Researchers at the IWF of TU Berlin and specialists at Gezea GmbH can recycle environmentally harmful graphite dust. The electrodes can be finished in a matter of days! This is how they do it.

Bloom in Box is a family-run toolmaker serving the needs of different industries. All product lines are produced from recycled materials and are manufactured in-house at the Lancashire, UK, facility with support from Tamworth cutting tool manufacturer Industrial Tooling Corporation.

When it started offering ready-to-install 3D printed plastic and metal components to its customers, the job shop Klaus Stöcker metal processing initially utilized manual post processing methods. Because of the growing demand and stricter requirements of the post processing operation, the company purchased the automated systems S1 for de-powdering and M1 for the surface smoothing and homogenization from AM Solutions.

Kennametal has introduced its latest ceramic turning grade, KYHK15B, designed to deliver increased productivity and lower cost per edge in hard turning operations.

Brush deburring is one of the most flexible and sometimes most economical methods of mechanical deburring technology. It offers manufacturers and processors of metal and polymer semi-finished products and components the opportunity to remove burrs, round off edges and remove flakes.

The highlight of Eppinger’s trade fair presence at AMB will be the Quicklock tool clamping system. It allows tool holders (BMT) to be clamped and released automatically in just a few seconds at the touch of a button.

The UK’s first ever Precision Tooling Academy has been launched thanks to a partnership between In-Comm Training and Brandauer. Over one million pounds have been invested by the two strategic partners to create a commercial toolroom in the training provider’s facility in Aldridge, UK.

As the die & mould sector often involves one-offs and small series, standard tools are preferred here. In view of the almost infinite variety of geometry and design, users shy away from stocking a large and accordingly cost-intensive range of tool types. CAM programming is thus tasked with processing pending machining jobs using the stock of tools on hand. Compromises are often made at the expense of machine running times.

Zimmermann Milling Solutions, a global high-tech supplier of portal milling machines, will virtually show three new gantry machines at their booth. IMTS will be held from 12 to 17 September 2022, in Chicago.

Attendees at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2022 will experience the recently launched Mastercam 2023.