PCD line for high-speed milling

Tungaloy has introduced its TungRec DX110 series of PCD insert grades for high performance when machining aluminium alloy components. The Tungaloy TungRec milling range has been an established performer with its innovative tool bodies and insert geometries, but now this line is set to take aluminium machining to a new level with the new DX110 PCD insert grade.

Developed for the finish-machining of ISO N materials, the DX110 grade incorporates an ultrafine micro-grain structure that the company says provides outstanding surface finishes and component quality while also demonstrating exceptional cutting edge integrity. This ability to maintain edge sharpness over a prolonged period ensures that end users benefit from long tool life and extended periods of unmanned running, with the economic benefit of reduced insert consumption.

DX110 is first PCD solution incorporated into the TungRec line, offering existing TungRec users the facility to enhance aluminium machining capabilities with existing tool bodies. At present, the PCD inserts are available for TungRec 11 size tool holders, offering the facility for improving small diameter milling tools where vibration and excessive tool overhang are commonplace. Furthermore, the insert geometry and composition reduce cutting forces to generate a smooth cutting action that rapidly removes chips from the work area, while further reducing vibration and improving surface finishes.

Suitable for the machining of aluminium components in the aerospace, automotive and general subcontract sectors, the DX110 insert grade and TungRec tool holders for insert size 11 provide manufacturers with an indexable cutting tool solution from as small as 12 mm diameter. With tool diameter bodies extending up to 100 mm diameter, this new arrival to the TungRec range complements the existing TungSpeed-Mill PCD series, where the smallest diameter tool body is 50 mm.
For further information www.tungaloy.com

Robust Q2 growth at UR

Universal Robots delivered robust growth in Q2, reporting revenue of £83m, which is up 8% on the same period last year. However, in Danish currency, the company has seen growth of 22%. Measured this way, Universal Robots has seen growth of 30% across the first two quarters of 2022 compared with the first half of 2021. The company highlights particularly strong growth in welding demand as being key to its success in the first half of the year, while also increasing revenue from OEM channels. More than 80 OEMs are creating solutions with UR cobots, encompassing tasks from welding to palletising and assembly.
For further information www.universal-robots.com

Registration opens for EMO 2023

Invitations and registration forms for EMO 2023 (Hanover, 18-23 September) are currently on their way to around 60 countries. After a four-year break, the world’s leading trade fair for production technology will offer a new concept, new exhibition area and new formats, breathing of fresh air into the industry after a four-year break. “We’ve been working hard over the past few months to develop the exhibition, while taking into account the changed circumstances following the pandemic,” says EMO general commissioner Carl Martin Welcker. “The organising team is thrilled that things are finally getting underway again.”
For further information www.emo-hannover.com

Industry boom creates buzz for SteelFab

With the industrial sector playing a key role in the biggest growth of the UAE economy in over a decade, there is a strong build-up for the region’s premier metalworking, metal manufacturing and steel fabrication industry. Besides economic growth and policy decisions, new industry developments too have put the spotlight on SteelFab, the region’s premier trade event, which has been anchoring the growth of the metalworking industry for the past two decades. Preparations are already underway and bookings and enquiries have started for the 18th edition of SteelFab, taking place at Expo Centre Sharjah on 9-12 January 2023.

According to UAE Central Bank’s Quarterly Economic Review 2022, the UAE economy grew by 8.2% in the first three months of this year and there is a high probability of stronger growth due to increased oil production and a government pledge to double the size of the manufacturing industry. Government initiatives and its move to continue investment in the industrial sector have already started bearing fruit, with more than 200 new factories going live last year alone.
For further information www.steelfabme.com

Games visitors see high-tech manufacturing

Visitors to the recent 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham had the chance to see the latest in high-tech manufacturing thanks to an augmented reality (AR) scheme created by the Manufacturing Technology Centre and the University of Birmingham. Games visitors could access the technology via a QR code that took them into an AR world demonstrating how it is possible to develop factories and industrial spaces digitally before spending a penny on manufacturing equipment. Using a PTC software program called Vuforia, users could experience a 21st century manufacturing environment in a virtual world.
For further information www.the-mtc.org