The company BoKa Automatisierung from Bavaria, Germany, has developed a new, contactless solution for coronavirus. Instead of medical personnel, the prototype machine uses a video system and a FANUC robot to guide tests and collect samples. If put into practice, the innovative system could reduce the risk of infection at test stations and free up urgently needed medical personnel for work in hospitals, nursing homes and public health agencies. The fully automated test works either as a (…)

AM Solutions, the brand under which the Rösler group organizes all its activities around industrial 3D printing/additive manufacturing, further grows its global sales network. Besides the 15 international Rösler sales branches the KMC Ytbehandling AB is now promoting the AM Solutions products and services exclusively in Sweden. This cooperation includes also the marketing of the products of the AM Solutions partners PostProcess Technologies and GPA Innova. With the KMC Ytbehandling AB AM (…)

The requirements for high-pressure CLs have steadily increased in recent years. They are an integral part of modern wet cutting processes. New placement options for the peripherals are sought, including integrated ones. But are they always a good idea? And is a high-pressure filtration solution possible that can solve the space-performance dilemma? More production space for more lathes means more potential for sales – provided the order situation is given. So why sacrifice more valuable (…)

You can read this Eurotec editorial in French and German . Covid-19 has been on the world stage for weeks and the increasingly alarmist news is bordering on overdose. Yet it is difficult not to talk about it here, if only to evoke the hope, perhaps naive but so necessary, of radical changes in the way we operate. Before continuing, it is worth making an important clarification: Eurotec did not suddenly become the official organ of some environmental movement. Its vocation is and always (…)

On his 80th birthday, April 3, 2020, Horst Lach actually wanted to take a vacation and celebrate this special day together with his family, however, the Corona virus changed his plans. That does not bother him at all: for him it simply means another challenge and he is running up to top form. Hand in hand with his son Robert he is taking steps to ensure that the operations can continue at the best despite the crisis – presently in his homeoffice. In his 80-years-long life Horst Lach has (…)

Guards on grinding machines are particularly important for ensuring operator safety. Grinding wheels seldom burst, but when they do, there is a great risk of serious injury to the machine operator. Recent studies suggest, however, that the enclosures commonly used in gear grinding machines (for example) could be overdesigned at present. Investigations conducted e.g. by the VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken – German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) and the Institute of (…)

MAPAL is expanding its portfolio in the area of high-performance milling cutters in the OptiMill family for aluminium and steel machining. Reliably machining structural parts made of aluminium The full potential of new, powerful machines can be used with the new OptiMill-SPM milling cutters "Rough" and "Finish". They exploit their strengths especially during the machining of structural parts made of aluminium. High infeed depths as well as the highest feeds during roughing are possible (…)

METAV 2020 is postponed until March 2021. It will now be held from 23 to 26 March 2021. "We are delighted to have agreed a new date together with our partner, Messe Düsseldorf, so quickly," says Dr. Wilfried Schäfer, Executive Director of the METAV organiser VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association). METAV 2020 was originally scheduled to take place from 10 to 13 March this year, but had to be postponed due to the corona virus epidemic. This made it all the more important for the (…)

Following the strong development of the Gems & Pearls sector (+50% from the next edition in 2020), it is the Technical Sector’s turn to double its number of exhibitors with major players once again joining the Baselworld community. The Technical Sector was completely absent from Baselworld in 2018. Rebuilding trust, going out into the field for many months to meet, listen and understand, in contact with companies in the sector, repositioning offers to better meet their expectations (…)

After a record year in 2018, Fritz Studer AG reported another very successful year in 2019. With the third best annual turnover in the company’s history, the cylindrical grinding machine manufacturer increased its market share again, despite difficult market conditions. One reason for its success is the high proportion of new customers, at almost 40%. Fritz Studer AG – Board members Once again more than 60 journalists from all over the world made their way to the Bernese Oberland for the (…)