The Swabian sharpening specialists Vollmer will be presenting new innovations at the AMB metalworking trade fair in Stuttgart. From 13th to 17th September 2022, the machine manufacturer is presenting their 5S campaign ‘Sharp, Smart, Sustainable, Social, Strong.’

With the Virtual Innovation Day on 10 June 2021, Moulding Expo has launched a first targeted measure for the next physical trade fair for tool, pattern and mould making in 2023. At the beginning of the four-hour online event, industry leaders discussed the status quo, challenges and the future of European tool, pattern and mould making. ETMM has summarized the most important aspects of the discussion for you.

Market changes and mutual dependencies between value creation stages require both new technical and economical solutions. How can companies face these challenges with greater resilience? How can we exploit the benefits of increased cost effectiveness? These questions are being posed by the transnational Euprogigant project. The aim is to ensure smart, sovereign use of data for production and bring this to Europe.

Among NSK’s focus products on Booth C42 in Hall 7 at EMO Hannover 2023 will be the latest linear guides. These linear guides offer the speed and rigidity necessary to meet demanding cycle time and accuracy requirements in machining operations.

Deep hole drilling is a special discipline within the field of machining, particularly as these kinds of machining steps usually require special equipment in terms of both tools and machines. As a machine manufacturer, WFL equips the machine in such a way that it has a number of decisive advantages.

The Vista production additive manufacturing system is making its first appearance at Formnext, promising to inspire show visitors to explore new opportunities in the mass production of functional 3D printed parts.

Sweden — Based at Lund University in southern Sweden, the French scientist Rachid M'Saoubi is involved in a number of international collaborative research projects with universities and manufacturing research institutes across Europe and North America. He bridges the gap between the academic world and the needs of Seco Tools and their customers.

Danish plastic manufacturer Carmo has designed and developed a novel turn valve for urine collection bags. The valve is moulded in a single piece, which increases its strength and durability and ensures fully automatic high-volume production in Denmark.

A tool and mould maker in transformation. What is changing at this medium-sized company as a result of the conversion to Industry 4.0 and digitalisation?

The Sigma Technical Talks have proven themselves well over the past two years. But even today, there is still a need to learn for free and in a time-efficient manner. Therefore, there is a new edition of the webinar series in this spring with new and current topics from the world around Sigmasoft.