PH HORN News

New Horn coating RC2 / RC4 

With the new RC2 and RC4 coatings, Paul Horn GmbH is exhibiting new developments in the field of high-performance tool coatings. The high toughness and hardness allow the machining of steels at high cutting speeds and lead to a significant increase in tool life.

VOLLMER News

VOLLMER VHYBRID 260 IS SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR ERODING

The sharpening specialist VOLLMER has boosted their VHybrid 260 grinding and erosion machine, and now achieves a surface quality of 0.05 μm/Ra (micrometre/average roughness value) when eroding PCD tools (polycrystalline diamond). The process innovation succeeded thanks to the optimisation of the Vpulse EDM Generator.

Walter Tools News

WALTER PRESENTS DC118 SUPREME FOR DIFFICULT HOLEMAKING APPLICATIONS

With the DC118 Supreme solid carbide drill, Walter is signalling the start of a new performance class for challenging applications. The "180° drills" differ from standard solid carbide drills in particular due to the high rigidity they provide against deflection, the good centring accuracy and four chamfers, which enable excellent guidance after plunging.

Nidec News

WENZEL and Nidec Machine Tool America announce technical partnership for IMTS 2022

Closed loop between WENZEL gear inspection system and Nidec gear grinder. IMTS 2022 will host a variety of gear technologies that will set the tone for manufacturing innovation in the years to come. At the forefront is the integration of data for process control, providing outstanding solutions to manufacturers. WENZEL America and Nidec’s collaboration started with the mutual drive for serving their customer with excellence through data management.

VOLLMER News

AMB 2022: ULTRATEC DEMONSTRATES THE A25 ULTRASONIC DEBURRING SYSTEM

For this purpose, the components are guided along in a process water basin upstream of a patented ultrasonic sonotrode, whose generated vibrations cause the burrs to oscillate in an energy-efficient manner and break off with sharp edges in a process-safe manner. Since July 2022, the start-up ultraTEC has been a company of the international VOLLMER GROUP from Biberach an der Riß.

DMG MORI News

AT AMB, DMG MORI WILL BE DEMONSTRATING ITS AUTOMATION EXPERTISE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS

Automated manufacturing promises greater productivity, quality and safety – factors that promote sustainable competitiveness. With the integration of hardware and software, DMG MORI is consistently gearing its entire product portfolio towards automation in machine tool manufacturing.

Universal Robots News

UNIVERSAL ROBOTS’ NEW UR20 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT MAKES U.S. DEBUT AT IMTS 2022, EXPANDING COBOT AUTOMATION IN MACHINING INDUSTRY

Attendees at North America’s leading machine tool show will experience how the all-new collaborative, industrial cobot from Universal Robots delivers the longest reach and payload in its class, offering the ability to automate even more hard-to-staff tasks in a market struggling to hire.

3D SYSTEMS News

3D Systems Announces First to Market CuNi (CuNi30) Alloy for Laser Powder Bed Fusion

3D Systems is pleased to announce CuNi30, a corrosion-resistant, copper-nickel alloy for use with its DMP Flex 350 metal 3D printer. This material resulted from the company’s collaboration with HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division to develop materials and process parameters for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

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