Arburg will be presenting a complex application for multi-component injection moulding at Interplastica 2019 in Moscow (Russia) from 29 January to 1 February: A hydraulic two-component Allrounder 570 S will produce ice scrapers from ABS and TPE.

Italy, Spain, Portugal - Over the course of 2016, WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie presents spotlights of the most important international tooling markets. This edition focuses on Italy, Spain and Portugal.

USA — Developer of quality assurance software for the commercial 3D metal printing industry, Sigma Labs, has been selected by Ermaksan Innovative Technologies to provide its In-Process Quality Assurance technology as a factory option on its Enavision 3D metal additive machines and will be integrated with the Materialise Control Platform (MCP).

UK — For manufacturers looking for a heavy duty machining centre that offers a stable platform for high material removal rates that is capable of cutting particularly challenging materials, GM CNC has now introduced the Victor Vcenter G135 vertical machining centre.

Germany — For some time, the management team at SD Formentechnik, based in Lüdenscheid, has been thinking in terms of networked process chains. When it came to electrical discharge machining, this mould maker called on Zimmer & Kreim: The Chameleon and the Alphamoduli workshop software integrate the erosion systems, as well as a machining centre for electrode milling and the measuring machine.

UK — In response to demand for lateral flow testing devices, Günther Hot Runner Systems, Amies Innovation and RDMS joined forces, producing eight impression tools in five weeks followed by two 32 cavity moulds in just ten weeks.

Schunk has developed special polygonal toolholders with ER cone for this purpose that can be combined with all commercially available mountings for ER collets and with driven tools in particular.

Europe, China, the USA and Japan are core markets for the mechanical engineering sector. MM International provides an in-depth insight into these dynamic markets in the midst of global policies such as Trump’s trade policy and the Brexit deal.

Austria – For specialist tool and mould-making company Lercher Werkzeugbau of Klaus, Austria, it was the need for reliability and precision, not short processing times, that determined their choice of machinery processes. For them, grinding has tremendous advantages over EDM and hard milling.

Metso announced the delivery of the first valves with 3D printed parts from its Helsinki plant. The valves include 3D printed metal components that allow the valves to perform in a particularly demanding application where they need to withstand numerous fast open-close cycles without maintenance.