:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800549/original.jpg "Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Prokop, Chairman of the VDW, on the occasion of the online annual press conference on February 22, 2021: \"China, the world's largest market with machine tool consumption of over 18 billion euros, will lose ground in 2020 for the third time in a row, but at a comparatively moderate rate of only 7 percent. However, with a share of just over one-third, the Middle Kingdom remains the top market and is three times larger than the USA in second place, which lost 23 percent.\"")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800568/original.jpg "Headquartered in Mlada Boleslav, Benet Automotive is a Tier 1 supplier of automotive composite components.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800512/original.jpg "The Italian machine tool market registered a significant tropdown during 2020.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1799800/1799892/original.jpg "CNC-Consult has served for many years as a distribution partner for the Hypermill CAD/CAM suite.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1802400/1802413/original.jpg "A press conference for the South Korean public was held to present Emo Milano 2021.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1796900/1796994/original.jpg "All information shown in real time on a smart watch.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1796500/1796503/original.jpg "For the 8th time, students can submit their design ideas to win cash prizes.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794208/original.jpg "Individual customer requirements, increasing automation and digitalisation, services which accompany machine tools over their entire life cycle: simple supply chains are becoming complex value creation networks.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1796700/1796735/original.jpg "At Hasco the consistent use of high-quality standardised components permits considerable time and cost savings.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794800/1794874/original.jpg "The new thermal protection hose offers optimum thermal insulation and outstanding mechanical protection.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1792600/1792661/original.jpg "Installation example of Meusburger’s new E 3050 leaf spring roll stopper type A in a cavity plate.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1785500/1785538/original.jpg "Moldmaker BBG presents smart molds for use in Industry 4.0 applications and in smart factory environments.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1801500/1801538/original.jpg "Amexci evaluates the use of the recently introduced SLM machine NXG XII 600 for industrialized series production.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1801300/1801349/original.jpg "The Neo 800 3D printer from RPS is designed to produce large parts with exceptional surface quality and accuracy.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1798600/1798643/original.jpg "Micro Arch 3D DLP system s240: BMF's high-precision 3D printers for microfabrication are available now.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1798000/1798021/original.jpg "Stainless steel qualification samples produced with fused layer modeling (FLM).")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794201/original.jpg "Chiron's DZ22W 5-axis machining centre has a twin-spindle configuration that can simultaneously work at speed in the 620 by 650 by 600 mm X, Y and Z-axes work envelope.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794300/1794320/original.jpg "The Swiss mold manufacturer Formbar AG relies on milling machines from F. Zimmermann for their production. A brand new addition is this 5-axis portal milling machine type FZU. Its special feature is its thermosymmetrical design, which ensures high precision, the company says. At a relatively attractive price, flexible in use and requiring no special foundation, it now raises Formbar's productivity.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1791600/1791636/original.jpg "The 5-axis Victor Vcenter-AX630 machining centre is supplied as standard with a Fanuc 0i-MF CNC control unit.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1782600/1782694/original.jpg "Inside the Starrag Bumotec machine.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1799900/1799926/original.jpg "Sketch Turn with integrated MW Cutting Simulation.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1798000/1798062/original.jpg "MES of the future: This information density is what medium-sized manufacturing companies want.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794282/original.jpg "Fischerwerke is going digital. Already in the first phase, advantages became visible.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794257/original.jpg "Clous wants to convey design tasks from tool and mould making via a digital platform.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800592/original.jpg "Compared to conventional hot runners, melt in the Ultrashot Injection System experiences fewer high-pressure injection cycles, thus preserving the original resin properties.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794203/original.jpg "The nozzle design developed by an Austrian-based mold builder abandons the usual round opening for a wide slit to allow for up to 25% faster cycle times, lower shear and injection pressure.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1791600/1791622/original.jpg "The Flat Die Unit (FDU) passes melt through a long slit instead of a circular hole like a conventional nozzle. The result is said to be faster injection of more melt through a thinner gate opening, with lower shear and injection pressure, lower melt temperature and up to 25% faster cycle time in several projects.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1781200/1781291/original.jpg "The Streamrunner permits production in a very small space.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1795200/1795216/original.jpg "The Agie-Charmilles Drill 20 can be used to drill holes with depths up to 200 mm and can accommodate small electrodes with diameters ranging from 0.1 – 0.3 mm making it ideal for a range of applications including drilling fine start holes on lead frames or high-speed stamping moulds.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1777100/1777169/original.jpg "The machine, which is sited at the company’s Birmingham facility, adds to an identical model at its Gloucester site – and becomes the sixth Sodick EDM across all three Excel Precision locations (Leeds, Gloucester and Birmingham).")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1775300/1775368/original.jpg "With the 5-axis high-speed milling machines Mikron MILL S and X, complex surfaces of a medical device e.g. made of stainless steel, can be produced quickly, very precisely and with a high surface quality.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771400/1771449/original.jpg "In the 20 years since Sodick launched the world’s first linear motor driven EDM the company has shipped more than 50,000 such machines.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800600/1800612/original.jpg "Thanks to the Blue Light Equalizer and fast data processing, Atos Q features an outstanding performance.