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FIRST CUT

Inserting A Fresh Coat

Developments in coating have improved tool life of inserts and at the same time broaden its application range.

Submitted by Yvonne Ng, marketing manager, Walter AG Singapore

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Saw It With Precision

The demands of higher precision have led to the development of next generation saw blades.

The difference, it seems, is on the surface. By Gerry Overstreet, product manager, Lenox

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TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

As Good As “New”

The combination of rising environmental awareness and increasing emphasis in economic savings have made tool reconditioning an enticing prospect. By Michael E Neumann

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SOFTWARE & MEASUREMENT

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Sheet Metal Fabrication: It Starts From Design

Integrating design rules in the design process help bring in considerable benefits in the long run especially in sheet metal fabrication. By Dr TR Kannan, product manager, Geometric

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Optimising Process Chains

The ability to carry out all manufacturing processes from A to Z is as important in punching and bending technology as it is for tool-makers.

By Helmut Wiener, for Bruderer

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Successfully Piercing Thicker Plates With Plasma

New technology combines with old technique for piercing perfection. By Aaron Brandt, business team leader for mechanised systems, Hypertherm

Casting Process Simulation: An Innovative Revolution

Simulation of casting processes is coined by some as a leap of innovation that revolutionises a technology thousands of years old.

By Karola Thews, Magmasoft

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Milling Developments For High Speed Machining

High Speed Machining (HSM) today has taken off thanks to developments by makers of machine tools, machine controls, software, and cutting tools as well as research institutions.

Contributed by Jeremy Lim, marketing communications, Sandvik Coromant SEA

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A simple shape defined by points on a plane equidistant from the centre, the circle has been known since before the beginning of recorded history. Much linked to engineering – from the rudimentary gears and wheels in ancient civilisation to the modern high-tech machineries, the simple shape has many other intangible uses and representations in the world today.

The economy, if the optimism and the enthusiasm of organiser, exhibitors and visitors alike in t he re cent ly conclude d S e ou l International Machine Tool Show (SIMTOS) is anything to go by, has gone a full circle. Hung-Mock Ryu, chairman of Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association ( K O M M A) s p o k e w i t h m u c h confidence about meeting the forecasted production value for 2010.

In addition, Jacob Harpaz, CEO of IMC felt that the economy, especially in Asia has recovered.

Over in Europe, Hannover Messe also concluded with good results despite the travelling chaos caused by the volcanic ashes, leading many to think positively for the second half of the year.

Elsewhere, the SMRT circle line in Singapore was opened recently in a bid to ease congestion in the train lines operating into the downtown area. Built at a total cost of $6.7 billion according to the Land Transport Authority, the 33.3 km long line with 29 stations not only link all radial lines leading to the city, it also gave a much needed boost to the economy.

In this issue, where the circle theme dominates, the topic of tool reconditioning is visited. Tool reconditioning allows old and used tools a new lease of life, increasing its usage life through various processes like grinding and coating, giving the users better economic output.

We are also taking a look at ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), how a number of strategic business functions can be integrated to provide management personnel a ‘bird’s eye view’ of their business in order for them to make decisions in a timely manner.

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Gildemeister Expands Its Division Of Renewable Energy Bielefeld, Germany: The Gildemeister subsidiary, a+f based in Wurzburg, which specialises in renewable energy, is acquiring a majority holding (50.001 percent) in the Austrian company, Cellstrom, based in Eisenstadt near Vienna.

As part of the transaction, a+f is also acquiring a five percent holding in the parent company, Younicos, Berlin. Through this, the company is paving the way for its entry into the future market of energy storage, the Cellstrom large battery is based on vanadium redox flow technology.

Cellstrom specialises in storage solutions – especially for solar plants. The vanadium redox flow battery solves the problem of energy storage. With the joint know-how of the companies, the storage technology business is expected to reach double-digit sales figures in the millions from 2011 on.

In future, customers will be able to use their electricity independently and flexibly at any time. The use of the storage system as a solar filling station is also of interest. Using a large battery, eight electric cars can be ‘re-fueled’ up to 80 percent simultaneously in less than 10 minutes, or 80 four-person households can be supplied with electricity for an entire night.

Conventional & Manual/CNC Lathes Thrive In The Global Downturn West Yorkshire, UK: 600 Group, the manufacturer and distributor of precision engineering products to international markets, says that high quality conventional and manual/CNC lathes have been the most resilient during the world’s unprecedented economic turmoil.

The group says the demand for these machines has been threefold; significantly increased investment in education, a trend towards small batch production as demand reduced, together with a lack of availability of finance for more high tech sophisticated CNC machines.

Mike Berry, MD of 600 Europe, said: “As unemployment has risen, governments in many parts of Europe have increased investment in the education sector, which is a traditionally strong market for us.”

In South Africa, 600’s subsidiary has felt the benefit of the improved supply chain as they too see market demands for more quality conventional machines.

Johnny Pierdica, GM of 600SA Machine Tools, said: “We have seen more investment in training, and finding that training centres are moving towards investment in quality conventional machines. The improvements made at 600 Group have benefited our market both for 10

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machine tools as well as increasing our competitiveness in spares and accessories.”

Cliff Purser, MD of 600 Australia, agreed that the requirement for small batch production was a driver of this current trend but there were still requirements for sophisticated parts. He was also keen to point out that despite these trends there was always a market for higher tech products.

He said: “While the main CNC market is down as the larger production runners move offshore, there are some manufacturers with innovative and sophisticated designs. These companies are expanding and, indeed, taking on the world market place and therefore still require CNC machines for their manufacturing process.”

David Norman, chief executive of the group, believes that much of the CNC machine tool stockpiling that took place at the height of the boom is at long last coming to an end, adding, “I have no doubt that the market for CNC machinery will return. Even during this economic downturn we have continued to develop and enhance our CNC machine capability, so when customer demand switches, we are more than ready.”

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Applied Materials Opens Global Hub In Singapore

Singapore: Applied Materials has opened its Singapore Operations Centre, Applied’s first facility in Asia for manufacturing its advanced semiconductor equipment. The 32,000 sq m centre, located in the Changi North Industrial Park, will serve as a hub for the company’s semiconductor equipment manufacturing around the world, as well as support its worldwide supply chain operations and other corporate functions.

“The opening of our Singapore Operations Centre is a significant milestone for Applied, and will be especially important in meeting an expected multi-year increase in demand for our advanced semiconductor production technology,” said Mike Splinter, chairman and CEO of Applied Materials. “With more than 70 percent of our semiconductor business in Asia, we expect 50 percent of our global semiconductor equipment supply to flow through this centre in the next few years as we consolidate key parts of our manufacturing and various global and panAsian support functions here.”

Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry,

Lim Hng Kiang, who officiated the opening, said: “Singapore has been a top choice as an Asian base of operations for many leading semiconductor equipment manufacturers who seek to be closer to their major suppliers and customers. Applied Materials’ decision to set up its Singapore operations centre is testament to our efforts to further strengthen our bid to become a global hub for complex equipment manufacturing.”

Designed to meet stringent environmental standards, the centre was recently awarded Singapore’s highest environmental honour – the Green Mark Platinum award – by the Singapore Building and Construction Authority. The centre features the largest thin film solar system in Singapore, a 400 kilowatt peak system that annually generates 450 megawatt hours of electricity – enough energy to power more than 100 apartments for a year.

This system uses 5.7 sq m PV solar panels.

Other fixtures include low-e glass curtain walls and a rainwater recycling system. These and other features are expected to result in energy savings of up to 30 percent.

Magma Awarded For Innovation Aachen, Germany: The Institute of Cast Metal Engineers (ICME) awarded Magma the ICME M M Hallett award recognising the company for two decades of developing and industrialising casting simulation, supplying Magmasoft, supporting the global foundry industry including casting designer and users.

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The award sponsored by Chamberlin and Hill would be made every three years to an individual, group or company who, in the opinion of the award committee, had made an outstanding contribution to the foundry industry by creating new ideas or inventions.

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Delcam Wins Queen’s Award Singapore MEMS Consortium Signing For Dental CADCAM

Birmingham, UK: Delcam has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the innovation category in recognition of the continuous development of its software for the design and manufacture of dental restorations.

The Queen’s Awards are the UK’s most coveted commercial awards, with only a small percentage of those who enter each year measuring up to the standards required to win an award. This latest recognition for the company follows the receipt of Queen’s Awards in 2003 for the development of ArtCAM and for PowerInspect in 2004.

Singapore: A*Star and EDB will be holding a signing ceremony for the Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) consortium. This brings together eight MNCs and local enterprises from the MEMS supply chain in public-private sector research collaboration to grow the MEMS industry in Singapore.

The members include: Coventor, GlobalFoundries, NEC-Schott, Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co (SSMC), Intellisense Software Corp, EPCOS (a group company of TDK-EPC Corp), Seiko Instruments and Tango Systems.

Together with IME and the Institute of Materials and Research and Engineering, the consortium has a wide spectrum of deep capabilities in research and development, wafer fabrication, integrated device manufacturing, assembly and test, design and computer-aided design, and equipment and materials.

MEMS is a rapidly growing area, driven by many new applications in biomedical, wireless communication and consumer electronics. As such, this collaboration is a opportunity for global players to leverage on each other’s unique expertise, to help spur the electronics sector in Singapore.

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Seoul, South Korea: Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it had won the Green Ship Award, as its LNGSRV, which it delivered to Norway in November 2009, was selected as the world’s best green ship at the 7th Green Ship Technology Conference, which was recently held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

G reen Ship Technology is the world’s largest environmental conference for the shipbuilding and marine transportation industries. This year’s event, held under the theme “Green Technological Trends,” was joined by more than 200 marine transportation companies and shipbuilders. A total of 2,600 ships built in 2009 by companies from around the world were reviewed at the conference.

Key green ship technologies include a seawater discharge function, water pollution prevention technology, gas emissions reduction technology and noise and vibration reduction technology. The company’s LNG-SRV was recognised as the best green ship, equipped with the largest number of green technologies.

Unlike conventional LNG tankers, which transport liquefied natural gas from the production sites to consumption sites, the LNG-SRV of Samsung gasifies LNG at the marine sites, and directly supplies it to the ground locations through pipelines. It was also selected as a South Korea Best Technology in 2009 in recognition of its innovative concept.

Unlike the conventional process, which results in the discharge of 20,000 sq m of frozen seawater per day, disrupting ecosystems, the LNG-SRV discharges no seawater, reduces harmful gas emissions by 92 percent with its electricity-powered engine, prevents water pollution through the recirculation of cooling water, adopts an internal rainwater purification system, and introduces a design that minimises the effects of noise and vibrations on mammals living in the sea, like dolphins. The LNG-SRV is equipped with a wide range of important green technologies.

In addition to the electricity-powered LNG-SRV, SHI has recently completed the design of a gas-powered ship, the world’s first natural gas-powered eco-friendly ship.

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Renishaw Receives Award

Gloucestershire, UK: At the 10th supplier award day organised by Gildemeister in Pfronten, Germany, Renishaw received the Supplier of the Year 2009 award in the ‘Innovation’ category. Gerhard Lechner, central purchasing manager, emphasised in his address: “Innovation at this company is not just a word included in its logo, but something it lives and breathes through continuous technical innovation.

Here, the spirit of innovation reaches far beyond pure technology and a whole host of innovative ideas are incorporated in its business relations, which clearly drive joint business interests forward.”

The PowerProbe program is a joint creation between Renishaw and Gildemeister. PowerProbe products are already available for DMG and Mori Seiki machines, and can be supplied in different sizes and with different technologies, depending on the machine and the measurement application.

Vero Software Wins Queen’s Award For Enterprise 2010 Gloucestershire, UK: Vero Software, a provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2010.

The awards are made each year by the Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an independent advisory committee that includes representatives of government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions.

The provider has been rewarded for its continuous achievement in international trade over the last six years. The award has been granted in recognition of the company’s growing export earnings by 65 percent to over £12 million (US$18.5 million) in six years, with over 91 percent of its sales to markets in Europe, North America and the Far East.

