Johnford DMC Series double-column moving table bridge mills are created from a one-piece Meehanite cast iron bridge/column assembly that takes up 30 percent less floor space than comparable C-frame vertical machining centers. IMTS 2016 visitors can see this machine in action in booth S-8536.
Available in both moving table and sliding column (fixed-table) versions—ranging from 36-in x 36-in x 30-in of travel up to 60-ft x 20-ft—these bridge mills have a long base casting with complete support of the table over the full 51-in in length of Y-axis travel, allowing heavy loads to be machined. The Y and Z axes hold fixed loads while the X-axis carries the only dynamic load, allowing for tight machining and tight tolerances during high-speed machining operations. Because there is no table overhang, X-axis pitch and yaw are eliminated. The spindle centerline-to-column distance is minimized offering further rigidity. The machine’s heavily ribbed cast iron construction provides long tool life and part surface finish. The combination of twin screw-type conveyors and a caterpillar conveyor ensures chip removal with little manual cleaning. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is used to design each bridge mill, simulating the effects of real world conditions, including vibration, heat, fluid flow and other physical impacts. The DMC900-1500H small-frame series bridge mills feature a fixed column with moving table, X-axis travel from 35.40-in. to 59.1-in., Y-axis travel of 35.4-in. and a Z-axis travel of 30-in., and table load capacities from 6,600 lbs. to 13,200 lbs. The DMC-1600-3100H medium-frame series offers a fixed-column construction with moving table, X-axis travel from 63-in. to 161.4-in., Y-axis travel of 51.2-in., and Z-axis travel of 31.5-in. with a table load capacity of 13,200 lbs. There are several DMC versions that offer multi-axis and five-face solutions. The 2100S-6100 SH Series offer a fixed-column moving table with X-axis travels from 82.7-in. to 240.2-in., Y-axis travel of 70-in. and Z-axis travel of 31.5-in. while the 3100P-6100PH Series feature the same fixed-column moving table with longer travels – X-axis ranges from 122-in. to 240.1in. Y-axis is 90.5-in. and Z-axis is 31.5-in. Table load capacities range from 22,000lbs. to 26,400 lbs. and 22,000 lbs. to 35,20 lbs., respectively. The large DMC-4000x2800x800 – DMC-4000x2800+5-Face W-Axis Large Multi-Axis Series can handle 44,000-lbs. of table load with an X-axis travel of 118-in. through 236-in., Y-axis travel of 110.2-in. to 189-in., Z-axis travel of 31.5-in. to 42-in., and a W-axis travel of 39.4-in. to 78.7-in. on a fixed-column moving table. Further, the SDMC Series custom-made unlimited size sliding double-column series multi-axis, five-face series features moving-column and fixed-table gantry mills with X-axis travels ranging from 157-in. to 720-in., Y-axis travels of 72-in. to 236-in., Z-axis travels from 31.5-in. to 42-in., and W-axis travels from 39.4-in. to 78.7-in. Table load capacity is 614-lb./ft.2 For more information, visit the Absolute Machine Tools
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The fourth TMTS, hosted by Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders’ Association (TMBA), will be exhibited at the Greater Taichung International Expo Center from 23rd-27th November, 2016. TMTS will showcase under an innovative "Exhibition integrated with Manufacturing supply chain" exhibition style which is highly recognized by exhibitors and buyers from all over the world. The exhibition area is anticipated to be 78,000 square meters with more than 4,000 booths exhibiting all types of high precision machine tools, components, accessories, tools and automation equipment. There is 8% increase in overall scale and exhibitor number respectively than the last show in 2014. The pre-show international press conference was held at a historical monument – Taichung Broadcasting house. During the conference, the vice chairman of TMBA Chin-Kun Yu reassured the importance of TMTS as a global machine tool trading platform. And it is expected that the elevated scale of the show will bring a new record on the total purchasing value to 25million USD. Furthermore, the subject theme for TMTS 2016 is ‘activating intelligent manufacturing, heading towards Industry 4.0’, once again emphasizing on the proactive attitude of establishing smart production incorporating Taiwanese characteristics. TMBA has also invited international press from China, Russia, Belarus, Singapore, Philippines, Bulgaria, Thailand, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, India and Spain to join the press conference. Throughout the week, TMTS has also organized factory visits for them to introduce real shop floor technologies to the guests. Many international media representatives stated that there are still lots of opportunities for Taiwanese machine tools