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1773400/1773491/original.jpg "Fully automated measurement of complex tubular space frames for BMW’s all-electric Mini Cooper SE")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1770100/1770152/original.jpg "The new Wilson RH2150 hardness tester is an appropriate solution for a large range of applications in quality control and research environments.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1768300/1768310/original.jpg "The new flexible and precise hand-held laser scanning system Zeiss T-Scan hawk gathers measurement data in production environments, labs or at the workbench.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1795100/1795132/original.jpg "Meusburger offers an extensive and systematic range of rolling and sliding guides.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1783500/1783564/original.jpg "Winter brings a range of new products at Tsubaki Kabelschlepp — a new size in the Uniflex Advanced series, for example.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1772200/1772280/original.jpg "Environmental compliance, energy performance and top-notch reliability: Dyneo+ motor represents a drive solution that is perfectly suited to the optimised productivity needs of industrial refrigeration.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1769900/1769942/original.jpg "The Big Kaiser HDC tool holders are simple to use with only a single Allen key wrench needed to clamp or loosen the cutting tool, making tool changes fast and easy without the need for special equipment.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800521/original.jpg "Kennet Aviation, a leading restorer of vintage aeroplanes, has increased its capacity and ability to produce challenging bespoke parts by investing in a new turning centre from Yamazaki Mazak.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1773100/1773105/original.jpg "Joke Technology had already responded some time ago to the growing demand in the field of additive manufacturing with its own online shop for 3D finish.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1769200/1769228/original.jpg "The Wuppermann Group is a medium-sized family business based in Leverkusen, Germany, which has been successfully involved in steel processing for over 145 years.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1755400/1755454/original.jpg "Three new ceramic super stones have been released.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1799300/1799334/original.jpg "Out of a first fund of € 40 million, the corporate venture capital arm of Trumpf invests globally in early-stage start-ups.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1795100/1795166/original.jpg "2k moulding technology blends two materials or two different colour materials into one ending plastic part by using a specific 2k injection moulding machine.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744400/1744497/original.jpg "Johan Bäckström is the new CEO of VBN Components.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1735500/1735577/original.jpg "More than 1500 additional dimensions and variants are available in the Hasco online shop.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1799900/1799926/original.jpg "Sketch Turn with integrated MW Cutting Simulation.")
Simulation Software
Doosan chooses Module Works' cutting simulation technology
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1798000/1798062/original.jpg "MES of the future: This information density is what medium-sized manufacturing companies want.")
Manufacturing Execution System
Research project develops MES system of the future
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794282/original.jpg "Fischerwerke is going digital. Already in the first phase, advantages became visible.")
Digital transformation
How a medium-sized company goes digital
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1794200/1794257/original.jpg "Clous wants to convey design tasks from tool and mould making via a digital platform.")
Development
Clous: “Manufacturers pay twice the price for half the delivery time”
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1789000/1789092/original.jpg "Maarten van Teeffelen, founder of CNC-Consult & Automation BV, Netherlands.")
CAD/CAM
Dutch Hyper-Mill reseller becomes Open Mind office
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1783000/1783007/original.jpg "Multichannel turning on DMG Mori CTX beta 1250 4a")
CAD/CAM
DP Technology introduces the new Esprit 4.6
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1780700/1780791/original.jpg "Cybus is expanding its IIoT Edge Hub to include connectors for interaction with machine controllers from Siemens Sinumerik and Heidenhain.")
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Machine tools become ready for IIoT applications
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1780000/1780065/original.jpg "L- R Ian Foy, Dave Parr, Adrian Lloyd")
Case Study: Software
Smart manufacturing using linked solutions
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1777600/1777660/original.jpg "Troy K. Richardson Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer")
Company News
Digital acceleration heightens PTC’s expansion
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800600/1800610/original.jpg "Thanks to the Blue Light Equalizer and fast data processing, Atos Q features an outstanding performance.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800550/original.jpg "Dr. Wilfried Schäfer, Managing Director VDW, is confident that the virtual Metav in March with its three-pronged structure: the Virtual Exhibition, Intelligent Matchmaking and the Web Sessions will be a success.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1800500/1800519/original.jpg "Kennet Aviation, a leading restorer of vintage aeroplanes, has increased its capacity and ability to produce challenging bespoke parts by investing in a new turning centre from Yamazaki Mazak.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1799300/1799324/original.jpg "The distribution building planned for the first construction phase will provide space for 250 employees.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1776700/1776730/original.jpg "Originally launched in 1984, Pictures by PC maintains a product continuity of over 35 years. Schott Systeme GmbH continues to offer free software support without annual maintenance costs.")
Schott Systeme
Enhancing industrial engraving and carving
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1773500/1773576/original.jpg "Makino V80S")
Case Study: Software
Edgecam utilised for Covid-19 vaccine containers
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1772900/1772957/original.jpg "The digital twin of a demonstrator casting contains the Brinell hardness determined on an experimental basis (left). It enriches the numerical simulation of the yield stress with location-dependent data (right).")
Tech Focus: R&D
Closing the gaps in the mechanics of materials digital value chain
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1770500/1770517/original.jpg "Digital Twin")
Company News
Hexagon acquires D.P. Technology
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1771100/1771191/original.jpg "The solution is backed by the world-class technical support from both Esprit and Alma.")