Germany — With a new series of multi-component injection moulding machines, Arburg wants to offer more space, modularity and ease of use to customers. The machines will be presented at Fakuma and can be ordered as of October 2021.

Forty years of know-how and the application of the most advanced technological solutions in scrap processing and sorting allow Raffmetal to present to the market a revolutionary range of primary grade aluminium alloys from recycling in continuous casting with performances equal to aluminium alloys produced from bauxite.

HRS flow presents a new family mould for one-shot production of three high-quality visible parts for a door module for car interiors. The use of the Flexflow technology ensures finely grained surfaces without pressure lines or flow marks.

Around 700 exhibitors are expected at Moulding Expo 2019 in Stuttgart this year. The event will take place from 21 to 24 May with the international participiation being higher than ever before. Moulding Expo has made a name for itself as one of the most important events for the industry and their customers.

Germany — Manufacturing companies in many sectors are currently struggling with supply bottlenecks for essential semi-finished products, starting materials and raw materials.

Germany — The increasing quantities of e-motors are challenging production planners: In many application areas, they have to establish new solutions with which components, such as the e-motor drive shaft, can be manufactured faster and more efficiently — and with holistic production systems. A new example Emag realised for a supplier company producing components for e-mobility shows how a turnkey solution can look like.

UK — To enable efficient machining of titanium, Walter launched its MD377 Supreme and MC377 Advance solid carbide milling cutters. Developed as high-end specialist tools for the aviation, motor sport and medical industries, the new arrivals are universal tools that are suitable for roughing, semi-finishing and finishing operations.

Machine tool builder Dawn Machinery (Taiwan) selected Renishaw’s XK10 alignment laser system over its traditional granite square and dial indicator metrology equipment to develop high-precision machine tools efficiently. The compact digital solution can measure geometric as well as rotational errors across all types and sizes of machine tools.

Germany — At the plastic trade fair Fakuma, Arburg presents its for digitalisation and sustainability solutions for more production efficiency. Among others, the Allrounder More series for efficient multi-component injection moulding will premier at the fair.

After Aerotech's 50th company anniversary last year, the UK subsidiary founded in 1981 in Newbury can now also look back on a total of 40 years of business. With a broad product range specialising in nanometre-scale positioning, Aerotech carved out a solid niche in the field of high-precision motion control.