With civil aircraft production set to ramp up and new challenges in the defence arena, the supply chain will need to keep pace. Here, an Erowa Retrofit Robot Package can unleash previously untapped sources of productivity and profitability very quickly.

One of the UK’s leading strategic manufacturing outsourcing specialists has signed a major new deal to support the development of a productive EDM drilling machine.

UK — The technical team supporting users of Hurco machining centres and lathes throughout the UK and Ireland has been expanded by the arrival of four additional service engineers.

Grinding Hub 2022 concluded, with the four-day event proving a major success, the organisers announced. Under the banner of “Brings solutions to the surface”, more than 370 exhibitors showcased their latest grinding technology innovations, products and solutions on almost 18,000 net square meters of exhibition space.

Speed to market has never been more important in the consumer goods sector, as brand owners aim to develop new bottle and package designs to address ever-shifting customer desires. But creating conventional metal tooling for the blow moulding of bottles is an expensive and time-consuming proposition. That is why Pepsico was looking for an alternative.

This year, the Hoffmann Group is exhibiting at Automatica in Munich for the first time. From 21 to 24 June, the company will be demonstrating at the trade fair in Hall A5, Stand 411, how automated loading and unloading of machine tools can be achieved cost-effectively without a machine interface.

UK — Yorkshire based precision engineering company, Agemaspark, has used its latest equipment to 3D print a commemorative gift for HRH Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

The effects that can be expected for mechanical engineering in Germany and Europe are examined in this article.

Long since, diamonds — preferably polycrystalline synthetic diamonds (PCD) — have established themselves as abrasives or in machining. Why should diamonds as wear protection for tool and grinding machines be only available to a small, pro-active user group?

Germany — The global market for machine tools was impacted in the 1st quarter 2022 by the Ukraine war, global supply shortages as well as rising inflation. However, DMG Mori made a strong start to the current financial year: order intake rose to a new record of 861.6 million euros (+46 percent; previous year: 589.8 million euros).