to be applied in their countries. And thus this trip has filled them up with the valuable information that they need for introducing the high-performing machineries. The vice chairman of TMBA Jui-Hsiung Yen expressed his hope that the international press team would spread the words to different corners of the world, creating positive exchanges in the global arena of machine tools – and lastly, injecting fresh energy to the machine tool sector. About TMTS ‧Show Title: Taiwan International Machine Tool Show (TMTS) ‧Date: 23 - 27 November, 2016 (Wed ‐ Sun) 09:00 a.m. ‐ 05:00 p.m ‧Venue: Greater Taichung International Expo Center (No. 161, Gaotie 5th Rd., Wuri Dist., Taichung City 41456, Taiwan) ‧Exhibition Space: 78,000 square meter ( Gross ) ‧No. of Exhibitors: 700 companies; about 4,000 booths ‧Visitors: 75,000 visitors(Domestic: 72,500 overseas: 2,500) ‧Exhibit Profile:
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Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders' Association (TMBA) 3F, No.27, 37th Road, Taichung Industrial Park, Taichung 40768, Taiwan Tel: +886-4-2350-7584 Fax: +886-4-2350-1596 Web: www.tmts.tw Ms. Sharon Hsu Email: tmts@tmba.org.tw Exports According to custom statistics published by Directorate General of Customs and analyzed by Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders’ Association (TMBA), total export value of machine tool accessory in 2016 Q1 was USD225 million, down by 30.9% YOY with the amount of USD326 million, and decreased 9.1% compared to 2015 Q4. To the export products of machine tool accessory, the export performance in 2016 Q1 is as follows: Work Holders grew by 18.1% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 7% YOY; Dividing Head or other special parts grew by 14.4% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 40.9% YOY; Metal Cutting Accessory & Parts declined by 5.3% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 28.5% YOY; Metal Forming Accessory & Parts declined by 18.5% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 28.1% YOY; Ball Screw declined by 11.5% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 48.3% YOY; Ball or Roller Linear Side Guides declined by 16.1% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 32.2% YOY. Please see Table 1 for details. Exports by Destination The main export country of Taiwan machine tool accessory is China which still owns the biggest share of the market. The export value in 2016 Q1 was USD 105 million, declined by 42.7% YOY. Japan was ranked second place with the amount of USD 22.86 million, down by 11% YOY, and followed by USA, Germany, Korea, India, Italy, Thailand, Turkey and Malaysia. To the export country of each accessory product, the top three exporting areas of Work Holders are as follows: China(incl. HK), USA and Korea. For other countries, it showed good performance to Sweden and Indonesia, but weak exports to Canada. As for Dividing Heads & Other special parts, total exports declined; highest growth rate of exports to Vietnam, and more declined demand in China and Germany. For Metal Cutting Machine Tool Accessory & Parts, it showed the best growth to India and Russia, and the lowest to China. For Metal Forming Machine Tool Accessory & Parts, the top three export areas are China, USA and Japan. France and Italy had more growth, and Japan and China had declined most. For Ball Screws, only Turkey had positive growth, other countries all had negative growth. For Ball & Roller Side Guides, it showed positive growth to India and Turkey. Please see Table 3 to 8 for details. Imports Total import value of machine tool accessory in 2016 Q1 was USD50.12 million, declined by 9.2% compared to 2015 Q1, and down by 16.6% YOY. To the import products of machine tool accessory, the import performance in 2016 Q1 is as follows: Work Holders down by 16.7% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 10.1% YOY; Dividing Head or other special parts down by 57.1% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 54.7% YOY; Metal Cutting Accessory & Parts declined by 10.5% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 19.6% YOY; Metal Forming Accessory & Parts grew by 5.9% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 14.7% YOY; Ball Screw grew by 0.3% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 3.6% YOY; Ball or Roller Linear Side Guides declined by 7.7% compared to 2015 Q4, and down by 11.1% YOY. Please see Table 9 for details. The main import country of Taiwan machine tool accessory is Japan with the share of 35.2%. The import value in 2016 Q1 was USD 17.67 million, declined by 9.5% YOY. China(Incl. HK) was ranked second place with the amount of USD 13.64 million, down by 14.3% YOY, and followed by Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, UK, France, Korea, and Sweden, in which, only France showed positive growth. Please see Table 10 for details.
