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Forget about products: Service is a growing business model

While Industry 4.0 is starting to have an impact on products and processes, one change to how we do business has not yet fully developed its potential. A survey reveals that the opportunities offered by service-oriented business models are still little used. read...

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Lightweight Design

Lightweight wins: Winners of the Enlighten Award

A vehicle with its weight reduced by more than 200kg, a 3D printed standard metal component and other exciting lightweight concepts: Altair and the Center for Automotive Research announced the winners of the Enlighten Award. read...

Mach

Mach 2018 wins Exhibition of the Year award

Mach 2018 has triumphed at the prestigious Trade Association Forum (TAF) Best Practice Awards and Dinner 2018. Shortlisted in the category of Exhibition of the Year, Mach 2018 took the top prize. read...

Switzerland

Industry is working its way out of the crisis

Significantly rising sales, incoming orders and exports - the Swiss mechanical engineering, electrical and metal industries (MEM) can look back on a successful year 2017. However, the weak profitability of companies is a cause for concern. read...

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Moulding Expo

New hall layout will guide visitors better

Moulding Expo, the international trade show for tool, model and mould making, will move from the originally halls to other halls for its third edition in May 2019. The organisers at Messe Stuttgart are convinced that this will make the walking routes for visitors more attractive. read...

GF Casting Solutions

GF Appoints New Head of GF Casting Solutions

Josef Edbauer, current Head of GF Casting Solutions, has decided to retire at the end of December 2018. The GF Board of Directors nominated Carlos Vasto as new Head of GF Casting Solutions effective 1 September 2018. read...

DP Technology

"La voie du pôle" expedition 2018

Arctic Adventure – La voie du pôle, sailing across the Arctic Ocean, which began on 1 July 2018, is the attempt of a world première – i.e. to become the first to sail, unassisted, across the Arctic Ocean. read...

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Lightweight wins: Winners of the Enlighten Award

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The lightweight design of Jaguar's I-Pace

Well-armed clamping technology for the smart factory

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An overview of today’s supplier market and cost structure for metal AM parts

Additive Manufacturing Make or Buy?

An overview of today’s supplier market and cost structure for metal AM parts

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Event preview

Welcome to the International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing 2018!

On November 2nd, 2018, Vogel Industrial Media will join hands with the government of Anting, Jiading District, Shanghai to hold the sixth International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (ICSM) 2018. read...

Summer gadgets 2018

29 gadgets for hot summer days

Market trend

Digitalisation forging ahead

VDMA Metallurgy

Foundry machinery – back on track for growth

Additive Manufacturing

Machineworks

Team expands to enhance company products even further

UK-based software and additive manufacturing company Machineworks has been expanding its team over the last few months, continuing to improve further its products, whilst investing in the future of the company as a whole. read...

Arburg

USU's award for Arburg's knowledge management in service

Geo Kingsbury/Add Up

Expanding portfolio with metal AM solutions, thanks to company acquisition

LPW Technology

HRH Duke of Gloucester opens state-of-art AM powder facility

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Machining Equipment

Fehlmann / AMB

Flexible, machining centres for high-precision, dynamic demands

At the Swiss-based Fehlmann AG booth at AMB, visitors will get to see precision machining solutions. Among them are the Versa 645 linear 5-axis machining centre and the 3/4 and 5-axis machining centre Picomax 75. read...

Anca/IMTS

Technology highlights and contest for the best tool

Hwacheon Machinery Europe / AMB

Compact, user-friendly lathe reduces clamping time by 70%

Jones & Shipman Hardinge / AMB

High-precision metal cutting and grinding technology on show

CAD/CAM

Datentechnik Reitz / AMB

Version 12 with user-friendly interface and filled with goodies

The completely redesigned CAM software SprutCAM 12 from Datentechnik Reitz will be presented at AMB. read...

Moduleworks/ AMB

Software checks collision in all operating modes

Open Mind Technologies / AMB

Sneak previews and virtual reality on show

CGTech/Siemens PLM Software

Partnership delivers integrated solution to streamline and secure tool management

Partner News

Vero Software Limited

WorkNC Expert Experience at IMTS - McCormick Place, Room E266 - 13/09/18-13/09/18

Join us on the Thursday of IMTS for a WorkNC expert experience software session IMTS 2018 is an opportunity to learn about new methods and techniques to improve your manufacturing processes. ...

