In May, Control 2023 opens its doors in Stuttgart. For Aerotech, who will be in Hall 5, Booth 5425, the focus, as it relates to part quality assurance, will be on the motion control platform Automation1 with new functions of Release 2.4.

To manage the dynamics of day-to-day business in mould making and minimise lead times, an agile planning and control system is required. At Formenbau Krug, the Hummingbird Manufacturing Execution System (MES) makes available resources and associated data at the right time and in the right place, and allows for a quick response.

Germany — Researchers at the TU Berlin have been looking at how the surfaces of components used of injection moulds could be optimised. Here are some of the results.

Direct energy deposition is also suitable for surface finishing — in contrast to powder bed processes. Listemann wants to start using this method and later manufacture entire components additively.

According to a recent market research report published by Markets and Markets, the Micro Injection Moulding Machine Market will be worth 609 million Dollars by 2026. The tools and moulds required for these processes have to be machined with specialised cutting tools that ensure accuracy down to the micron.

Now available from Floyd Automatic Tooling is the new Crazy Mill Cool Micro series of micro end mills from Mikron Tool. With micro machining applications increasingly commonplace, this high-performance end mills could be a game changer for the industry.

Invitations and registration forms for EMO Hannover 2023 are currently being sent out to around 60 countries. After a four-year break, the trade fair for production technology will be opening its doors again in Germany in 2023.

Small lot sizes — short delivery times. There’s no better way to describe the greatest challenge the global manufacturing industry is facing. How do you address it? Perfection in production, as one example, is the foundation for sustainable competitiveness. But what role does simulation play in these efforts?

Materials company 6K Additive and Morf3D, a solution integrator leader in additive manufacturing for aerospace innovation, are collaborating to qualify metal powders for additive manufacturing used in aerospace and defence applications.

With targets of being 90 percent circular by 2030 and becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, Seco is making a move towards sustainability by switching to product packaging made from recycled materials.