UK — Jaguar Land Rover has started manufacturing its own press tools in-house for the first time following a £ 1.7 million investment at its Halewood plant. The new facility will now produce the tools required to make body panels for future Jaguar Land Rover models globally.

Austria — With the MMV 3200, Emco's customers can define the machine design that suits them best by choosing from the many options. The travelling-column machining centre is available in 3- or 4-axis versions with a B-axis and is designed for heavy chip removal and precision cutting of large and heavy parts.

In the production of variants, complete quality inspection of all parts is a necessity. To reduce inspection efforts, the research project “Approve” was launched to develop a practicable procedure.

Germany — The metal working sector is in a constant process of transformation and is facing huge challenges. With the new claim “Innovate manufacturing”, EMO Hannover 2023 wants to address these challenges, make them transparent and propose solutions.

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.

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.

Germany — At the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL of RWTH Aachen University, a new research project for process optimisation and quality enhancement in massive forming has been launched. The project examines whether machine learning algorithms can be used to automatically adapt to instabilities and thus reduced rejects in the forming process.

Germany — During the second quarter 2021, the German machine tool industry registered a 103 percent increase compared to previous year's figures. Both, orders from Germany and abroad rose significantly.

For manufacturers faced with the challenge of machining hard and brittle materials or companies with difficulties undertaking micromachining operations, Hyfore Workholding has now introduced a new range of ultrasonic tool holders. The ultrasonic tool holders are designed for machining materials ranging from carbide and PEEK through to Zirconia, Sapphire, SiC, AlSiC, Quartz, Boron Nitride and more.

Birmingham-based company Robo Challenge bring robots such as fighting bots to live in popular TV shows. In the entertainment industry, it's not only important to impress the audience but also to meet strict deadlines. To be able to come up with even more impressive innovations, and meet these demands, the company recently invested in a Quasar Machining centre.