A mould tool and microcomponent manufacturer whose byword is “ultraprecision” takes advantage of advanced palletisation technology.

Open Mind Technologies has announced that its Hypermill CAM software has been utilised to conduct the 5-axis programming of a replica basketball hoop.

CNC machine tool manufacturer Okuma, represented in Deutschland by Hommel, welcomed visitors at the Technical Centre South in Langenau, Germany and at the Technical Centre East in Parndorf, Austria.

Austria – For specialist tool and mould-making company Lercher Werkzeugbau of Klaus, Austria, it was the need for reliability and precision, not short processing times, that determined their choice of machinery processes. For them, grinding has tremendous advantages over EDM and hard milling.

Germany/Austria – Cutting Tool specialist Paul Horn used the opportunity of AMB, a home match for the Swabian company, to unveil a strategic innovation. Two independent carbide and tool manufacturers are about to embark on a joint sales cooperation for ISO turning and milling tools: Horn in Tübingen and Boehlerit in Kapfenberg (Styria, Austria). As part of this, Horn will be responsible for selling Boehlerit-branded ISO turning and milling tools in Germany, France, the UK, the USA and China.

The new flat guiding stock by Meusburger promises better sliding properties thanks to DLC coating.

Germany – Heller’s CP 4000, a twin-pallet change, horizontal-spindle, 5-axis mill-turn centre debuted in April at Mach 2016. The 800 mm x 800 mm x 1.045 mm centre is equipped with a new rigid PCU (power cutting universal) HSK 63 spindle.

The fax and telephone era in the steel and metal trading business is coming to an end. The winners will be the traders who have been quick and purposeful in the digitisation of their processes. The development will lead to fully automatic steel supply via the Internet of Things – with or without steel traders.

Germany/ Switzerland - Process safety and energy efficiency are hot topics in hot runner technology. Precision parts and parts with special surface quality for example are particularly demanding. Modular, low-maintenance systems are required for productive, multi-cavity tools.

USA/Germany - The partnership between the Boeing Company and Germany-based Haimer Group has been strategically expanded to a joint membership at the OMIC R&D institution.