DC Swiss SA offers a complete range of precision tapping machine taps for all materials with different tensile strengths and breaking elongations. There is a wide range of appropriate cutting geometries to guarantee precise thread tapping that conforms to standards for superior fixing technology. New at EMO, the treat millers dedicated to small and precise fields. New product range M. Ryf, Sales and Marketing director explained us how difficult it is to machine micro threads on hard (…)
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Trade show
EMO report #6
Next BIEMH is on a right path. I met the organizers yesterday and they really do a great job to make an important show in Bilbao next June. The show will take place from May 31 to June 6, 2009. International show Results of the last BIEMH is impressive, 50712 visitors from 66 countries visited the show. 738 booths from exhibitors from 36 countries were set up. It is clear that the show is really an international event not to be missed. New dates For a few years, that was a trouble to go (…)
Machines
EMO report #5
A company started in 2003 in Europe and is now part of the most important machine-tool providers for 80% of the needs of the market. This company is American and put a lot of efforts on training future generations of engineers and operators. Its name? Hass Automation Europe. Meeting with Katja Mader, Marketing Director. Importance of training Haas knows that having a highly skilled team will be the key to successful preparation for all that this industrial revolution will offer the (…)
Machines
EMO report #4
A CNC Machine that beats cam machines! At the common booth of Esco and Affolter Technologies, there are a lot to see, but in fact the most important can’t be seen that easily. Meeting with MM Affolter and Schuler, CEO’s of these companies. D2 and D5 are now CNC These two machines have been well know in the market for years for being the most productive machines ever. When decision was taken to create new CNC version of these, that was clear to Esco that: The machines had to be small with (…)
Machines
EMO report #3
The second day of EMO saw a better attendance than the previous one. Obviously it is difficult to say how many people where there and we don’t have any official figures so far. Nevertheless, in term of number of visitors, Tuesday was far more crowded than Monday. If the increase carries on like this, the end of the week should be hectic! If you’re at EMO and would like to meet the Eurotec team, you can go to the Hall 14, booth N16a. If we’re not there just when you arrive, you can let your (…)
Machines
Emo Report #2
New flexible and high productivity Mikron Machining Technology products Yesterday I discovered the new Mikron machine that is set up to present a door lock part. Quite a complex part manufactured at the pace of 20 parts per minute. This productivity is one of the main assets of the machines produced by the company, I was presented a new generation of ballpoint pens that costs 0,03 € each. The tips are produced on Mikron machines at 300 parts per minute! New NAM and NAD systems How does (…)
Trade show
EMO report #1
Hi everybody, The machine tool show just started yesterday and the attendence was not bad for a first day. I had the luck to discover the new Schaublin, Tornos and Emissa machines ... I will come back later and publish info on these new products. Yesterday was also the press conference of Gildemeister/DMG and they went into details about the partnership between DMG and Mori Seiki. http://eurotec-online.com/wp-conten... . . Synergies It is planned that this collaboration will (…)
Trade show
Delcam announces more than 35 partner stands at EMO
Delcam will be working with more manufacturing partners than any other software supplier at the EMO exhibition to be held in Milan from 5th to 9th October. As befits its position as the world’s leading CAM specialist, the company will be promoting its CAM and inspection software in association with more than 35 partners, including many of the world’s leading providers of machine tools, cutting tools and inspection equipment. New markets The majority of the partners support the use of (…)
Trade show
Top grinding technology companies bet on GrindTec
For the leading grinding technology companies the GrindTec 2010 is a clear proposition. Apart from the fact that there is no other trade fair where they can reach their target markets so efficiently, they consider the timing in March 2010 to be ideal. By then they predict that the worst of the crisis will be over in the machine building industry and orders, which at present are being held back, will be flowing again. Ideal place to be The organizers, the AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH (…)
Economy
New bank framework agreement for Tornos
Yesterday Tornos signed a new framework agreement with UBS AG and the Zurich Cantonal Bank on credit lines worth CHF 50 million maturing on 30 September 2012. The agreement is subject to covenants. It replaces the current CHF 32.5 million credit facility agreement valid until 31 December 2010, certain covenants of which had not been complied with during the first half of the current year. Tornos’s net debt as at 30 June 2009 was CHF 16.2 million. In view of this, the new agreement (…)