How does this sound to you machinists? A tried and tested yet innovative and sustainable solution on your sliding headstock automatic lathes that achieves maximum efficiency through high pressure quickly and smoothly – without having to re-train your employees or adjust your processes every time? Or even risk stoppages because of less than perfect machine communication? Both in the initial equipment and when retrofitting? STAR SR-32 with combistream CS3 High-pressure solutions from (…)

Okuma, represented in Switzerland by SUVEMA, opened the doors for the Okuma Technology Days. During the three-day event, visitors could experience multiple hardware, software and industry 4.0 solutions. With 320 visitors coming from 20 countries, the Okuma Technology Days at Okuma Europe’s headquarters in Krefeld, Germany, were a full success. The three-day event provided a comprehensive overview of the latest Okuma solutions that take machining capabilities to the next level. The (…)

The latest industrial fair, Industrialis is about to hold its first edition (11-14.12). We have reviewed the situation with its organizers. Code: nd18214mmy A few days before its first edition, can you tell us if your fair has achieved its objectives ? "We have reached a three-digit number of exhibitors, which, for a first edition, makes us happy and proud. However, it is no secret that we would have welcomed more participants. In any case, the result can be considered as very good (…)

Tritan drills from MAPAL have established themselves across the board due to their great economic advantages. Four new designs complete the range of products. The Tritan-Drill-Uni for machining steels, stainless alloys and cast materials has been further developed and improved with regard to its tool geometry. The new Tritan-Drill-Uni-Plus has a clear advantage over the previous drill for universal use: Finished groove profiles improve chip removal and a wear-resistant coating increases (…)

Subcontracted machining - and more particularly bar turning - is a difficult field in which margins are low and the environment very competitive. To succeed in the long term, a company cannot simply offer quality at attractive prices. More and more often, customers are also demanding flexibility on volumes and deadlines, as well as additional services. The French SME JCM Décolletage is fighting on this field and the success is there - attributable, among other things, to the MS 40C (…)

With a customer-oriented vision, in 2015 Soraluce moved ahead and created a 5-year plan for the development of intelligent technologies. In addition to the technologies which have already been developed and implemented, further new developments will be presented by 2020, which will also be further leading milestones in themachine tool industry. New developments are always made by Soraluce with the involvement of their customers and end users. The wishes and requirements of customers have (…)

Top guitar players and metal-cutting experts share a common passion - The search for the last μ and for the perfect sound. And that’s what they find at Schaller, a company that produces mechanical components of absolute precision for electric guitars. To achieve this precision, Schaller relies on CNC automatic lathes from Swiss manufacturer Tornos. The company Schaller GmbH is a German manufacturer of hardware for musical instruments and is headquartered in Postbauer-Heng near (…)

Whether they are multi-ton steel beams or pins barely visible to the naked eye, magnetized parts can be the grain of sand in the gear and paralyze a production process or be considered defective. For more than 30 years, Polydec in Biel has been producing precision micro-parts for the automotive and watchmaking industries as well as for electronics and medical technology. Thanks to a machine park of 50 automatic lathes, the company produces about 40 million turned parts per month. Most of (…)

To recreate as faithfully as possible the complexity of a human organ, to enable the surgeon to prepare his preoperative procedures, this is one of Scalia’s ambitions. Synthetic renal artery This ultraviolet resin polymerization technology makes it possible to manufacture organs with biomechanical properties similar to those of a human organ. Not limited by the hardness of the material, the textures and densities of the diseased organ are reconstructed from a patient’s medical imaging. (…)

Switzerland’s new trade fair Industrialis is taking place at the Bernexpo site on 11 – 14 December 2018. Held in the heart of Switzerland every two years, it will put brand-new trends and innovations centre stage while also offering an ideal platform for cultivating contacts and high-quality networking. From 2020 onwards, the trade fair will be held in November. Sasa Tanasic and Daniel Fritz, the two initiators of the show Industrialis is a modern trade fair for producers and suppliers (…)