The Vollmer Group has launched a new website with a completely redesigned look. Online visitors seeking new grinding and eroding machines will now experience improved user-friendliness that can be traced back to the responsive web design.

Vollmer says that content is displayed clearly and transparently irrespective of the size of the screen on the viewer’s device.
In combination with a contemporary, attractive layout, visitors can find desired information from the entire Vollmer product and service portfolio quickly and
in great detail.
For further information www.vollmer-group.com

LMT Onsrud and MachiningCloud have announced a partnership to provide the former’s product data on the latter’s cloud platform. LMT Onsrud manufactures solid-carbide end mills, PCD tooling and routing tools.

The partnership will enable customers to optimise the way they gather information for their manufacturing operations by reducing the need to research multiple catalogues or websites seeking the optimum cutting tool that best fits the machining requirements. Furthermore, LMT Onsrud customers will be able to increase productivity and achieve greater accuracy by downloading descriptive, usage and geometric information directly into their shop floor software suites.
For further information www.machiningcloud.com

Solvay has signed an agreement with Boeing for the supply of advanced composites and adhesives in support of 777X airplane production.

Solvay will be supplying a range of material technologies, including out-of-autoclave structural carbon-fibre epoxy prepreg, flame-resistant interior phenolic prepreg, lightning-strike protection surfacing film and structural adhesive. These materials will support applications across the entire 777X programme, including the vertical and horizontal stabilisers, nacelle, landing-gear doors, wings, and interior structures.
For further information www.solvay.com

Bystronic has introduced a rotary axis for processing tube on its ByStar Fiber flat-bed laser cutter, which offers up to 10 kW of power. The new equipment enables users to switch between sheet and tube processing in a few simple steps.

Factory-fitted by Bystronic, the rotary axis, together with retractable tailstock, enables tubes from 30 to 315 mm in diameter (and in a variety of lengths) to be profiled. The operator inserts tube either from the outside through a hatch in the ByStar Fiber’s housing, or directly into the machining area through the sliding door along the side. Part unloading is said to be similarly rapid.
Also supplied is a tube-cutting software module, which is an expansion to the proprietary BySoft 7 programming software. The module allows users to design parts for tube processing, input existing CAD files, perform editing routines and generate cutting plans.
To support fast set-up times for processing a variety of tube profiles, Bystronic has integrated an assistant function into its ByVision user interface. The new function guides users through each operating step via the ByStar Fiber’s touch screen.
For manipulating longer tubes, Bystronic offers a rotary-axis box, akin to a bar magazine on a lathe. This detachable accessory is mounted on wheels and enables tubes up to 3 m long to be fed through the hatch in the machine housing and positioned accurately. With an additional extension box, tubes up to 6 m
in length can be processed.
For further information www.bystronic.com