French automation expert JPB Système has announced the commercial availability of its Keyprod solution, engineered to enable manufacturers large and small and in any sector to reduce downtime by improving machine monitoring.

The materials specialist company Schunk is now also a service provider for 3D metal printing. The supplier of series-production solutions for metal powder pressing and injection moulding as well as other technologies, has expanded its expertise to include 3D metal printing at its facility in Thale, Germany.

Germany — The Specialist Association Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes (FSK) will celebrate its 60th anniversary at its International Specialist Conference Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes on 13 and 14 September 2022 in Dortmund, Germany.

Sweden — Based at Lund University in southern Sweden, the French scientist Rachid M'Saoubi is involved in a number of international collaborative research projects with universities and manufacturing research institutes across Europe and North America. He bridges the gap between the academic world and the needs of Seco Tools and their customers.

France — With the opportunity of Global Industrie exhibition in France, Multistation announced the signing of an agreement with Vshaper for the distribution of their 3D printers in the French territory.

Photopolymer resins allow the printing of extremely delicate high-precision components in industrial grade quality. The C1 system from AM Solution — 3D post processing technology is an innovative post processing tool for the automated removal of support structures.

A collaborative team from Promation, Module Works, and Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Laboratory of the University of Waterloo have developed and successfully tested a new method for manufacturing overhang geometries without the need of support structures.

Germany — Horizontal-spindle machining centre manufacturer Heller Maschinenfabrik held an in-house event at its headquarters in Nürtingen, Germany early in May 2022, which attracted around 850 visitors. It focused on the company's latest generations of 4-axis and 5-axis machining centres and innovative technologies.

Dormer Pramet’s new-look website and eShop is now live. The supplier invested in its channels to provide customers with easy access to a wide assortment of cutting tools, from support information through to purchase.

Germany/Switzerland — The WZL of RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with the Institute of Technology Management of the University of St. Gallen start an international consortium benchmarking. Their aim is to identify practices for the integration and application of “AI in Operations”.