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Expansion Of Paiton Power Station In Indonesia Tokyo, Japan: The project to expand the Paiton Thermal Power Station (Paiton III project) in Indonesia, in connection with which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for an 815 MW supercriticalpressure coal-fired power generation plant, will now launch full-scale construction work following the signing of a project financing loan agreement.

The power plant, to be delivered to PT Paiton Energy, an independent power producer jointly established by companies in Japan, the UK and Indonesia, will be the largest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Indonesia. It is slated to start commercial operation in 2012.

The supercritical-pressure coal-fired power plant will be constructed at a site adjacent to an existing power plant in the Paiton complex, approximately 150 km southeast of Surabaya, the provincial capital of East Java.

The plant is aimed at easing the region’s increasingly tight electricity supply.

Power generated at the plant will be sold to PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned power utility company, for 30 years based on a long-term power purchase agreement. MHI’s Nagasaki shipyard and machinery works will manufacture and supply the steam turbine and boiler.

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Siemens Mobility To Equip Additional Metro Line In Delhi Erlangen, Germany: Siemens Mobility received an order from Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL) to build a metro line to the urban business district of Gurgaon Cyber City. The 6.1 km line will link the new business and residential quarter about 30 km south of downtown Delhi with the capital’s metro rail network.

This is the first time that the company implements a complete rail solution in India: From vehicles to complete electrification and signalling to system integration. The system will be handed over at the end of 2012.

The company will supply five 3 -car metro vehicles with aluminium design for the new line, which will run on the elevated track with standard gauge at an average speed of 30 km/h. The advanced signalling and automatic train control system from the company ensures that the requested headway of 90 seconds is achieved during peak hours. Due to this short headway, up to 30,000 passengers per hour can be transported.

Siemens succeeded in entering the Indian mass transit market in 2004: Back then, the company equipped the Line three of the Delhi metro with the complete signalling and railway communications technology. All the extensions to Line three, which is now 60 km long, were fitted with instrumentation, control and safety systems.

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Incheon, South Korea: Doosan Infracore intends to jumpstart its future as a global diesel engine manufacturer with the commencement of work to build a diesel engine factory in China that is to have an annual production capacity of 100,000 units.

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City, Jiangsu Province. A 50 -50 joint venture between Doosan Infracore and the XCMG Group of China engaged in the production and sales of diesel engines for construction machinery, heavy duty trucks and power generators, Xuzhou Xuzhou XCMG Doosan Engine was established in September 2009 at a cost of around 680 million yuan (US$100 million).

The 198,000 sq m sized factory will start manufacturing 6 litre/8 litre diesel engines for construction machinery from July 2011 and for other vehicles from 2013. By 2018, it will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 units. It is expected that by then the company will have joined the ranks of the world’s top 10 diesel engine factories, with a combined production capacity of 156,000 units a year, including those produced at its Incheon factory.

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Gazprom & OMV Sign A Framework Agreement Of Cooperation

Vienna, Austria: Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom management committee, and Dr Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer, CEO and chairman of the executive board of OMV signed a Framework Agreement of Cooperation under the South Stream project on the territory of the Republic of Austria.

The agreement sets forth conditions and deadlines for implementation by Gazprom and OMV of the Austrian section of South Stream and stipulates principles and mechanisms of the parties’ interaction at the pre-investment stage of the project.

The agreement stipulates that in the near future the parties will set about developing a feasibility study of the Austrian section of South Stream. The feasibility study is aimed at an extensive evaluation of all technical, legal, financial, environmental and economic indicators and parameters. The companies will also set up on a parity basis a joint engineering company for design, financing, construction and operation of Austria’s section of South Stream with a minimum annual capacity of 5 – 10 billion cubic metres.

It is assumed that within the implementation of the project on the territory of Austria OMV will be supplied on a long-term basis with additional 2 billion cubic metres of natural gas.

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Forum Discussion To Promote Singapore-Taiwan Collaboration In India

Sigurd Decroos, Oudenburg, Belgium

Singapore: International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) have co-organised their first forum to encourage collaboration between Singapore and Taiwanese companies to grow their business in India.

Singapore’s Trade Representative in Taipei, Stanley Loh, and TAITRA deputy chairman Wayne Wu gave the opening remarks at the forum.

Three of Singapore’s successful companies in India – Ascendas, First Engineering and YCH Group – were invited to present on their experiences. The forum

follows the opening of the Taiwan Trade Centre in Singapore in December 2009, and adds a new dimension to the steadily growing business interaction between Singapore and Taiwanese companies.

India has seen an unprecedented rise of importance in the global consumer market over the years. In 2009, India grew by 7.3 percent despite the financial crisis and is expected to grow another 8.5 percent this year. It also is part of the BRIC countries that are set to become leading economies of the world. India is expected to become the world’s third largest economy by 2050, after mainland China and the US. Having helped Singapore companies to establish themselves in India, IE Singapore sees the next stage of their work as helping Singapore companies to broaden their customer base in India.

Through this forum, the organisation hopes the capabilities of Singapore companies and their strengths in India will be better known to Taiwanese companies, leading to potential business collaboration between Singapore and Taiwanese companies in India.

The organisation also encourages Taiwanese companies to use Singapore as a springboard into India. Taiwanese companies that set up in Singapore can immediately connect with some 4,000 Indian companies that are already in Singapore.

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Worldsteel Short Range Outlook Vienna, Austria: The World Steel Association (worldsteel) forecasts that apparent steel use will increase by 10.7 percent to 1,241 mmt in 2010 after contracting by -6.7 percent in 2009. This represents an improved figure over the autumn 2009 forecast for both 2009 and 2010.

With these projections, world steel demand in 2010 will exceed pre-crisis levels of 2007. In 2011, it is forecast that world steel demand will grow by 5.3 percent to reach a historical high of 1,306 mmt. The resilience of the emerging economies, especially China, has been the critical factor enabling the earlier than expected recovery of world steel demand.

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major concern to the steel industry and its customers.

Commenting, Daniel Novegil, chairman of the worldsteel economics committee said: “The general picture is an improvement on the forecast we issued in October last year. The world steel industry now seems firmly set on a path to recovery. The emerging economies, who in total maintained positive growth through the crisis, will continue to show strong growth, driving world steel demand in the future, however the current recovery in the major developed economies is slower and the projected steel demand for them in 2011 is well below the 2007 level.”

“The recovery is not only earlier but also stronger than expected. It was driven in large part by government stimulus packages and recent inventory restocking. The real concern will be how post-crisis macroeconomic policies deal with fiscal balancing and inflationary pressures,” Mr Novegil concluded.

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China & India China’s apparent steel use in 2010 is expected to increase by 6.7 percent to 579 mmt after the impressive increase of 24.8 percent in 2009. The pace of economic growth and steel production seen in the 1st quarter of 2010 suggests that apparent steel use could be even higher than this forecast. In 2011, the growth rate will slow to 2.8 percent, which will bring China’s apparent steel use to 595 mmt. In 2011, China will account for 45.5 percent of world apparent steel use, compared to 48.4 percent in 2009.

India’s steel demand maintained stable growth during the crisis and is expected to grow by 13.9 percent and 13.7 percent in 2010 and 2011 respectively, after 7.7 percent in 2009. In 2011, India’s apparent steel use will reach 71.6 mmt.

Elsewhere In The World In the NAFTA region, apparent steel use in the US fell by -41.6 percent in 2009 and recorded 57.4 mmt.

With the recovery in the US economy and stock rebuilding, apparent steel use is expected to grow by 26.5 percent in 2010 and then 7.5 percent to 78.1 mmt in 2011, bringing its apparent steel use back to the level of 1991. For NAFTA, the level of apparent steel use that is expected in 2011 is similar to that of 1993.

The EU economies have seen a fall in apparent steel use of -35.2 percent in 2009 with Spain and Italy hardest hit by the collapse of their construction sectors. In 2010, the region will see an increase of 13.7 percent in steel demand due to inventory rebuilding and a slight increase in real steel use. In 2011, real demand will drive the recovery and apparent steel use is expected to grow by 7.9 percent to reach 145.2 mmt, bringing it back to the level of 1997.

Japan, which experienced a fall in apparent steel use of -31.7 percent in 2009, will see its steel use increase by 10.3 percent in 2010, but in 2011, its steel demand is expected to stagnate with -0.2 percent growth due to weakening of its major steel using sectors. This brings Japan’s apparent steel use in 2011 to 58.6 mmt, the level achieved in 1983.

The CIS region was another major victim of the economic crisis due to its heavy dependence on oil revenue and foreign capital. Apparent steel use in the region fell -28.2 percent in 2009 with a fall of -41.9 percent in Ukraine. In 2010, apparent steel use in the CIS region will grow by 11 percent and then by eight percent in 2011. Turkey, which experienced a -9.4 percent decline in apparent steel use in 2009, will see an increase of above 13 percent in 2009 and 2010.

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MENA

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new coating generation can be expected in the CVD area in the next two to three yea rs,” explained Jörg Drobniewski, cutting tool material development manager at Walter in Tübingen, at the inaugural Walter forum in 2007.

Two to three years is the t y pic a l t ime t hat re se a rch requires to develop new cutting tool material technologies. This time has now elapsed, and the cutting tool material that was announced has arrived.

The tool developer has kept the two-tone finish, which is the basis for wear detection. To sum up: depending on the required hardness-toughness ratio, carbide inserts are coated using the CVD or PVD process (Chemical Vapour Deposition/ Physica l Vapour Deposition).

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Coating Development The process temperatures of the PVD process are several hundred degrees centigrade lower than the CVD process, making the carbide substrate tou g he r. P V D co at i n g s a re t here fore cha rac ter ise d by hav ing toughne ss, a nd le ss by h i g h te mp e ra t u re we a r resistance. It is the other way round with CVD coatings.

The aim of the development is to make PVD coatings more high temperature-resistant and make CVD coatings tougher.

With Tigertec Silver, the product is now coming onto the market whose toughness represents a

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It took Mr Drobniewski some three years to develop new cutting tool material technologies; it resulted in longer insert life

differentiation feature among CVD cutting tool materials. A technology, consisting of pretreatment, coating and posttreatment makes this possible.

“With the previous cutting tool materials in the Tigertec product range we succeeded in improving the residual stress characteristics of the coating,” explains Mr Drobniewski.

“The Tigertec Silver technology goes a step further: the properties of the cutting to ol mate r ia l a re adju ste d in such a way as to improve cracking and breaking sensitivity, w it hout h av i n g a ne gat i ve impact on the high temperature characteristics.”

In practice, the above mentioned properties increase process reliability. In theory, the ‘ideal cutting tool material’ is often referred to as ‘rubber d i a m o n d ’, s i m u l t a n e o u s l y providing absolute hardness and absolute toughness.

Extended Range The improvements have another important advantage: suitability for wet machining. Dry machining

From bottom to top: Standard, Tigertec, Tigertec Silver after milling 42CrMo4 heat treatable steel

is usually recommended for CVD coated cutting tool materials. The inserts can be used for wet or dry machining. The above-mentioned toughness also means high thermal shock resistance resulting in 70 percent longer tool life during the machining of 42CrMo4 heat treatable steel.

The first practical results are now available. A machining company tested the WKP35S cutting tool material using Xtratec F4042 shoulder mills (D = 63 mm, Z = 6). A large welded hollow frame made from ST37 for a machine frame was machined.

Longer Lasting Length/width of component is 4,500 mm/500 mm. The largest surfaces to be milled on the top and bottom inner surfaces of the frame had approximate

dimensions of 3,500 mm x 500 mm. There were holes in the surfaces, meaning that machining was made more difficult by a large number of interrupted cuts. Material hardening caused by welding also took its toll on the tool.

The sta nda rd mill that was previously used for these components reached the end of its tool life after only one of the inner surfaces. The F4042 with WKP35S machined both large inner surfaces with identical cutting data and was also used to machine other surfaces of a projection that was welded inside the hollow frame (cutting data: Vc= 400 m/min, fz= 0.2 mm, ap= 1.5 - 3.0 mm, ae≤ 60mm; roughing). MEN Enquiry No. 4001 May-Jun 2010 metalworking equipment news

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Voice Of The Industry Asia Pacific Metalworking Equipment News speaks to Andreas Evertz, the new CEO of Walter AG on his plans for the company.

