New Milling Development Benchmarks From ISCAR
While milling is driven by the increasing demands of manufacturing, there are specific aspects that uniquely impact its advancement, Andrei Petrilin, ISCAR’s Senior Technical Manager explains.
New Opportunities For EVERISING Bandsaws
A conversation with Sam Chao, Senior Manager for Sales and Marketing in EVERISING Machine Company Limited revealed another perspective for new markets for its bandsaws.
Nickel Prices May Head South Despite Inventory Decline
Rising global production and weak demand seen dragging nickel. The outlook for nickel prices is bearish despite its stocks on the London Metal Exchange (LME) dropping by over 40 per cent year-on-year to 43,000 tonnes as of 4 April 2023.
Fine-Tuning Production With Behringer Saws Inc
Behringer Saws Inc’s Alllie Klipp shares with APMEN how their new high-speed saw assisted a guitar accessories manufacturer cut through a production backlog. APMEN learns more.
CERATIZIT New Water Jet Nozzle Portfolio
Water is not only the elixir of life but has also established itself in industrial production for cooling, cleaning, or as a solvent. Furthermore, Water Jet cutting is recognised as a reliable alternative to conventional cutting processes. As a result, CERATIZIT unveiled a new nozzle range.
FORTiS Enclosed Encoder Enhances Grinding Precision And Performance
After testing and evaluation, TGT selected Renishaw’s FORTiS enclosed encoders for its latest series of tool grinding machines. The ease of installation and other leading-edge features of the FORTiS encoder system enable TGT to optimise its machines’ performance.
Lamiera 2019 Closes On Strong Note
The 2019 edition of Lamiera, the international exhibition for sheet metal forming, cutting and processing machines, automation and technologies related to the metalworking industry, was attended by 26,197 visitors, registering an 11 percent growth compared to the 2017 edition, and hosted 518 exhibitors, up by six percent compared to the previous event.
Covering a total exhibition area of over 50,000sqm—25 percent more than the 2017 event—Lamiera 2019, which took place at Fiera Milano Rho from May 15–18, presented a wide overview of automation systems, robotics, welding and technologies linked with the digital world, organised in the New Innovation Areas (Robot Planet, FabbricaFutura and Saldatech), which were added to the usual Innovation Areas, Fastener Industry, Ecocoatech and Blech Italy Service.
Amongst the highlights of this year’s event was the LAMIALAMIERA, developed with the support of the Lombardy Region. Set up in Hall 18, LAMIALAMIERA hosted a comprehensive programme of 40 exhibitor meetings spread throughout the four-day event. Moreover, LAMIERA honoured Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years after his demise, with the special show “Italians like us, excellence becomes identity” set up in the exhibition area, and awarded the medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic. This special exhibition featured a presentation of some drawing reproductions of metal forming machine tools and automation systems developed by da Vinci, highlighting the close parallelism between his projects and the modern technologies being exhibited in the halls.
“We are very satisfied with the outcome of this edition of LAMIERA that closed with increased figures with regard to square metre of exhibit area, exhibiting companies and visiting operators,” said Massimo Carboniero, president of Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre, the event organiser.
“Milan is confirmed as the most suitable location, the only one in Italy capable of hosting such an important event, which we hope will keep growing and improving. For this reason, based on the achieved results, we are already working on the definition of the next edition, which will be held at Fiera Milano Rho from March 17–20, 2021,” Alfredo Mariotti, general manager of Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre, said.
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Sandvik Coromant Extends Advanced Insert Grades To Additional Milling Concepts
Following the successful introduction of its GC4330 and GC4340 steel milling grades, Sandvik Coromant is now extending the range of application for these advanced insert grades to additional milling concepts. The grades are now available for selection with the CoroMill 300 round-insert face and profile mill; the CoroMill 245 multi-purpose face milling cutter; and the CoroMill QD cutter, which is optimized for deep and narrow grooving and parting off.
GC4330 and GC4340, which feature a specially developed substrate, Inveio coating and enhanced post-treatment technology, allow users to enjoy substantially increased tool life and process security. The extension of these grades to additional Sandvik Coromant milling concepts brings their advantages to even more machine shops looking to optimize the milling of steel workpieces.
Among the many design attributes of GC4330 and GC4340 is the optimized Inveio coating. Inveio is the technical breakthrough of uni-directional crystal orientation in the alumina coating layer that gives inserts a new level of wear resistance and tool life. Furthermore, the substrate of the grades delivers highly controlled grain size distribution for more reliable and predictable insert behaviour.
GC4330 is a medium-hard grade for roughing to semi-finish face milling, while the GC4340 grade is for rough shoulder milling and groove milling. Both grades are also extended to the CoroMill 360 heavy-duty face mill, CoroMill 419 high-feed mill, and LPMH-PM plunge-cutter inserts. In addition, GC4330 is available for the CoroMill 365 high-security face mill, while GC4340 can be applied to the CoroMill 216 ball-nose end mill and CoroMill 415 small-diameter high-feed face mill.
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Outlook For Welding And Cutting Equipment Market
Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials through coalescence, while cutting refers to the slicing of steel or other metals of different thickness through the use of different cutting equipment. And both are often used together in metalworking industries in manufacturing processes or for the production of outputs. Based on the product type, the welding and cutting equipment market can be further divided into five categories: arc welding equipment, gas welding equipment, MIG welders, plasma cutting equipment and others. While from the perspective of the end-user, the welding and cutting equipment market can be divided into another five categories: energy industry, shipbuilding industry, construction industry, automobile industry and others.
However, based on findings by Persistence Market Research, welding and cutting equipment are mostly deployed by the energy, automotive and construction industries as of now. And due to the rapid growth of industry 4.0, demand for welding and cutting equipment has increased globally. In particular, Asia-Pacific has risen up as the largest market for welding and cutting equipment, followed by North America and Europe and China and India are the key countries for the growth of the industry due to the high industrial growth rate, high growth rate in the construction sector and high growth rate of automotive industry in both countries. In fact, China’s economy is expected to continue growing by 7.8 percent and as of 2012, China has emerged as the largest steel nation globally. Meanwhile, countries that are part of the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) have also been highlighted as fast growing regions for the welding and cutting market.
Overall, the market is projected to grow at a substantial rate through 2020 due to increasing demand from the energy, automotive and construction industries. But market growth is also constrained by a decreased growth of the ship building, aerospace and defense industries. Key players in the industry include Illinois Tool Works Inc., Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Victor Technologies International Inc., Colfax Corp., ESAB, Panasonic Corp., Sonics & Materials Inc., Charter International Ltd. and Denyo Co. Ltd.
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Kasto: Kastotec Carbide Metal Machine
Kasto’s Kastotec high-performance carbide metal machine has shorter cutting times and higher saw blade service lives are possible thanks to a steel mineral casting compound, guaranteeing a high degree of damping and quiet running, even with difficult-to-machine materials such as titanium, Hastelloy and Inconel. Standard pre-tensioned linear guides, each with two grease-lubricated guide carriages, extend the working life.
The saw feed control with its minimal use of sensors enables the cutting parameters to be continuously adjusted, not only at the beginning and end of the cut but also throughout the sawing process. The user therefore benefits from maximum performance and low tool wear. The tool service life also benefits from the new double saw blade cleaning facility.
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