On the stand of Heller Machine Tools (hall 20, stand 470), the spotlight will shine on the integration of machine tools and controls into the Industry 4.0 environment.

The company has adopted the name Heller4Industry for the suite of modules it offers in the Industry 4.0 arena. Daily presentations by Bernd Zapf, head of development – new business and technologies at the company’s headquarters in Germany, will underscore the strides that have been made. From a machine perspective, MACH will mark the UK launch of the HF 3500 five-axis horizontal machining centre, which is built in the UK.
For further information www.heller.biz

Laser marking and its ability to facilitate Industry 4.0 methodology will be the focus of Trumpf (hall 19, stand 34) at this year’s exhibition.

Trumpf marking systems come in different formats, sizes and power classes. All the stand-alone laser-marking systems are certified to laser Class 1 – just like a commercially available DVD player – ensuring they can be used in the factory without any additional safety measures. The marking system appearing at MACH is a typical example. Trumpf’s TruMark Station 3000 suits users who need to ensure traceability in small and medium-sized production runs.
For further information www.trumpf.com

Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools (hall 7, stand 244), which is the sole sales and service agent in the UK for CNC turning, milling and grinding machines from eight different machine tool builders in southern Germany, will promote its solution approach to machine tool sales.

The manufacturers it represents are Index and its subsidiary, Traub, which offer CNC single- and multi-spindle lathes; Hermle, which builds three- to five-axis machining centres; and four large prismatic metal-cutting machine manufacturers, Burkhardt + Weber, F Zimmermann, SHW and Waldrich Coburg. The latter are handled by Geo Kingsbury’s Large Prismatic Machines division in Warwick.
For further information www.geokingsbury.com

Esab (hall 17, stand 580) will use MACH to host a plethora of plasma-cutting, welding and software technologies, including the Combirex DX gantry system.

The Combirex DX gantry features all-steel construction with machined mating surfaces. Combirex DX can be equipped with air-plasma systems up 120 A or Esab’s iSeries plasma, which allows the machine to cut and mark with the same torch. Being displayed with the Combirex DX at the show will be the M3 system, which performs plasma cutting, plasma marking, thick-plate cutting, dry (multi-gas) cutting and water-injection cutting on a variety of materials.
For further information www.easb.co.uk

Visitors to the 200 sq m stand of Haas (hall 19, stand 570), will be able to see cutting demonstrations on eight CNC machine tools, including: high-speed vertical machining centres; five-axis high-speed machines; mid-sized verticals designed to take big cuts; high-productivity turning centres with live tooling and Y-axis capability; small-footprint mini-mill and tool-room machines; and, making
its UK debut, the Modular Mini Mill.

With a capacity of 406 x 305 x 254 mm and a standard 10-tool ATC, the Modular Mini-Mill houses 40-taper performance into a footprint of 2 sq m. Optional modules can be added for extra flexibility. For example, the coolant module is designed to prolong tool life, aid swarf clearance and achieve better finishes. The production module features a faster spindle and increased rapids. In addition, the high-productivity software module adds macros, spindle orientation, Wi-Fi, rigid tapping, visual programming, co-ordinate rotation and scaling, while the four-axis module runs a rotary table
or indexer.
For further information www.haas.co.uk