South Korea – Taegutec has extended its Drill-Rush line with a double-margin indexable drill that has a diameter range of eight to 19.5 mm.

Clamping specialist Hainbuch is now offering users of its mini series as well as its Toplus and Spanntop chucks a pneumatic workpiece ejector, which it says saves time and costs.

Exhibits at Matsuura’s booth at AMB will include the company's latest high-quality machining centres.

Germany – To automate or not to automate? That is the question that SMEs are facing. Many experts, suppliers and users would answer the above question with a resounding "yes" - however, as this two-part feature will show, there is a lot to consider when automating production.

Fat Haco's heavy-duty, flat-bed lathe of the Tur SMN series is said to offer stability and high precision.

The automotive and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors requiring graphite moulds for glass end products and graphite electrodes present distinct challenges in terms of surface finish, precision, process reliability and productivity.

Germany – Hainbuch will be introducing a range of new products covering workholding and automation solutions.

The milling unit is based on an innovative design concept.

There is new movement in the portal milling machine market. Although centres are still designed to produce as many chips as possible for decades to come, this is no longer enough. In precision, flexibility and cost-effectiveness, the heavyweights are getting nearer and nearer to the small and medium-sized processing units.

In order to comply with market demand, Iscar recently exhibited its next generation, advanced indexable drill and further extended its comprehensive product portfolio with the launch of Sumo-3-Cham – a three flute indexable drill. According to the company it reduces machining cycle times by 50%.