Micronora 2016 : rendez-vous incontournable Complet huit mois avant son ouverture, le salon international de micro-technologies et de la précision rassemblera du 27 au 30 septembre à Besançon (France), sur 25000 m² de surface d’exposition, quelques 850 exposants spécialisés dans les domaines de la précision, miniaturisation et intégration de fonctions complexes (34% étranger). Un programme très riche pour les visiteurs qui trouveront sans doute chaussure à leur pied. Ils doivent (…)

The positioning slides FSG are characterized by a compact design with a square base. On their top and bottom, they have each four threaded holes and cuts for centering sleeves that are arranged in a standardized square grid pattern. It is thus not necessary to add holes for fixing or positioning. They are available as linear slides X, cross slide XY or vertical slide Z. Thanks to the before mentioned holes and the supplied thin shaft screws and centerings, they can be combined with each (…)

Machine shops faced with identifying ways of achieving secure machining with long and predictable insert life in steel milling operations can turn to GC1130, an insert made with the Zertivo, a unique production technology from Sandvik Coromant. GC1130 helps to overcome challenging machining conditions with a clean and intact edge, delivering high metal removal rates and performance levels in both wet and dry machining operations. The grade is offered as the first choice for shoulder milling (…)

From 12 to 16 August, Arburg will be presenting an electric and a hydraulic injection moulding machine at the Taipei Plas 2016 in Taiwan. An Allrounder 470 E Golden Electric machine of the electric entry-level series will produce pill splitters for the medical technology sector. A flexible smartphone bumper will be made from liquid silicone (LSR) on a hydraulic Allrounder. On both automated applications, part handling is performed via a linear Multilift Select robotic system. "The Taipei (…)

High-level representatives from companies, EU institutions, think tanks and other stakeholders of the machine tools sector were present at the Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing European Conference 2016, held at the European Parliament. They discussed the creation of a European strategy for additive manufacturing (AM) to support the steady, long-lasting and consistent development of this technology in Europe. For the European Commission Peter Dröll, Director for Key Enabling (…)

Amada Miyachi Europe announces that it will highlight a range of laser and resistance welding equipment ideal for the medical industry at Medtec Europe, to be held 12-14 April, 2016, at Messe Stuttgart, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. On display will be the Jupiter Fiber Laser Welding System, ideal for spot welding surgical tools and seam welding implantable devices, as well as a vacuum chamber module that can be integrated into a pacemaker welding system. Also to be showcased is the Series (…)

Arburg received the international "Leonardo da Vinci" Award on 17 March 2016 in Parma, Italy during the MECSPE trade fair. The Italian Association of Industrial Designers AIPI (Associazione Italiana Progettisti Industriali) awarded this prize to acknowledge the design of the Freeformer, an innovative system for additive manufacturing. "I’m delighted to accept this coveted award on behalf of Arburg Italy. Our Freeformer is unique – both in terms of design and the numerous options that it (…)

When material savings are a requirement due to machining expensive materials, large batch productions, or both, it is essential to use the thinnest insert width possible. CoroCut QD dedicated parting off and deep grooving tools are now available in smaller insert widths with internal high-pressure coolant to help customers realize production efficiency. Realized material savings Considered a “hidden machining cost,” component material waste is an often-overlooked production expense. (…)

With findings that could have been taken from the pages of a spy novel, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated that they can purloin intellectual property by recording and processing sounds emitted by a 3-D printer. The team, led by Mohammad Al Faruque, director of UCI’s Advanced Integrated Cyber-Physical Systems Lab, showed that a device as ordinary and ubiquitous as a smartphone can be placed next to a machine and capture acoustic signals that carry (…)

As the importance of lightweight construction methods continues to rise, the automotive industry is increasingly considering fiber-reinforced plastics (composites). Due to high strength combined with low weight, fiber-reinforced plastics offer lightweight potentials which have not been fully exploited yet. At the moment, however, high resulting component costs, among other things, are preventing the widespread use of such composite parts. The beginning of 2016 saw the launch of iComposite (…)