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Check out this highlight video from Haas Factory Outlet, Spain’s open house during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend. More than 100 ‎Haas Automation customers were in attendance to see members of Haas F1 Team demonstrate the machines and highlight how the HFO produced important parts for the team on-the-fly during the pre-season practice sessions in Spain.

The pioneering solar aircraft has completed the first flight of its kind across the Atlantic, proving that the latest generation of sustainable technologies can enable a new era of environmentally friendly transport systems and solutions. Earlier today, Solar Impulse, a groundbreaking solar aircraft, completed a 71-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Seville in the course of its remarkable round-the-world journey, which began last year in Abu Dhabi. The airplane relies on the newest generation of solar cells, batteries and lightweight composites to accomplish the once seemingly impossible task of flying around the globe without consuming any fossil fuels. The…

This solid ceramic endmill might feel like plastic in your hand, but its cutting performance in nickel-based alloys is often twenty times that of carbide tools. Most shops evaluate new cutting tools in an effort to reduce machining time, increase tool life, or improve part quality, and sometimes all three. Stellar Precision Components Ltd., a Tier II aerospace supplier in Jeanette, Pennsylvania, did it for an entirely different reason. “We’d just taken an order for some Inconel parts,” says production manager Edward Frieze. “None of us were really worried at that point about tool life or making a profit on…

Hypertherm, a manufacturer of plasma, laser, and waterjet cutting systems, is pleased to announce the winning of five unique court cases against five Russian companies during the last few months. All five companies were found guilty of violating Hypertherm’s trademark rights by importing a variety of counterfeit consumables and Powermax air plasma systems. As a result of the judgement against them, the defendants are prohibited from importing any products in Russia with the Hypertherm name, and are also required to reimburse Hypertherm for damages and court fees.  Critical business challenges for any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) include quality control, efficiency…

The year started off according to plan for DMG MORI AKTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT: In the first quarter, order intake amounted to € 591.6 million and was thus at about the previous year’s level (€ 587.2 million). Sales revenues amounted to € 541.4 million (previous year: € 538.4 million). As in the previous year, EBITDA amounted to € 42.4 million, EBIT reached € 28.0 million (previous year: € 30.0 million) and EBT was € 25.8 million (previous year: € 27.9 million). As of 31 March 2016, the group reported earnings after taxes of € 18.1 million (previous year: € 19.5 million). Sales revenues…

CNC Software, Inc., developers of Mastercam® CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a preferred supplier agreement with ORACLE TEAM USA, the sailing team that represented the Golden Gate Yacht Club in its successful defense of the 34th Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Match and will again defend the 34th America’s Cup and the current defending champion. ORACLE TEAM USA will defend its title in Bermuda in June 2017. “We are very excited to be designated as a preferred supplier of ORACLE TEAM USA,” says Meghan S. West, president of CNC Software, Inc. “Our software is being…

According to a report, analysts forecast the global machine tool market to grow at a rate of 6.33% over the period 2013-2018. A machine tool is a machine for shaping or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, boring, grinding, shearing, or other forms of deformation. Machine tools employ some sort of tool that does the cutting or shaping. All machine tools have some means of constraining the work piece and provide a guided movement of the parts of the machine. Thus the relative movement between the work piece and the cutting tool (which is called the tool…

With the new Vgrind 160 grinding machine for solid carbide tools, Vollmer entered the worldwide market in the area of tool grinding in March 2014. From a technological point of view, the Swabian grinding and erosion machine specialist is literally expanding into a new dimension: Thanks to the two vertical spindles, multi-level machining can be carried out for the first time using the Vgrind 160. This enables tool manufacturers to produce large numbers of solid carbide milling cutters and drills quickly and precisely. With the Vgrind 160, we are establishing ourselves in the international tool grinding market for the first…

TaeguTec Offers Many Solutions for the Machining of Difficult-to-cut Composite Materials With the increasing application of composite materials in the market, TaeguTec is pleased to supply new PCD milling inserts, diamond coated solid carbide end mills and drills for effective machining of composite materials. In recent years, the demand for strong, lightweight materials from industries ranging from aerospace, motorsport to power generation, has led to the development and implementation of composite materials. Composites, such as CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) are 70 percent lighter than steel and 40 percent less than aluminum alloy. For aerospace, in particular, CFRP is a…

Promoting bilateral trade between India and Taiwan, Showcasing best machine tool cluster in the World ACMEE 2016 :Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) in association with Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (AIEMA) and National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) today launched high-quality innovations and total manufacturing machine tools products for India’s Aerospace, Automobile, Automation Engineering, Ancillaries, Consultancy and Services, Machinery, Machine Tools, Electrical, Electronics, Energy, and Environment at ACMEE 2016 at Chennai Trade Center. The event was graced by Mr. Charles C. Li, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center; Dr.Guann-Jyh Lee, Executive Director, Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre, and…

150 senior delegates and 25+ speakers to analyse and discuss the future of the Indian Machine Tool Sector in the exclusive Conference Programme Industry experts estimate India’s manufacturing sector to touch US$ 1 trillion by 2025 Expects to attract 450+ Exhibitors from across 7-10 countries. AMTEX 2016, an exhibition of international standards, catering to the machine tool needs of production and consumption hotspots is scheduled to take place between 8th-11th of July 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. This much awaited biennial event will primarily focus on end user industries like Automotive, Power & Electrical Equipment, Textile Machinery and…

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is opening a new Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centre on 15th June in Pune, India. The new facility will provide a secure development environment in which customers can expand their knowledge and confidence using additive manufacturing (AM) technology. The Solutions Centre will be equipped with the latest AM systems and staffed by knowledgeable engineers to allow fast access to deploying the technology, all at fixed predictable costs. Additive manufacturing, often referred to as metal 3D printing, is widely recognised as a transformational manufacturing technology that will impact on everything from components in aircraft engines and…

At IMTS, NUM will be demonstrating an exciting new development in CNC hardware and software technology that brings simple conversational style programming to CNC milling machines. This will be the first public showing of the new NUMmill control solution and is likely to be of special interest to CNC milling machine manufacturers and control retrofitters. Available as a fully scalable control system, it is suitable for a wide range of precision milling applications in markets as diverse as metal cutting, woodworking, plastic, and high precision machining. NUMmill provides a complete ‘off-the-shelf’ solution and offers an extensive suite of canned cycles,…

Longer Lasting Lubricant Offers Corrosion Protection on Electrical Connections When it comes time to lubricate bearings, fans, chassis, or other metal areas where grease is applied, Cortec’s CorrLube™ VpCI® Lithium EP Grease offers longer lubrication enhanced with superior corrosion protection—even for use on electrical connections. CorrLube™ VpCI® Lithium EP Grease is a lithium complex grease formulated with premium quality, severely hydro treated base stock. It provides excellent resistance to oxidation and has high temperature stability; it is suitable for both operating and lay-up conditions. This lubricant’s formula is specifically designed with superior corrosion inhibiting properties against salt water, brine, H2S,…

Shell Lubricants India announced the appointment of Ms. Mansi Madan Tripathy as the new Managing Director of the company. Mansi, former CMO of Shell Lubricants, would succeed Mr. Nitin Prasad, who moves on to take over as the Chairman of Shell Companies in India with effect from August 1st, 2016. Mansi brings in 20-years of marketing, sales, insights and strategy experience to the office. In her new role, she shall be responsible for leading all the business activities for the Lubricants business in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Mansi has been the architect of digital marketing & social media…