Austria — After 36 years at the helm of the company, Manfred Kainz is retiring from management of tool management company TCM. He will in future chair the shareholders' meeting. Markus Temmel, the company's COO to date, will take over his role as CEO.

The Rainford Precision stand at Mach 2022 will see the micro-machining experts providing a Free cutting tool giveaway as well as introducing two new brands to the UK. Rainford has recently been announced as the new UK and Ireland distribution partners for both 6C Tools and BSQ Tech and the innovations will be presented to the UK for the first time at Mach.

A new camera bracket increases the measuring capabilities of iView to inspect a tool’s endface and measure land widths, lip distances and chisel angles without the need for camera commissioning or qualification

Germany — It has been four long years since the leading industry platform for grinding technology was hosted in Augsburg. From 15 to 18 March, Grindtec 2022 will once again bring supply and demand together.

As a useful addition to its slide system portfolio, Knarr has standardised maintenance-free, self-lubricating slide rails. Embedded graphite inserts provide lubrication during operation. This creates a lubricating film between the slide and the guide rail, which makes additional greasing superfluous.

At Mach 2022, Rainford Precision will be putting its know-how in micro-machining into the limelight. On Stand 573 in Hall 20, the company will introduce new additions to its extensive product portfolio with particular emphasis on the Mach debut for its new V-Series of small end mills from Union Tool.

At the Birmingham NEC from the 4th to the 8th of April, workholding experts Hainbuch will be returning to the Mach exhibition to demonstrate a host of new and established workholding technology.

When traditional machining methods reach their limit, electric discharge machining can be the answer. The EDM process allows for high accuracy and is applicable for any conductive material.

To help its customers realise the benefits of automation and lights out manufacturing, Anca further developed its in-process measurement technology for cutting tools. Laser Ultra dramatically increases capacity and reduces waste through highly accurate and fast in-process measurement and compensation.

What happens when three specialists go wild in their field of expertise can be seen on a workpiece for tool and mould making. A project developed for an online seminar demonstrates the know-how and the successful cooperation. The clamping specialist Schunk, the programming professionals from Open Mind and the tool experts from Horn were on board. New approaches met proven technologies.