The Mach 2022 exhibition from the 4th to the 8th of April will provide UK manufacturers with an opportunity to witness a raft of new cutting tool innovations from Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC).

For many years, Fischer Werkzeugbau has been milling electrodes in a production cell that also measures and erodes. In order to become even better at graphite milling, all processes were analysed together with Moldino Tool Engineering and optimised to a large extent. Result: Three times higher feed rates, reduced manufacturing costs and better dimensional accuracy.

UK — Birmingham based Cutting Blue was founded four years ago by Piotr Parobczy as a consultancy imbued in the programming of complex high-value components for the F1 and motorsport industries. However, in the last 18 months, the small subcontract company has commenced manufacturing, purchasing machine tools from Doosan and DMG Mori that are supported by the CAM software from Open Mind Technologies.

Kennametal has released the FIX8 heavy-duty turning system, delivering maximum metal removal rates in steel, stainless steel and cast iron. With eight cutting edges per insert, the FIX8 turning system increases productivity of any heavy-duty turning operation, providing the lowest cost per edge while reducing cutting forces up to 15 percent.

Companies across many industries have come to the conclusion that additive manufacturing will make them less dependent on traditional supply chains. However, an essential pre-condition for this approach is that the post processing operations must comply with the requirements for volume production.

To address the issue of swarf clearance that might occur when machining soft, tough and high-alloyed materials, Guhring has introduced the new RF100 Sharp Series of high-performance end mills.

Rarely have the differences between companies in the industry been as obvious as they are now. Success and failure are often close together — so close, in fact, that it is not uncommon for a company that is drowning in orders and another that is on the verge of bankruptcy to have exactly the same product range and even to be in the same region. The differences lie deeper. We have compiled the ten biggest challenges for tool and mould makers in Europe.

CAD/CAM innovator Cambrio announced the new release of Gibbs CAM 2022. The latest developments see further emphasis on end-user productivity in all areas of the product.

Cutting tool manufacturers have always had the inconvenience of producing solid carbide and PCD cutting tools on two separate machines — that was why Vollmer introduced its VHybrid concept. Now, the company has eradicated this issue for cutting tool manufacturers with its flexible new VHybrid 260 solution that can grind carbide tools and erode PCD tools — all in one machine.

Germany — From the 12th through the 14th of October, 2021 Deburring Expo was held and roughly 1100 expert visitor followed the invitation of the 105 exhibiting companies.