The CO2 footprint of a recycled oil is significantly lower compared to the production of fresh oil. (Source: Zeller+Gmelin)
CO2 reduction

How recycling improves the CO2 footprint of lubricants

The lubricant specialist Zeller+Gmelin has been actively working to reduce the CO2 footprint associated with lubricant production, given its energy-intensive nature. The company is focusing on recycling to produce CO2-optimised industrial lubricants, and it has been implementing various other sustainability measures to help customers reduce their own CO2-footprint.

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Not only can workpieces be deburred with the ECM process, it can also be used to produce components — in this case a stapler used for closing wounds. Microstructuring takes place in a multiple tool. (Source: Emag ECM)
Innovations in precision finishing

5th Deburring Expo 2023: Unraveling the future of precision surface finishing and deburring technologies

As the only international trade fair for deburring technologies and precision surface finishing, Deburring Expo presents corresponding offerings in a concentrated fashion. The bilingual expert forum and various theme parks will also ensure an effective transfer of knowledge at the 5th leading trade fair at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre from the 10th through the 12th of October, 2023.

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Galleries

A total of 30 digitalisation experts from 17 companies attended the networking event in Steffisburg, Switzerland. (Source: Thomas Kunz / United Grinding)
Connecting machines

Umati linking the old and the new in “brownfield” Hackathon

What is the best way to connect old machines to new systems? This was the very question that spurred Umati, the connectivity initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry, to organise a hackathon in cooperation with the international United Grinding Group. A total of 30 digitalization experts from 17 companies attended the networking event in Steffisburg, Switzerland.

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With My-WFL operational data acquisition, you get a 24/7 overview and can exploit the optimisation po-tential of production. (Source: WFL)
EMO 2023

WFL Millturn to present new machine design at EMO

WFL Millturn Technologies will present two turning-boring-milling machines at EMO: the M50 Millturn / 3,000 mm and the M80X Millturn / 4,500 mm. Visitors can experience the M80X live with a demonstration of the machining of a gear shaft, including measurement of the gear teeth. Both machines feature a new design and are equipped with Sinumerik One.

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