For the last 5 years, Tornos has organised an exhibition for watch producers at the start of the year, which takes place between SIHH and the Baselworld shows. During this event, visitors can take the time to discover the Moutier manufacturers’ entire range for the watchmaking industry. This allows manufacturers to see how the company can help them improve their performance in all areas of watch machining, both for movements and casing parts. Early 2013 the company will also unveil its (…)

It has been on the market for ten years and was presented in a new guise at AMB Stuttgart – the enhanced CT960 universal internal grinding machine from Studer. The all-rounder with four spindles for complex grinding tasks has received revolutionary innovations in the area of the B-axis and the grinding spindle turret – for even greater precision and speed. For every internal cylindrical grinding application Studer has the optimal machine – primarily for use in machine tools and toolmaking as (…)

Ehn & Land is one of the most successful sales organisation in Scandinavia in the field of microtechnology and high precision machining. Since 2012 the CEO, Ulf Karaker, wanted to broaden his horizon and has successfully created a new sister company, Ehn & Land Asia Pacific (and another one in 2006: Ehn & Land international based in Switzerland). The 1950’s family owned company has built its success on their motto: “Our customers’ success is our success”. Mr. Karaker says: “We (…)

Springmann just announced it will present many highlights from its broad range of solutions in terms of production means and peripherals on its A09 booth (Halle 1) at Prodex. Among other, visitors will be able to discover the Index MS 22C-8 as Swiss premiere. With the new INDEX MS16C of the MultiLine series, the Esslingen multi-spindle specialists just presented a CNC multi-spindle lathe featuring six spindles for up to 16 mm diameter parts. This new machine won’t be shown at Prodex but (…)

The new SRINT 50 from DMG/Mori Seiki is offered with different modular expansion options, from the 2-turret version with Twin concept through to automatic lathes with 3 turrets and B-axis for production. Equipped with an additional B-axis with torque drive and Y-axis in the bottom turret, the Sprint 50 makes 6-sided complete machining with a negative angle possible. The Sprint brand name in the DMG / Mori Seiki portfolio will continue to be synonymous with premium-class high-speed (…)

The Newemag | Schneider mc booth at Prodex is visible from the main entrance. As the fairground is undergoing vast transformations, the main entrance had to be moved at the end of hall 1.0. Thus the Newemag |Schneider mc booth is the first that you can visit in the morning. Mr. Habermacher, responsible for marketing says: "We will welcome you with pleasure with coffee and croissants and we look forward to your visit. In Basel, we will present, among other things, on stand A21 in hall 1.0 a (…)

For users planning to invest into a highly productive 4-axis machining centre, Heller’s H series has been first choice since its premiere at EMO 2007. Since then, 650 machines of the series have been sold including more than 360 machining centres model H 2000. At AMB 2012, Heller in co-operation with the Institute of Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools (PTW) of Darmstadt University impressively demonstrated the high productivity and quality of the machine. Under the motto (…)

With the new MS16C of the MultiLine series, the Esslingen multi-spindle specialists present for the first time an Index CNC multi-spindle lathe featuring six spindles for up to 16 mm diameter parts. The Index CNC multi-spindle lathe MS16C is custom-configurable in the number of grooving slides and cross-slides. The six-spindle machine, built from a multi-spindle modular component system, aims to replace the widely used but costly to set up fast cam-controlled multi-spindle lathes that (…)

With the new 5-axis MFP 100 grinding machine, Mägerle AG Maschinenfabrik is expanding its MFP series with an especially versatile and compact version. The machine was presented for the first time at the AMB trade fair and raised high interest. Mägerle has designed the powerful, robust and dynamic CD grinding and machining center with a spindle power of 50 kW for cost effective multiple machining in a minimum number of set ups. The new machine is suitable for the marching of – among other (…)

For especially complex machining on the four-spindle TZ15 W Magnum, Chiron presented at AMB for the first time a newly designed, space saving background magazine. The TZ15 W Magnum, as a compact machining center, features extremely high productivity within a small area, thanks to its four spindles and high dynamics. Assets 4 Spindles - third the Productivity - over 60% Energy Savings Shortest Chip-to-Chip Times from 2,4 s Highest Precision in Positioning Operation Compact Design for high (…)