The designers used the modular Haimer Duo-Lock™ tool system for roughing. This system consists of carbide tool heads that are connected to different extensions via an extremely stable interface (Haimer/ Open Mind)
Milling

How to mill a panther

The system supplier for machine tools, Haimer, is a premium partner and supporter of the Augsburger Panther hockey team in the German Hockey League. The company took this opportunity to demonstrate the performance capabilities of its tools and tool holders by creating a model panther. The CAM specialists at Open Mind took on the challenging programming task using their Hypermill software.

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With the new NZ platform, DMG MORI is redefining production turning, with up to four turrets and four B-axes in a 17.8 m2 footprint. (DMG Mori)
EMO Milano

World premiere of new NZ turning platform

From 4 to 9 October 2021, DMG Mori will be presenting their latest developments in two locations at once: on the company's exhibition stand in Hall 1 and in its EMO Milan showroom, where nine high-technology machine tools will be exhibited, five of them as automated production solutions. The locations, approximately ten kilometers apart, will be connected by a free shuttle service

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Galleries

Vetimec uses its new robot cell for the fully automatic, unmanned production of graphite electrodes. (Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme )
Precision Mould Making

Graphite electrode production: When the robot takes over the night shift

Italy — Bologna based company Vetimec supplies the international automotive industry and foundries with moulds, including injection moulds. Since die-sinking EDM dominates the production of these moulds, efficiency depends on the production of the graphite electrodes. With the changeover to special milling tools from Hufschmied, Vetimec can now machine graphite 30 percent faster and 20 percent more economically.

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Contaminated or dirty dielectric fluid can negatively affect the Electrical Discharge Machining process causing problems such as slower cutting speeds, metal removal rate and lower quality and rejected parts that fail quality control.  (Eclipse Magnetics)
EDM

Magnetic Filters Cut Down EDM Machine Problems

EDM machines offer precision accuracy, however, the process can be challenging. It is vital that the machine's systems are equally efficient, especially it's fluid management and filter efficiency. This is where magnetic filters come in as it is capable of filtering fine-particles and micron-sized particles from dielectric fluids in EDM machines which makes sure that the fluid is clean and protected from contamination.

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