APMEN: What plans do you have in place to achieve the 1B10 corporate strategy – reaching the €1 billion mark?

AE: We are sticking to our 1B10 strategy. We have taken various measures to achieve this goal. Firstly, we are increasingly tackling industries that do not conventionally belong to our target sector.

To supplement our ‘normal’ sales organisation with key accounts, traditional sales and our dealer organisation, we have redrafted our sector sales concept in the past year.

Alongside our traditional industries, such as the automotive and mechanical engineering industries, we are also increasingly focussing on the energy, aerospace and rail transport sectors.

Sector managers look after the individual sectors worldwide, both on the sales and marketing side and for the development of a sectorspecific product range and the support of our sales channels.

Apart from this, we are continuing to invest heavily in research and development.

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in this area. Innovative and market-leading technologies and products are our most important factor for success.

This is the only way in which we can offer our customers the solutions and help them to increase their productivity.

We se e our selve s a s a supplier and leader in machining. In order to live up to this high standard, we cannot afford to reduce our research and development, but must push ahead at full steam. An example is the Tigertec Silver product range, which we brought to the market last year. It comprises a type of CVD-coated insert that enables improvements in pe r for mance of 50 to 100 percent.

I am convinced that we have the right products and the right employees to reach our target of generating a turnover of one billion euros by 2014.

APMEN: What are the major challenges in the next two years for you as the CEO of Walter?

AE: We do not see ourselves as a tool supplier only, but rather we work very closely wi th ou r c u s to m e r s a n d consider ourselves to be

their partners for innovation.

We are the right partner to have, not only when it comes to choosing the right tools and optimising how they are used, but also for software solutions, such as with our TDM tool management system, NC programming or material flow on the machine.

We have to convince our customers that they will gain from our expertise if they involve us in the development process of their products at a very early stage. We want to be able to work out the best possible solution together.

The emphasis here is not on the tools, but on productivity and the objectives of our customer.

Another great challenge is presented by the use of new and often difficult to machine materials. This applies in particular to the energy sector and the aerospace in du s tr y. Eve r y m ate r ia l has its own problems and requires precisely tailored tools. For example, there are many technological issues with CFRP, due to the lack of long-term experience with this relatively young group of materials. Titanium, high temperature steel and nickelbased alloys in particular place extremely high demands on process reliability and machining quality.

The components manufactured from these materials are extremely costintensive. A fracture can render a component useless. This is something the machine

operator cannot afford. The engineers and application technicians at Walter are constantly working on developing new solutions for promising technologies from a wide variety of sectors. For example, we have introduced indexable inserts for titanium with optimised geometries and coatings, as well as internally cooled solid carbide cutters Ti40/ Ti45 that are manufactured from a newly developed substrate.

APMEN: For our readers to get to know you better, how would you describe your management philosophy?

AE: I believe honesty and s t r a i g h t fo r wa r d n e s s a r e indisp e ns a ble at tr ibu te s for leadership. I also value openness with my colleagues a n d s e e my s e l f a s p a r t of a team that is working for the success of the entire company.

Par t of this means carr ying out tasks with a specific goal in mind and abiding by commitments that have be e n made. A very important part of my leader ship philosophy is that our focus should be on our customer s. We must let our business be guided by this principle.

We all know that it is only if our customers experience success that Walter can also be successful.

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Precision L onger, straighter and faster – these three simple words sum up the needs of production saw users.

Manufacturers are very aware of this and are always working to improve the technology needed to achieve longer lasting, straighter and faster blades.

The band saw industry has been around for a very long time and despite its reputation as a mature industry, it is always advancing technologically to meet the ever-evolving needs of its users. Now more than ever, meta l operations that rely heavily on band sawing to turn a profit need to take every mea sure possible to ensure their operations are running efficiently in order to bid low and win jobs.

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The demands of higher precision have led to the development of next generation saw blades. The difference, it seems, is on the surface. By Gerry Overstreet, product manager, Lenox

Rethink & Regroup To a nswer this need, ba nd saw blade producers are going back to the drawing board to develop the next generation of band saw technologies that will give their customers an edge in the marketplace. The same technologies previously developed in other cutting tool industries are now being optimised in the development of new and improved products.

I n o r d e r to e f f e c t i v e l y advance band saw technologies, manufacturers must find ways to reduce cost per cut. Focus must be put into new cutting edge and backing materials for bi-metal blades, improved carbide tipped

products, coatings (TiN and AlTiN), heat treating techniques, and new tooth forms designed by using advanced computer modelling techniques. Top manufacturers are working to blend these technologies together into their own ‘special sauce’ which will yield important new products for its customers.

Surface Preparation Manufacturers are now focussing on advancements in specialised b l a d e su r fa ce p re p a r a t io n techniques. One of the key benefits of this technology is that it dramatically reduces the occurrence of band breakage due to metal fatigue. Premature band failure due to metal fatigue can

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In order to effectively advance band saw technologies, manufacturers must find ways to reduce cost per cut

Blade surface preparation, which takes place after heat treatment and tempering, significantly reduces the occurrence of cracking under stress

be the result of many factors or combination of factors including improper band tension, band guides in poor condition or improperly adjusted, improper tracking of the band on the wheels, and conditions where bands are required to twist severely between the wheel and guides.

In all these cases, however, the stresses on a blade usually begin on points that are metallurgically susceptible to cracking.

Blade surface preparation, which takes place after heat treatment and tempering, significantly reduces the occurrence of cracking under stress. The blade preparation process places a very thin external layer of the blade material under compression.

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When the surface is compressed, it is less likely to crack. Surface preparation also ensures that each tooth tip is rounded into a stable, maintainable surface that can endure the rigors of cutting forces and vibrations, resulting in a more consistent and longer lasting cutting tool.

Peening is one blade surface preparation technique increasingly used to combat stress fractures. It is a relatively new process to the band saw industry, but has been used successfully in the aerospace industry where fatigue life is a constant concern.

Unlike applications in other industries, the relatively thin cross-section of a band saw blade creates a major challenge for

manufacturers in determining the optimum stress configuration for the band material.

Peening or shot peening is defined as stressing the surface layer of a material by bombarding it with a selected medium (usually round steel shot) under controlled conditions. In addition to steel shot, there are several other media available such as glass and ceramic bead and cut wire.

Each is selected based on the materia l being peened a nd desired outcome.

Once this is determined, the ability to achieve this needs to be developed through the application of several parameters that include the material and size of shot media and the intensity and duration of the process itself. An additional challenge is developing and implementing the technology while maintaining competitive cost structures. Peening is a complex machining process, but the finished product is simple; a blade with improved resistance to breakage due to fatigue and a much more consistent edge.

Surface Technology = Precision Technology Going forward, the best products introduced to the band sawing industry will optimise all available technologies and provide the users with more advanced blades that cut longer, straighter and faster than existing products on the market.

Another key component is the use of advanced surface preparation technology. The world’s top blade manufacturers are preparing now for the next revolution in blades, knowing that machines will continue to get better, materials will continue to get stronger and productiv ity w ill become even more important to users worldwide. MEN Enquiry No. 4003

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erms like ‘lifecycle analysis’ and ‘carbon emission’ are catching on quick in today’s manufacturing industries. In order to assess how a material affects the environment in its reusable lifetime, studies are conducted extensively.

One of them according to the Aluminum Association is the sustainability study on automotive materials. The study highlights aluminium’s and magnesium’s lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction and energy savings benefits.

The study, a collaborative effort between organisations in Canada, China and the United States, found that when analysing the full lifecycle of the metals, magnesium delivers 15 percent energy savings compared to a steel design and aluminium yields 20 percent energy savings.

When looking at the total life cycle CO2 emissions, magnesium is 12 percent better than steel and aluminium is 20 percent better.

The aluminium design achieved the best lifetime performance for overall energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Tool Reconditioning Putting the interests of the environment on one hand and the financial well-being of their customers on the other, tool manufacturers have established comprehensive tool reconditioning p ro g r a m s . K e n n a m e t a l ’s reconditioning services restore used tools to ‘like-new’ condition for better performance with fast turnaround time.

In three simple steps, the tools would be reconditioned. The portfolio includes solid carbide drills, solid carbide end mills and solid carbide taps amongst others.

The worn tools are evaluated, reground, analysed and treated before being sent back to the users.

Elsewhere at Sandvik Coromant, tool reconditioning is also being

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offered. Called the Coromant Recycling Concept (CRC), it is a comprehensive service for used carbide inserts and solid carbide tools offered by the company to all its customers.

Also providing this service is Walter, where a significant contribution to the reduction of production costs is possible, according to the service provider.

Touted 100 percent original quality, 50 percent less costs, the received tools are as good as new for approximately one third of the price for new purchase.

Over in Australia, Sutton Tools provide regrinding service that returns tools to ‘as new’ condition.

Using CNC grinding machines, HSS powdered metallurgy and grades of solid carbide are reground, complemented by TiN, Futura Nano, TiCN, and Alcrona as well as other thin film coatings.

Remanufacturing: Disassemble & Recovery Remanufacturing is the process of disassembly and recovery at the component level. It requires the cleaning, repair or replacement of worn out or obsolete components.

A product is considered remanufactured if its primary components come from a used product.

Remanufacturing puts products into sound working conditions.

Applicable in machine tools, for instance, a machine tool built with NC controls can readily be rebuilt into a machine with a new CNC control. For companies with a tight budget, this is potentially an attractive proposition.

For example, retrofitting or rebuilding an older CNC turning centre with newer controls, electronics and even robots, it can result in features on that older machine that were not even available when the machine was first purchased, giving it the ‘like new’ condition.

The above examples serve to provide another option other then new purchase. It is especially pertinent in today’s economic climate where getting the most out of existing machines and tools are both attractive in the economic sense and environmentally responsible.

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The aluminium industry is a global leader among metals suppliers in advocating full Lifecycle Analysis (LCA). LCA encompasses not only the fuel economy benefits and emissions savings, but also the environmental impacts related to mining, refining, smelting and recycling.

On this basis, every kilogram of aluminium used in an automobile saves 20 kg of CO2 emissions over the lifetime of the vehicle. In fact, lightweighting the world’s overall transportation fleet through the use of aluminium has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 660 million tonnes annually, or nearly nine percent of global, transportation-related greenhouse gas emission. MEN

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Enterprise Resource Planning, or ERP in short integrates various aspects of modern business functions. Asia Pacific Metalworking Equipment News (APMEN) speaks to Rajeepan Raguneethan, senior director, Oracle accelerate and midsize applications, Oracle Asia Pacific to find out what ERP can do for the SMEs of today.

APMEN: Please give our readers a brief technical description of ERP systems.

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. It is an industry term used for software that does a number of strategic business functions in an integrated manner, ie: a business (or an enterprise) will be able to integrate human resources, finance, procurement, inventory and supply chain among many others across various offices / facilities on a single platform. It provides the management with a unified view of their business in order for them to make decisions in a timely manner.

APMEN: Would you recommend an ERP system for a typical owner of an SME in Singapore involved in manufacturing metal parts for the aerospace, medical and automotive industry?

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In today’s globalisation era, national boundaries have disappeared as money, labour, and research and development flow to those businesses or enterprises that can offer the best return on investment.

Hence, real-time availability of information is critical for companies of all sizes – small or large. Information gleaned from a global software platform will certainly help enterprises manage their businesses globally, drive compliant business processes and even deploy country-specific capabilities so that they can operate anywhere in the world.

Oracle has various ERP systems to meet the needs of different companies and industries. Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne are two of our key solutions in Asia Pacific. For both of these ERP solutions, software delivery

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to midsize enterprises has been improved with tools and localised options using Oracle Business Accelerators deployed by certified partners on the program.

Our E-Business Suite Release12.1, for instance, provides organisations of all sizes, across all industries and regions with a global business foundation that reduces costs and increases productivity through a portfolio of rapid value solutions, integrated business processes and industry-focused solutions.

APMEN: How would ERP help businesses of SMEs in terms of streamlining operations?

What are the typical costs involved in installing an ERP system?

APMEN: How long would it take to install an ERP system in a typical manufacturing plant (SME)?

To answer this question, let me give some background.

