Industry 4.0 showcased at Southeast Asia’s biggest event for the metalworking, machine tools, and automation industries opened with a prestigious ceremony graced by YBhg. Datuk Hanafi Sakri, Deputy Secretary General (Industry) of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). YBhg. Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr Hj Mohd Nasir Bin Mohd Ashraf, Organising Chairman, Informa Markets Malaysia, YBhg. Dato Dr Tan Chin Huat, Chairman of METALTECH & AUTOMEX, and Gerard Leeuwenburgh, Country General Manager of Informa Markets Malaysia, were also present. The ceremony highlighted the significance of METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2024 as a platform for growth and innovation in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector.

Datuk Hanafi delivered a keynote address about Malaysia’s manufacturing sector.

“We are witnessing impressive growth, with investments surging to RM152 billion, a remarkable 80.3% increase compared to the previous year,” he declared. He continued by emphasising the importance of METALTECH & AUTOMEX, saying, “These exhibitions play a crucial role in propelling Malaysia towards becoming a regional leader in smart manufacturing, advanced technologies, and high-tech industries.”

METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2024 boasts an unparalleled showcase, featuring over 1,500 brands and companies from 40 countries. With 18,000 trade buyers and visitors anticipated from 49 countries, the event is poised to be a dynamic hub for forging new partnerships and exploring the future of manufacturing.

Themed “Industry 4.0 Innovations: Powering Malaysia’s Manufacturing Future,” the event places a strong emphasis on the transformative potential of Industry 4.0. Visitors can delve into dedicated pavilions from industry leaders in Germany, South Korea, mainland China, Singapore, and Taiwan region, all showcasing groundbreaking solutions in automation, robotics, and digital manufacturing.

“This year’s METALTECH & AUTOMEX goes beyond just speed,” said Mr. Gerard Leeuwenburgh, Country General Manager of Informa Markets in Malaysia. “The theme highlights how Industry 4.0 advancements can optimise processes, drive efficiency, reduce costs, and promote sustainability. Businesses can discover eco-friendly technologies that minimise environmental impact, achieving a future where efficiency and sustainability go hand-in-hand.”

The manufacturing landscape is undergoing a revolution. AI, robotics, and the IoT are fundamentally reshaping how products are designed, produced, and delivered. METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2024 empowers businesses to stay ahead of the curve by providing a platform to explore these trends, connect with solutions providers, and gain valuable insights from industry experts.

“METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2024 isn’t just an exhibition; it’s a game-changer for Malaysian manufacturers. By showcasing the latest Industry 4.0 advancements – from automation to AI-powered solutions – the event serves as a vital launchpad for progress. These innovations hold the key to greater efficiency, enhanced sustainability, and a stronger position in the global marketplace,” emphasised Dato Dr Tan Chin Huat, Chairman of METALTECH & AUTOMEX.

In addition to the exhibition, METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2024 featured a comprehensive program of industry-leading seminars, offering valuable insights and knowledge-sharing opportunities for manufacturers and professionals navigating the evolving industrial landscape.

Following the opening ceremony, Guest of Honour, YBhg. Datuk Hanafi Sakri, along with Chairman Dato Dr Tan Chin Huat and Country General Manager Gerard Leeuwenburgh, embarked on a tour of the exhibition floor. This high-profile visit presents a golden opportunity for exhibitors. It allows them to directly showcase their cutting-edge technologies and solutions to key decision-makers, potentially leading to valuable partnerships and business deals.

METALTECH & AUTOMEX 2024 is a global stage for industry giants to showcase their latest cutting-edge technologies for the first time. From pioneering advancements in automation and robotics to revolutionary solutions in digital manufacturing, this event offers a glimpse into the future of the industry.

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Taiwan machinery exports — comprising inspection and testing of equipment, electronic equipment and machine tools — totaled US$2.62 billion (US$84.14 million) last month, down from US$2.72 billion a year earlier, but up from US$2.49 billion the previous month, data compiled by the association showed.

