
Premiere at the Moulding Expo
The precision tool manufacturer Mapal is presenting its tool portfolio for the first time this year at the Moilding Expo trade fair for tool and mold making.
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The precision tool manufacturer Mapal is presenting its tool portfolio for the first time this year at the Moilding Expo trade fair for tool and mold making.

Trumpf shows how tool and mold making can make use of additive manufacturing. As heat is generated during the production of components in injection molding or die casting, many manufacturers equip their molds with cooling channels to keep the temperature constant.

Baumüller is presenting its solutions and systems for Industry 4.0 at the Hannover Messe. Motor concepts, intelligent integrated drive functions and high-performance control platforms will be on display at various stations.
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.
Thomson Industries has launched a ball screw that has more than twice the load rating of a standard ball screw.
Stainless steel for tool and mold making
Around 60 million tons of plastic (19% of the global volume) were produced in Europe alone in 2016. The main customers are packaging manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive, electrical and medical industries.
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.
In order to be and remain competitive, companies must design their processes, organization and production efficiently. An MES can help on the way to high plant availability, low waste and less organizational work.
Five-axis machining center Acura 85

At the end of 2018, Hedelius Maschinenfabrik presented the new Acura 85 five-axis machining center for the first time at an in-house exhibition. Now the powerful milling machine can also be seen at Intec.

Tool milling machine. The Volz FUS 32-Servo is a universal tool milling machine of the latest generation from Volz. The new machine concept from Germany is based on the Euro-Mill FUS 32 and will be presented at the Intec.