One of the challenges which the watch industry is facing today is the traceability of all operations, not only machining but also mounting, whether automatic or manual. Lécureux SA, which celebrates this year its 50th anniversary to the service of watchmaking and microtechnology, proposes tools and machines perfectly meeting this need. Interview with the executives of the company in Bienne. Lécureux SA management team, from left to right: Moritz Messer, CEO, Alessandro Celi, responsible (…)

Over 300 industrial subcontractors are expected at Sistep Midest Morocco. With 40% of them being drawn from Morocco and 60% from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the rest of Africa, this new event will offer great opportunities to discover a new country for subcontracting. Dates: 17-20 May, 2011 Location: Casablanca, Morocco Register: www.sistep-midest.com

IF-EdgeMaster is an optical 3D measurement system for automatic cutting edge measurement. The cutting edge measurement device is used in research and in production. Users measure form, radii and chipping of cutting edges. Smallest radii and angles are measured regardless of type, size, material and surface finish. In addition IF-EdgeMaster enables traceable roughness measurement of cutting edges. Form, chipping and roughness measurement also in production with IF-EdgeMaster by Alicona. . (…)

I went to the Forum de l’Arc in Moutier to have a look at mediSIAMS that opens next week. There are already a lot of machines and people buzzing around to prepare a nice event for visitors. Eurotec will be there on booth D10, Halle 1.1. Switzerland is the country with the highest density of companies working for the medical industry in the world. This translates as approximately 1,400 companies, generating over 48,000 jobs. More than 60% of these companies work on the production side. All (…)

For a mechanical and high precision turning sub-contracting workshop, a good machine is a machine which "never" stops. In addition, if the produced parts are good, it is the winning equation. The mechanical workshop of Pierre Brunetti acquired a Miyano BNA 42 S turning centre last September and we wanted to know his opinion on this new machine. A full interview is to be discovered in our next issue. The possibility to mount double or triple tool holders and to index the turret by (…)

CNC Software Europe SA has been created in Porrentruy, Switzerland for the development of Mastercam Swiss Expert, a CAD/CAM product dedicated to the Swiss turn market. CNC Software acquired sole rights to SylvieXpert, a Swiss turn software developed in this area of Switzerland in June 2010. The creation of CNC Software Europe SA will allow the company to access the expertise available in the Jura Region of Switzerland, known as the birthplace of Swiss machining. According to Gary Hargreaves, (…)

Production processes for parts and for the mounting of subassemblies can be rationalized by using the comprehensive supply program of TOX®-Mini, Handheld, Machine Mount and Robot Tongs. Pair of TOX®-Tongs with pneumohydraulically operated drive cylinder as used in a mobile or stationary way, for example, in automobile industries all over the world. TOX®-Handheld Tongs The supply program of TOX®-Handheld Tongs offers a total of six different types and further executions and equipment (…)

The Eurotec team wish a happy few days off to the lucky ones than can enjoy such a period. We also wish you a happy Easter’s time. The newsfeed will also be stopped for a few days. The picture explains why it is easier to hunt eggs at night. (Courtesy of Pierre Kohler - Bruxelles). Next opportunity to meet the Eurotec’s team is mediSIAMS. If you visit the show, do not miss to pass on our booth. Cheers Pierre-Yves

If your company is an Actor of: Orthopaedic Implants, Biomaterials, Materials and Mechanics dedicated to the medical industry, Medical Devices, Forging, Casting, Raw Materials, Coating, Machining... Implants event provides the perfect business environment to present your products and services to decision makers... A unique European opportunity to be connected with contract manufacturing and orthopaedic devices companies. To book a booth or sponsorship packages, please contact the (…)

Hardware-in-the-loop - or HIL - has been a proven element of model-based development for many years. Machine models developed in simulation tools like Simulink® or MapleSim™ are transferred via automatic code generation to a real-time environment where they emulate the behavior of the system. The result is a secure development environment for critical testing of new functions. Hardware-in-the-loop on a B&R control platform is a secure development environment for the automotive industry. (…)