Tornos is continuing to expand its activities in the mid-range machines segment. In association with a machine-tool manufacturer established in China, the Group is investing there in the development of a range of automatic lathes, as well as in setting up its own production capacity. Tornos holds a majority stake in this future joint undertaking. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="492"] Tornos has already a sales subsidiary in Shanghai that offers a complete service, from sales to (…)

A new global Customer Community has just been launched for Edgecam users. The community is formed of knowledgeable Edgecam users with diverse backgrounds to share their experiences with others, helping everyone to get the most out of the Edgecam CAD\CAM software. Comprising forums, online documents, searchable database and technical videos, the eSupport Community is a one-stop shop for sharing technical information. Edgecam Support Manager Adam Smith says: “Customer service has become one (…)

Last week about 2’500 visitors from over 1’000 companies were welcomed at the Hermle AG traditional in-house exhibition. During four days customers and prospects were able to discover 30 fully equipped machines and Hermle’s training center. The high proportion of international visitors from over 50 countries who are not afraid of traveling from the United States, Brazil, Korea, China, Russia, Israel and some other Asian countries is encouraging. Guests from almost all EU countries were well (…)

CNCzone has entered into a strategic alliance with CNC-Arena, the leading forum portal for production technology in the German-speaking nations. It is thus extending its supportive capabilities and upgrading its international focus. “Since being founded in 2001, CNC-Arena has been a success story on the German-speaking web”, comments Frank Nolden, Managing Director of CNC-Arena GmbH. He ads: “So we’re all the more gratified that now we’re allied to CNCzone we can tap into the international (…)

Delcam has launched the PowerMILL Robot Interface for the programming of robots for multi-axis machining operations. The new PowerMILL Robot Interface makes programming a robot as easy as programming a five-axis machine tool. This approach makes it as easy to program a robot for machining as it is to program a five-axis machine tool. With the Robot Interface being a fully-associated application inside PowerMILL, users have access to all the multi-axis machining strategies within PowerMILL (…)

The International Metrology Congress is the place for technical exchanges - unique in Europe - among all players in the world of measurement: industrial users of measuring means, technical experts, organisations, manufacturers and service providers. 2013 International Congress of Metrology – 7 to 10 October – Paris (France) In the programme six industrial roundtables on the following concerns: Medical biology: mastering your analysis Measurement and traceability in food processing (…)

Based on the Völklingen Ironworks site, a UNESCO world heritage site, itp is ideally situated as a precision metal-working company. Here, around 50 employees produce measuring-technology components with high-performance Motorex Ortho NF-X cutting oil, which can be used universally. The smallest measuring probe has a probe ball with a diameter of only 0.5 mm at the tip. This was drilled and mounted onto the shaft, which is only 0.17 mm wide. This demands the highest degree of precision (…)

With the miniature cavity pressure sensor type 6008A Priamus System Technologies extends its range of sensors for the use at limited spacial conditions in the injection mold. It is a remarkable and unique fact that also with these small dimensions the sensor connecting cable can be detached and exchanged as needed. As with all cavity pressure and cavity temperature sensors this sensor can be used to automatically detect the melt front for switching purposes – such as the opening and (…)

If the capture of movements (motion capture) was developed in the 1980s for the army and then for physiological and medical analyses, it is Hollywood and video games that have developed this technique for recording human movements through sensors to then recreate them in a virtual manner (as in Avatar for example). At EPHJ Crevoisier, the manufacturer of grinding and finishing centres, will present an articulated polishing robot that operates using the same technique. Crevoisier uses the (…)

After five years of development and planning and three years of construction, the organisers were able to commission the new hall complex in February 2013 on schedule and on budget. The Tornos’ SwissNano[(news here)->http://eurotec-online.com/2013/04/0... ready to offer you a coffee on the booth and Willemin Macodel presents some new products dedicated to watch making[(news here)->http://eurotec-online.com/2013/04/1.... At a cost of 430 million Swiss francs, the new exhibition venue is (…)