The annual decrease in machinery exports continued to shrink over the past two months, suggesting a positive growth in overall shipments is around the corner for the industry, the report said.

However, exports of machine tools last month registered negative growth for the 11th consecutive month with an annual decrease of 19.8%, an indication that makers of machine tools remained victims of geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic weakness and the sharp depreciation of the Japanese yen, it said.

As global competition for orders becomes increasingly fierce, foreign exchange rates have become a key factor affecting Taiwanese manufacturers’ ability to secure orders, the association said, adding that the government should keep a close eye on the exchange rates of rival nations.

The NT dollar last year depreciated 1.03% against the US dollar, while the won declined 4.22%, the yuan 3.51% and the yen 10.33%, it said. For the whole of last year, machinery exports slid 15.3% year-on-year to US$29.47 billion, the report said.

Production value in the machinery industry also decreased 16.5% to NT$1.21 trillion from the previous year, it said. By product, exports of machine tools last year fell 14% from a year earlier to US$2.3 billion, overseas shipments of electronic equipment decreased 6.1% to US$4.76 billion and those of inspection and testing of equipment dropped 6.1 percent to US$4.61 billion, the report said.

China and the US were the two largest buyers of Taiwanese machinery last year at US$6.93 billion each, equally with a 23.5% share of the nation’s total exports, followed by Japan, with purchases totaling US$2.38 billion and accounting for 8.1%. Local machinery makers remain conservative about their business outlook this year as the overall manufacturing industry has not completely come out of the woods and firms are cautious about investing in machinery equipment, the report said.

The association said it would seek support from its Chinese counterpart to persuade Beijing from implementing new trade measures against Taiwan — such as suspending tariff concessions on several products including machinery under the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement early harvest list — as the deal is mutually beneficial to the machinery industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Local manufacturers should make more efforts to expand their presence in other markets such as the US, Mexico and the Middle East to diversify their risk, it said.

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Source: Vietnam Plus

Taking place at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre, the events are organised by RX Tradex Vietnam – ASEAN’s leading exhibition organiser. Director General of RX Tradex Vietnam Vu Trong Tai said METALEX Vietnam has become an important event that helps industrialists to keep up with the development trend and update their knowledge with the latest technologies in metalworking and manufacturing.

Meanwhile, NEPCON Vietnam serves as a venue for leading suppliers and subcontractors to meet and give technical consultations on surface-mount technology (SMT), testing technologies and smart production for the supporting industry, he stressed.

According to Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Mechanical Enterprises (VAMI) Nguyen Chi Sang, METALEX Vietnam 2023 and NEPCON Vietnam 2023, themed “Creating the Next Giant Manufacturer”, will bring complete metalworking solutions for industrialists who are seeking ways to improve production capacity in a fierce competitive environment.

Besides, the exhibitions also help the business community get access to various industrial production models in the region, he said.

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Metals expand and contract due to heat as well as different expansion coefficients depending on the material. Machine tools, which are mainly made of steel or cast metal, expand by 1/100th of a millimetre per meter for a temperature rise of 1 deg C.

The heat generated by the spindle and peripheral equipment during machining causes the machine body to expand. Also, temperature changes in the factory deform the orientation of the machine, affecting machining accuracy.

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Toolholding has been rendered as the most “conservative” link in the value chain of machine tools and have undergone fewer revolutionary changes compared to others. But does that mean that further development for toolholders is over?

Of course, not.

Especially with the current digitalisation trend towards a smart factory, smart manufacturing of tomorrow needs intelligent toolholders. Even today, built-in chips provide various data about a toolholder to “communicate” with machine tools, industrial robots, storage devices etc. Adding new information functionality is no doubt an extremely important direction in toolholding development.

