Bar feeders are sometimes overlooked in metalworking, but they play a crucial role in enhancing efficiency and productivity in machining processes. Edward Tsai from Giuliani IEMCA Machinery explains the tool’s crucial role.
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Edward Tsai, Sales Manager for Overseas Market from Giuliani IEMCA Machinery Company remains optimistic about the market’s recovery post Covid. IEMCA aims to constantly increase customers’ productivity by designing high-performance bar feeders, able to support any type of lathe or turning machine in the best possible way.
Schunk Investing €85 Million in Expansion of Production Facilities
Gripping systems and clamping technology provider Schunk is investing around €85 million in expanding its production facilities in Brackenheim-Hausen, Mengen, and St. Georgen in Germany, and in Morrisville, North Carolina, in the United States.
Around 42,000sqm of total production and administration space is being created, starting with the US plant, where the new buildings were officially handed over recently. In addition to the production area expansion, Schunk Intec USA created a 4,000sqm administrative building, which features a Customer Centre, where users can experience Schunk’s components live and receive additional know-how in technology forums and workshops. The new building was inaugurated in early May with an official ceremony followed by a Family Day. Schunk has invested a total of almost €10 million in the expansion of the site.
Meanwhile, €40 million are being put into the Competence Centre for Gripping Systems in Brackenheim-Hausen, Germany. The extension covers an area of 22,000sqm and represents a doubling of the existing production area.
Schunk is investing another €30 million in the Competence Centre for Lathe Chuck Technology and Stationary Clamping Systems in Mengen, in the district of Sigmaringen, Germany. Here, 12,000sqm are to be added for production and R&D.
Around €5 million were invested at the St. Georgen site in Black Forest, where the production area was doubled with an increase of 4,200sqm.
“In the coming years, we will experience a boom in automation and digitisation worldwide, and we’ll only be able to handle this by having the right capacities,” said CEO Henrik A. Schunk.
For several years, the company has been successfully focusing on these two trends and concentrating its resources and know-how. Schunk expects high growth rates, especially for mechatronic and increasingly intelligent clamping devices and gripping systems.
The company also recently announced its cooperation with AnotherBrain, one of the world’s leading specialists in artificial intelligence (AI).
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Okuma LU7000 EX CNC Lathe
Okuma LU7000 EX CNC Lathe two-saddle is designed for applications with large work envelopes. The machine’s turning capacity is 10 sq mm and can cut oil-well pipes in one chaser threading.
The Okuma LU7000 EX CNC Lathe machine also has a 45-degree box bed with all box way construction, which provides support for the carriage and cross slide.
The Okuma LU7000 EX CNC Lathe machine’s end milling capacity is 120 cubic cm per minute with maximum working diameter of 900 mm and 200 mm long Y-axis travel. Simultaneous turning with upper and lower turrets can achieve faster cycle times.
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