Author: MTW Editorial Team

Mr. L. J. Naidu is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering with 27 years of machine tool experience, working with GROB since 2007 as Managing Director for Indian operations. Started with GROB as their first employee in India and now built a strong team of 35 and a financially strong subsidiary, planning to start construction of GROB India plant in 2019 which will raise the employee strength to 100 by 2020. His ‘customer first’ approach is also the philosophy of GROB Group, that ensures a high level of strong and quality after-sales-service support to Indian customers. For this reason, he is…

Q. RENISHAW has leadership position in metrology industry, how did RENISHAW India managed this significant growth?Renishaw is one of the world’s leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare The Renishaw Group currently has more than 70 offices in 35 countries, with over 4,000 employees worldwide. Around 2,800 people are employed within the UK where the company carries out the majority of its research and development and its manufacturing. Renishaw has been recognised with 18 Queen’s awards for business innovation and export showing how we continue to strive for excellence, and continue developing.In India, Renishaw…

Maintaining your heavy equipment isn’t an option — it’s a necessity to keep everything running smoothly and ensure you have everything you need to complete a job. One way to manage your heavy machinery maintenance is to create a maintenance plan. Here are six quick tips to help you create the perfect plan for your company to keep your heavy equipment moving. Be Preventive, Not Reactive Traditional repairs are reactive. Something goes wrong, so you take the equipment off the jobsite and repair it. While this can work in some situations, it leaves you vulnerable to loss caused by downtime…

Hoffmann Group, Europe’s leading system partner for quality tools, announced the appointment of Manav Goel as their Director India. Manav will be responsible for overlooking the sales team and driving strategic business partnerships for their market in India. A civil engineer and an IIM Kolkata graduate, Manav has more than 21 years of experience in strategy planning, people management and systems development. He has been a part of the Asia Management Team and board of directors for Halfen Moment Group, a CRH member and Fortune 500 company. He was also Business Head – India with Tyrolit India Superabrasives Tools, part…

The Hoffmann Group has once again won the German Design Award. The GARANT ToolCar roller cabinet from the GridLine series and the GARANT magnet measuring stand were declared winners of the “Workshop and Tools” category. The GARANT cross-cut saw with cross ground also received a “Special Mention”. All three products impressed the international jury with a sophisticated design that combines functionality and aesthetics equally. The GARANT ToolCar and the GARANT magnet measuring stand won the iF DESIGN Award at the start of 2018. The GARANT ToolCar also won the Red Dot Award. According to the jury, the GARANT ToolCar from…

ANCA’S new camera bracket increases the measuring capabilities of iView to inspect a tool’s endface and measure land widths, lip distances and chisel angles without the need for camera commissioning or qualification A survey by McKinsey* showed that in manufacturing,approximately749 billion hours are worked each year around the world. Of these, about 60% (478 billion hours) were automatable or at least semi-automatable with existing technology. Imagine if even a small number of those 478 billion labour hours were converted to planning, analysis and strategy hours. Thomson Mathew, ANCA Software Product Manager said, “To remain competitive in tool manufacturing, more and…

Oerlikon Balzers, a leading provider of surface solutions, has received Qualified Supplier status from Airbus for its two customer centres in Great Britain and France for copper alloy substrate coatings using BALINIT C. Both locations are already certified as qualified suppliers of the coating on steel, titanium and Inconel substrates. BALINIT C is a coating applied to aerospace components made of steel, titanium and various alloys that helps reduce surface fatigue, withstand wear, and high loads, whilst being lightweight and exhibiting low-fric- tion. The technical qualification of BALINIT C, as a non-hazardous and REACH-conforming option to hard chrome plating, completes…

Global engineering company, Renishaw, returns to IMTEX for the show’s 50th anniversary, which is taking place at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore, India from January 24th to 30th, 2019. The show’s 50th anniversary will be marked by the introduction of an Industry 4.0 pavilion. In line with this, Renishaw will showcase a complete automation cell, demonstrating to manufacturers how intelligent process control is key to the operation of a successful smart factory. Additionally, the company will launch several new products to address the industry’s need for automated process control. Renishaw can be found in Hall 3A on stall B103…

In September 18th to 22nd, visitors at the AMB trade fair 2018 in Stuttgart experienced three all-new innovations at the CHIRON Group’s trade fair stand. The turnkey specialist demonstrated the new machine generations for high-precision, dynamic CNC machining from CHIRON and STAMA live in Hall 10, Stand A51. “The FZ16 S five axis and the DZ16 W from CHIRON were designed to meet the growing requirements in machining production and the increasing complexity of machined workpieces,” explained Dr Claus Eppler, Head of Research and Development at CHIRON. “The STAMA MT 733 two is the complete machining solution for high-precision components…

Reduced hardware and engineering costs through new generation of safety controllers With its focus on increased modularity and scalability, the new generation of Beckhoff safety controllers allows optimum adaptation to the specific safety requirements of individual machine concepts. The ability to distribute the intelligence of an entire safety application across multiple TwinSAFE Logic-capable I/O modules enables the flexible implementation of increasingly modular architectures that can be adapted to given system requirements even more effectively than before. With the new safety controllers based on the EL6910 TwinSAFE Logic, it is possible to adapt the TwinSAFE system even more specifically to the…

Manufacturing in today’s world, is going through an evolution by adopting new age techniques and methods that is often classified under the term “SMART”. The world is becoming a competitive marketplace for smart technologies which gives business owners the power to drive decisions with the right & accurate data. Shifting towards ‘Smart Manufacturing & A Smart Factory’ is enabling manufacturers to improve the efficiency of their business, enhance the productivity & increase profitability.Tapping into the Opportunity of ‘A Smart Factory’According to a recent report by Digital Transformation Institute of Capgemini, smart factories will contribute to almost $ 500 Billion in…