![]() Five Taiwanese textile machinery companies PaiLung, AK Dyeing Machine, ACME, Jen Haur and CCI Tech came together to strengthen their global reputation and exhibit their leading products at ITMA 2015 taking place in Milan, which represents one of the most strategic markets for Taiwanese exports in the textiles industry. PaiLung is a leader in the production of ciscular knitting machines. Its knitting machines are well suited to brands, designers, textile manufactures, and contractors in the fashion, home, healthcare, and environmental textile industries. According to the association, AK Dyeing Machine and ACME are companies with a strong commitment to the development of environmentally friendly dyeing technologies and the reduction of wastewater. Their machines help reduce wastewater by 40-65%. CCI Tech, leading supplier of sampling solutions for the weaving industries provides innovative tools for fabric sampling, new designs development as well as small quantity production. Jen Haur has 39 years of experience in the cisrcualr knitting fiekd, producing machine parts and positive feeders for a range of cisrcualr knitting machines. Apart from this at an international press conference Dress the Future, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) at ITMA 2015, Taiwan’s textile machinery industry discussed the three key topics – technology, sustainability and innovation. In just 50 years, Taiwan has transformed from an agricultural economy to one of the most technologically advanced countries not only in Asia, but worldwide. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, Taiwan ranked eighth in terms of innovation and was the top nation globally in terms of the state of its cluster development. A large part of Taiwan’s success can be attributed to the machinery industry’s success of positioning themselves as key players in the international market. Evidence of this is demonstrated by the export figures which show an increase in exports of 2.9%, from US 3.41 billion in 2014 to US 3.51 billion in 2015. The mix of innovation and green technology, and the ability of Taiwanese companies to respond efficiently to the needs of the international market, in terms of producing eco-sustainable products and machinery, is said to have enabled Taiwan’s companies to gain considerable market share and have allowed Taiwanese producers to increase their exports to China, the United States, Japan and Italy. The Director of the Taiwan Trade Center Milano, Ms Fu Ling Huang said that it has been an honour for them to support and promote Taiwan’s presence at ITMA, a country with the highest density of high tech companies and is first in the world for patent activity. Their participation in Milan is definitely a great opportunity for their textile industry and will help businesses acquire a higher level of competitiveness in the global market. Exhibitions play an important role in the development of their companies, they offer the opportunity to show high quality and innovative technology that is environmentally conscious. Source: YarnsandFibers
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![]() Solutek, a four-man team of precision engineers based in Leicestershire, has invested in new wire EDM capacity to meet demand for larger workpieces. The Sodick AQ750LH machine has been set to work producing a host of different components and tooling, including large oil and gas components, precision medical tooling, and fine detail extrusion dies for the food industry. Solutek says it has built a reputation for tackling the jobs that others cannot, or do not want to do. Part of the company’s success, therefore, has hinged on its wire EDM capabilities, which have now been boosted with the arrival of the new machine which has a Z-axis of 600mm – more than double its the capacity of its existing Sodick AQ535L machine. “The increased Z height in combination with a large XY area of 750 by 500 mm means that we can take on much larger workpieces and appeal to a wider portion of the market,” says Solutek managing director Ian Parker. The linear motors used on Sodick machines provide smooth, vibration-free table movement that results in high positioning and machining accuracy. Since there are no ballscrews or couplings, backlash is eliminated. “The machine is proving an invaluable addition to our capacity where it is an integral part of our in-house special projects fixture design and make facility,” says Mr Parker. “We have recently designed and produced high precision guide tooling with multiple 0.2mm wide slot features achieving positional accuracies of ±2 µm, as verified by our customer.