visitors have a welcome opportunity to bring themselves comprehensively up to date on the advances being made in terms of production technology. This is of particular interest to those who were unable to travel to the EMO in (…)

With its innovative 1 MHz Ultrasonic Micro Cleaning (UMC) module generator, Weber Ultrasonics has created the ideal conditions for efficient and reproducible cleanliness in microtechnical and nanotechnical production. The 250 and 500 Watt power classes allow the new megasonic device to adapt to individual cleaning requirements. Innovative high-tech components make it possible to achieve maximum performance while demanding a minimum of space: up to six UMC modules can be integrated in a 19" (…)

Under that title, the Swiss Marketing Club organized again a memorable event today. About 200 people were reunited in a theater built in 1837 (L’heure Bleue in La Chaux-de-Fonds) to discuss the way to market timepieces. Amazingly low profile When you discuss with friends (obviously depending on who your friends are) about watch industry and the way people behave in that world, you often have the impression that some people there think that they are just better than anyone else. And that (…)

"DryLin R" linear plain bearings from igus GmbH, Cologne, are lubricant-free, robust and corrosion resistant. The linear bearings with highly wear-resistant polymers are replacing metallic bushings in numerous cases. Maintenance intervals are shortened, service life increased. A few examples In a seat cover testing machine belonging to the American automotive components supplier, Lear Corporation in Allershausen, the "DryLin R" flange bearings have been in use without any failures for more (…)

Using Delcam’s PartMaker CAM software has given medical device manufacturer C-Axis the ability to manufacture complex, high-quality medical parts very efficiently. The company uses a range of six multi-axis CNC mills and Swiss-type lathes, the most complex of which is a twelve-axis Star ECAS-20T. Of course, when programming such sophisticated parts on such complex machines, being able to quote, program and set jobs up efficiently is paramount. Easy to design… “Our biggest challenges (…)

From the 31st May to 5th June, 2010 the 26th Spanish-Machine Tool Biennial will be held. This exhibition is organised by BEC (Bilbao Exhibition Centre) and AFM (Spanish Machine-Tool Manufacturers Association). The organizers also count on the collaboration of AMT (Association of Spanish Manufacturers of Accessories, Component Parts and Tools). . To the help of exhibitors Organizers remind us that December 1st is the deadline for preferential admission and also that they have introduced a (…)

Innovative applications for consumer-use: In the field of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing EuroMold has already long time ago established itself as Europe’s biggest market place for product development! New at EuroMold 2009 will be the special feature show “e-production for everyone’ in the newly built hall 11.0. Here fields of application of generative processes for consumers will be in focus. This show offers all attendees a perspective on how these highly innovative technologies (…)

“When it comes to the price, the system pays off even for a single machine (if the setup times are significant). But besides price, it is the applicability that counts“. That is the matter-of-fact view of Berghoff, one of the leading companies for CNC processing and assembly production, concerning the price-performance ratio of presetting and measuring devices. Since installing a Zoller venturion machine equipped with the pilot 3.0 operating platform, discussions ended a long time ago due to (…)

GF AgieCharmilles, Hexagon Metrology extend collaboration; complementary technologies to be featured at EXPOlaser 2009. GF AgieCharmilles and Hexagon Metrology, two globally-renowned technology leaders, are stepping up their partnership to bring leading-edge laser technology and the latest metrology instruments to EXPOlaser 2009, Nov. 19-21, at Piacenzaexpo, Piacenza, in Italy. Thanks to this partnership, visitors to EXPOlaser 2009 will get a close-up look at how GF AgieCharmilles’ laser (…)