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According to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), the export value of the machinery and machine tool industries has increased from MYR 37.7 billion to MYR 39.4 billion from 2016 to 2020. To strengthen the bilateral trade relationship between Taiwan and Malaysia in smart machine tool industries, the PMC has established the demo portal “The Key Smart Manufacturing Solution in Taiwan” via virtual industrial exhibition to demonstrate the machine tools.The machine tools are divided into 9 categories: lathes and turning machines, other metal cutting machine tools, drilling machines, milling and boring machines, planning, shaping, slotting & broaching machines, grinding machines, machining centers, electric discharge machines (EDM), and Sawing and cut-off machines.Selected manufacturers and suppliers are posted and introduced on the website, developing and providing solutions for metalworking machine tools, establishing an ecosystem for the smart machine tool industries to show the world Taiwan’s key solution.

Metalworking industry is the key industry for Malaysia’s economy development; its applications range from electromechanical, electronic and electrical, transportation equipment to construction industries. Metalworking machinery is one of the machine tool industries and can bring significant opportunities to machine tool manufacturing, including Laser cutting machines, precision machining centers, electrical discharge machines (EDM), milling machines, drilling machines, lathes, shears, pipe benders, punching machines, bending machines, forging pressers and pressers, etc.

Due to the epidemic, the basic metal industries are changing their paths from construction to advanced engineering industries such as medical equipment, aviation, oil and gas, semiconductors, smart machinery, advanced analytical laboratory equipment, robots and electric vehicles. As the key portal of Taiwan’s machine tool industry, MTIORC not only bring the industry and marketing together, but also attracts the buyers’ attention by graphics and short videos to gain more exposure in the local digital markets. Grabbing the opportunities during the epidemic, Taiwan and Malaysia’s metalworking and machine tool industries can together create a fruitful smart manufacturing collaboration.

SOURCE Precision Machinery Research and Development Center

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On July 1, 2015, Mayer took on the management of TRUMPF Hüttinger GmbH + Co. KG in Freiburg and led the subsidiary back to success. On October 1, 2017, he returned to Ditzingen as Managing Director of Production and Purchasing at TRUMPF Machine Tools.

Since 2019, Stephan Mayer has been responsible as President China. Stephan Mayer is responsible for all TRUMPF activities in China and manages the two locations in Taicang/Jiangsu and Jinfangyuan CNC Machine Co., Ltd. (JFY) in Yangzhou.

Stephan Mayer studied mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe from 2000 – 2004, where he also earned his doctorate in 2007 – 2009. Mayer, a native of Schramberg, worked in consulting at McKinsey & Company Inc. in Stuttgart from 2004 until he joined TRUMPF.

Heinz-Jürgen Prokop started as Head of the Design Department at TRUMPF Lasertechnik GmbH in Ditzingen, Germany, in 1988 and was Vice President, Head of Development/Design and production at IHI-TRUMPF-Technologies in Yokohama, Japan, until 1992. After holding various external positions as Managing Director at Thyssen/Krupp in Essen, Fritz Studer AG in Steffisburg, Switzerland, and Frigoblock in Essen, he returned to Ditzingen in 2012 as Managing Director of Development and Purchasing at TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG. Since July 1, 2017, Heinz-Jürgen Prokop has been a member of the Group Executive Board as CEO MT.

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Today, workpieces generally need to be machined using multiple tools, which in turn means that tool changes are required during the machining process. In order to keep the changeover and adjustment times as short as possible, the use of fast tool change systems has become the norm. Here, heimatec, manufacturer of high-precision static and driven precision tools for lathes and machining centers, introduces its wide range of solutions for fast tool changing. 

