Innovation

I. Micronarc Alpine Meeting (MAM2010) – Equipment for Microproducts. January 20-22, 2010, Villars-sur-Ollon

November 2009

The earlybird deadline for MAM2010 is in only 3 days!

In order to benefit from the reduced price, you should register on or before Friday November 20, 2009.

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II. MAM 2010 – Company Sponsorship / Exhibition Possibility

A limited table-top exhibition will run in parallel to the conference for companies and organisations that wish to promote at . The cost for each exhibition space is CHF 3000.- (+7.6% VAT). For this fee, each exhibitor will receive :

if you are interested.

» Space is limited to 10-12 tables and requests will be treated on a first-come, first-served basis.

CNC-Arena presents the largest virtual trade fair in 3D
Innovation

CNC-Arena presents the largest virtual trade fair in 3D

July 2009

is the largest virtual trade fair in 3D. Right from the start, about 900 international exhibitors of the manufacturing industry have the chance to present their company, products and services with their own distinctive stand. New tool to complement "real fair" "CNC-Arena’s virtual trade fair supplements the presentation of a company on a real trade fair", as Frank Nolden the Managing Director of CNC-Arena, explains. "It’s an intelligent concept to simplify an online research for potential (…)
Understanding robots
Innovation

Understanding robots

July 2009

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 (…)
Access to new markets
Innovation

Access to new markets

July 2009

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 (…)
Innovation

Alphacam 8 - A new powerful tool

June 2009

Today was a special day for about 30 Swiss customers of MW Programmation, the exclusive reseller of Alphacam in Switzerland and Austria. Why? Simply because as more than 200 persons before, we (yes I had the luck to be there) had a full day of discovering of the new version. MW Programmation Active since the stone-age of CNC (1986) this company is not only selling Alphacam but offers complete solutions like DNC, training, programming for customers, development of special modules and much (…)
Innovation

LNS Group on course for growth

June 2009

Ambitious plans: The Swiss LNS Group wants to expand into new markets and secure its status as a one-stop-shop for the machine tool industry. In line with this strategy: New plant for the production of bar feeders in Turkey – EMO in Milan will witness LNS-innovations in bar feeding and chip and coolant management systems “A crisis is always also an opportunity” While the world financial crisis slows down all the different segments of the machine tool industry, the Swiss company LNS plans (…)
Innovation

More on plastic...

June 2009

When we speak about plastic with people coming from the mechanical industry, very often it is considered as poor quality and low importance material. Nevertheless, in every field of activity more and more complex parts are replaced or complemented by plastic. Frontiers between metal and plastic are not that clear and the rise of new material and techniques open a wide new spectrum to designers from every field of activity. A changing world If the world of metal seems quite static in term (…)
Innovation

When plastic meets metal, a third universe appears

June 2009

Yesterday I had the opportunity to went to André Gueissaz SA, a company that is offering a wide range of services from engineering to molding, plastic injection and mounting of devices. I saw clearly there that there is no closed border between metal and plastic. In fact that’s rather the contrary, the two worlds are collapsing into each other. Plastic is no longer just a cheap product I’ve seen there some parts that are used in medical technology, food, measure and not in throwaway stuff. (…)
Innovation

GEOID diamond-wear compensation

May 2009

Grinding wheel profiles cannot be exactly dressed without the use of a geometrically-perfect dressing tool. Even new diamonds are not always perfect. World news At the Schleifring Grinding Symposium 2009, Blohm Jung presented for the first time ever under the expression GEOID a new development for compensation of contour faults in dressing tools. GEOID was developed in concert with the Georg Simon Ohm University in Nuremberg. The software for compensation of uneven wear in dressing tools (…)
Innovation

How to use the potential of process optimization

May 2009

It is time to go further in process optimization. Nowadays, nobody can just produce. It is necessary to reduce cost of tooling and machines as well as to increase productivity and improve processes. Professional days Mapal, Chiron and Motorex organise a two-day seminar on that topic. June 2, 2009 in German and June 3, 2009 in French in Langenthal. You can download the invitation here. The programme is as follow: 8:30 am : Coffee 9:00 am : Welcome and presentation of the speaker 9:15 am (…)
Innovation

Non-contact 3D surface measurement system

May 2009

The μsurf explorer compact optical 3D measuring instrument is a complete package for measuring and analyzing surfaces. μsurf explorer is based on the proven μsurf confocal technique. The cost-effective system is suitable both for use in the testing laboratory, as well as for the production environment. μsurf explorer can be used for DIN, EN, ISO compliant roughness determination, analyses of 3D structures, layer thickness and measurement of geometry in the micrometer and nanometer range. (…)

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