At the "Technical Synergies" exhibition, I’ve met M. Michel Godel, head of the Hass Factory Outlet Switzerland, member of the management of Urma. The hole making specialists is one of the leading manufacturer in this field. The company manufactures tooling systems, modular boring systems and super finishing tools. Open House Urma. Urma has production plants in Switzerland, Germany, China and Brazil and exports 85% of its production on 35 countries. The product range in reaming is (…)

The new manual collet chuck system for B32 draw-back Schaublin collet AXFIX type FNP-KA by FN Niederhauser address the well known trouble using long tools for radial machining. Users are looking for a clamping device that guarantees accuracy and roundness, an outside diameter as small as possible and a fixed axial position of the part to be machined. The new AXFIX type FNP-KA solve all these. Even more, this is done through the standards B32 draw-back collets that are widespread in many (…)

End of last week all the customers of SylvieXpert received the information they were waiting for. The future of their programming software is assured. When we met at EPHJ, the software was presented by Missler Switzerland. Finally it is another "big player" that closed the deal. On the left, 3D machining with a standard ball end mill instead of a special tool. On the right: SylvieXpert is also well fitted to machinings in medical and dental industry. CNC Software, Inc. is the developer (…)

Blum, the measuring technique company was one of the sponsors at the "technical synergies" exhibition last week in La Neuveville ([see our news here->http://eurotec-online.com/2010/06/2...). I discovered a new probe system. The new probes allows fast, precise and automatic tool setting and breakage control in turning and milling centers. All the data are automatically transmitted wireless to the control of the machine, there is no risk of any manual wrong information feed. Through the (…)

Werth Messtechnik GmbH offers the reliable Werth VideoCheck©-IP 400 multisensor coordinate measuring machine in a new design. The constant tension guide way system of the X-Y measuring stage provides precision and long term stability. This technology is based on the design principles that have been used successfully since the nineteen seventies. . For over 50 years the name Werth has stood for the highest quality and precision in the field of dimensional measurement technology. The (…)

Traditional watchmaking craftsmanship, workshop, assembly, shop, manufacture… terms that still resonate throughout the mountains and valleys of the historic Jura region (Switzerland). Watchmaking is directly linked to both its history and its economy. In recognition of this fact, a small group of passionate enthusiasts established the Watchmaking Foundation some nine years ago. Collecting parts, exhibiting its finds or giving expert opinion on individual timepieces, the Foundation concerns (…)

I received fantastic feedback from Pemamo-Honing regarding Eurotec and I’ve just updated the "What they think about Eurotec" section on the site. What our customers think is very important for us… so feel free to express yourself here. . http://www.pemamo.ch/index_e.html MM. Alain Grimm, CEO and Reto Decker, Sales manager Pemamo-Honing, Phosa SA, Le Landeron, Switzerland – Honing machines and honing tools manufacturer Eurotec customer for 10 years "We have reduced the number of (…)

A ray of sunshine for the industry manifests itself as an upward trend: With more than 5000 expert visitors from around the world, the 10th OPTATEC at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre marks an economic turning point. 5217 expert visitors, well over 500 exhibitors, more than 190,000 square feet of overall occupied floor space, participants and visitors from over 30 countries around the globe – the 10th OPTATEC international trade fair for future optical technologies, components, systems and (…)

A few companies have reunited their skills in the "Technical Synergies" association. The aim of this group of companies (that are not linked by any means but member of the association) is to bring more know-how to their customers. An event was organized today in La Neuveville, Switzerland. Obviously we were there. Report! Before the start of the show this morning. Everything was prepared to welcome visitors (also with excellent local specialties for meals and beverages). It was a first (…)

The simplest way of controlling robots. Touch screen. Graphics support. Flexible interaction. The more powerful the capabilities of the robots become, the more intuitive user interfaces for operator control of the robots are pushed into the foreground. The new KUKA smartPAD brilliantly demonstrates, on a large, high-resolution, antireflection touch screen, how robots can be operated intuitively. . Operations are presented to the user in a transparent manner by means of intelligent, (…)