Sacmi Imola is specialised in mould making for rigid packaging production. To further automate and digitise its production, the Italian company invested in robotic systems from Erowa to make machining and EDM operations more efficient.

Unmanned production, 24/7. For many manufacturing companies, this is one of the key factors for success in this highly competitive field. This has been the case for turning, milling and drilling technologies for some time, but increasingly now also for fine machining. Exhibitors at Grinding Hub will be providing a first glimpse of their solutions for achieving significant increases in productivity and reproducibility levels.

Hasco is now offering a new high-performance metal powder MP/…, which is noted for its high quality and ideal combination of particle size, roundness and homogeneity.

Cutting tool manufacturers have always had the inconvenience of producing solid carbide and PCD cutting tools on two separate machines — that was why Vollmer introduced its VHybrid concept. Now, the company has eradicated this issue for cutting tool manufacturers with its flexible new VHybrid 260 solution that can grind carbide tools and erode PCD tools — all in one machine.

With new PCD solid head milling cutters, Mapal is extending the possibility of machining carbide and other hard-brittle materials to smaller diameters.

In 2022, Stuttgart will be the venue of a new trade show: The first edition of the new trade fair for grinding technology, Grinding Hub, will be held from 17 to 20 May 2022. At the event, leading manufacturers will present their solutions for current trends in grinding technology.

Six Hurco 3-axis vertical machining centres carry out a majority of prismatic machining in the toolroom of plastic packaging manufacturer in Beccles, UK. Instead of subcontracting machining jobs, the company is now able to offer the production of bigger multi-cavity moulds, for instance.

Germany — On October 15th, the first site-planning phase for AMB 2022 began. The organiser, Messe Stuttgart, already reports over 940 registrations for the event.

Italy — Turkish tool manufacturer Turcar dominated the field of Anca's Tool of the Year competition with its multi-functional tool with axial and radial cutting features to machine five independent operations in one cycle.

When long-established cutting tool manufacturer AA Tools was acquired by new owners in 2014, the objective was to modernise the shop floor equipment with the very latest CNC machine tool technology. For the bespoke cutting tool manufacturer, the acquisition trail included a CNC tool and cutter grinder, a 4th-axis machining centre, a live tooling turning centre, an EDM drilling machine and a Mitsubishi MV1200R wire EDM machine from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG).