USA — Traverse Custom Coasters was created by US company Boride Engineered Abrasives. The coasters produced by the company are made of residual material from the manufacturing process that is collected and re-mixed.

Italy — The new S Series Cylinder, a patent pending solution from HRS Flow, is now available. This new compact solution reduces pitch and is suitable for technical materials.

Germany — Disposable in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) articles such as pipette tips, reaction vessels, or petri dishes must be manufactured to strict precision and efficiency standards. Otto Männer developed a product-group cluster in order to define mould-construction specifications for this type of IVD article.

Umati (universal machine tool interface) moves one step ahead towards becoming a generally accepted standard. VDW, the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association and the OPC Foundation establish a so-called Joint Working Group.

Helping customers in additive manufacturing for production-grade metal parts, Stratasys is releasing further details of its new platform currently being developed and designed for short-run metal applications. First unveiled earlier this year, the additive platform is based on Stratasys’ innovative “Layered Powder Metallurgy” (LPM™) technology, designed to make production of metal parts quicker, easier and more cost-effective than before.

Germany – Clamping systems without hydraulic support are called for when operations on sliding tables, injection moulding machines and bed and ram of forming presses require the oil-free clamping of dies.

Germany — At Franken Guss, individualized sword grips for fencing were manufactured additively using selective laser melting. Since this process enables the production of very small batch sizes, additive manufacturing allows the company to open up new industries.

Germany — In order to ensure that users will find the optimal solution for their grinding task, Schunk, as a specialist for gripping systems and clamping technology, and 3M, manufacturer in the field of industrial abrasives, have come together to support companies in automating their grinding, polishing and brushing processes.

Germany — The current travel restrictions due to the pandemic are noticeably reducing the ability of companies to operate globally, Ecta points out in a recent statement. Not only are business trips outside Europe affected, but also intra-European travel plans.

The modularity of a PVD coating unit makes it easy for tool grinders to apply coatings of their own design to custom tools.