Depending on countries, it is easier to find h11 quality bars than h7 or h8 dedicated to high precision turning (not to mention the price difference). To guide this material is not easy and to be able to rely on a very flexible guide bush that adapts to this type of material is very interesting. Walter Dünner presents a new four positions rotating unit. Meeting in Moutier with Daniel Dünner the director of the company. The DunnAir four position rotating unit is a pneumatic device developed (…)

Formerly Hahn & Kolb Switzerland SA, Zimmerli SA, now has about 20 employees based in the canton of Neuchâtel for Swiss customers. For some years the company has opened subsidiaries in France and Italy, where, more than reseller it is advisor and provider of tailor-made solutions. For 40 years the company has the habit to organize "demonstration days" twice a year. On these occasions, polyglot machine providers and sales engineers are present throughout the week to bring customers (…)

This year’s Chiron Open House will take place from Wednesday, April 25 to Friday, April 27, 2012, in Tuttlingen. With live machining demonstrations, the company will show a series of innovations for more productivity, shorter throughput times and greater resource efficiency. For the FZ 12 MT, simultaneous turning and milling is possible. That means halved throughput times and therefore doubled productivity. The new machines are the FZ 08 MT and the FZ 12 MT, which feature an integrated (…)

With more than 20 different models of machines, Emissa offers a range of products beyond those of many builders. Simultaneously, the company is renowned for developing tailored solutions to its customers. How to combine these two aspects? A free discussion with Mr. Pierre Boschi, director of the company, can be read in our next issue. M. Boschi presenting the basis of a machine being built for an automotive customer. If offering a wide range may appear contradictory with the (…)

When talking about machining, we often estimate that producing chips is paramount, but the evacuation out of the machines and treatment of chips remain operations for which little professionals are available. At the Siams, Rimann SA, the chip processing specialist will present Novaxess universal conveyors. I discussed with MM Eichler (Rimann) and Fouillot (Novaxess) at Simodec… the solutions I discovered are great. Customised and… Novaxess products approximately 300 conveyors per year. (…)

Launched in July 2010, the EU-funded DEMAT project defines its main objective as to dematerialise the machine tools and manufacturing systems that are designed and produced in Europe. Today, European machine builders, the vast majority of them SMEs, sell high performance and productive, but heavy and long-delivery-time machines. The heavy material structure of the machine, coupled with heavy duties assigned to it, is often a source of high energy consumption. Sounds like Sci-Fi to me (…)

Mikron offers transfer machines with remarkable capabilities. In the example below, a German company producing components of turbochargers for the automotive industry with 2 machining centers (4-spindle) and 2 turning centers faced a strong demand and had to increase its productivity to remain competitive with its Asian competitors. It also had to be flexible enough to manage the production of 5 different parts in variable batches. The choice of the Mikron transfer machines not only (…)

..and much more! In fall 2010 we presented R. Frein CNC Service as being specialized in the supply of spare parts for ENC and Deco machines. Today, with the opening of his workshop dedicated to completely overhaul machines, the service provider offers a still broader range to its customers and potential customers. Meeting with the director Mr. Frein. After 6 years of presence in the market as a quality provider for service, spare parts and rehabilitation of CNC machines, the company takes (…)

EasyCLAD® Magic LF6000 is a new laser additive manufacturing solution designed by Irepa Laser, mainly for the construction of parts for aerospace and aircraft industry. With this technique based on the CLAD® process (French acronym for ‘Construction Laser Additive Directe’ - direct additive manufacturing by laser) developed by Irepa Laser it is possible to directly manufacture functional parts without resorting to casting molds, dies, polluting and energy consuming processes. CLAD® process (…)

The European Machine Tool industry, represented by CECIMO, launches a European initiative on sustainability: the Blue Competence Machine Tools initiative. The machine tool industry is the first mechanical engineering sector to embark on a broad-based campaign on sustainability at European level. Machine tool builders which participate in the Blue Competence Machine Tools initiative commit themselves to optimize the use of energy and other resources to enable faster, better and higher (…)