Chinese appliances giant Midea moved a step closer to fulfilling its ambition to acquire German industrial robotics firm Kuka with two weekend deals raising its stake to nearly a majority.
Two of Kuka’s biggest German shareholders – technology company Voith and entrepreneur Friedhelm Loh – said they had decided to take up Midea’s offer of €115 (RM512) per share and sell their stakes. German news agency DPA reported that Voith had agreed to sell its stake of 25.1% for €1.2bil (RM5.34bil). And Loh told the business daily Handelsblatt he had decided to sell his stake of 10% for nearly €500mil (RM2.22bil). Combined with its existing holding of 13.5% in Kuka, the two purchases mean Midea now holds 48.5%, or not far from the outright majority, in the Augsburg-based robot builder. Loh, who sits on Kuka’s supervisory board, insisted that he had not consulted Voith about his decision beforehand. “Every shareholder must decide for themselves based on their own interests,” he told the newspaper. Initially, Midea’s offer – which values Kuka at more than €4bil (RM17.82bil) – will run July 15. But Kuka’s management is recommending shareholders accept it and has signed a long-term investor contract with the Chinese firm until 2023. Nevertheless, critics are worried about German know-how and technology being sold into Chinese hands. A growing list of German companies, such as Kion, Putzmeister and KraussMaffei have come under Chinese ownership in recent years. Kuka, based in the German city of Augsburg, describes itself as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial robots and also offers automated systems for manufacturing. The powerful IG Metall trade union had pushed for the Voith stake to remain in German hands – but no competing buyer came forward. Source: The Star Online Paper Converting Machine Co. will introduce a compact version of its Fusion flexographic printing presses Aug. 3 during Impact 2016 at its headquarters in Green Bay, Wis. “Across the board, customers face pressures financially and in finding skilled employees,” said Rich Rogals, sales director for PCMC’s printing, coating and lamination products. “It is critical that our designs incorporate technologies that allow repeatable and reliable changeovers, minimized setup and waste of materials and systems efficient in ink management and energy usage.” The Fusion C is projected to have the capabilities to handle 65-75 percent of film applications that have historically been run using water-, solvent- or UV-based ink. “Our customers want to have equipment take up the least amount of space possible, but more importantly they want a footprint that allows operator access to the machine without lifts or ladders,” Rogals said. “The design is intended to capture the business currently running on much wider and physically larger equipment and do it more effectively and efficiently.” “Our customers want to have equipment take up the least amount of space possible, but more importantly they want a footprint that allows operator access to the machine without lifts or ladders,” Rogals said. “The design is intended to capture the business currently running on much wider and physically larger equipment and do it more effectively and efficiently.” With a 42-inch-wide web, the machine “was designed from the ground up using proven technology from larger Fusion models” and some core processes from the PCMC/Aquaflex ELS-Max inline full servo press, said Carl DuCharme, PCMC product and application leader. The Fusion C can print eight or 10 colors on film, foil or paper at a speed of 1,000 feet per minute. The press utilizes PCMC’s Flextreme-brand heated-air drying system. PCMC, a maker of converting, packaging and flexographic printing equipment, will feature the Fusion C and a Fusion Board press during Impact 2016, the fourth in its series of industry events with presentations, a mini trade show and an open house. Organizers of Impact 2016 expect to have table-top displays from at least 36 component, material, technology and service vendors and providers. Dominic Barnes, PCMC sales executive, discussed Impact 2016 and plans to introduce the Fusion C press in remarks during the June 22-23 Western Plastics Association conference in Newport Beach, Calif. PCMC, a division of St. Louis-based Barry-Wehmiller Cos. Inc., participates in lean events at customer facilities for first-hand experiences and development of solutions. Source: Plastics News Top Quality Flexographic Printers from Taiwan:
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