Germany — Never before has the plastics industry been as driven by sustainability as it is today. The increasing pressure from society and legislation demanding more sustainable alternatives is also driving Guenther hot runner technology. Therefore, the 1st Virtual Technology Day on 16 June 2021 was dedicated to the processing of biopolymers in the hot runner.

The compnay chose to invest in the Droop+Rein T portal by Starrag. This is the companies fourth purchase of a Starrag machine and the largest investment yet.

Germany — At the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL of RWTH Aachen University, a new research project for process optimisation and quality enhancement in massive forming has been launched. The project examines whether machine learning algorithms can be used to automatically adapt to instabilities and thus reduced rejects in the forming process.

UK — Tool manufacturer Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has launched a new line of folding tools that have been developed specifically for mineral core ACM.

Germany — An intelligent measuring system developed by Scanlab automatically corrects deviations in laser machining in the µm range, thereby avoiding defective work.

Germany – A new forging process developed by the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) brings considerable savings in material and energy. In the EU project Reforch, researchers were able to lower burr percentage in crankshafts forging from 54 to 7%.

Horn introduces two new cutters for the machining of aluminium.

France — Following an agreement with Innovatiq, Multistation will be distributing the LiQ320 silicone 3D printers in the French territory.

Germany — High metal removal rates, maximum process reliability and long tool life: The Multiedge T90 PRO8 tangential indexable insert milling system from LMT Tools offers high performance and economic efficiency. The system is ideally suited for roughing and semi-finishing operations in steel, cast iron and stainless steels.

Germany — Equipping conveyor and cabinet washing systems with grids results in more efficient and safer cleaning processes of industrial parts.