Switzerland – With Studer-Wiredress, Swiss grinding specialist Fritz Studer brings a dressing device to the market that uses the wire erosion principle and is completely integrated into the grinding machine and its control system.

A manager at one of the partners dubbed the agreement a “perfect fit”.

Germany – Erowa’s recently released Erowa ITS 50 Electrode Holder C is claimed to provide high levels of protection against contamination of Erowa chucks during production, whether the potential contaminants are from copper chips, graphite dust or fine HSC chips.

USA – Widia's universal, high-precision collet chuck offers use in multiple applications (milling, drilling, reaming, and tapping), while maintaining runout accuracies of 0.003 mm at 3xD, the supplier says.

With the new Logiq tool lines, Iscar wanted to address future requirements in tools, taking into account that the processes of the future will be automated and digitised. For the company, the Logiq tools are a logical step towards optimised production.

At Metav, Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn will present numerous tool products, among them Systems 209 and 2016. The grooving systems are designed for the internal machining of bores with diameters ≥ 16 mm (0.6299") (System 209) and ≥ 20 mm (0.7874") (System 216).

Germany – Technology developments are increasing the demand for manufacturing of micro-scale components. These trends present mould makers with new and diverse challenges. LMT's micro-cutters help to reduce machining times.

Belgium – Wider insert blades cut away more material during parting off operations.