
New model enables high surface quality
Hurco is launching a new series of 3-axis machining centers. The first model the company will be showing at Moulding Expo is the BX 40 i 3-axis machine.
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Hurco is launching a new series of 3-axis machining centers. The first model the company will be showing at Moulding Expo is the BX 40 i 3-axis machine.

PCD tools are often used for machining high-performance materials and are characterized by long tool life and precise cutting. However, their manufacture poses a number of challenges.

Saint-Gobain Abrasives produces bonded abrasive tools, coated abrasives, cut-off and grinding wheels as well as diamond and cBN tools. The company has now redesigned its website.
The light metal aluminium is characterized by special properties during machining. This naturally also applies to grinding: For optimum surface results, certain machining rules must be observed and grinding techniques applied.

In the new Walter boring tools for the automotive sector, the indexable inserts are arranged tangentially. According to the company, this allows the high feed rates of tangential systems to be transferred from milling to drilling.

At the Mapal Dialog expert day in May at the company headquarters in Aalen, users and experts will learn about the potential of intelligent machining of components made of steel and cast materials.

Change in the sales management
There has been a generational change in sales management within the Grob Group. Christian Müller, President Sales Americas, is taking over from long-serving Sales Director Jochen Nahl as his successor.

On March 1, the Ceratizit Group acquired 50 percent of the shares in Stadler Metalle. The company specializes in trading and processing secondary raw materials.
Process solution for CNC production
An end-to-end virtual machining process solution from Coscom Computer is helping gear manufacturer C.u.W. Keller to exploit its productivity reserves.

Change in management at Walter AG: Richard Harris will become the new Chairman of the Management Board on February 4, 2019. He succeeds Mirko Merlo, CEO since 2012, who decided to leave the company at his own request at the end of 2018.