
Metav 2022: lots of potential for 2024
After the postponement to June, many exhibitors had to cancel their participation in the metalworking trade fair. The VDW organizers are nevertheless satisfied and are looking to the future.
With Metav, Wire and Tube, three industrial trade fairs will take place at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Center from today until June 24. All three had to take a four-year break due to coronavirus.

A total of 2500 virtual visitors came to the digital Metav over the four days of the trade fair.

Metav digital will kick off on March 23 under the motto "Networking simply threefold".

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.

Roemheld has equipped its modular hydraulic power packs for single and double-acting hydraulic clamping devices with a specially developed condition monitoring system.

Digitization also has an impact on the hardware: More display space is required on the screen of a machine control. Heidenhain therefore offers the TNC 640 with 24-inch widescreen and Extended Workspace Compact.

Metav will not take place in March. This was announced by the organizer, the VDW, on the afternoon of 28 February.

Euchner will be showcasing its latest generation of its door locking system with guard locking, the Multifunctional Gate Box MGB2 Modular, at Metav.

Metav and VDMA Clamping Technology Forum
The clamping equipment industry, whose products are transforming into cyber-physical operating equipment, is also thriving on constant innovation. Visitors to Metav 2020 and the VDMA Clamping Technology Forum on March 11 can find out about the current state of the art and new trends.

At Metav, Hurco will be demonstrating how the production of complex precision parts on its CNC machining centers can be optimized with the help of suitable software equipment and technical support.