The forthcoming Vollmer V-Days event is back from 18th to the 20th of April following an enforced Covid hiatus. Spread over three days, the event promises to deliver a unique knowledge transfer opportunity where attendees can learn all the latest insights on the sustainable and efficient sharpening of rotary tools and circular saws.

Market changes and mutual dependencies between value creation stages require both new technical and economical solutions. How can companies face these challenges with greater resilience? How can we exploit the benefits of increased cost effectiveness? These questions are being posed by the transnational Euprogigant project. The aim is to ensure smart, sovereign use of data for production and bring this to Europe.

At Rapid.Tech 2023 in Erfurt, AIM3D, supplier of 3D printers using the CEM (Composite Extrusion Modelling) process, will be putting the Exam 255 3D printer centre stage at the trade fair. The Exam 255 system combines high precision 3D components with high build speeds for additive manufacturing.

Alsameca from the French town of Lutterbach has made a name for itself in these industries with high-quality cutting tools. When it comes to finding solutions for special cutting applications, the company works closely with the coating expert Cemecon — for example in the field of diamond-coated cutting inserts.

As one of the fastest growing end mill and drill areas in the Seco Tools portfolio, the company’s solid-round tool reconditioning service experienced an increase in use by over 30 percent in 2022.

100 years ago, Lach Diamant started out as a company for cutting diamonds for jewelry. After WWII, the family business from Hanau, Germany, discovered the benefits of diamonds for cutting a variety of materials. A century later, the manufacturer is known for his cutting-edge grinding and cutting solutions.

Since its inception in 1970, AW Precision has continuously grown and evolved. The Rugby-based company is undertaking a course of continuous investment, and this has seen the manufacturer recently purchase its second Chevalier Smart-B818 III surface grinding centre from Dugard.

The new home of grinding technology, Grinding Hub, celebrated its premiere in Stuttgart in May 2022. More than 370 well-known manufacturers from 23 countries presented numerous innovations across the entire grinding technology process chain — with a clear trend towards automation and digitalisation.

When it started offering ready-to-install 3D printed plastic and metal components to its customers, the job shop Klaus Stöcker metal processing initially utilized manual post processing methods. Because of the growing demand and stricter requirements of the post processing operation, the company purchased the automated systems S1 for de-powdering and M1 for the surface smoothing and homogenization from AM Solutions.

The V-Grind tool and cutter grinder from Vollmer has become one of the company’s most popular machines since its launch in 2014. Now, the company has expanded and diversified the V-Grind to cater for the increasingly diverse needs of the industry.