Over the last 10 years, we have been working hard for the midsize businesses. We have a threeprong approach to addressing the needs of the midsize businesses, summed up as: enterprise class applications, implementation simplicity and expert delivery ecosystem.

The first approach is enterprise class applications.

Our strategy is to take enterprise class applications – the same ones that are run by world-leading companies all these years – and bring these to our midsize customers.

We are not cutting down the features or functionalities of our enterprise-class applications. Instead, we are offering midsize customers the business functionalities they will need as their businesses grow.

Next, is implementation simplicity and this impacts how much faster we can deliver applications to the customers. That is key to midsize businesses. With our experience in enterprise applications for so many decades, we looked at best business practices to help midsize companies with fast and low-risk implementation.

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As every project is unique, it would be difficult to nail down the costs. With more than 25,000 midsize customers globally, we have found out that the use of solutions developed from our products have proven to reduce implementation time and resources by up to 60 percent. With the use of the Business Accelerators, we have also seen full ERP implementations in as fast as two months.

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This brings me to the third approach around expert delivery ecosystem. For midsize customers, we have trained our partners to help customers with consultancy and implementation using best-practice processes. Using the Business Accelerators, our partners have cut down average implementation time and resources by up to 60 percent.

In short, midsize customers have pre-packed application bundles that can be quickly implemented by certified partners using a wide range of industryspecific functionalities. To-date, we have seen 162 average days to go live on ERP.

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Mr Raguneethan feels that both midsize businesses and large multinational corporations want robust solutions that are reliable

APMEN: What information would Oracle need from potential clients in order to pick the right product for them from your product range?

For midsize businesses considering ERP implementation, it will help if they can discuss their strategic roadmap with us and our business partners at the planning stage.

The strategic roadmap will depend on each company’s specific priorities. These include: • What is the company’s most critical needs?

• Is there a need to reduce IT complexity?

• Do we need flexible and adaptable business processes?

• How do we want to improve user productivity?

• How do we want to improve business differentiation?

• How will we deliver actionable business insights?

APMEN: For SMEs and MNCs, does ERP management system work differently in the two fields and do the benefits differ greatly?

From our perspective, midsize businesses and large multinational corporations all want robust solutions that are reliable and built on world class business processes for their specific industries. The key differentiator for midsize businesses is that they would need modular solutions that can scale with their needs as their operations grow.

APMEN: Can you cite from your personal experience in your installation work, the benefits that ERP system bring to a company in the metalworking industry?

Yes, we can highlight two Asia Pacific industrial manufacturing customers here.

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• Reduced time to process invoices from half an hour to a couple of minutes • Increased database performance by over 100 percent • Reduced time to complete voucher matching process from one day to five minutes Leroy Somer and Controls, India Key Benefits: • Reduced time taken to prepare management reports from 8–10 days to 4–5 days with an eventual target of one day • Cut month-end inventory holding by 15 percent • Increased sales turnover by 15–20 percent • Forecasted improvement of inventory turnover from 6.5 to 10 times per year by 2010 financial year APMEN: What are the after sales services provided to your clients?

We understand that an investment in an ERP solution is for the long haul. We offer our customers two pillars of support. Through our Applications Unlimited program, our customers continue to enjoy business value derived from more than 30 years of expertise in continued upgrades and enhancements.

Backed by our L ifetime Suppor t policy, our customers get the assurance that their IT investments with us will be protected as we will be there to support their business, no matter which product release they are running. MEN Enquiry No. 4201

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ime is money. It is only through the productive use of time that value can be added. Basically one ca n say t hat t he more productive a company is, the better its operating results. In general terms, productivity can be expressed as the relationship between output and input.

Transposed to a company’s laser cutting process: If the qualitative and/or quantitative value of the cut parts increases without the manufacturing costs increasing to the same extent, then productivity has been increased.

Such an increase also occurs when the same number of parts can be produced at lower costs while maintaining the previous quality.

Both the first and the second aspects are implemented in practice if more parts can be produced per standard unit of time on a laser cutting system.

When the economic climate is good, increased productivity can be used to expand capacity, in more challenging times it can decrease costs.

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High-speed laser cutting with straight contours is one thing.

It is completely different to produce parts with complex geometries very quickly. By Martin Engel, editor-in-chief, corcom, Bystronic Laser AG

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Laser Cutting With Plasma Support In order to increase the output of parts with thin sheet metal processing, high-speed laser cutting is a central theme. But it is not just a question of achieving maximum speed. If one takes the example of two sports cars, both equally fast but one of them has better acceleration and road holding capabilities, then the driver of this car will reach the de stination more quickly, in particular when the route is full of curves and the surface uneven.

With laser cutting, continuous braking and acceleration as well as frequent changes of direction are also the rule so that the characteristics of the system, including the laser source, control package, automation and

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programming, are equally as important as the maximum speed.

In order to ma ximise the cutting speed with laser cutting, in particular with thin metal sheets up 3 mm, a method can be used by which the material is cut with the support of a plasma cloud (ionised gas). This ensures that portion of the energy of the laser beam is used which would otherwise be dissipated through the kerf.

The cutting speed can as a result, be dramatically increased.

For example, using the BySprint Pro laser cutting system the cutting time for a gasket made of 1 mm thick stainless steel without plasma support was 66 s, with plasma support it was only 46 s.

This equates to a reduction of 30 percent. Whereby one can say that: the thinner the material, the greater the speed advantage with plasmasupported laser cutting.

In this case the cutting gas used is either nitrogen (N2) or compressed air, since air consists of 78 percent N2 . The greatest advantage of compressed air compared with N2 is that steel, stainless steel, and aluminium can be cut with plasma support not just up to a thickness of 2 mm but up to 3 mm, because the oxygen (O2) contained in the compressed air supports the cutting process with additional energy.

Also here, what was stated above applies analogously: the thinner the metal, the greater the advantage of compressed air in respect of the cutting speed. The example of the gasket described above was cut with compressed air at a speed of 24 m/min. As a comparison: Using N2, a maximum cutting speed of 22 m/min can be achieved, and using a quality cut without plasma support a speed of 9 m/min would be possible.

If aluminium is to be cut using plasma support, O2 can also be used. As far as speed is concerned, this is strongly recommended since the maximum cutting speed is significantly higher than if N2 or compressed air were to be used. In concrete terms: with 0.8 mm thick aluminium the cutting speed is 50 m/min when using O2 and plasma support, when using compressed air it is around 28 m/min.

Beyond the limit of 3 mm, the speed benefits of plasma-supported laser cutting are spent. What remains is the disadvantage of a rougher cutting edge. So if a smooth cutting edge is required, the highgrade quality cut must be used.

As such, the surface quality of our sample part in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9013 when using the quality cut lies in the quality category one, when using the plasma-supported cutting with

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There are prerequisites to fulfill in order to generate a plasma cloud

N2 and with compressed air it is in each case in the quality category. If such concessions are acceptable but an oxide-free surface is required, then N2 should be used as the cutting gas when processing (stainless) steel with plasma-supported cutting.

Laying Down The Conditions In order to generate a plasma cloud in the kerf, four prerequisites must be met. First: the correct cutting gas. Second: The focal position must fall in the lower half of the distance between the top edge and the lower edge of the sheet. Third: a high laser power and fourth: a high cutting speed.

The latter appears to be a paradox at first sight, since all of a sudden what is actually the objective becomes a prerequisite.

In order to help clarify this, a wellknown saying shall be quoted: ‘he that has plenty shall have more.’

In this case that means that the machine must achieve a certain minimum cutting speed in order to create a plasma cloud, which then acts like a turbocharger and increases the speed further.

Precisely this prerequisite of a minimum speed places demands on the complete system, including the CAM and the NC software. For example, a slowly accelerating machine only achieve s the necessary speed if it can cut in a straight line over longer distances.

And as has already been mentioned, this seldom occurs.

But what happ en s when during high speed cutting, the cutting speed has to be reduced when cutting curves? Is there a reduction in the quality of the cut due to the high power of the laser?

No, not if intelligent machines are used for cutting.

For exa mple, Bystronic’s formula for constant quality is known as Auto Technology Selection (ATS). ATS means that during high-speed cutting, the machine control automatically selects the optima l cutting parameters based on the cutting speed. As soon as the speed drops below a certain level when approaching a curve, the machine control switches over to a more efficient macro cutting parameter.

In order to increase the output of parts with thin sheet metal processing, high-speed laser cutting is a central theme

Interaction Is Decisive If high-speed cutting is to be used as extensively as possible, then abrupt changes of direction during positioning should be avoided. Clever programming of the cutting plans using software such as Bysoft helps in ensuring that this criterion is met at an early stage. For example, the sof t wa re is e qu ipp e d w it h a technolog y assistant that, dependent on the geometry of the corresponding part, sets the correct cutting technology and method of piercing.

High-speed laser cutting in general, and the cutting technology or the piercing technique in particular, place the highest of demands on the beam source – and not just in terms of the laser power. For example, to implement scanning the laser source must be capable of switching on and switching off the laser power at precisely the right position 22 times per second.

Software, control package, la ser source, machine, a nd naturally also efficient automation solutions such as Bystronic’s in-house development ByTrans, a r e i n d i v i du a l fa ce t s t h a t have to harmonise optimally in order to make high-speed cutting efficient. MEN Enquiry No. 4301

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s recession fades away, co mp a n i e s a re to o cautious about how to move forward and a great deal of effort is spent in strategising the future course. To cope up with the global competition, developing expertise on lowering product cost and quality manufacturing is going to be essential.

Designs need to contain only essential functional features and care needs to be taken to make the designs manufacturable using cheaper manufacturing processes, and with less scrap and rejections. This will not only make the designs cost effective but also greener, along with getting them to market faster.

D For Design To facilitate such design process, Design For Manufacturing (DFM) and Design For Costing (DFC) principles have evolved to a good extent. But most of these principles are laid out in the form of design rules in manuals, which have become so voluminous that very few experienced designers are well versed.

Frequent design iterations and manufacturing hiccups due to poor designs are common place even today; and these only state that DFM and DFC are more said than done and not practiced rigorously.

Few reasons for this scenario are (a) huge number of design rules to be followed (b) resistance to change (c) time consuming manual design checks (d) treating DFM and DFC design reviews as fault finding, etc.

Sheet Metal Fabrication Desig n modifications a nd identif y ing ma nufacturing bottlenecks at an early design stage are always cheaper and smoother.

A hole too close to a bend or an edge will end up in poor quality of part; whereas a hole diameter smaller than the sheet thickness will require special processing, thereby increasing the processing

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Integrating design rules in the design process help bring in considerable benefits in the long run especially in sheet metal fabrication.

By Dr TR Kannan, product manager, Geometric cost; and a sheet metal part with non rectangular or complex design may lead to increased scrap and higher product cost.

Ensuring such simple checks in early stages of product design can bring in considerable benefits in the long run. It is even fruitful to use automated nesting at the design stage itself to verify designs for a material utilisation of say 90 percent and above. If utilisation is less than the said 90 percent, then it is advisable to redesign, as it increases the product cost.

Automation In Design A recent trend has emerged where design rules residing in manuals are being automated and integrated as part of the design process.

Automation helps in design checks right at the early design stage itself without needing an expert for pointing out violations. By

automating design checks, young designers can have a feel of virtual DFM experts on their desktop without the occasional brow beating attitude.

Over time, designers learn how to design easily manufacturable components without violating design rules and at a lower cost.

Such automation would facilitate easy and smooth knowledge transfer from experts to newcomers and to bring in consistent design verifications in place throughout the organisation.

Automated DFM software typically takes 3D models and highlights all the set design violations. In the present state, general design guidelines are available as out of the box rules for design checks and company specific design guidelines have to be added. Though such software can identify design violations to a

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fair extent, further rules are to be framed to facilitate DFC as well.

Few companies have already started using such automated DFM software, and it can be expected to mature further with more acceptance and widespread adoption by the industry.

Considering both the tangible a nd inta ng ible b e ne f it s by automated design verification, change should be driven and enforced by top management for effective deployment and implementation of such methodologies and processes.

Ma nufacturing ha s matured from mere quality control to quality assurance and it is time to adopt manufacturing-quality assurance at design stage itself to boldly face and survive the global competition.

