At the Next-Level Molding Days, Shibaura Machine LWB will showcase its latest injection moulding and automation solutions, including the world premiere of an automated Multistation production cell for rubber manufacturing.

Designed for cost-efficient production of standard components, the Allrounder Trend combines energy-efficient electric drives with straightforward operation, short set-up times and ease of maintenance. Arburg will complement the machine demonstration with solutions for production management, AI-assisted configuration and digital customer services.

At Fakuma, Engel will demonstrate the Wintec t-win 6500 producing around 360 coat hangers per hour. The compact two-platen machine combines a largely standardised configuration with automated part handling and intelligent process control.

At AMB 2026, Bimatec Soraluce will present a machine from its Productivity Line and demonstrate how automation and multitasking solutions can be used to implement customer-specific projects.

Cutting tool expert Seco has enhanced its ER HP Collet Chuck range for high-speed milling and 5-axis machining. The toolholding system is designed to improve run-out accuracy, process stability and tool life in demanding machining applications.

Producing decorated car key covers involves more than injection moulding. At Fakuma 2026, Arburg will demonstrate how film decoration, laser marking and robotic finishing can be integrated into a single automated production cell using recycled PC/ABS.

An electric Allrounder Trend injection moulding machine will make its Taiwan debut at Taipeiplas 2026, producing the award-winning “Donut-ella” USB cable winder in an automated application. Arburg will also demonstrate how its Gestica lite control system, ALS manufacturing execution system and arburgXworld portal support efficient, digitally connected injection moulding.

A hydraulic expansion tool holder with dual-contact technology helped improve stability, reduce vibration and shorten setup times during trochoidal milling tests in demanding nitriding steel, demonstrating the impact of optimised tool holding on machining performance.

Replacing the cutting head while retaining the carbide shank could lower tooling costs when machining aluminium and plastics. Horn’s modular DM40 PCD end mill combines interchangeable heads with cutting tips that can be resharpened up to twice.

Hydraulic forming is a technology that uses high fluid pressure to shape sheet metal or tubes into the desired geometry. Instead of a second rigid tool, a fluid acts as the force-transmitting medium. Researchers in Chemnitz have now succeeded in significantly reducing production times in high-pressure sheet metal forming (HPSF) through intelligent process integration.