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Robotics and automation help companies to remain internationally successful. Cobots help manufacturing companies to assert themselves productively in the market by interacting directly with humans. EMO Hannover shows what this can look like.
read more...CO2 reduction, energy efficiency and digitalization are also perennial issues for grinding machine manufacturers such as Junker. In order to meet the increasing demands of the market, the company is responding with innovation.
read more...Digital engineering of machine tools
With the latest software version of the MTX CNC system, Bosch Rexroth is expanding the digital engineering of machine tools to include 3D machining simulation in everyday operations.
read more...Schunk provides the data of its standardized precision toolholders of the Tendo hydraulic expansion toolholder, Tribos polygonal clamping technology and Sino expansion toolholder series free of charge as digital twins in standardized format based on DIN 4000.
read more...Sauter relies on intelligent tool turrets, tool holders and tools that record, collect and evaluate data and forward it to an IQ box. This reports when defined limit values are exceeded and forwards relevant information to local servers or a cloud.
read more...The VDW reports a 22% drop in incoming orders for the second quarter of 2019. Compared to the same period last year, domestic orders fell by 28%, while orders from abroad fell by 18%. In the first half of 2019, incoming orders fell by 21%.
read more...At EMO Hannover, Sandvik Coromant will not only be showcasing the latest developments in tool pulls and the like, but will also be offering exhibitors the help of its service team. So if exhibitors have tool problems on their machines, the technicians will be on hand to help fix them.
read more...Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH is exhibiting two new machining centers: the BA W08-12 with a large work area for structural components and the BA 322i (Fig.) with loading module, designed as a stand-alone cell.
read more...Horn and Kistler have developed the Piezo Tool System (PTS), a solution for tool monitoring in micro-turning operations. It measures the cutting force in real time.
read more...Incoming orders in mechanical engineering
According to the VDMA, the German mechanical and plant engineering industry recorded a 9% drop in incoming orders in the first half of 2019 compared to the previous year. The reasons are well known.
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