CECIMO makes wave in Asia

Filip Geerts, Director General of CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries, speaks to International Metalworking News for Asia (IMNA) on the status of the European machine tools technology in Asia and how to better meet the demands from the region including highlights of the upcoming EMTE-EASTPO 2014 in Shanghai.

MTA HANOI 2014 returns in April 2014

MTA HANOI, the leading precision engineering and manufacturing technology exhibition that serves the thriving industries of Northern Vietnam and its surrounding regions will return to the International Centre for Exhibition (I.C.E) from 1– 3 April 2014.

Asia: The road ahead PART 2

Here’s the part 2 of International Metalworking News for Asia’s Outlook Report. Learn how industry leaders and other senior executives view their industry's competitiveness around Asia, including insights that examine the highly complex forces driving the current and future of metalworking manufacturing and many of the structural changes reshaping Asia’s economy.

New complete brazing concept from H?gan?s

Brazing powder has long been a minor product area for H?gan?s, a global producer of iron and metal powders. But with a new production plant inaugurated, an application centre for testing and prototyping now operational, and an expanding product portfolio, H?gan?s is launching a complete brazing offer comprising both paste and expertise.

Singapore aerospace: scaling new heights

The global aerospace and aviation industries are seeing exciting times ahead. Despite global uncertainties, appetite for air travel in Asia Pacific countries continues to grow, creating countless opportunities in the region for aerospace manufacturers, MRO companies and general aviation and aerospace players alike. The global fleet size is anticipated to double over the next two decades. Aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing have projected that over a third of worldwide aircraft deliveries wi

Perfectly automated processes

Rising demands on quality, fiercely competitive markets and an increasing shortage of skilled workers – any machining company wishing to remain competitive is being confronted with ever greater challenges. Automation of machine tools is regarded as the ideal response to this trend, because it opens up completely new manufacturing possibilities.

Selection of consumables for welding stainless steels

The composition of stainless steel welding consumables is matched with the base or parent material. The chemical analyses (composition) of the consumables used are usually balanced to optimise the welding process and avoid hot cracking.

Smallest, lightest FARO portable measurement solution

Heading the line-up of FARO’s most popular 3D measurement and documentation systems showcased during the recent METALEX in Bangkok is the FARO? Edge ScanArm ES with Enhanced Scanning Technology (EST). In an interview conducted by International Metalworking News for Asia (IMNA), FARO’s Country Manager (SEA & India) Mr Hakiran Sandhu talked about the new product, gives an update on the Thai market, and shares some thoughts about the country.

ERP takes machinery makers experience to new levels

In the modern Industrial Machinery and Equipment (IME) manufacturing industry, a project-based sector in which customers buy or rent highly customised machinery and equipment must perfectly fit their specific requirements.

Rough cutting strategies on optimised toolpaths

Toolpath optimisation through the use of CAM systems has been commonplace for quite some time, especially in the die and mould industry sectors. However, only recently have shops begun to pair that capability with relatively new machining strategies and special designed solid rotary cutting tools to optimise rough-machining operations.

interpack 2014: Integrated bakery lines from Alit

Alit will showcase solutions in Hall 03 / D16 at interpack 2014

Revolution in solid-state laser cutting

A swift change from maximum productivity and quality in cutting thin sheets to the quality cutting of thick sheets – the TruLaser 5030 fibre achieves this flexibility with the new BrightLine fbre function. TRUMPF’s new 2D laser machine cuts even stainless steel up to 25 millimetres thick in outstanding quality with its 5-kilowatt laser.