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When quantities are manageable, laser blanking lines offer significant advantages over presses. © Fagor

Laser instead of punch

28. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Fagor Arrasate is taking another technological leap forward by incorporating laser cutters into its steel and aluminum processing lines. This technology complements the cooperative’s technical capabilities, opens up new business […]

The bvik yearbook 2021. Success stories from B2B marketing. Ed. from the Bundesverband Industrie Kommunikation e.V. (bvik) Glockenbach-Verlag, Munich - ISBN: 978-3-949360-02-2 Price: € 29,- © Glockenbach-Verlag

Best practices in B2B marketing

25. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

B2B marketing has its own laws: How they work is shown in the recently published “bvik Yearbook 2021” of the Bundesverband Industrie Kommunikation e.V. (German Association of Industrial Communication). The […]

IBU Managing Director Bernd Jacobs hopes that other customer groups - OEMs and system suppliers - will quickly follow suit and make acceptable offers to their suppliers. © IBU

Car manufacturers help suppliers out of the cost trap

24. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The ability to pay in the automotive supply chain is extremely strained due to material price increases, rising energy costs, et cetera. Many suppliers are caught in a liquidity trap […]

Microsection shows that the (CrMoVTi)C hard coating is firmly anchored to the substrate by the 3D TT-CVD process. © R&D Technical Center

X times service life

23. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Are PVD and CVD – at least their known variants – yesterday’s coating methods for tools? The future could belong to the 3D TT-CVD process. In the mid-1950s, Metallgesellschaft developed […]

Lamiera one week earlier

22. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Due to Corona-related rescheduling at the exhibition center in Milan, Lamiera opens its doors a week earlier. It will therefore take place from May 18th to 21st 2022 at the […]

The Stanzkongress is always attended by numerous prominent representatives from research and industry, including TUM professors Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hoffmann and Prof. Dr. Wolfram Volk (front row). © KIST

12th Congress Stamping Technology on 25th and April 26th in Dortmund

22. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Innovations continue even during a pandemic. After an interruption of two years, visitors can find out what has happened in the field of die cutting in recent times at the […]

Everything on one MG: With a working area of 14 x 4 meters and a technology combination of a plasma rotator for 3D sheet metal processing as well as an oxyfuel torch for higher material thicknesses and a needle marker for part marking, Engicon relies on a versatile CNC cutting center. © MicroStep Europe

Modern and flexible cutting solution

22. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Belgian company Engicon nv (Geldof) is known for its technically complex solutions that often require a wide range of expertise. It specializes, among other things, in the manufacture of storage […]

The freedom from burrs, precision and component cleanliness of components are playing an increasingly important role in wide areas of industry due to transformation processes and higher quality demands. © Benseler Deburring

10th Symposium Deburring Technologies and Precision Surfaces

22. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The FairXperts anniversary event stands for optimal knowledge transfer and effective information gathering on technologies for deburring, precision surface manufacturing and industrial component cleaning. These are topics that are becoming […]

The Duramax N thread forming tool with TiN coating © BASS

Threading tools for sheet metal working

21. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

As soon as internal threads are produced in sheet metal working, the tool of choice is the thread cutter – also known as thread former. Compared to classic thread cutting, […]

The force exerted by the spinning roller on the workpiece - a metal disk - is fed back proportionally to the handwheel of the Premo Force Feedback control. This allows the plant operator to better calculate the reaction of the material to the pressure during thickening. © Abacus

With flair

18. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Do you remember the “eternal”, unaccustomed standing at the vice, filing at a U-piece. You should get a feel for the material – St 37. And you got it, tenth […]