Reducing costs and improving productivity remain at the heart of all businesses; however the shift toward environmental awareness and employee welfare is of increasing importance. Whilst we are all aware of the causes and effects our actions have upon the environment we must also be alert to our immediate working environment. To this end, TaeguTec continues to develop its range of products that work with Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) a process that mixes oil with air to optimize the (…)

The 600 Group plc has released details of its recent significant restructuring and new product supply arrangements. It is the UK’s largest machine tool company operating from a number of locations worldwide and sells its products into more than 180 countries. [->http://www.600group.com Transformational change needed David Norman, CEO of The 600 Group plc, said: “At the time of my appointment in August, it was clear that both the cost infrastructure of the Group and the machine tools’ supply (…)

Canon Communications today announced plans to introduce two new events in 2010 that are dedicated to the rapidly expanding orthopaedic manufacturing sector, which is currently valued at € 30 billion worldwide. OrthoTec Conference & Exhibition will debut May 12-13 in the U.S. at the Orthopædic Capital Center in Warsaw, Indiana; and in Europe September 29-30 at the Mövenpick Hotel Zürich-Regensdorf in Switzerland. [->http://www.devicelink.com/expo/ortho10In the heart of the action (…)

Bringing together the biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceutical industries for the future development of combination devices... Under this tagline, a new conference-exhibition will take place on 1 & 2 February 2010, Grande halle de la Villette, Paris, France. What’s BioMedevice Europe BioMedevice is the first European event to focus on the development of the next generation of combination products. As drug delivery systems continue to evolve and the medical device, (…)

With the premiere of “amerimold”, May 11 – 13, 2010, in Cincinnati, USA, DEMAT GmbH now launches its successful concept of EuroMold in America. “amerimold” is held in co-operation with Gardner Publications and aims to be the leading exhibition for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development in North-America. The whole world of molds and tools as well as related technologies such as Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing will be highlighted. Further common development The (…)

The Museum of Design Zurich is mounting an exhibition in its Galerie entitled "Robots - from Motion to Emotion?" from 24 June to 4 October 2009. Visitors can expect to see numerous exhibits, ranging from historical automata to modern robots and future designs. There is also a side exhibition focusing on the technology of how robots work, i.e. drive technology. Part of the exhibition therefore includes several of maxon’s precision motors. Reality and fiction A press release from the [Museum (…)

PC-DMIS 2009 is the latest version of the well known CAD-based metrology software. PC-DMIS 2009 is a family of software products covering a variety of metrology hardware platforms and solutions sold under the banner of Enterprise Metrology Solutions (EMS). PC-DMIS 2009 rolls out enhanced versions of PC-DMIS CMM and PC-DMIS Vision software, and also introduces new products such as PC-DMIS Planner and PC-DMIS Reporting Suite. A brand new software “Far from being simply an incremental release (…)

Rapid News Communications Group, the organiser of TCT Live and MM Live 2009, is delighted to announce the addition of a full day’s seminar program for Digital Dentistry technologies at this year’s events. Recent years have seen impressive advances in technology suitable for dentistry and more and more laboratories are recognizing the advantages of incorporating cutting-edge techniques into the manufacturing processes of custom devices, prosthetics and cranial facial surgery. Free (…)

Just a few months from the opening date, 1,250 companies have already formalised their attendance at EMO Milano 2009, the world exhibition dedicated to the world of metalworking scheduled 5-10 October at fieramilano. The show will provide a net area of about 100,000 square meters fully summarizing the international production systems. A world class show In any case, the internationality of the event - held in Milan every six years - is witnessed by impressive attendance of international (…)

At the next EMO in Mailand, Tornos will unveil in world première its new loading system on multispindle lathe, the "chucker" in version 2009. This solution allowing customers to work with sintered, casted and forged parts will open widely the spectrum of possible parts machined on a multispindle lathe. A growing trend In some cases, using the "chucker" solution is far more interesting to machine parts. The sharp increase in the price of materials means that ways to reduce scrap to a (…)