Renishaw plc

Renishaw promotes productivity at Additive International

To share its knowledge and expertise in metal additive manufacturing as a serialised production technique, ...

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG

New nameplate editor facilitates customised designs

Speed, coupled with simple, efficient processes, are important in plastic injection moulding production.

top used-machines of MM Die Börse

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Quality Control

Hexagon Metrology

Software platform brings information automation to quality management

With the latest release of HxGN Smart Quality from Hexagon Metrology Intelligence, manufacturers can gather quality data stream across multiple phases of manufacturing, providing knowledge through comprehensive statistical analysis, visualisation and workflow management to enable process optimisations. read...

Quality and Measurement

Analysing the global metrology market

Blum-Novotest

Building on a good year with the aim to double sales in the next 12 months

Tool maintenance

In good shape

Hot Runners

Ewikon Heißkanalsysteme

Adaptable multiple valve gate hot runner systems

Hot runners systems expert Ewikon Heißkanalsysteme offers various drive versions in its hot runner valve gate systems, which allow for easy adaption in diverse application requirements and mould designs. read...

MEX

This will change at Moulding Expo 2019

Case Study

Consistently fault-free components with a reduction on production costs

Case Study

Modern valve gate nozzle technology enables perfect in-mould labelling

Suppliers Products

BORIDE Engineered Abrasives

Cristone® Crystal Fiber Stone - Cristone® Crystal Fiber Stone

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CNC Software Inc.

Mold / Tool and Die - Flexibility, Speed, and Superior Finish

Successful mold, tool & die shops depend on dependable flexibility, ...

Meusburger Georg GmbH & Co. KG

Die making

Standard parts for die making

Materials

Aluminium industry

Digital manufacturing on the rise

The aluminium industry is getting ready for digitalisation and the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies. Those are the findings of a survey of 240 aluminium experts from 39 countries conducted on the occasion of the Aluminium World Trade Fair 2018. read...

Polymer Training Centre

New era begins for training in the plastics industry

R&D

A new, alternative method for joining metals without welding

Thyssenkrupp

Virtual warehouse offers over 150,000 products and services to 250,000 customers globally

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Vero Software Limited

WorkNC Expert Experience at IMTS - McCormick Place, Room E266 - 13/09/18-13/09/18

Join us on the Thursday of IMTS for a WorkNC expert experience software session IMTS 2018 is an opportunity to learn about new methods and techniques to improve your manufacturing processes. ...

Renishaw plc

Renishaw promotes productivity at Additive International

To share its knowledge and expertise in metal additive manufacturing as a serialised production technique, ...

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG

New nameplate editor facilitates customised designs

Speed, coupled with simple, efficient processes, are important in plastic injection moulding production.

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Summer gadgets 2018

29 gadgets for hot summer days

Industry Trend

Forget about products: Service is a growing business model

Meusburger

Diamond-like carbon coating – Why it makes sense for mould components

Inovatools / AMB

Milling cutter with special geometry permits larger paths

Fehlmann / AMB

Flexible, machining centres for high-precision, dynamic demands

Market trend

Digitalisation forging ahead

Components

Meusburger

Diamond-like carbon coating – Why it makes sense for mould components

The idea of moving components without hard carbon coating (diamond-like carbon, or DLC for short) is hard to imagine in modern die and mould-making. But what is so good about this coating? Four examples show the advantages and uses of DLC-coated standard components. read...

Hainbuch / AMB

Pneumatic workpiece ejector saves time and costs

Meusburger will be taking over software specialist Segoni

Progressive Components

Progressive's comprehensive product line offering

Cutting Tools

Inovatools / AMB

Milling cutter with special geometry permits larger paths

Tool manufacturer Inovatools will present high-quality precision tools for the metal machining industry, from threaded tools, mills, drills, reamers and counterbores to gauges, saw blades and special solutions as well as a comprehensive portfolio of additional services at AMB. read...

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