With the Xtra·tec XT M5460, Walter has launched a new profile milling cutter. It has been designed specifically for highly precise machining of freeform surfaces and deep cavities.

Industry 4.0 — a term that has fallen more often in recent years than most other. At leading trade fairs such as the Hannover Messe, the topic has been playing a central role for a long time. But what does industry 4.0 actually mean? We explain the concept.

For five days, a total of 64,298 visitors frequented the fully booked Stuttgart fair grounds during AMB. The 1,238 exhibitors from around the world — with around 25 percent hailing from outside Germany — presented a variety of innovations, products, services and concepts.

Cleaning processes often offer considerable potential for improvement when it comes to making parts cleaning operations more reliable, economical and sustainable. The first step is to carry out a systematic process analysis that also takes a close look at upstream and downstream production steps.

As the UK’s leading plastics exhibition and conference turns 75 in 2023, Rapid News Group, the organiser of the event, opens nominations for the Interplas 75 @ 75 — the most influential figures in the UK plastics industry during the 75-year history of the event.

At AMB in Stuttgart, Germany, from 13th to 17th September, Lach Diamant will be presenting its top performers for turning hardened steels and aluminium.

Although it is often declared dead, EDM clearly continues to live and has firmly established itself within manufacturers’ process chains thanks to advances in technology.

Robotics is on the rise! In 2022, over half a million new robots were installed worldwide, a five percent increase from 2021, reveals data from the IFR. Asia dominates consumption, with China alone consuming more then halve of it. Meanwhile, Europe installed 71,000 robots; Germany led, but Italy showed an impressive eight percent growth from the previous year. What's in store for 2023 and beyond?

Plymouth-based company Tooltech manufactures tooling for the aerospace and power generation sectors, producing injection moulds and all the fixturing that goes alongside that. In the past the company hat a lot of surface finish problems and there were a lot of collisions. This is why the Devon manufacturer opted for CAM software from Open Mind Technologies.

With its range of quick clamping systems for injection moulding machines, Strack Norma offers its customers innovative solutions for reducing set-up costs and creates high flexibility for the user through quick and easy mould changes.