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From a modest design consultancy to one of India’s most formidable machine-tool conglomerates, Ace Designers Ltd.,An Ace Micromatic Group Company, has built its growth story on engineering depth,customer intimacy, and a relentless focus on scalability.As manufacturing paradigms shift towards digitalisation, automation, and sustainability, the group is redefining what it means to be a machine-tool partner—one that enables customers to grow faster, smarter, and more competitively without compromising on flexibility or quality, discovers Machine Tools World in an interview with managing director T.K. Ramesh of Ace Designers Ltd. Excerpts:Q1. Your organisation has grown to become one of India’s leading machine-tool manufacturers.…
Bengaluru | __ January, 2026— Kennametal India will participate in Fastnex 2026 21-25 January, a leading exhibition for the fastener industry. The company will display a range of tooling and wear-resistant solutions for fastener manufacturing. Kennametal India will showcase products for various applications includingheading dies, segmental dies, punches, quills and cutters and cold heading pellets. The products are designed to support high-volume fastener production, improve tool life and maintain dimensional consistency under demanding operating conditions. The company’s exhibit will highlight solutions designed for fasteners used in automotive and industrial applications where reliability, repeatability and material performance are critical. Engineered to…
Turn your exhibition investment into visibility, leads, and long-term business opportunities.Exhibiting at a trade show or industrial expo isn’t cheap; it’s a serious investment of money, time, and manpower. But here’s the question: are you squeezing the full value out of it?Too often, exhibitors spend heavily on stall design but forget the bigger picture. If you’re investing in a stall, you should also invest in strategies that make your presence memorable, generate qualified leads, and build long-term credibility.Here’s how to make your booth, and your investment, the talk of the expo.Step 1 – Begin With a Strong Pre-Event StrategyThe success…
As global manufacturing advances toward smart, precise, and sustainable practices, four core challenges have emerged: spatial integration, high-precision control, modular design, and energy efficiency.HIWIN, a leader in motion control technology, introduces its latest automation solutions to meet these demands: the KH Series Single-Axis Robot, DCRK Series Cartesian Robot, and Miniature Ballscrews and Linear guideways. These innovations are widely adopted in automation, semiconductors, biomedical, inspection, and renewable energy industries, helping manufacturers achieve high efficiency, precision, and sustainability.1. KH Series Single-Axis Robot: Optimal Modular Design for Space-Constrained AutomationThe KH Series features high positioning accuracy (±0.005 mm), reliability, and versatile modular configurations. It…
Achieving both quality and efficiency remains a constant challenge in sheet metal stamping, particularly for the automotive and aerospace industries. These sectors demand components with exceptional precision to ensure performance & safety.At the same time, manufacturers must maintain high productivity to remain competitive. Consistency is crucial. Whether it’s the 100th part or the 10,000th part, every component rolling off the production line must meet the same exacting standards as the first. However, traditional QA methods can be slow and labor intensive, creating bottlenecks that hinder productivity.Prioritizing either goal, quality or productivity, often risks undermining the other. To address this tension,…
Understanding the behaviour of metals, alloys, and coatings under real-world operating conditions is critical for designing durable mechanical assemblies. The performance and service life of such components largely depend on their resistance to wear, friction, and corrosion. Traditionally, industries rely on multiple high-cost instruments to study these parameters, each providing fragmented data that requires extensive analysis to correlate.To address this challenge, Surface Modification Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMTPL) has developed an innovative Tribo-Simulator, a compact and cost-effective machine that integrates coating thickness measurement, wear rate analysis, and friction coefficient evaluation into a single, user-friendly platform.From Calo-Tester to Tribo-Simulator – The Evolution…
Reliable, efficient and incredibly precise – with their production quality and repetition accuracy, the innovative 5-axis universal machining centers from GROB meet the high standards of companies in the aerospace industry flawlessly for perfect machining of complex or extremely fine, difficult-to-machine components, for example those playing an important role in the machining of blisks.In the aerospace industry, both aluminum and difficult-to-cut materials such as titanium or heat-resistant nickel-based alloys up to and including Inconel are machined. Thanks to their compact design, high productivity and precision, as well as their optimum accessibility, the universal machining center from GROB is perfectly suited as…
Welding has long been a critical process at the heart of industrial manufacturing, underpinning sectors such as automotive, railways, infrastructure, capital goods, shipbuilding and heavy engineering. In India, where manufacturing is poised for sustained growth driven by initiatives such as Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat and large-scale infrastructure development, the demand for high-quality, high-productivity welding has never been greater. Against this backdrop, robotic welding is emerging as a transformative force—enhancing productivity, consistency and global competitiveness across Indian industry. Once confined largely to automotive OEMs, robotic welding is now gaining traction across a much broader industrial spectrum, fueled by advances in robotics,…
The manufacturing landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the convergence of automation, digitalization and intelligent systems.Among the most visible and impactful of these changes is the rapid advancement of robotics—particularly in the domain of machine tending.Once limited to high-volume automotive lines, robotic machine tending has now permeated a wide range of industries, from precision engineering and metal cutting to electronics, plastics and even small-batch manufacturing. Today’s robots are faster, smarter, safer and more adaptable than ever before, making them an indispensable asset for modern factories.At its core, machine tending involves the loading, unloading, handling and transfer of parts…
As Indian manufacturing steadily advances towards smarter, faster and more automated production environments, the conversation around machine safety has moved from compliance to competitiveness.Safety today is no longer a peripheral requirement; it is an integral part of productivity, reliability and sustainable growth. In this evolving landscape, Schmersal India has emerged as a key enabler, bringing global best practices in machine safety while deeply localising solutions for Indian industry.In this exclusive interaction, Managing Director Ramji Singh of Schmersal India shares insights into the company’s growth milestones, localisation strategy under Make in India, and how integrated safety solutions are reshaping sectors such…
The fact that different machine models are present at the Mecof Open Days 2025, but that they can be used in the same sector, speaks volumes about the expertise and capabilities of the Mecof team in guiding customers towards the most suitable solution in terms of space, required performance, removal capacity, level of automation and connectivity. In fact, the Ecomill Plus will be delivered in Italy for the general mechanical engineering sector. The right dimensions for optimal operating capacityWith working strokes of 8,000 mm on the X-axis, 1,600 mm on the Y-axis and 3,000 mm on the Z-axis, the milling…
Dormer Pramet is thrilled to announce the official launch of its new range of high-performance Force solid carbide drills, a powerful lineup that sets new standards for durability, accuracy, reliability, and productivity. Designed to meet the most demanding applications in various materials, these new products combine advanced geometries, optimized coatings, and innovative flute designs to help manufacturers go beyond limits in drilling operations. Built to deliver consistent results in challenging conditions, the new Force drills provide superior productivity, exceptional tool life, and process security across a wide range of materials and applications. The new Force range includes Force X Generation…
The contract was signed, live at the SPS in Nuremberg, Germany: CADENAS is now the newest member of the Eplan Partner Network. CADENAS Managing Director Terry Jonen and Eplan Managing Director Haluk Menderes signed the new technology partnership agreement on 26 November 2025. The stated goal of the cooperation is the expanded provision of technical device data via the Eplan Data Portal, which will be implemented using a direct interface between the Data Portal and the CADENAS platform 3Dfindit. During the SPS, Eplan and CADENAS signed a groundbreaking technology partnership that will make it easier for Eplan users to find…