CRP Technology collaborated with Leonardo Helicopter Division on the construction of a wind tunnel model using 3D-printing technology.

Compared to conventional stamping, fineblanking offers many benefits. It is more and more often chosen, as the smooth cut eliminates the need for reworking.

The greatly extended flat steel range with around 2,000 new dimensions is noted for its high dimensional accuracy and surface finish.

Formlabs announced in April that it has expanded its hardware offering with two new, advanced professional low force stereolithography (LFS) 3D printers.

New paths towards digital and automated production as well as additive manufacturing with powder bed technology will be showcased by DMG Mori at Moulding Expo.

The Curvemax series by Inocatools, a series of universal solid carbide curve segment mills in tangential and conical form, shorten the process times required for finishing complex, freeform surfaces in a wide variety of materials.

Big Kaiser presents Dyna Force, a testing device for determining the withdrawal force of machine tool spindles.

USA/ Europe - Milacron will be displaying its Advanced Plastics Processing Technologies (APPT) featuring Milacron, Ferromatik and Uniloy product branded injection, PET, blow and extrusion offerings, as well as Milacron’s product brands Mold-Masters, DME, Tirad and Cimcool at K 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The combination of high-precision machine tools and special diamond cutters offers an economically and technically convincing alternative for machining dies for plastic parts with particularly high surface quality requirements such as optical lenses.

Rapid market developments and innovations challenge the adaptability of tool and mould making. With its new Mikron Mill P U series of 5-axis simultaneous milling machines, GF Machining Solutions provides these manufacturers with future-proof flexibility.