The Gehring Group and CopperING Group have united their global product portfolio and established themselves as a supplier for production systems in both the conventional and electrified powertrain segments.

Gehring, as a global automotive supplier with more than 90 years of experience, is said to be the technology leader for honing cylinders in combustion engines. CopperING, with locations in Wernigerode (Germany) and Nuvolera (Italy), has extensive experience as a manufacturer of production technology in the field of electrical powertrains.
For further information www.gehring.de

DMG Mori has released record Q1 figures in order intake, sales revenues, earnings and free cash flow.

Order intake rose in the first quarter by 18% to €821.8m (previous year: €693.9m). Thus, for the first time, orders in a quarter were more than €800m. Sales revenues of €581.8m were 9% above the previous year (€533.9m), while EBIT rose by 20% to €41m (previous year: €34.3m). In addition to the good results of operations, the financial position also developed positively: free cash flow improved by €130.6m to €13m (+111%; previous year: €-117.6m). For the first time in the company’s 148-year history, free cash flow is already positive in the first quarter.
For further information www.dmgmori.com

More than 200 visitors from around the world are expected to visit this year’s Turbine Technology Days at Starrag’s headquarters in Switzerland on 19-20 June, when Starrag and Haimer will be presenting a host of developments for increased efficiency and reliability in turbine production.

A number of demonstrations will be presented, including a new machine for blisk production; the machining of stator segments in one set-up rather than four; how adaptive machining strategies eliminate ‘air cuts’; and tool shrinking, balancing and pre-setting technology integrated into an Industry 4.0 environment.
The keynote speaker Dr Francesco Parisi, general manager of Italian turbine manufacturer Pietro Rosa TBM, will provide an insight into the company’s production activities. Starrag’s Turbine Technology Days are also supported by specialist partners, and there will be the opportunity to visit Haimer to see production processes at its plant in Bavaria. UK aerospace professionals interested in attending the event should email the contact below.
For further information lee.scott@starrag.com

The VDW’s new Club of Metalworking is free to join.

Those signing up receive a welcome pack, membership card and regular newsletter, while the club automatically provides free-of-charge season tickets for the EMO and METAV trade fairs. In addition to free use of the public transport network at the exhibitions, members can also enjoy accelerated admission, the cloakroom and the Club of Metalworking’s lounge. What’s more, exclusive club meetings provide opportunities for networking. Launched last week, within a few hours more than 1000 registration enquires were received from all over the world.
For further information www.clubofmetalworking.de

Maintaining maximum precision while working more efficiently is something the Hirschvogel Automotive Group has been able to achieve using the HyperMill CAM program from Open Mind.

The amount of programming required has dropped dramatically and there has been a double-digit percentage reduction in machining times. Furthermore, one important side effect is that there is much less stress on tools and machines.
Hirschvogel manufactures powertrain parts, chassis frames, engines, gears, and diesel and fuel injection components which are increasing at such a rate that the company will shortly achieve a turnover of €1bn. The Denklingen plant manufactures parts using hot, warm and cold forming processes, and rotary swaging operations. Without a high degree of technical expertise in the area of toolmaking, it would not be possible to ensure the required quality of the products. The latest manufacturing technology has an important role, too; plans were first put in place during 2013 to switch from the previous CAM system to a more powerful solution.
Although 13 CAM suites were initially considered, the company opted for HyperMill as it reduced programming times significantly. This factor was important as toolmaking typically involves small batch sizes; around 200,000 tools are produced each year by Hirschvogel, with batch sizes fluctuating between one and 24. The tools weigh between 100 g and 12 tonnes, and are manufactured on 32 machining centres, 17 of which are of five-axis configuration.
“In the past, when I developed a five-axis NC program for a toothing stamp, I had to wait for about one and a half hours for the paths to be calculated, but with HyperMill the paths are calculated in around five minutes,” says NC programmer Günter Fasching, providing an example of the savings achieved.
For further information www.openmind-tech.com