Starting on 30 March 2021, FANUC will conduct a webinar series with a focus on factory automation. Webinars will be held on a monthly basis and feature many useful, flexible and safety enhancing functions of FANUC’s CNCs. Examples are the Quick and Simple Start Up (QSSR) for easy connection of robots and machines as well as other functions like G-Code Guidance, PROFINET functionality and tools like the Dual Check Safety Acceptance Test Assist Tool. Machine Tool Builders, end customers and (…)

To make optimum use of a cleaning system, to ensure the required cleaning quality and for it to work economically and be environmentally friendly, extensive know how is essential. During the free webinar "Cleaning of precision parts in the watch industry", participants learn how to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the cleaning process and what is important when investing in a cleaning system. Why do workpieces have to be cleaned? Which range of parts can be cleaned? Which (…)

FARO Technologies, Inc. a global leader for 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for 3D Metrology, AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction), and Public Safety Analytics, today announced two new strategic goals in support of its Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts. The first new goal is to reduce the Company carbon emissions 25% by 2025 through aggressive activities that improve environmental performance. The second new goal is to establish middle and (…)

MAPAL is launching a new, particularly economical system of replaceable head reamers – the Press-to-Size-Reamer (PSR) – for customers who manufacture in large series. Thanks to the new development, the costs per bore are reduced massively. The solid carbide replaceable heads are specifically adapted to individual diameters and geometries. The replaceable head system for the diameter range 10 to 25 mm consists of a robust holder, the solid carbide replaceable head and a coolant (…)

This year will see the 20th edition of the Subcontratación, subcontracting trade show, closely working with small and medium enterprises to build an event aimed to do business. Its support for SMEs has remained strong over the past 40 years, and this year’s event will bring the sector back together over 26-28 October, as part of the +Industry platform. Subcontratación has made a mark down through the years as Spain’s only trade show featuring manufacturing processes and equipment for SME (…)

As one of the first customers, OECHSLER, globally probably the largest volume manufacturers of 3D printed plastic components, has purchased the post processing system S1 from AM Solutions – 3D post processing technology. The automated S1 will assist the company to fulfill the stringent requirements for quality, repeatability of processing results, traceability and cost efficiency that must be met in the automotive industry. OECHSLER corporation, located in Ansbach, Germany, is a global (…)

The corona pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of industry. At the same time, it has exposed the vulnerability of global supply chains. In the midst of unprecedented upheaval, industry faces a crucial question: Which strategies, measures and partnerships ensure competitiveness? HANNOVER MESSE Digital Edition – the central platform for innovation, networking and orientation in the age of industrial transformation – provides the answers. "Industrial companies have to carry out in a (…)

Although in May 2020 participants and organizers agreed it would seem wise to postpone the September 2020 Micronora trade fair by one year, the economic conditions and the global health situation remain worrying and uncertain over 2021. The organizers carried out a survey in January 2021 to get exhibitors’ opinions on the current situation and their expectations for Micronora. More than half of them replied and the team thank them very much. After analyzing the answers, the board (…)

The medtech industry is looking for an in-person trade fair in the first half of the year // Greater planning certainty due to better feasibility after Whitsun. Messe Stuttgart is rescheduling T4M – Technology for Medical Devices to 8 – 10 June 2021. By postponing the trade fair well in advance and setting the new date after the Whitsun holiday, the organiser is hoping to make the Medical Technology Expo more likely to go ahead, and thus ensure greater planning certainty for exhibitors and (…)

To remain competitive in the field of the Internet of Things, even medium-sized industrial and process metrology companies need to increasingly integrate their sensor circuits into ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits). The semiconductor industry is currently meeting this need with lower costs for development cycles and decreasing quantity hurdles. This is not occurring often enough in chip packaging, meaning that ASICs requiring individual packages are at risk of being bogged (…)