Author: MTW Editorial Team
The power of the Liquid Tool – Blaser Swisslube, trusted partner for metalworking fluids, is close to its customers also in these difficult times with regular live webinars to help the machining world refresh their knowledge and learn new things. It began with a look behind the scenes at the headquarters in Switzerland, followed by a series of in-depth webinars. Since physical meetings are hardly possible at the moment, the innovative coolant manufacturer Blaser Swisslube has quickly changed to online company tours and trainings. “From basics to expertise, from analysis to monitoring and maintenance, our machining experts and chemists help…
CERATIZIT USA has joined forces with several companies to make ventilators. The CERATIZIT Group has extensive experience in the carbide production process, from the powder to the finished cutting tool. Not only does this allow special-purpose tools to be developed for customer-specific applications but it also means that a full range of industry-specific standard tools are held in stock and quickly available. High-precision drilling, reaming, countersinking and boring are specialties of CERATIZIT. Involved in this effort is Staub Precision Machine and the industrial distributor Abrasive Tool.Staub Precision Machine used CERATIZIT reamers to perform a finishing operation of high-precision holes to…
Coming to the aid of a medical system crushed world-wide by the COVID-19 pandemic, ANCA has joined an important consortium to rapidly manufacture invasive ventilators within Australia. This initiative directly addresses the critical supply of mechanical ventilation equipment to support COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation to survive. Banding together with other Australian manufacturing businesses, the consortium can harness various industry capabilities to make more ventilators sooner. Building on over 45 years of innovation, ANCA has taken its industry know-how to pivot to COVID-19 related manufacturing to support national efforts to produce more ventilators. ANCA’s dedicated project team will draw on the…
Like all other industries the aerospace industry is also in deep trouble due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aerospace industry first encountered a major setback when the Boeing 737 Max aircraft were grounded across the world. The industry was still struggling to come to grips with the Boeing 737 crisis when the Coronavirus crisis struck the world. As the whole world came to a stand still the aerospace industry stared at a bleak scenario. In the face of the Coronavirus pandemic, Airbus SE chief Guillaume Faury warned the employees that the aircraft manufacturer is “bleeding cash” and needs to quickly…
Quill-feed drill used Suhner drill heads for accuracy and reliability On a recent project for Mid-State Engineering in Tipton, Indiana, Suhner custom ECONOmaster® drill units were used to automatically drill holes into fiberglass panels for a truck trailer body. The range of hole sizes are half an inch. ECONOmaster® is used to reduce the center to center point of the holes drilled by a quill-feed drill. This quill-feed drill unit has selectable drill heads that can be used at once or individually. Using servo drive motors, the machine auto indexes down a table to ensure precision hole locations across a…
AMADA WELD TECH announces increased strategical partnerships with manufacturers of battery modules, used in vital life support systems, as part of the effort to meet the increased demand for ventilators and their component parts during the current global health crisis. AMADA WELD TECH is a key supplier to both the medical and battery industries and has been additionally listed with the UK government as a supporting manufacturer for the production of ventilators and medical systems. As a result, the company has increased production in recent weeks, all whilst maintaining the safety and health of employees and customers. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues…
As Covid-19 rattles economies and disrupts businesses across industries, companies are learning to deal with the crisis and trying to figure out what will be the overall impact. Amid the fears of the global pandemic, the main concern for businesses now is ensuring employee protection, while maintaining business continuity and minimum impact to customer service. We, at Machine Tools World, spoke to some companies that are leading by example in terms of tiding over the crisis and finding a silver lining during these difficult. These front-runners tell us how they are staying productive and ensuring uninterrupted customer service during these…
We have made all efforts to be a part of the fight against COVID-19. Meetings are being held through video conferencing at a frequency of twice a week. Travelling and external visits to Kemppi premises are restricted until further notice. We suggest every person to make sure that ‘you are not a cause for the spread of Coronavirus.’ To ensure that our employees stay physically and mentally fit during the lockdown period, we have organized compulsory fitness class for one hour. This is conducted by a Professional Trainer and all the employees along with their families join the program. We…
At Delta, our main concern is to ensure the well-being of our employees, customers and channel partners. So, when the lockdown was announced we first made sure that all our key touchpoints and their families were safe. That being said, we are committed to ensure business continuity and are leveraging technology between internal teams to stay connected. Further, we are also extending the same platforms, such as Skype, that we are using internally to connect with our customers and channel partners. We are still connected and collaborating internationally with our principals and business units in Taiwan and factory in China.…
Well-being of our employees is paramount for us. At the same time, we need to ensure that the business does not suffer and also we are able to support our customers in the best possible way. All our employees are working from home. We have sent out a communication to all our customers informing them about the change in the working scenario while assuring them that we will be supporting them remotely. In our business line, most of the software are accessible through cloud, which our engineers are able to use from home and continue working. Whatever technical support is…
Radnest analyses the true shape, material and thickness of all components in a batch, separating and sorting automatically, producing high utilisation, manufacturable nests from sheets, off-cuts and remnants delivering substantial savings in material and improving machine efficiency.
With the help of Speroni’s tool inspection machine, KS Tools has been able to do reverse engineering of tools and prepare multi-step profile tools in reduced time and cost KS Tools is a manufacturer involved in tool grinding and resharpening, which was founded nearly 20 years back by Mr. D.R. Sharma. A family owned company, KS Tools was facing significant challenges due to its conventional setup & infrastructure. The company was losing out to its competitors as it was not able to tap into growing market opportunity provided by increasing demand of multi-step profile tools. Two years ago, the company…
Due to the challenges facing us all as a result of COVID-19, Mastercam is extending the deadline for this year’s Masters of CAM Wildest Parts Competition. We are combining it with next year’s competition as Masters of CAM Wildest Parts 2020-2021. As a result, parts for the challenge must be received at Mastercam’s Tolland, Connecticut, headquarters postmarked no later than June 30, 2021. You are welcome to send parts in sooner if you have them ready, and you are also encouraged to submit more than one entry if you have the time and inclination. It is hoped that this will…
This new version features a spindle speed increase of 25% Suhner Industrial Products (Rome, Georgia) introduces its machining unit BEX 15 with maximum spindle speed up to 23,000 RPM, thus offering higher speeds and improved production inline. Standard variations are equipped with electric motors of 0.55 kW, 0.75 kW and 1.5 kW. An adapter flange is designed for the installation of multiple spindle heads and angle heads. A new style timing belt drive multiplies the motor speed up to 13,050 RPM spindle speed. An AC inverter drive is used to increase the spindle speed up to 23,000 RPM at 87…
Dormer Pramet aims to lead a change in the metalworking industry by making sustainability an integral part of its business. At the core of this strategy is the use of new technologies and ways of working that deliver value for employees, customers and suppliers, brought together under a program called ‘Make the Shift’. This encompasses a wide range of initiatives and targets under four key headings; Circularity, Climate, People and Fair Play. A list of key actions and objectives are now in place with the aim to deliver all by 2030. This includes increasing recycling of its products and packaging material, reducing…