At the machine tool world exhibition EMO in Hannover from 19 to 24 September 2011, the LNS Group will introduce innovative bar feeders to the market. The successor of the Express 332 series will combine the best elements of the Sprint and Express series and convince with improved rigidity and flexibility. "We redesigned the Express 332 from the ground up, but kept its philosophy and all the features that made this bar feeder so successful", says Carlos Muniz, LNS Global Product Manager Bar (…)

The canton of Obwalden’s largest employer can look back on half a century of history: 50 years of maxon motor ag means 50 years of innovation, quality and continuity. It therefore stands to reason that maxon drives are used wherever they need to work in extreme conditions: from the earth’s interior all the way to Mars. 50 years of success separate these two pictures of the headquarter of the company. Originally planned as a production site of the Braun GmbH electrical group in Frankfurt in (…)

We all do marketing, sometimes even without knowing it… and sometimes we do not have the backbone structure to help us. The CIP in Tramelan (Switzerland) organizes a 4-day training to help partakers clarify their vision and build actual tools. The training is based on projects for partakers and will help them answer a lot of questions like: What are our assets? What do I want to communicate? How to prepare the message? Who are my customers and what do they need? Why coming to my shop (…)

With yet another increase in the number of visitors and around 600 exhibitors, the EPHJ-EPMT/SMT fair has beaten all records and the organizers states it looks all set for a promising future. As the doors close on the 2011 edition of the EPHJ-EPMT fair, the organizers are concluding an extremely positive note. "The number of exhibitors is up significantly at around 600", explains Olivier Saenger. "Likewise, attendance figures have also grown in 2011. It all goes to show the escalating (…)

The new Recomatic compact finishing center reduces the gap between grinding or milling machining centers and finishing centers and brings more machining possibilities and more flexibility to its users. In expanding the scope of a finishing machine, Recomatic offers the result of nearly three years of work to the market. Meeting with Mr. Rérat, technical director. At the EPHJ show, many people were impressed by the compactness of the machine as well as by its capacities. Equipped with a 12 (…)

The organisers may already congratulate themselves on the statistics and can start celebrating in style the 10th anniversary of EPHJ (Watchmaking-Jewellery) and the 5th edition ofEPMT (Microtechnologies). Since its creation in 2002, the trade fair has continued to expand unabated. More than 11,000 visitors are expected to attend for a record number of nearly 600 exhibitors, including around 20% hailing from abroad. Olivier Saenger (left) and André Colard - founders of the shows at the (…)

Delcam has launched a multi-lingual learning zone for the 2011 version of its PowerMILL CAM system for five-axis and high-speed machining. This includes full details on the new release, including What’s-New videos from expert Application Engineers and customer testimonials. The learning zone can be found at www.delcam.tv/PM2011/lz Delcam plc Small Heath Business Park, Birmingham, B10 0HJ, UK www.delcam.com

World premiere presentation by EPFL and Savoie University of a mechanism devised by a synergy of partners to resolve the problem of consistency in quality control. Visual perfection is one of the key attributes of any luxury item. To this day, visual inspection is a task that comes down to the keen eye of experts in beauty. Thus, in the world of high-end luxury and cosmetic beauty, there are as many definitions of beauty as there are subjective criteria for judgment, since every brand lays (…)

Following last year’s enormous success – with the participation of 900 decision-makers from 23 countries – UBM Canon is mounting the second edition of OrthoTec Europe, the comprehensive exhibition and conference for design and manufacturing professionals in orthopaedic devices. Acknowledging Switzerland’s importance as a European centre for orthopaedic production and development, the organisers have again chosen the Mövenpick Hotel in Zürich-Regensdorf as the venue. Besides offering the (…)

The new Eurotec has just been released and it is full of information to help companies being more efficient in designing, building, programming and using machine tools. This issue is also available on line on the blog under the "articles" section. Like Alice and the mirror, I’ve been on both sides. On the manufacturer side for many years and now on the publishing one for a few years. I know the aim of both sides and I must admit that most of the times, they match quite well. In the first (…)