Pemamek to partner HGG

Pemamek Ltd, a global welding and production automation provider, and HGG Profiling Equipment BV, a specialist in developing and supplying 3D pipe and profile-cutting machines, have made a joint announcement to extend their strategic partnership to shipyard solutions.

With the partnership extension, both companies are now able to supply integrated cutting and welding technologies, including profile processing lines, pipe-cutting lines and T-beam manufacturing lines for ship part fabrication.
Both Pemamek and HGG will continue to operate as independent entities.
For further information www.pemamek.com

Conflux Technology to represent EOS

Conflux Technology will work alongside industrial 3D printing technology supplier EOS to bring additive manufacturing (AM) to the markets in Australia and New Zealand.

Being an Australian end-to-end AM applications company with more than 20 years of combined expertise, Conflux has been selected by EOS in order to have experienced personnel on the ground. The increased focus on the Australasian market is
timely for local manufacturers, as forward-looking businesses are rapidly evolving their design and production capabilities to take advantage of industrial 3D printing.
For further information www.confluxtechnology.com

AZL orders large injection moulder

The Aachen Centre for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University is installing a new Engel injection moulding system.

Engel Deutschland GmbH – in co-operation with the Engel Centre for Lightweight Composite Technologies in Austria – will install the two-component injection moulding system with turning plate and 17,000 kN clamping force in 2019. This machine set-up is the basis for further developments in efficient inline combination technologies using different kinds of polymer performance materials.
AZL’s new Engel injection moulding system will enable innovative combinations of already established fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) processes and the development of new individual processes. The focus is on increasing resource efficiency in lightweight production, with research addressing multi-material systems, continuous processes, process chains and self-optimising processes.
For further information www.azl-aachen-gmbh.de

Live machining demonstrations from Vero

Two brands from Vero Software will be driving a variety of CNC machine tools for live machining demonstrations at the forthcoming ‘Inspiration through Innovation’ event at the headquarters of Seco Tools UK in Alcester on 9-10 October.

Edgecam will be programming two Mazak machines, as well as DMG Mori and Matsuura machines, with WorkNC running a Hermle model during the two-day event. Alongside the live demonstrations, Edgecam and WorkNC will also be showcasing their latest software releases in a new area inside Seco’s design and planning facility.
For further information www.verosoftware.com

Manufacturers gear up for Iran exhibition

The 18th edition of IInEX (International Industry Exhibition – formerly TIIE) is set to take place at the Tehran Permanent International Fair Ground in Iran on 13-16 October.

This showpiece annual exhibition will this year cover some 26,000 sq m of show space, as organised by Idro International Trading Co.
With a host of international exhibitors expected from across the world, visitors from Iranian industry will be able to enjoy the latest innovations offered up by sectors such as machine tools, workshop equipment, industrial automation, cutting and forming tools, and technical services. As always, MTI will have a strong presence at the show, where the team will be busy engaging with visitors by helping them use MTI’s combination of magazine and website (www.machinespotter.com) to find the optimum machine for their application.
For further information www.idro-fairs.com