Mapal reveals product innovations at EMO

Among the highlights on the stand of tooling expert Mapal at the EMO exhibition in Hanover last month were the deep drills of the company’s new MEGA-Deep-Drill-Steel product range. Designed for machining steel and cast iron, users can achieve depths up to 40xD.

The solid-carbide deep drills feature protection via a coating with HiPIMS technology in the cutting edge area, ensuring frictionless chip removal. The remaining length of the MEGA-Deep-Drill-Steel remains uncoated. Thanks to its geometry, Mapal says the new deep drills stand for long tool life and high productivity. Compared with its previous-generation tools, it is possible to can attain up to 50% higher feed rates.

Mapal also presented a series of new cylindrical shank reamers with brazed cutting edges. A special feature of the FixReam 700 reamers is their high usability, derived from an expansion system. It is possible to re-grind a tool twice before new cutting edges require brazing-in. After that, the tool can benefit from two more re-grinds before replacing the cutting edges again and performing yet two further re-grinds. Tool costs reduce by up to 15% in comparison with a tool that does not have an expansion function. Furthermore, thanks to new (patented) geometries, users achieve up to 30% better roundness and cylindrical form, as well as improved chip removal, compared with other cylindrical shank reamers.

Also taking the spotlight at EMO was Mapal’s new OptiMill-Alu-Wave for aerospace customers, a tool that can deliver material removal rates of up to 21 litres per minute when machining aluminium.
For further information www.mapal.com

The power of positive partnerships

Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of DN Solutions and Zayer machine tools in the UK and Ireland, will showcase a DN Solutions SMX 2100S mill-turn machine at Seco Tools’ Inspiration through Innovation Aerospace event taking place this week (11-12 October). The 8” chuck, FANUC-controlled SMX 2100S featuring opposing 22 kW/5000 rpm spindles, 12,000 rpm B-axis milling head, 40-tool position ATC, integrated thermal compensation and a 12/24-position lower turret is a capable of producing complex, precision parts in one hit.

To illustrate this claim, the SMX 2100S will be machining an aerospace impeller featuring an axial hub with numerous overlapping and twisted blades and splitters attached. Mills CNC will make the impeller from an EN8 carbon steel billet with final dimensions of approximately 165 mm (long) and 220 mm (diameter).
For further information www.millscnc.co.uk

£242m Economic Boost For Northwest

A pioneering programme helping northwest manufacturers invest in industrial digital technology is forecast to create more than 1550 new jobs and boost the region’s economy by £242m, new figures reveal.The Made Smarter adoption programme launched in Liverpool to help businesses digitalise, decarbonise and drive growth.So far 2500 manufacturers from across Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashireand Cumbria have engaged with the programme, with hundreds going on to receive support through grant funding, impartial technology advice and leadership and skills training.
For further information www.madesmarter.co.uk

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK strikes gold

Injection-moulding machine manufacturerSumitomo (SHI) Demag UK has earned the emissions-reversal gold certification badge from Carbon Neutral Britain. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK has offset 153.81 tonnes of CO2e emissions through the Woodland Fund portfolio of certified nature-based carbon reduction projects.To achieve this certification, the company measured and reportedday-to-day activities such as car journeys, flights, trains, taxis, hotel stays, recycling, waste, and electricity and gas consumption figures. The audit helped to identify hotspots where it was possible to make further improvements.
For further information https://sumitomo-shi-demag.co.uk

Emag Group mourns loss of former CEO

Norbert Heßbrüggen,the former CEO and shareholder of machine tool builder Emag passed away last month at the age of 88 in his hometown of Salach. The company owes a lot to him: under Heßbrüggen’sleadership from the end of the 1960s, the small southern German machine manufacturer became a globally active group with numerous subsidiaries. He also had the pioneering idea for a multi-functional vertical turning centre that made Emag a technology leader. In addition, the successful corporate structure that is still in place today was created under Heßbrüggen’s tenure. The entire company is mourning his passing.
For further information www.emag.com