Flexible System

Efficient manufacture is made significantly easier in two aspects. If machine downtimes can be reduced, the productive time increases automatically. By using flexible universal tools, the tool inventory can also be reduced, resulting in cost savings. 

heimatec developed the flexible heimatec.u-tec tool change system for this purpose, which allows machining companies to utilise different adapters for a wide variety of machining tasks. The driven heimatec.u-tec tools are designed with a collect chuck mount according to DIN 6499, allowing the user to use the driven tools without additional tool adapters. A special feature of the heimatec u-tec change system is the short mounting length which ensures exceptionally stable clamping of the cutting tool with low cantilever forces, leading to excellent machining results and a long service life of the cutters.

Reducing Machine Downtimes

The company has developed the easy-quick HT series specially for fast changes in the area of driven and static tools. This means different tool change inserts with market-standard tool mounts can be preset outside the tool machine and when required, can be simply, safely and quickly installed by the machine operator with one hand. With this series, machine downtimes are reduced significantly. In addition, the overall tooling costs are reduced thanks to the multiple and flexible use of the easy-quick base tools. 

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Electric motors are used in a wide variety of applications and must meet a broad spectrum of requirements. When it comes to axis motors in machine tools, for example, torque ripple and the inertia ratio between the motor and the load are crucial factors, along with the maximum torque. These criteria have a direct effect on the quality of the workpiece to be manufactured. HEIDENHAIN axis motors for machine tools offer a balanced inertia ratio and very low torque ripple for exceptional machining results and dynamic motion control.

Withstanding Disturbances

A system’s rigidity is a crucial factor in its resilience to vibrations or milling forces—the greater the rigidity, the better. Rigidity, in turn, is heavily influenced by the inertia ratio between the motor and the moving mass of the feed axis (load). This means that larger motors provide greater system rigidity against milling forces or vibrations. Figure 1 shows, as a function of the inertia ratio between the motor and the load, how high a sudden load reversal must be in order to temporarily cause a given position error in a drive.

By way of illustration, a lightweight trailer attached to a large, high-torque vehicle will introduce fewer disturbances into the entire system when exposed to wind gusts or road damage than will a heavy trailer pulled by a lightweight vehicle of the same torque. This is true even though the lighter trailer is obviously much more susceptible to these influences than the heavier one. For a machine tool, this means that the largest possible motor should be moving the lightest possible table in order to minimise the effect of disturbances on the entire system (such as milling forces or vibrations arising at the table).

Unfortunately, if there is a significant difference between the inertias of the motor and the load, it is also necessary to lower the loop gains. Lowering the loop gains leads to lower rigidity, meaning that the entire system reacts more strongly to load disturbances, e.g., from milling forces or vibrations.

For a machine tool, a balanced inertia ratio between the motor and the load should therefore be selected. A balanced ratio provides the amount of rigidity needed to make the entire system insusceptible to external influences exerted on the load, meaning that these influences have no effect on the machining result, and, at the same time, making it possible to work with high loop gains. In other words, the trailer and the vehicle pulling it should be correctly matched to each other. 

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Face-to-face training is still not easily possible at the moment and with the overwhelming response from the last online tech talks, Walter would like to offer the new series of Tech Talks – Walter Online Tech Talks 2.0.

Register today and have a tour of different tools and machining strategies being used in the industry today. Walter will also give some insight into what the company is working on to stay ahead of the competition.

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Productive processes reduce unit costs and increase productivity in production facilities in the long term

In order to make this a reality, you need qualified employees who know how to fully utilise the potential of modern cutting tools as efficiently as possible in their work. Knowledge of tools and their applications is key to successfully achieving increases in productivity whilst reducing costs. We will help you to overcome these challenges with qualified technical training for your employees.

Highly-qualified staff will help to lower your costs

If you want to use high-calibre tools efficiently and would like to guarantee reliable processes, you have to have excellent specialist knowledge at your disposal. Only with sound knowledge of machining, processes and strategies will your employees develop long-term expertise, which will give your company a competitive advantage.

Small application with a big impact

On average, tool costs in a modern production environment account for around four to six percent of the total production costs. However, tools have an effect on the majority of production costs and therefore offer the greatest potential for optimisation.

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