In the 100th year of its history, 2016, the BMW Group ordered the 100th EcoCFlex system from Dürr Ecoclean. The anniversary specimen of the flexible robot cell forms part of a three-unit package and has received a special painting. The machines have been serving in a volume production environment at the Steyr engine plant since May 2017. The custom-painted 100th EcoCFlex system operates in a production line for spark ignition engines at the BMW Group’s Steyr engine plant. The first (…)

The thermal layout of a mold can be optimized during the design stage, understanding the effect of the cooling channel size and location over the part deformation and its solidification. With Sigmasoft Virtual Molding, which works as a virtual injection molding machine, it is possible to try different concepts and to evaluate the advantage of more expensive approaches, such as conformal cooling, before even starting to cut the steel. Above: conventional cooling approach and resulting (…)

Big Kaiser, a global leader in premium high-precision tooling systems and solutions for the metal-working industries, today announced that its parent company, Big Daishowa Seiki Co. Ltd., has completed a new logistics and distribution center that will help meet the growing demands of customers in Europe and around the world. The state-of-the-art facility is a fresh addition to the five existing Big Daishowa factories on the Japanese island of Awaji. The 12,000 m2 building currently has an (…)

The second AMB Iran takes place in Teheran from 23 - 26 May. The trade fair is almost fully booked with over 180 exhibitors. The organisers Messe Stuttgart and the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW) invited keynote speakers to three industry get-togethers in Iran in the industrial hubs Isfahan, Teheran and Tabriz. 600 high-ranking representatives from politics, industry and industrial associations discussed the current situation following the lifting of the sanctions and the (…)

Renishaw, a global manufacturer of metrology systems and metal 3D printing machines, is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with FalconTech Co., Ltd. as a Solutions Centre partner and distributor for its additive manufacturing (AM) technology in China. Located in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, FalconTech is a technology and innovation company focusing on the rapid manufacturing of high performance components for aerospace, biomedical, marine, chemical and other engineering applications. (…)

Sandvik Coromant is strengthening its capabilities in Digital Manufacturing by signing a strategic research agreement with PARC, a Xerox company, world-renowned innovation center. PARC will provide Sandvik Coromant with a footprint in Silicon Valley and expert resources for research & development in the field of Digital Manufacturing. PARC will allocate resources to conduct research & develop technologies within Digital Manufacturing for Sandvik Coromant under the terms of the (…)

Medtec Europe, the preeminent medical technology platform that brings together leading experts, buyers and sellers from across the medical technology industry, showed a record attendance this year in Stuttgart, Germany, with a 7% increase in overall visits. The event attracted 6,816 attendees over three days, 25% of whom were senior level decision makers and 65% of whom had purchasing power. In addition, the new business matchmaking programme enabled 551 meetings and 3,498 business matches (…)

Big Kaiser, a global leader in premium high-precision tooling systems and solutions for the metal-working industries, today announced the C-Cutter Mini, an ultra-fast compact chamfer cutter. The C-Cutter Mini is designed for multi-functional cutting tasks, including chamfering, back chamfering and face milling. Compared to competitors’ products, the tool’s market-leading speed and feed rate capability has the potential to slash machining times by up to 85 per cent. The tool’s innovative (…)

The LPKF ProtoLaser R is the first com-pact laboratory laser with an ultrashort-pulse laser source. Its unique strengths are most obvious in the cold processing of thin layers. In a re-cently presented tech paper, it demonstrated its precision on a special material. With a laser spot size of just 15 µm, it was able to structure and cut 0.2-mm-thick carbon tape for LTCC manufacturing. The tech paper presents the test layout as well as the results in the form of microscope images with (…)

The jury has reached its decision: After several days of assessing thousands of products from all over the world, the Servoline received the distinction “Red Dot”. With this press line, Schuler has created an outstanding design that the expert committee for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017 has recognized with the internationally sought-after seal of quality. “Our new Corporate Product Design aims to imbue our systems with an especially high-quality appearance for premium customers (…)