Taiwanese entrepreneur Jimmy Chu and Italy’s Jobs have created a force in high-performance milling. Our Publisher Ken Fouhy reports that acquisitions and growth could boost FFG Europe sales to €200 million, and its first machines developed with FFG's Asian brands will debut at EMO.

Germany – Laser micromachining is used for the fabrication of tooling inserts for micro-injection moulding applications. Tests have shown that by selecting the right pulse duration, cycle times can be reduced by as much as 70%.

Conventional chucks or face plates reach their limits in cutting applications where thin walled parts are concerned. the parts are deformed in the clamping process, shaping and geometric tolerances are difficult to adhere to and the interference contours of the clamping devices restrict the accessibility. However, there are alternatives.

UK – A carbide roller tool for burnishing multiple surfaces of a component including internal and external diameters, radii, counterbores and end faces as part of a single CNC turning process is now available from UK-based, Mollart Engineering.

Germany – Technology developments are increasing the demand for manufacturing of micro-scale components. These trends present mould makers with new and diverse challenges. LMT's micro-cutters help to reduce machining times.

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