Now available from Floyd Automatic Tooling is the flexible new MSIK modular tooling system from Schwanog for external and axial grooving operations. The new MSIK system enables coolant to be delivered straight to the cutting edge to enhance tool life, surface finishes and swarf evacuation.

Following last year’s launch of two new circular saw blade grinding machines, Vollmer now presents the new Loroch Twin 860. The new grinding centre is a space-saving concept with a compact 2,000 by 1,250 by 1,980 mm footprint that introduces two different grinding processes in a single machine tool.

Moulding Expo will bring tool, pattern and mould making companies, their customers and suppliers together under one roof in the L-Bank Forum (Hall 1) at Messe Stuttgart from 13 to 16 June 2023. Solutions range from from hydraulic cylinders standard components and hot runner systems through to clamping devices and machine tools.

In the first quarter of 2023, the index of machine tool orders, elaborated by Centro Studi & Cultura di Impresa di Ucimu-Sistemi per Produrre, recorded a decrease of 23.7 percent compared to the period January-March 2022, with an absolute index of 125.1 (base 100 in 2015). The result is due to a reduction in orders placed by manufacturers in both the foreign and domestic markets.

The Machine Tool Laboratory WZL of RWTH Aachen University together with the Institute of Technology Management of the University of St. Gallen and further partners awarded five companies for the successful implementation of Artificial Intelligence in the production sector.

The organiser of Grinding Hub, VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), in cooperation with the Industry Arena business network, offers the grinding technology industry a top-tier platform under the 360°Special brand — even in the years when no trade fair is held.

MSC Industrial Supply has joined Renishaw’s Channel Partner Programme, marking the latest in a series of strategic partnerships to enhance its portfolio of metalworking and MRO industrial consumables.

Matthew Boyt, Managing Director of CR Engineering in Wotton Underwood near Aylesbury bought the company from his previous employer in 2020 and since then has had a programme of investment in XYZ Machine Tools to keep up with demand.

Cutting tool manufacturer Inovatools offers a special high-gloss finish to give high-end milling cutters and drills that extra performance boost. According to the company, this helps to achieve double-digit percentage increases in the service lives of these specially treated tools.

It is acknowledged that run out can be relatively low on some hydraulic chuck systems, and this can diminish further after intensive use. This can now be significantly improved with the new Hydraulic Chuck Jet Through that has been introduced to Big Kaiser’s HDC (hydraulic chucks) series.