“ Among the many and varied jobs undertaken by the AQ750LH since its arrival is the manufacture of extrusion dies used for forming food products. These challenging die plates are produced from food grade stainless steel and feature 128 lozenge-shaped slots measuring 4.5 mm long by 0.7 mm wide. The parts are indicative of the work performed at Solutek, where tolerances are often in the region of ±5 µm with surface finishes down to 0.25 Ra “We have over 12 years’ experience in pushing EDM technology to its limits and this ethos will continue with our AQ750LH,” says Mr Parker. “We’re a small team and we rely on technology to generate revenue – we’re intending to capture more lights-out work with the new machine.” Other sectors served on a regular basis by Solutek include telecommunications, medical, aerospace and oil and gas. Work ranges from 1-off prototypes up to batches of 1000 in virtually all engineering materials. In terms of EDM specifically, aside from complex component production, typical applications include accurate punch and die sets, mould tool cavities (including draft angles), component splitting, slotting, and producing form tools and electrodes. “There’s no doubt that the AQ750LH offers more advanced technology than our existing machines,” says Mr Parker. “Also, because of its larger capacity, we can now cut greater angles over bigger heights, and thus take on components that carry a higher degree of risk. The use of linear glass scales in the X, Y, U and V axes means we get precision positioning accuracy when taper cutting.” Source: Engineering Capacity ![]() Heller’s H-series machining center is said to reduce tooling and machine costs by machining cylindrical bores complete from raw part to precise, controllable tolerances in a single setup. Deployed on the four-axis machining center, Heller’s NCU out-facing head is prepared for honing and can adjust the size, taper, surface and tolerance of a bore as it changes the size of the tool during the honing process. A Marposs in-process gage is incorporated into the head, and the company collaborated with Diahon to program honing cycles that permit helical slide honing. According to the company, the machine can create a continuous cross grind that can usually be produced only on honing machines. Unlike honing machines, however, it can produce bores with a cylinder form tolerance of 1 micron over a length of 300 mm, eliminating the typical three-pass honing process. Source: Modern Machine Shop
EMO MILANO 2015, the world exhibition dedicated to the industry manufacturing machine tools, robots and automation systems, held at fieramilano from 5 to 10 October, turned out to be a record-breaking edition.
Promoted by CECIMO, European Association of Machine Tool Industries and organized by the operational structures of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, EMO MILANO 2015 registered 155,362 visits over the six exhibition days, from visitors representing 120 countries.
The international character that traditionally features EMO MILANO is attested by the large attendance of foreign visitors amounting to 51% of the total.
On top of the foreign visitors' ranking, there were the Germans (12% of the total), followed by the Swiss, the Japanese, the French, the Turks, the Chinese, the Russians, the Spanish, the Swedes, the Austrians, the Taiwanese, the Czech, the Koreans, the Israelis and the Poles.
The already high expectations, considering the positive economic period, have been largely exceeded. The data reported by EMO MILANO 2015, have actually been not only considerably higher in comparison with the previous edition (2009), but they are much better than expected at the end of 2013, when the organization machine of the exhibition started off its activity.
The comparison with the 2009 edition is successful for all main indicators: EMO MILANO 2015 has presented products offered by 1,600 exhibitors, 12% more than in 2009, on 120,000 square meters of exhibition area, 26% more than the area covered in the previous edition. The attendance of visitors has been 25% higher than that of 2009 and the participation of foreign visitors has also grown. “These figures - pointed out the Commissioner General, Pier Luigi Streparava - are confirming how appealing the Italian venue has been for the world manufacturing industry, which met in Milan to discover and learn about the technological innovations that will determine the future of manufacturing production and of work procedures inside the factories”. In the 12 completely fitted-out halls at fieramilano, the whole production spectrum has been presented: from metal forming to metal cutting machines, from robotics to automation, from tooling to auxiliary technologies, to mechatronics. In this framework, additive technologies made their debut: they are a rapidly developing sector that may be of great interest, also for those who operate in the field of production systems. In this connection, EMO MILANO confirmed once again to be an event capable of anticipating the new trends by proposing a focus upon additive manufacturing and holding the international conference dedicated to this issue, which was attended by around 180 people, among researchers, technical specialists, entrepreneurs and experts. “When works began, in 2013, we assumed that we would achieve 150,000 visits from 100 countries - stated Alfredo Mariotti, Director of EMO MILANO 2015. Actually, we have registered 155,362 entries from 120 countries: a great success on all fronts, also because the public was equally distributed between Italian and foreign operators, proving that even domestic demand for production systems is alive and dynamic”. “Also according to the exhibitors' and visitors' comments we have collected - went on Alfredo Mariotti - we can say that the promotion activity of EMO MILANO 2015, focused on the value of Italian culture, made the stay of operators in Milan richer and more interesting. The EMOTEAM's intent to offer a taste of Italy, through the numerous initiatives organized before and during the exhibition, was indeed appreciated by operators, especially by foreign people.” The presence of European (62% of the total foreign