3 Aspects of sustainable production
Sustainability and resource efficiency are trending topics in industrial production. But how exactly can they be implemented? Three aspects at a glance.
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Sustainability and resource efficiency are trending topics in industrial production. But how exactly can they be implemented? Three aspects at a glance.
INDUSTRIAL production + handling
From June 17 to July 3, 2020, the virtual trade fair INDUSTRIAL production + handling will offer all companies and visitors the opportunity to present themselves and obtain information despite cancelled and postponed trade fairs.

With INDUSTRIAL production & handling, a virtual industrial trade fair is being launched. Computer&AUTOMATION world & conference and materialfluss world & conference will take place at the same time. You can visit all four trade fairs with one ticket.

Growth forecast for 3D printing
Additive manufacturing is used in many different ways. In the field of metal cutting, flexibility in the management of cooling lubricants (coolant) is becoming increasingly important.
The Austrian location of manufacturing software specialist Coscom Computer has the newest member of the DACH management team, Christian Erlinger, and has already moved to a new, larger branch at the end of the year.
It is difficult to develop an indexable insert drill that can drill holes with depths of up to 7×D in a single operation without deflection or chip jams. This is mainly because the extension of a drill results in the drill being bent or deflected disproportionately. A fundamental rethink was necessary with regard to the design and production of drill bodies and indexable inserts.

Fraisa is presenting innovations in its high-performance milling cutters. The ball nose end mills in the MicroHX series are suitable for machining materials with a hardness of HRC >60.
A continuous process chain is indispensable in carbide machining. At a seminar held by a machine tool manufacturer, experts presented practical solutions to this challenge.
When it comes to lightweight construction in particular, going it alone with materials is a thing of the past. Intelligent hybrid construction is in demand - for example with layers of plastic, aluminum or steel. But how can hybrid components be processed whose properties change with each material layer?
Tool manufacturers and their users are now talking about digital twins, the cloud and big data analytics as a matter of course. This is all happening under the umbrella of the "Industrial Internet of Things IIoT" - one of the key themes of EMO Hannover 2019.