Starrag UK has expanded the number of machines it has in-situ at the Advanced Manufacturing Park with a seven-axis Bumotec s191 linear CNC turn-mill centre being installed at the AMRC with Boeing Centre.

Czech Republic-based Tirad, a locally owned and operated specialist in custom bases and plates for injection moulds, said it can machine parts weighing up to 6,000 kg.

Manufacturing mould tools with a weight of 19 tons does not mean that the milling is less complex than with smaller tools. When German-based Pestel Pur Kunststofftechnik reached the limits of their CAM programming in difficult areas, they had to look for an alternative and turned to Solidcam.

According to the company, Anca’s Linx cylindrical linear motor ensures rigidity to deliver a superior finish on cutting tools every time achieving a surface finish roughness average as low as 0.16 Ra. Find out, how you can achieve a superior tooling surface finish with Anca's tips.

USA - Mastercam developer, CNC Software, has announced the integration of Sandvik Coromant's Coro-Plus tool library in its new release of Mastercam 2018.

In September, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be ceremonially opening the EMO Hannover 2017.

The term industry 4.0 is hyped especially at trade fairs, but the digital transformation is also met with fear among manufacturers and their professionals: will their expertise become obsolete in the age of digitalisation? Alexander Epple and Michael Königs explain, why the knowledge and experience of experts will still be needed in the future.

Switzerland - Excessive vibrations are the nemesis of surface quality and tool preservation. Not so for Liechti Engineering where toolmakers rely on a clever clamping system produced by their compatriots at Rego-Fix.

Germany – The overhaul work ranges from making technical alterations to the system to full remodeling.

When automating machine tools, the focus is usually on loading and unloading workpieces. The increasing spectrum of variants, however, calls for flexible solutions from the building set in order to be able to adapt the automation quickly to the altered tasks.