DFMPro is an automated design for manufacturability analysis tool for design and manufacturing engineers. It facilitates upstream manufacturability validation, and identification of areas of a design that are difficult, expensive, or impossible to manufacture.

For organisations working with sheet metal designs, the product by Geometric provides design rules to ease fabrication processes. The automated checks provided lead to saving of any downstream time, money and effort associated with scrap and rework due to manufacturability issues. MEN

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Optimising Process Chains ndustr y customers have high demands when it comes to precision punched and bended parts. Just as well since these parts play a decisive role in determining the quality of the end products, thousands of which are integrated into vehicles, electronic and household goods and many other appliances every day.

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The ability to carry out all manufacturing processes from A to Z is as important in punching and bending technology as it is for tool-makers. By Helmut Wiener, for Bruderer

electronics sector, 15 percent from environmental technology and the remaining 10 percent from other sectors of industry.

The products include parts for catalytic converters, airbags, brakes, engine management systems, fuel injection, xenon lighting, cams, seat brackets and dashboard instruments as well as medical socket outlets, mobile telephony parts, photovoltaics and machine construction.

The company also plays an important role as a systems provider, producing ready-to-assemble devices for the automotive, electronics and other industries, which are not part of the standardsocket outlet market and which are made of plastic and metal parts. Nowadays, the company handles a wide variety of orders and produces strips with thicknesses between 0.01 – 6 mm and widths of up to 400 mm.

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Of the 70 processing machines, 31 are from Bruderer. They are used in the development, toolmanufacturing and production departments. A 21-shift system is in place, which makes for a real challenge in terms of quality and reliability.

High-Precision Problem-Solver In this environment, versatility of machines is key a nd the universal nature of the machine makes it a perfect link in any manufacturing chain. “The tool isn’t the be all and end all any more. Being able to provide a complete manufacturing process has become just as important,” says Rudi Kolb, Unimet CEO and shareholder, “and in Unimet, our clients have a partner with the necessary expertise and an optimum machine park.”

All punchable strip materials such a s bron ze, bra ss a nd stainless steel are processed

a nd a ll different types of punching technolog y are offered, while established external partners are brought in when special processes such as electroplating and plastics technology are required.

W hen comple x customer a ppl ic a t io n s a re re qu i re d , proce ss a nd tool solut ions are developed and then manufactured to precision. For example the processing begins in the vibratory finishing room with a fully integrated robot system, then synchronised on a 500-range Bruderer.

It is then punched, bent, welded a nd clea ned on the production line, checked by camera and packed by a fully automated machine within a robot- operated system.

There is a lso a Bruderer which acts as a test machine in the tool room. The tools which were ca librated dur ing t he test period on the automated punching press require less adjustment – or indeed none at all – during the fixture process later in the production stage, as a result, keeping costs down.

The combination of high-

performance tools and machinery provide production lines with quality. The company has a zero error policy, which has its own methodolog y and is based on ISO/TS 16949:2002 certification. The ISO 14001:2004 environmental audit ensures that none of the work carried out harms the environment.

Customer Support Customers are given support throughout the entire process chain. Tools, parts and processes are developed and accompanied from every stage, from the concept to prototype right through to mass production, and in most cases the customer is closely involved. The company has virtually no limitations as regards the demands on punching and bending technolog y, thanks to its four decades of expertise combined with modern technology.

“Customers judge us on our technology park,” says chief technical officer Harald Wurster.

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“The tool isn’t the be all and end all any more. Being able to provide a complete manufacturing process has become just as important,” says Mr Kolb (L)

every job is already well in hand.”

D e ve lop m e nt a s we l l a s sample and tool manufacture form a major pa r t of the company’s range of services.

Development is carried out and samples produced; there then follows a test phase with the customer, computer simulations are produced and finally tools ready for use are manufactured.

The compatibility levels of the machines enable anything up to four different work steps to be integrated seamlessly into the process one after the other. The fact that automatic punching presses are involved not only in the development phase and the manufacturing of samples and tools at the compa ny but a lso in the production stage has further inherent advantages.

Transferring prototypes into production can be done without any idle time, and everything runs smoothly right from the first moment since the machines and the feeders come from the same ma nufacturer a nd the sa me facilitie s a re used in production. The tools, which are developed usually stay in-house at the company to produce the parts for the customers under contract manufacture.

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tools developed in-house, which can be implemented twice in a row at up to 2,000 strokes per minute. They can be worked in a shift system, providing output and flexibility.

P re ci sion i s to w it h i n a hundredth of a millimetre – due in no sma ll pa r t to the transmission system, which the machines have. This precision has a real effect on the reliability of the facilities and means that

tool wear is considerably reduced thanks to the high degree of accuracy in terms of evenness and feeding.

Annual maintenance costs are under 0.2 percent of the turnover created by each machine and the operability also leads to time savings of around 15 percent when it comes to setting up and adapting.

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Bruderer: Automatic High-Performance Presses BSTA 510-125B, an automatic press by Bruderer offers a larger tool loading area of 1,250 mm. It brings flexibility combined with value for money. Punching with a force of 510 kN and a speed of 100 to maximum 1,050 strokes per minute, it is seen as a multi-use automatic press.

The press can handle small lot sizes as well as mass production and can be used for a large variety of applications and materials, no matter how complex the components to be produced may be. MEN

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Simulation of casting processes is coined by some as a leap of innovation that revolutionises a technology thousands of years old. By Karola Thews, Magmasoft

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asting is one of the technolog ie s t hat drove the progress of civilisation, and later, the development of nations. Indeed, the innovation steps of casting materials are used to name the periods between the Stone Age and the New Age. Until the late 20th century the innovations were few and far between. The foundryman could only learn little about what happened during the filling of the mould and the solidification process because the mould was a ‘black box’. The processes of filling and solidification, including the creation of characteristic casting properties, were hidden from observation.

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centuries by an infinite number of trials and errors. The foundry was a place of phenomenological science, which needed a ‘knowing artist’ to execute it.

This changed in the 1980s, when the market saw the first software for the simulation of castings. With this software it was possible to visualise flow and solidification behaviours in casting moulds to enable their analysis and optimisation. The basis for a deeper understanding of casting technology had been created – it could evolve from phenomenology to an exact science.

In The Foundry Casting simulation means more than simply modelling the casting process and visualising it on the monitor screen. It allows for

the computer aided, thorough opt i m i sat ion of t he e nt i re development and production process, beginning with the design through the casting process to the final machining of part. Before simulation visualised the process in the mould, there was a big ‘blind spot’ exactly in this location.

It was indeed possible to design a casting using CAD systems and to predict mechanical properties required by the application.

However, the results of an individual pour could not be calculated and the foundry personnel needed to develop all process parameters under the utilisation of tremendous amounts of material and energy, as well as the ‘secret knowledge’ of the foundry engineer, in addition to a painful, slow, and error prone trial and error procedure.

It therefore could happen that it was discovered very late in this process that the casting was not manufacturable or, even worse; the realisation of complex parts was not even tried, as it appeared as not feasible to find a reasonable casting process layout. It was also difficult to determine the exact costs of casting or the entire production cycle. Finally, it is also not possible to predict the condition of a die

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Simulation lifts the secrets from the casting process and allows it to be calculated in any manner

after the ten thousands pouring cycle by running casting test trials or if it even survives that long.

Simulation lifts the secrets from the casting process and allows it to be calculated in any manner.

Right away, in the computer, it can be evaluated if a casting can be realised, how the casting process, the mould and the heat treatment need to be laid out to produce a casting with the desired properties.

Casting process simulation also improves the communication within foundries and between foundries, as well as designers and machining facilities. Now it is indeed possible to talk about the central casting process.

U n t i l n o w, t h e c a s t i n g knowledge was kept inside the heads of foundry engineers.

Currently, a mathematically and visually plausible result of a casting simulation is available and can be presented to and discussed with coworkers, managers, partners and customers.

Germany – Productive & Leading Through Simulation Casting process simulation is more than a methodology to optimise production processes. It is also responsible for the fact that the German foundry industry is a leader in productivity and quality. Around 87,000 employees in 600 mostly medium sized foundries generate revenues of €14 billion (US$18.7 billion). This makes Germany first in Europe and fifth worldwide.

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For the German key industries, automotive a nd mecha nica l engineering, the productive and qualitative strength of the foundry industry is an essential pillar of its success. Certain complex castings are therefore produced predominantly in Germany. ie: 70 percent of castings for wind power stations are provided

by G er ma n foundr ie s. T his strength is due to a significant pa r t of the production a nd business processes optimised by simulation.

The Green Foundry The production of one metric tonne of cast iron requires on average approximately 1,000 kWh electricity and 100 kg coke, including their inherent emissions. Considering that only in Germany 5.9 million metric tonnes of metal melt (4.8 million steel and iron, 1.1 million non-ferrous alloys, according to the annual report 2008 of German Foundry Association) are poured every year, it becomes clear how much energy efficient ‘green’ foundries can contribute to climate preservation and improvement.

Casting process simulation can provide an essential contribution: up to 10 percent can be saved in energy and related climate damaging emissions if a process is optimised using simulation.

Above a nd beyond the optimisation of cost structures in corporations, simulation enables the entrance into an environmentally responsible casting production.

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Simulation In Foundries: The Benefits

The casting process development for a given part requires less casting trials. This reduces material costs and time-to-market tremendously.

The casting process can be predicted more accurately, so that less material and energy needs to be provided. Savings are realised directly in regard to material and energy costs, but also indirectly, ie: in regard to logistics.

The casting patterns and moulds, the most expensive production tools, can be laid out in an optimal manner and their lifecycle can be estimated more accurately.

The price calculation of castings, which was often inaccurate prior to simulation, is now mathematically based and with much higher confidence.

This results in increased profitability in combination with reduced risk through miscalculated quotes for foundries. MEN

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A place to be in touch with the latest technology in the metalworking world, a chance to get reacquainted with associates, SIMTOS 2010 represents a starting point for many as they cast their eyes well into 2010 and beyond. By Joson Ng

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Organised as one of the five largest machine tool exhibition in the world, the internationality of the show was evident when foreign exhibitors from 27 countries took part in the show. Of the foreign exhibitors, Germany had the highest number of companies participating, followed by Japan, Taiwan, USA and China.

Organisers & Events Organised by KOMMA, the show was supported by Ministry of Education, Science Technology, Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Korea Trade Investment Promotion A genc y, Kore a Cha mber of

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The 14th installment of the show came at the back of a successful SIMTOS 2008 where accommodating capacity of KINTEX was fully utilised. In addition to the exhibition, SIMTOS 2010 was also an event where visitors could go for business meetings, maintenance workshop, machine tool technology seminar, CAD/CAM conference and advance industrial robot technology seminar.

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One On One With KOMMA Chairman Strengths & Challenges

Mr Ryu is confident of meeting the forecasted production value of 2010

One of the highlights in the South Korean machine tool industry calendar is arguably SIMTOS (Seoul International Machine Tool Show). The event this year shows an array of metalworking equipment ranging from machine tools, cutting tools, metrology products, software solutions, modular parts and advanced processing equipment.

For Hung-Mock Ryu, chairman of KOMMA (Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association), this event is the biggest of its kind in South Korea and its appeal, according to him is growing beyond the shores of the country. “Right now at SIMTOS 2010, some 60 percent of the exhibitors are international companies giving the event much internationality compared to other shows in the region which only 20 percent of the exhibitors hails from abroad,” he says.

East Asia, a region of bustling economic development has churned out nations of machine tool manufacturer of real pedigree.

A s s u c h , t h e S o u t h Ko r e a n manufacturer s must continue to innovate to stay competitive.

Showing confidence in his members, Mr Ryu notes that, “the price and quality,” of South Korean made machine tools is their strength, resulting in “the growing reputation” of South Korean brands overseas.

Riding on the good Korean brand name, Mr Ryu has set his sights on China, identifying it as a hotspot.

The country according to Mr Ryu, used to buy machine tools from Germany and Japan as they produce good performance and productivity.

But in recent years, South Korean manufacturers are exporting their machines into China, as they are, “very competitive at cost while maintaining productivity.”

