The 40th Plenary Meeting of the International Cold Forging Group (ICFG) was held from September 16th to 19th, 2007 in Padova/Italy, hosted by Prof. Bariani from the Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management (DIMEG) of the University of Padova. More than 108 participants from all over the world came to Padova which is located near Venice. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Karl Kuzman (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), the chairman of the ICFG.

The new linear axes series "NS Rotating Nut Linear Actuator" provides long stroke and speed nearly as fast as a linear motor. A maximum speed of 2400mm/s and an acceleration up to 1G is attained...

Demands on roll technology have notably increased in the past years: roll speed is rising and Computer Aided Management (CAM) allows ever higher tonnages. In order to respond to the new developments in hot rolling technology Ceratizit has created the new 'E'-family of grades. A report about the Ceratizit customer STFS in Schifflange/Luxembourg. René Mauer is the segment manager for hot rolls in the business segment wear parts for general industrial wear parts at Ceratizit in Luxembourg. Today he is going to STFS in Schifflange. The company has a hot rolling line which is equipped with carbide from Ceratizit.

Cologne company igus presents product family for inductive energy transmission – one energy chain than can do everything – optical waveguide for -40°C in the Arctic – many new online tools

Minneapolis/USA (Laser Design Inc.) – Laser Design Inc., the leading supplier of 3D laser scanners for more than 20 years, announced the sale of an SLP-250 laser scanner to York Technical...

Ovoline was a name synonymous with the production of lubricants used in the process of manufacturing wire ropes and, following this acquisition, Fuchs has strengthened its commitment to this industry with significant investment in new, state-of-the-art production plant and equipment.

Design and selection of bows for bunching and stranding machines offer a variety of challenges to users and manufacturers.Despite a relatively simple basic design concept and limited number of...

Recent tests have shown poor quality of non-system patch cords in the market: 83 per cent of Category 6 and 70 per cent of Category 5e patch cords sub-standard.

Asahi Sunac Corp. of Nagoya, Japan (Masahiko Amari, President), continues to add to their lineup of the SF series Net Shape part formers which are enjoying wide acceptance in the booming cold forming industry. Since the introduction of the SF series part formers in 2002, the company continues development work toward a full range of SF part formers, with forging pressures from 100 to 600 tons, which have been delivered to customers who have reported excellent results with the machines. The latest machine to be added to the series is the SF-350-6 part former which, following customer-attended test run demonstrations and final adjustments, has been shipped and delivered to customers.

A new controller for high-availability, safe and fault-tolerant applications in the process industry has been developed by Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). The Simatic CPU S7-412-3H...

It would be impossible to imagine industry and daily life without wire and the products manufactured from it. The wire and cable industry is correspondingly important and generates a worldwide business volume, which was estimated at 20 billion US$ in 2005 and is expected to rise to 25 billion US$ by the year 2010. Due to the global economic trend, growing demand is also expected in the next few years, whereby apart from China and India, the Asian "economy engines", Brazil is particularly becoming the focus of attention.

A production stop can in many ways be compared to car racing pit stop. If you do not use fast, top-of-the-line, tools in the pit, you do not win the race. The same is valid for maintenance of...

Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) presents new integrated safety functions for the Sinumerik 840D solution line control system at this year's EMO trade show. They meet all the...

Wien/Austria (Eder) – Eder-Austria are proud to celebrate their 60th anniversary this year and always have been pioneers in supplying the international wire and cable industry with then new and...

Scarborough/UK (Unison) – Specialist engineering company Unison has achieved the ISO 14001 standard for its Environmental Management System, alongside the better-known ISO 9001 accreditation...

The Pfeifer Group is comprised of companies in Germany and abroad and focuses on the wire rope technology, elevator technology, cable structures, building technology, lifting technology, attachment...

With the state-of-the-art Virtual Gauge Technology (VGT) Sikora presents an advanced and unique method to optimize the production process, to minimize the material over-consumption and to simplify the operation of a production line.

Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has designed its new radar level transmitter Sitrans LR250 with new Process Intelligence advanced signal processing. The plug-and-play compact 25GHz 2-wire...

Smiling faces all around: the six-day EMO Hannover 2007 exhibition ended on 22 September. More exhibitors, more visitors, more international flair. “And this, despite our having shortened the exhibition by two days,” enthused Dr. Detlev Elsinghorst, General Commissioner of EMO Hannover 2007.