visitors) and Asian visitors (32%) was large and even wider than that of the previous edition of EMO MILANO. On the other hand, the attendance of operators from the Americas decreased (4%), although the number of US visitors increased. Besides obtaining consent from operators, EMO MILANO 2015 captured the attention of the international press: 400 journalists coming from all over the world registered to follow the event. EMO MILANO 2015 was also visited by over 400 operators-users belonging to autonomous and official delegations, the latter organized by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE within the mission of ICE-Agenzia and the Ministry of Economic Development. Organized in visit groups, accompanied by teachers and tutors, 4,040 students, coming from technical institutes and universities, took part in EMO MILANO 2015, a traditional meeting opportunity between schools and the industry world. On the other hand, the exhibition will also be remembered for all side events organized as a complement: institutional and B2B meetings, presentations, press conferences, conventions and technical seminars. But, in addition to that, EMO MILANO 2015 will be recalled for its concurrence with EXPO, the Universal exposition a few steps from the exhibition centre: the venue of EXPO welcomed a large number of operators of the world machine tool exhibition for a unique “After EMO”. Actually, more than 40,000 entry tickets for EXPO have been bought by the exhibitors of EMO MILANO 2015 at a special price, thanks to the agreement signed by the organizers of the world metalworking machine tool trade show. The great interest aroused by EMO MILANO 2015 is also proved by the consultation statistics of the exhibition website: in 2015, about 1 million pages of emo-milano.com were accessed, in addition to other 1.3 million views of pages of the Smart Catalog, the official catalogue of the exhibition. 65% of the total online users turned out to be from abroad. Even the social community of EMO MILANO 2015 is large, counting on 2,771 followers in total on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Only in the period between the beginning of September and the end of the trade show, the 2,000 published posts generated more than 80,000 views of news dedicated to the world metalworking machine tool exhibition, equally distributed between Italian and foreign viewers.
The next edition of EMO MILANO will take place in six years: from 4 to 9 October 2021.
Or see you at EMO Hannover 2017, the world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking sector, 18 to 23 September 2017 ![]() If you’ve been looking for an easier way to digitize a machine shop floor, you just might be in luck. The fourth industrial revolution, “Industry 4.0,” will see further automation in many fields and CAM has a big role to play. As a part of this upcoming shift, 11 companies and universities across Europe have united for a project to reinvent CAM. Reimagining Machining Simulations The project is called Twin-Control and is intended to combine the processes for machine tool and machining simulations. “Until now, theoretical simulation models analyzed machine tools and machining processes independently, without any interaction between them,” said project coordinator Mikel Armendia of IK4-TEKNIKER. “Twin-Control will bring together different simulation models designed to monitor machine operation and machining processes globally via only one platform,” said Armendia. “The project introduces a new simulation concept that unites the process and the machine.” Combining Machining Processes The Twin-Control project has multiple items on the agenda, one of which is the unification of machine tool and machining simulations. The intention is that by combining these simulations, users will have the ability to improve productivity by better controlling and optimizing processes. It is planned to simulate the machine-to-part process, predicting manufacturing quality and productivity and accounting for wear or damage to tools and parts. It will use the input of various disciplines represented on the team and machine lifecycle parameters in the development of the simulation models. The project is also being designed to account for vital aspects of manufacturing, such as predictive machine maintenance and energy efficiency. Setting Up for a Global Market The Twin-Control initiative began in earnest in October 2015 and will continue for 36 months. It is a collaboration between a range of disciplines, including machine designers, industrial component suppliers and engineering software developers. It will also feature the experience of manufacturers in terms of processes and simulation. The expectation for the project is that it will enable Europe’s machine tool manufacturing industry to remain competitive in an increasingly global market. It will likely prove useful in the aerospace and automotive industries in particular. The Twin-Control Team The project is a large, collaborative effort between an array of companies and universities from across Europe. As it stands, the roster includes IK4-TEKNIKER, the University of Sheffield, Samtech S.A., the Technische Universtiät Darmstadt, Predict S.A.S., Artis GmbH, ModuleWorks GmbH, Gepro Systems S.L., Mecanizaciones Aeronáuticas S.A., Comau France S.A.S. and Renault S.A.S. Source: ENGINEERING.com |
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