Though identifying China as a hotspot, the middle kingdom is also a competitor in the sales of machine tools, particularly in recent times.

Responding to queries on how the association view the relatively low labour cost in China, he says: “We are aware that China has low labour cost so in order to counter that, we have improved our productivity.”

Moving away from China he says that India is another country the association is targeting. One of the ways to get in touch he shares is to invite delegates and buyers from a particular country over to visit SIMTOS. For example, the association has invited buyers from India and as

far as Turkey to attend the show with all expenses paid.

According to figures released by KOMMA, the forecasted production value for the Korean machine tool for 2010 is US$4 billion. Although the number is significantly higher than the figure in 2009, Mr Ryu remains optimistic.

“Last year (2009), some US$4 billion is expected, as you know, the orders were down due to the global recession. It did pick up from the second half of last year and we ended the year with US$2.6 billion. Comparing the 2010 target to 2008, where we amounted some US$4.3 billion, US$4 billion is not an unachievable target in 2010. In fact we are confident of hitting that mark,” he says.

Promoting The Show: Reaching Out Though SIMTOS is a trade event, the slogan on the website aims to bring the event to the general public. Touted ‘the new industrial revolution’ by the organiser, Mr Ryu explains the usage of the eye catching line.

“Not a lot of people know about industrial manufacturing. By posting a line like this on our website, we hope to attract people from the general market,” he says.

In addition, in line with the policy of reaching out to the masses, the organiser also allow tertiary students to visit the event for free. For Mr Ryu, it makes perfect sense as well as he concludes: “They are potentially our future customers.”

Enquiry No. 4502 Seminars and press conferences were enthusiastically attended by many

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Exhibitor’s Voice Delivering profitability is the name of the game for Mr Harpaz

IMC: Delivering Profitability With a management philosophy of aiming high, Jacob Harpaz, president and CEO of International Metalworking Companies (IMC) feels that setting a high target is the way to victory. Participating in SIMTOS, the group, which consist of companies like Taegutec, Iscar, Ingersoll and Tungaloy amongst others, occupied a sizable booth at this year’s show in Seoul, South Korea.

S p e a k i n g to A s i a P a c i f i c Metalworking Equipment News at the show, Mr Harpaz sees SIMTOS as a show where opportunities are in abundance.

“South Korea is one of the first countries to get out of the financial crisis. Due to the lesson learnt in 1998, they were out of the crisis fast as well.

As such, this important show in the South Korean metalworking industry presents a golden opportunitiy for us and Taegutec in particular as customers are looking for products that generate high productivity.”

In keeping with the positive mood, he feels while many companies may dream of financial performances to match the level of 2008, Taegutec have, “already surpassed its performance in

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2008.” This optimism can partly be due to a simple logic, according to Mr Harpaz.

“I do not think people go to work riding a horse these days. Therefore even when the sales of new machine tools are down, the existing machines still need cutting tools. These tools can improve productivity in the old machines. For those who postponed the acquisition of new machine tools, they need better cutting tools in order to compensate the difference in technology between old and new machine tools,” he says.

Continuing, he adds: “The biggest market for cutting tools are the automotive and general engineering industry, which takes up 70 percent of the total market. They are already or currently experiencing recovery in South Korea, India and Japan.”

Staying Competitive In order to stay competitive in the world of cutting tools, Mr Harpaz feels that, “delivering profitability to customers by introducing innovative products,” will help the company cement their strong position in the market. He also believes that productivity, particular in

a market like China, is crucial.

Says Mr Harpaz: “The labour cost is less important now with the new generation of machine because they are fully automated. Furthermore, the labour cost in China is also climbing.

Unlike 10 years ago, the companies know in order to survive, they need to improve their productivity.”

“Surviving on low labour cost,” he says, “is no longer workable in China.” In terms of getting in on a bigger piece of market share in the middle kingdom, he says, requires “the need to get close to the source of demand.” As such, the group has invested in production factories in China, producing hightech products.

Overcoming Challenges T h e e ve r- d e m a n d i n g d e s i g n specifications and complexity of parts may be a problem for machine tools manufacturers. Designing a suitable and accurate machine to measure those high precision parts is probably the challenge for all metrology equipment developers. For cutting tools makers, Mr Harpaz feels they have their fair share of difficulties.

He says: “When a new material comes into the market, there are difficulties for cutting tool maker to develop tools to machine them. For example, the aerospace industry is moving from titanium, stainless steel and aluminium to composite materials.

This shift represents a new demand for a different type of cutting tool. For that reason, we are always working to developing new cutting tools.”

W h e t h e r i t i s ove r c o m i n g challenges posed by the influx of new exotic materials or coming up with new strategies to keep the group ahead of its competitors, a sure win formula according to Mr Harpaz is to always aim high, and success will follow.

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he ability to pierce metal plate is a necessity for many fabricators and steel processing centres.

Using plasma, rather than oxyfuel, is most desirable as it means faster piercing times, faster cut speeds, and a cleaner finished product. And speed, as we all know, translates into higher productivity and profitability.

However, despite plasma’s many benefits, some companies find piercing thicker material over 1.25 inches difficult with plasma. They are not alone.

Several factors often left operators with a torch filled with melted consumables, or consumables covered in a quick layer of dross. Today, with improvements in plasma torch and consumable design, the piercing capabilities of plasma are better.

Successfully Piercing Thicker Plates With

Plasma

New technology combines with old technique for piercing perfection.

By Aaron Brandt, business team leader for mechanised systems, Hypertherm

Piercing Techniques

The Piercing Process When piercing with a plasma torch, the plasma arc attaches to the top surface of the plate and transfers enough energy to melt the metal near the top. This molten material must then be removed, usually accomplished with the non-current carrying cold gas and the plasma shielding gas.

Operators of plasma systems employ various techniques, either alone or in combination with other methods, to address the limitations of piercing thick metals.

Stationary Pierce Method

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plate, the torch drops to the cut height a nd begins the cut. If there is a significant slag puddle on the surface of the plate, the torch can remain at an elevated height until the torch motion has moved beyond the pierce puddle.

This is the simplest and most straightforward piercing technique currently used in the industry. Limitations of this technique include damage to torch and consumables as well as increased operating costs.

Low Transfer/Stretch Arc Method

In this method, the torch is raised once the plasma arc has transferred to the plate, stretching the arc.

By increasing the distance between the torch and the plate, the torch and shield are somewhat removed

from the path of the material being ejected.

A major drawback of this method is that the elevated torch height, when combined with the depth of the hole, can drive voltages to a very high level, thereby increasing the probability that the arc will lose energy and even snap out.

While the impact to the torch and consumables is reduced using higher pierce heights, the resulting pierce times are generally longer and not all lifters and controllers can perform this technique.

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As this molten material is removed, the arc transfers the energy to the bottom of the pierce hole and melts deeper into the plate. This process continues as the arc penetrates deeper into the plate until it is through. As piercing takes place and the hole becomes deeper, three limiting factors begin to impact the process.

Physics Of Limitations On Plasma Piercing The first is associated with the energy transfer to the bottom of the hole. This transfer of energy is reduced as the hole becomes deeper and the arc transfers its energy not only to the bottom of the hole but to the sides as well, enlarging the hole near the top of the plate and slowing the rate of pierce progression.

As the hole becomes deeper and wider, the distance between the torch and the work-piece lengthens, increasing the arc voltage and the chances of the arc going out. Even if the power supply has enough voltage to maintain the arc, the longer pierce times mean the torch is kept over the hot molten steel for a longer period of time, which begins to melt the consumables, particularly the shield.

The second limiting factor is associated with the fluid dynamics of removing the molten material from the hole. Cold plasma gas and shield gas are supposed to blow the molten slag out of the hole and away from the pierce. However, as the hole becomes deeper, this becomes more difficult. As a result, gas flow tends to puddle at the bottom.

The third and most impactful factor limiting piercing of thick metals is the effect of the molten material coming out of the pierce hole. Much of it winds up on the end of the torch.

As the torch sits directly over the metal being pierced, heat and molten metal travel back to the torch. As the temperature of the torch (particularly the shield) increases, molten material more readily adheres to it.

This transfers even greater levels of heat into the shield, creating a continuously increasing condition of slag adhesion and heat buildup.

This progressive buildup of slag can block vent holes, block the main orifice and affect the torch’s initial height sensing; all of which negatively impact pierce capability and cut quality. Eventually, the shield and even the nozzle can melt.

Any molten metal that does not wind up on the torch, often winds up on top of the plate. This significant puddle, which usually forms on the top surface of the plate around the edge of the pierce hole, can cover a large area of the plate and be quite thick.

If the torch runs through this slag after it has begun to solidify, damage will occur to the tip of the torch (usually the shield).

Using a torch lifter with voltage control provides the ability to raise the torch over this puddle and prevent physical contact, but the

Double Pierce Method

Moving Pierce Method

With the moving pierce technique, the torch is positioned over the plate some distance from the desired pierce point. Shortly after the plasma arc has transferred to the plate, the torch motion begins. As the piercing process takes place and the torch moves, the plasma arc penetration depth increases, creating a trough that directs the molten material and sparks

The most telling factor limiting piercing of thick metals is the effect of the molten material coming out of the pierce hole

away from the torch, in the opposite direction of motion, instead of directly back at the torch.

Operators using this technique need to ensure their lead-in lengths are long enough to allow full penetration of the material.

Operators also need to be extra cautious as a ‘rooster tail’ of sparks can spray off the cutting table and potentially cause a fire.

The double pierce process starts by positioning the torch over the plate at the maximum transfer height of the system. Continue the same process as with a stationary pierce, until molten material begins to spray back at the torch. This usually occurs when the pierce is about half way through the material. Shut off the plasma arc, clean the slag from the

plate and reposition the torch to the side of the partially pierced hole as though for an edge start.

Finish the process by piercing a second time through the plate. Because the torch is positioned at the edge of the partial hole, the molten material will spray away from the torch. Although this technique can greatly increase the piercing capability of a plasma system, drawbacks include significantly larger pierce holes, increased material waste and much longer piercing times.

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action of raising the torch during the cut can cause striations in the cut edge as it passes through the slag puddle.

The best way around this problem is to provide a sufficiently long lead-in to the cut, preventing the torch path from crossing the slag puddle. As a general rule of thumb, a lead in equal to the material thickness being cut is usually recommended.

Addressing Limitations Of Plasma Piercing The limitation to piercing thick metal plate with regards to the removal of molten material from the hole, can be addressed through various piercing techniques. Stationary piercing, low transfer/stretch arc piercing, moving and double piercing techniques can all help the removal process.

The third and most impactful factor which limits the use of plasma to pierce thick metal is primarily associated with the molten metal that gets blown onto the torch and consumables, especially the shield.

There really is no way to keep molten metal from hitting the torch.

However, engineers have found a way to keep the metal from staying there. Engineers at Hypertherm discovered they could reduce the metal’s tendency to stick to the shield by lowering the shield’s temperature. They got to work experimenting with different cooling methods before coming up

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with a way to aim coolant at the part of the shield exposed to the most molten metal. The engineers decided to employ a closed loop cooling system, which directly contacted a flange on the back side of the shield.

During testing, the engineering team used water as a coolant, controlling its temperature with a chiller/heater. During laboratory testing, the engineers settled upon three different temperatures: 3 deg C, 29 deg C, and 57 deg C. The testing involved piercing 1.5 inch thick mild steel plate with Hypertherm’s HPR400XD. The plan was to use the 400 amp oxygen system to make 300 pierces. The shield and the shield cap were weighed prior to the start of the test and after every 25 pierces to monitor the accumulated slag on the shield. This was done until the 300 pierces had been completed.

When the shield temperature was maintained (via the coolant) at 57 deg C, the sum of the slag through the duration of the test was 198 grams. At 29 deg C, the team saw a small but significant drop measuring 175 grams of slag after the 300 pierces.

The big change came when the shield temperature was dropped to 3 deg C. At that point only 31 grams of slag was measured.

By incorporating this technology into plasma torch and consumable design, the piercing capabilities of plasma are extended.

Engineers have discovered they could reduce the metal’s tendency to stick to the shield by lowering the shield’s temperature

The company estimates it is now possible to production pierce mild steel up to 2 inches thick, opening up the benefits of plasma to more and more companies. In addition, specialised techniques, can improve consumable life even further, since a cooler shield also prevents issues with melting.

