The larger the series of parts to be produced, the more important cycle times and tool costs are. With large quantities, such as those usual for the car industry, the properties of both the machine tool and the tool itself need to be optimally suited to each other – and to the chosen manufacturing process. “We have a unique approach when we receive customer inquiries,” says Meinolf Wolke, Sales Team Leader at ELHA-MASCHINENBAU Liemke KG (ELHA) in Hövelhof. The medium-sized, owner-managed (…)

COVID-19 poses challenges to industrial companies worldwide. Many factories stand still or produce with limited capacities, employees work in shifts or from their home office, only gradually returning to their workplaces. Notwithstanding the severe situation, now is the time to prepare production and employees for the time after the pandemic as one thing seems certain: the efficiency and flexibility of production as well as the know-how of employees will determine the survival of companies. (…)

The laser marking market is characterized by an increased need to mark or texture non-flat surfaces, such as curved, inclined, and stepped surfaces as well as free-form objects and recessed surfaces. Unfortunately, traditional laser markers and integrated machines are limited to a flat planar field of view that can be adapted for simple inclined planes or cylindrical surfaces by rotating and moving the part during marking. However, the only way to accommodate more complex shaped surfaces (…)

The Swiss tool manufacturer Mikron Tool has expanded its milling cutter program and launches a version of the already well-known plunge-mill CrazyMill Cool P&S, which is now suitable for even deeper machining operations. Like its already successful "short" predecessor, it is characterized by the ability to plunge (drill) vertically into the material, mill slots or pockets into solid material in smallest spaces and concluding the milling with a finishing operation. While the milling (…)

The company BoKa Automatisierung from Bavaria, Germany, has developed a new, contactless solution for coronavirus. Instead of medical personnel, the prototype machine uses a video system and a FANUC robot to guide tests and collect samples. If put into practice, the innovative system could reduce the risk of infection at test stations and free up urgently needed medical personnel for work in hospitals, nursing homes and public health agencies. The fully automated test works either as a (…)

AM Solutions, the brand under which the Rösler group organizes all its activities around industrial 3D printing/additive manufacturing, further grows its global sales network. Besides the 15 international Rösler sales branches the KMC Ytbehandling AB is now promoting the AM Solutions products and services exclusively in Sweden. This cooperation includes also the marketing of the products of the AM Solutions partners PostProcess Technologies and GPA Innova. With the KMC Ytbehandling AB AM (…)

The requirements for high-pressure CLs have steadily increased in recent years. They are an integral part of modern wet cutting processes. New placement options for the peripherals are sought, including integrated ones. But are they always a good idea? And is a high-pressure filtration solution possible that can solve the space-performance dilemma? More production space for more lathes means more potential for sales – provided the order situation is given. So why sacrifice more valuable (…)

You can read this Eurotec editorial in French and German . Covid-19 has been on the world stage for weeks and the increasingly alarmist news is bordering on overdose. Yet it is difficult not to talk about it here, if only to evoke the hope, perhaps naive but so necessary, of radical changes in the way we operate. Before continuing, it is worth making an important clarification: Eurotec did not suddenly become the official organ of some environmental movement. Its vocation is and always (…)

On his 80th birthday, April 3, 2020, Horst Lach actually wanted to take a vacation and celebrate this special day together with his family, however, the Corona virus changed his plans. That does not bother him at all: for him it simply means another challenge and he is running up to top form. Hand in hand with his son Robert he is taking steps to ensure that the operations can continue at the best despite the crisis – presently in his homeoffice. In his 80-years-long life Horst Lach has (…)

Guards on grinding machines are particularly important for ensuring operator safety. Grinding wheels seldom burst, but when they do, there is a great risk of serious injury to the machine operator. Recent studies suggest, however, that the enclosures commonly used in gear grinding machines (for example) could be overdesigned at present. Investigations conducted e.g. by the VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken – German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) and the Institute of (…)