Machining
Ima Schelling Precision combines a panel-sizing saw for aluminum with a handling robot. This increases cutting efficiency enormously: users achieve higher throughput with lower manpower and energy requirements.
The SBZ 155 profile machining centre from Elumatec raises the bar for automated CNC machining of aluminium and thin-walled steel profiles.
The Schüco AF 510 CNC machine is particularly flexible when it comes to machining aluminium window, door, façade and special profiles.
The new multivib vibrator MV 50 can finish work pieces with a diameter of up to 1,300 mm.
Schüco, Bielefeld, has developed a robot technology together with Kuka that promises greater efficiency for production in metal fabrication.
Exhaust air purification
Together with partners, the Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden has developed a filter solution that cleans the air in production rooms and binds pollutants.
Kasto extends the saw series Kasto Micut with the version AE 4.6 for a broader range of applications.
Industry
After a construction period of two years, GF Machining Solutions has officially opened its new innovation and production centre in Biel, Switzerland. The company invested around CHF100 million in the new building, which provides space for around 450 work places. Pascal Boillat, president of GF Machining Solutions, emphasized in his speech: “From this new location, we will be able to strengthen our position as a global player, and at the same time rely on our Swiss roots.”
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In order to boost the first stage roughing operation on aluminium automotive castings, Sandvik Coromant is introducing its M5Q90 tangential milling cutter.