Advances such as this one are benefitting companies who can now use plasma, instead of slower or more expensive methods, to expand their customer base and the work they are able to do.

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Fast & Powerful Plasma System

Hypertherm has developed the HyPerformance Plasma HPR400XD. The plasma system cuts faster and for longer periods of time at half the operating cost, according to the maker.

It cuts at speeds 30 percent faster than the company’s earlier prototype HPR260. Targeted at heavy industries and shipbuilding, it can pierce metal 60 percent thicker than the HPR260 and 25 percent thicker than any other amperage systems. MEN Enquiry No. 4506

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Developments For High Speed Machining

High Speed Machining (HSM) today has taken off thanks to developments by makers of machine tools, machine controls, software, and cutting tools as well as research institutions.

Contributed by Jeremy Lim, marketing communications, Sandvik Coromant SEA

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he practical truth of any machining process, including HSM, is that the result is only as good as the capability of the machine tool, software and cutting tool.

To ol de ve lopme nt s towa rd higher performance in HSM have been ongoing for several years now with results showing up in applications.

Milling is a central part of HSM processes and innovations here have affected performance for many die and mould applications. Speed is the key word in HSM, be it spindle speed, cutting speed, or feed speed.

HSM can be approached by way of high cutting speed or high feed

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In the past, HSM was very much focussed on high spindle speeds, with ranges of 8,000 to 100,000. A lot of applications were experimentally driven by the machine tool and aerospace industry that were early at establishing applications.

Practically in machine shops, however, spindle speeds were kept in the lower ranges of HSM. New Milling Of Aluminium Dies When it comes to HSM and indexable insert tools, secure insert retention is a priority. The increasingly high spindle speeds and table feeds in milling machines, especially those involved in aluminium machining,

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Tool developments toward higher performance in HSM have been ongoing for several years now with results showing up in applications

The tool-diameter range of 10 to 25 mm is one, which is inhabited by both types of endmills and represents a broad area employing many tools from both types.

It is here that exchangeabletop endmills come into their right without excluding either indexable insert (best for highproductive roughing to semifinishing) or solid carbide (best for semi-finishing to superfinishing) endmills from their most suitable operations. As the third choice, removable top endmills offer an optimisation potential throughout an overlapping area. brings with it high centrifugal forces and consequently large loads on the insert-retention elements.

Finite element methods for analysing the load distribution is especially valuable in developing satisfactory solutions and a quicker route to working prototypes for indexable insert cutters for HSM. Establishing the best design for channels and outlets in the cutter bodies for coolant supply to, in the best way, assist in the removing of swarf can then also be carried out. This has resulted in a new generation of HSM-tools for aluminium-alloy machining.

Indexable Solid Carbide Tooling Solid carbide cutting tools, especially with smaller tool dia meters a re used w idely t hroug hout die a nd mou ld machining of various materials.

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solid carbide tooling for small to medium size endmill diameters.

Up to now, marginal in-road has been made in this area, pointing out potential benefits as well as shortcomings. However, a new tool-concept can exploit this area more fully.

Even though indexable insert technology has a lot to offer, modern solid-carbide cutting action, with long, radial cutting edges as well as full axial-feed capability, provides some important advantages – especially when tool diameters are smaller rather than larger.

High levels of accuracy, surface finish, tooth engagement and lightcut capability are a few of them. But with indexable insert tooling, the concept of being able to quickly and easily change only the part of the tool that cuts, and to develop this part optimally, provides additional advantages.

Indexable insert endmills are made in diameters down to 12 mm, below which handling and clamping of inserts become unpractical. Solid carbide endmills on the other hand have diameters of tenths of a mm.

Insert Grade For Higher Speed When it comes to insert grade development for higher cutting speeds with indexable insert milling cutters, dedication of the insertgrade is required, especially when productivity is a more prominent issue than machining versatility.

When metal removal rates and cycle times are high priorities in die and mould milling and machining conditions are good, the all round grade may not be a good enough performer. Crater wear, thermal cracking and plastic deformation may begin to appear to an increasing extent when higher cutting speeds, long edge-engagement times and harder materials are involved, which then impair tool-life length and predictability.

To achieve higher machining security when cutting data needs to be elevated, wear resistance needs to be a clear priority over toughness. Consequently, the move to a harder, ISO P20 insert grade should be considered for steel dies.

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To improve machining further, steel-die milling should generally be considered to be performed without any coolant.

Dry milling is to be preferred because in today’s high machining rates it is hard for even high amounts of coolant to have much effect at the cutting edge. Most of it is vapourised and the rest only serves to intermittently cool the insert as it goes in and out of cut.

In this way, the thermal variations are amplified which has more of a negative effect on the insert than actual high temperatures.

A modern coated insert grade, dedicated to the higher-speed area of steel milling, will have the capability to provide high security at the temperatures generated by high cutting speed and feed without coolant. Most grades will, however, function well in both dry and wet conditions.

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Limited Depths Of Cut But Higher Feeds & Speeds The trend in today’s CNC-milling in many die and mould shops is for higher feed rates and smaller depths of cut, once roughing has been performed. This is kind to the machine tool and enhances results.

Power limitation is also a growing factor, especially in ISO taper 40 and 30 machining centres. The higher speeds and feeds of today’s machines also mean that machining shoulders and faces through repeated passes with smaller-diameter milling cutters can be more efficient.

These factors helped to set the direction for developing a generation square-shoulder facemill. In some applications the capability to machine a large radius is crucial to componentdesign demands and necessitates a milling cutter with a broad range of standard, tailor-made or special insert radii.

Conclusion & New Horizons HSM milling has been elevated in performance into new areas thanks to various cutting tool developments.

Machining aluminium dies with high speeds and feeds is improved with a new indexable insert endmill concept to rapidly route out material.

The new indexable insert cutter is based partly on a completely new insert to cutter-body interface, which retains the insert at high spindle speeds. Making the best of both worlds, the invention of a completely new coupling between cutter body and exchangeable tool tops has given solid carbide tool machining new horizons.

The development of new-coated cemented carbide insert grades directly affects the durability of inserts at high cutting speeds.

A new development in square shoulder endmilling with indexable inserts has given milling in die and mould making a new dimension.

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CoroMill 490, the milling cutter that can shoulder mill, face mill, edge, contour, slice, slot, in all materials, can now take up to 10 mm depth of cut.

The release in the CoroMill 490 family from Sandvik Coromant is a 14 mm insert designed for larger depths of cut and engagements up to 10 mm. Insert size is introduced in a program of cutter bodies in diameter range 40 – 250 mm and in grades and geometries for steel and cast iron machining.

This universal milling package is flexible, has low operating costs and saves magazine space, typically reducing machining costs by 25 percent. MEN Enquiry No. 4508

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Industrialists can benefit from meeting new manufacturing technologies from 350 brands across 16 countries, as well as participating in business-inducing activities. Part of Manufacturing Expo 2010, the exhibition will house International Pavilions to showcase the latest industrial potentiality of each country.

Thai Automotive Industry’s Growth The recent demands for automotive parts and electronics parts are ascending worldwide due to the eco-car boom, continuous growth of consumer electronics, as well as their accessories. For the increase of Thai automotive and auto parts industry alone, Srirat Rastapana, director-general of Department of Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, recently revealed a 60.2 percent export growth, which valued US$3,324 million, in the first two months of this year.

Moreover, Thai automotive industry is viable to keep on growing since many leading automotive companies have confidence in investing in Thailand, such as following cases: BMW invested in Thailand as the only country outside Germany to produce its famous 7-series model; General Motor and Ford are establishing new factories in Thailand this year; Nissan will shift all of its March series production to Thailand, which is also the

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first time for Japanese automaker to manufacture top-selling car outside the country; Isuzu, Nissan, and Toyota have been conducting intensive R&D in Thailand for a course of time; and also that Suzuki confirmed its THB75 billion (US$2.3 billion) eco-car venture in Thailand previous year, with high possibility of partaking joint venture with Volkswagen for ecocar productions.

Therefore, as the automotive and auto parts industries ascend substantially, this fact causes

soaring demands for new moulds and dies, since they are considered as the mother of all manufacturing industries. In this healthy competition, manufacturing industrialists need to keep updated with new mould and die technologies to provide for the evergrowing industries.

BITEC Bangkok, Thailand June 24 – 27, 2010 Enquiry No. 4601

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TA Vi e t n a m w i l l return to Ho Chi Minh City from July 6 – 9, 2010 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), with a stronger and bigger showing for its seventh edition. The exhibition will see a 20 percent increase from the year before. Featuring a projected 280 exhibitors from 25 countries/ regions, the exhibition will showcase the latest machine tools and solutions.

Visitors to this year’s show will get to see offerings from Italy at the Italian Pavilion. It is joined by returning international pavilions from Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

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The show’s range of exhibits hails from international brand names, who have chosen the exhibition as their platform to showcase their products and solutions, forge business

relations and exchange insights on manufacturing trends.

These international brands range from manufacturers and providers of sheet metal cutting/metalforming

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machine tools, metalcutting machine tools, testing and measurement systems, cutting tools and tooling systems and accessories.

Bustling Economy Vietnam’s economic and industry recovery has driven exhibitors to make a strong return to MTA Vietnam in 2010. According to Vietnam’s General Statistics Office, the country’s economy will grow by about six percent in the first quarter of this year; nearly double the rate for the same quarter of last year.

In recent years, Vietnam has become one of the most attractive destinations for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In 2009, the country saw US$21.4 billion in FDI, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with the manufacturing industry being one of the top interests of investors.

The industry attracted a capital sum of US$2.97 billion last year.

“With outlook looking positive, manufacturers in Vietnam are well-positioned to capitalise on the upturn. The show plays a key role in supporting the industry’s growth by bringing in productive technologies and solutions. As an international business-tobusiness event, the show will see a large volume of relevant trade buyers from Vietnam and the rest of the world will come to the show to network and explore business opportunities,” said William Lim, project director for MTA Vietnam.

Support For The Show Vietnamese government and associations continue their support for the show. These include Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and People’s Committee of HCMC. Other associations who have endorsed the event include the Vietnam Automation Association, Vietnam Automobile

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Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam July 6 – 9, 2010 Enquiry No. 4602 May-Jun 2010 metalworking equipment news

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outed the ‘largest and only’ manufacturing event in Hanoi for the first half of 2010 by the organisers, Vietnam Manufacturing Expo will feature innovative technologies from around the world for four key manufacturing sectors.

The event incorporates four international exhibitions on machinery and technologies for industrial parts manufacturing including ‘InterPlas Vietnam 2010’, ‘InterMold Vietnam 2010’, ‘Automotive Manufacturing Vietnam 2010’ and ‘Automation Vietnam 2010’.

Together they are the domain of business opportunities where machinery and tool providers get connected with prospective buyers and partners in plastic and rubber manufacturing, mould and die making, auto parts manufacturing, and automated manufacturing technology sectors.

Visitors will discover innovations from 200 brands from 20 countries, including international pavilions from China, India, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. The Thai pavilion will feature Thai mould makers, subcontractors, and Thai manufacturers of custom-made machinery. While serving the manufacturing industry, the event will be co-located with another

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exhibition serving the electronic parts manufacturing industry called NEPCON Vietnam 2010.

The show is a part of a NEPCON series of events organised in eight countries across Asia. Moreover, the show is branching out new profile in safety and security as this area has become a global challenge and is a major concern for all industries.

Visitors will discover innovations from 200 brands

Results From 2009 Nichapa Yoswee, MD of Reed Tradex Company, revealed that Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2009 closed with success. Throughout all three show days, a total of 7,377 visitors attended the show and were impressed with the new technologies and trends of Vietnamese manufacturing.

Machines have been purchased to uplift the level of production.

Partnerships have been built to connect international machinery and technology providers with the Vietnamese businesses and markets. New knowledge and experiences have been exchanged.

“We believe in Vietnam. No one can deny the evident growth of Vietnamese manufacturing.

Vietnamese industrialists must quicken their steps so that they can have the necessary technologies.

Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2010 will serve all industries needs and will be organised from May 20 – 22, 2010 at ICE Hanoi, cultural place, Hanoi,” said Ms Yoswee.

“This is where they will find the answers to their quests for new ways to work and new channels to profit. Under one roof, over 200 exhibiting companies from 20 countries will come from around the world to showcase the latest of their innovations and solutions,” she added.

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awareness, market expansion, and entry into the desired target groups in a direct manner. Buyers visit the exhibition to see the machinery and technologies from all over the world, which will give them ideas to develop and improve their capability and competitiveness.”

“Over three days of the show, more than 7,000 visitors are expected. So this is an important

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Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam October 7 – 9, 2010 Enquiry No. 4604

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etalex Vietnam, part of ‘Metalex’ event in ASEAN, has once again repeated its position as ‘Vietnam’s comprehensive machine tool and metalworking event’, and has scheduled its next installment during October 7 – 9, 2010 at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Nguyen Van Linh Parkway, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Some 500 global brands from 25 countries, 7,000 buyers, 20 conferences and technology presentations are expected to take place this year.

Says Nichapa Yoswee, MD of Reed Tradex Company: “Considering the current economic challenge, a quality international exhibition is a great and cost effective investment tool for industrialists and manufacturers. Sellers use the exhibition as a tool to maintain brand

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siamold with its fair concept from design to prototyping to series production is one of the mould and die industry exhibitions in the region. Receiving t h o u s a n d s o f p ro f e s s i o n a l buyers and senior decision makers from the likes of Canon, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Panasonic and Siemens, 80 percent of last year’s exhibitors have already confirmed their participation in the upcoming edition to be held at the Polyworld Trade Centre Expo from September 15 – 17, 2010.

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China’s Mould & Die Market Going Strong The China’s mould and die market continues to grow at a steady pace.

The total import and export value for the first nine months in 2009 was US$2.8 billion, with imports valued at US$1.47 billion and exports US$1.33 billion.

The majority of moulds being imported and exported during this timeframe were plastic, with market stakes of 50 percent and 71 percent, after which, came die casting moulds, with imports of 11 percent and exports of 19 percent.

Competitive labour rates and increasing domestic demand for motor vehicles have led a growing number of major auto brands in recent years to relocate their manufacturing operations to China.

In 2009, China surpassed both the US and Japan to become the world’s number one market and manufacturer of automobiles. Auto production in China reached 13.8 million units last year, up 48 percent from 2008. Industry experts predict that China’s auto market will grow by one million units each year for the next 10 years.

Automold Zone & Plastics Design Zone In view of the considerable potential existing for the production of auto components and the growing demand for specialised auto moulds in China, 70 percent of the Automold Zone has already been reserved.

To meet the market needs of the plastics industry, a plastics design zone will be launched. Suppliers of hot-running technology, related materials, injection technology, engineering and CAD/CAM will be gathered together under one roof for easy sourcing.

Asiamold is organised by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt, in cooperation with DEMAT and the Hong Kong Mould and Die Council. The 2009 show was hailed an international success, 298 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions participated in the event, which received 10,468 buyers from 38 countries and regions.

Poly World Trade Centre Expo Guangzhou, China September 15 – 17, 2010 Enquiry No. 4605

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Ceratizit: Milling Cutter

Dimension 3D Printing: 3D Printing Cleaning System Dimension 3D Printing, a brand of Stratasys has developed WaveWash, an eco-friendly cleaning system that dissolves the support material from models made with Dimension 3D Printers.

The cleaning system requires no gloves, goggles or other protective wear, and the pH level of the cleaning solution generally meets drain water requirements worldwide.

The system was developed to make the 3D printing process nearly effortless and provide a turnkey solution to customers. The cleaning system is as easy to use as a household dishwasher. It automatically fills with water and drains at the end of the cycle.

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Ceratizit has developed MaxiMill 274 particularly with pro ce ss rel iabil it y and exact machining of turbine blade in mind. The inserts for MaxiMill 274 have eight cutting edges, which are particularly suitable for high-tensile materials. Minimum cutting forces ensure clean component surfaces and adherence to close tolerances.

The milling cutter combines low power consumption with reduced cutting noise and minimum vibration.

Insert’s clearance angle of 25 deg allows favourable positioning in the tool. Easy handling and good accessibility when using the torque tool ensure short set-up times. Coolant holes guarantee sufficient cooling and maximum feed rates.

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Gravograph: Marking On Metals & Plastics

Gravograph, provider of laser engraving solutions, has developed a laser solution for marking on metals and plastics: the LS100EX YAG. Made up of a platform that can house an object with a maximum volume of 610 x 305 x 145 mm, coupled with a YAG 12W source, it presents the advantage of being able to mark hard or reflecting materials (black or stainless steel) as well as classic materials.

The product is aimed at applications involving personalisation of objects (business gifts, trophies) and technical marking applications for industrial parts (tools, name plates, instrumentation, metal parts).

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Hexagon Metrology: Portable 3D Measuring Arms

Hexagon Metrology introduces a generation of Romer portable 3D measuring arms to the market. The Romer Absolute Arm is a measuring arm that has absolute encoders, a development that will simplify the inspection process. This technology avoids the earlier need with all measuring arms to initialise the encoders – now the user can simply switch the machine on and start measuring.

The arm is notable for its low weig ht a nd systemat ic, ergonomic design. Additional grip positions and a balanced main tube ensure the operator can work product ively w it hout fatigue during the inspection.

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Haas: New Generation VMCs For 2010

Iscar: Inserts To Widen Milling Coverage

For 2010, Haas has redesigned its VF product line to incorporate a wide range of enhancements, making the VMCs better. The company’s engineers reviewed all aspects of the machines – including motion control, coolant containment, chip evacuation, ergonomics, and serviceability – made improvements, and put everything into an all-new package.

To ensure smooth, precise motion control, the 2010 VMCs use next-generation digital servomotors and high-resolution encoders on all axes. Combined with significant software and motor-control advancements on the machines, these yield higher accelerations and better surface-finish performance.

Iscar has developed inserts for Helido 490-17 cutters. They can improve milling i n a w ide r ra n ge of applications including heav y roughing, sharper corners, stainless steel, titanium and superalloys as well as wrought or hardened alloy steels.

All the additions are double-sided squares with helical cutting edges for gentler, quieter cutting.

They have the low-friction Sumo Tec surface treatment to improve tool life by 30 percent on the average.

The three line additions include inserts with a 0.4 mm nose radius, which is a sharp-edged insert for high feed rough milling and side plunging of a wide range of metals; and a reinforced insert suitable for heavy roughing, interrupted cuts and other unfavorable conditions.

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Jenoptik: Thermographic Camera

Mori Seiki: High Speed HMCs

VarioTherm InSb, a thermographic camera, has been developed by Jenoptik. Designed for industry and research institutes, the camera covers a temperature range of minus 40 to plus 2,000 degrees and also operates on a spectral selective.

This means that by using special filters the camera can carry out readings on specific materials (eg: glass, flame or plastic) or by ‘seeing through’, disregard them in the measurement. For example, readings in incinerators can be performed through glass windows.

Its features are the wide ranges available for recording temperatures at high resolution. This now means that significant temperature fluctuations can be displayed continually in one step without having to switch between various temperature ranges.

Mori Seiki has developed the NH10000 DCG high speed, high precision horizontal machining centres. The HMC can handle a maximum workpiece size of φ 2,000 mm x 1,600 mm and a maximum loading capacity of 3,000 kg (5,000 kg as option). For operability, the machine is designed to facilitate setup operations, including the centre alignment of a workpiece.

The height difference between inside and outside of the machine has been eliminated by installing work platforms. In addition, by using the setup station with large working area and wide door opening, the machine offers improved operability and accessibility.

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TDM Systems have developed a software solution for the efficient management of tool data, measuring and inspection equipment.

With TDM-software the whole process of tool preparation as well as the production planning can be optimised and standardised.

Existing inventory in tool crib, manufacturing and maintenance are transparent and accessible at any time and tools will be ordered as needed. A precondition therefore the maker creates with a centralised and automated tool dispenser. With TDMstoreasy, you can manage both manual and automatic storage systems.

In aerospace technology and some other application areas, the portion of composite materials is continuously increasing. Walter is reacting to the material trend with optimised tools.

The cost-effect machining of CFC and GFRP components requires high quality PCD tools. For this reason the company has launched a PCD-tipped highperformance twist drill, manufactured with the aid of PCD sintering technology, for drill diameters from 2.0 to 6.4 mm.

There is now an addition to this tool in the form of a rivet countersinking tool as riveting is one of the most important jointing methods in the aerospace industry.

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Technifor: Marking & Reading Solution

Witte: Gauges In Aluminium & Ureol

The MR7000 is a solution for micro percussion marking, data matrix codes as well as reading data matrix codes. It provides precision ma rk ing comply ing w it h standards in the aerospace, defence, automotive and other industries.

The precision of the guidance and the use of an electromagnetic stylus provide good control of positioning and impact force.

The solution by Technifor also includes a handh e l d co d e r e a d e r, connected either to a PC or to the marking machine itself, so that the conformity of the marking on the part can be checked.

The fixtures from Witte Far East (Singapore) comprise of a lightweight high-tensile aluminium grid base plate mounted with the door outline contours manufactured in Ureol. The milled outlines are precision-painted in order to protect them from environmental influences.

For a visual check of the workpiece, (eg: the outer door sheet metal of a car that is mounted on to the gauge and analysed) if large deviations are determined, detailed measuring on a coordinate measuring machine can take place using the same fixture.

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2010 Exhibition Programmes May

13 – 15 Subcon Thailand 2010 BITEC Bangkok, Thailand UBM Asia (Thailand) sanchai@cmpthailand.com www.subconthailand.com

13 – 16 Intermach 2010

BITEC Bangkok, Thailand UBM Asia (Thailand) intermach@intermachshow.com www.intermachshow.com

13 – 16 Sheet Metal Asia 2010 BITEC Bangkok, Thailand UBM Asia (Thailand) intermach@intermachshow.com www.intermachshow.com

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ICE Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam Reed Tradex vietnammanufacturingexpo@reedtradex.co.th www.vietnammanufacturingexpo.com

June

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Grand City Convention & Exhibition Centre Surabaya, Indonesia PT Pamerindo www.manufacturingsurabaya.com

24 – 27 Automotive Manufacturing 2010 BITEC Bangkok, Thailand Reed Tradex rtdx@reedtradex.co.th www.automanexpo.com

24 – 27 Intermold Thailand 2010 BITEC Bangkok, Thailand Reed Tradex rtdx@reedtradex.co.th www.intermoldthailand.com

July

6–9 MTA Vietnam 2010

Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam events@sesallworld.com www.mtavietnam.com

August

4-7 Taipei International Mold & Die Industry Fair Nangang Exhibition Hall Taipei, Taiwan Chan Chao International ken@chanchao.com.tw www.odm-dmi.com

September 13 – 18 IMTS

McCormick Place Chicago, USA AMT AMT@AMTonline.org www.imts.com

15 - 17 Asiamold

Poly World Trade Centre Expo Guangzhou, China Messe Frankfurt tracey.robertson@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com www.asiamold.de

21 – 24 Wire & Tube China

Shanghai New International Expo Center Shanghai, China Messe Dusseldorf China shanghai@mdc.com.cn www.tubechina.net

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Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Reed Tradex metalexvietnam@reedtradex.co.th www.metalexvietnam.com

26 – 30 EuroBlech 2010 Hanover, Germany Mack Brooks Exhibitions info@euroblech.com www.euroblech.com

28 – Nov 2 JIMTOF 2010

Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo, Japan JMTBA jimtof@tokyo-bigsight.co.jp www.jimtof.org

November 9 – 13 CIIF

Shanghai New International Expo Centre Shanghai, China National Development and Reform Commission ciif@shanghaiexpogroup.com www.ciif-expo.com

24 – 27 Metalex Thailand 2010 BITEC Bangkok, Thailand Reed Tradex Channipar.Vala@reedtradex.co.th www.metalex.co.th

December

1-4 Machine Tool Indonesia 2010 Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran Jakarta, Indonesia PT Pamerindo info@pamerindo.com www.manufacturingindonesia.com

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