Need to sequentially number small components? Apply bar codes? Mark a QR code on components? All these are possible applications for the new Eneska marker 300 with which Joke Technology is offering a practical and versatile laser marking system.

Anybody looking to machine medical components cost-effectively and reliably needs high-precision tools that have been tested in practice — sometimes with the smallest of dimensions. The tool manufacturer Inovatools from Haunstetten near Kinding in Germany offers the Inomed range of tools for this very purpose.

Germany — If the development of plastic components is to be accelerated, service life tests must also be shortened. For complex application scenarios, the Fraunhofer LBF is now coupling customised testing methods with modelling software for life prediction.

Trumpf will present automated 3D printing solutions at Formnext, focusing on its Truprint 5000 system.

Germany — For the 8th time in a row, Cadenas and partners call on students to submit their design ideas for a chance to win cash prizes.

The modularisation and standardisation of elements, devices and systems is on the rise in many industries. The advantages are obvious. Hasco is also focusing even more on standardisation.

As the company SLM Solutions Group informs, a major European but unspecified OEM has signed an MoU to purchase five NXG XII 600 machines, with the first machine delivery in 2022. The agreement also facilitates the reservation and allocation of production-slots. A big next step in the industrialization of Metal AM.

UK — The UK market for subcontract manufacturing continued its recovery from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic with a 25 % increase on the previous quarter.

The Curvemax series by Inocatools, a series of universal solid carbide curve segment mills in tangential and conical form, shorten the process times required for finishing complex, freeform surfaces in a wide variety of materials.

Great Britain - Manufacturing companies see positives and negatives in what the future holds but are preparing themselves for the worst.