International Metalworking News - Middle East & Af Magazine - March 2014

In this issue

In this issue of International Metalworking News- Middle East & Africa, Tooling & Workholding section presents an article about insert failure and its negative impact on manufacturing equipment. This malfunction is similar to an athlete exhausting a good pair of running shoes. Much like a shoe under the weight of the runner wearing it, an insert endures tremendous stress over and over again, creating wear and tear. If not addressed, wear can cause inaccurate processes or poor productivity. Manufacturers can analyse used tooling to achieve maximum tool life and predict tool usage, reducing equipment deterioration.
Another major editorial highlight in this issue is about component machining with robots instead of CNC machine tools, which are gaining importance recently. The Metal Cutting Equipment section points the reasons for this. We all know that robots are highly flexible and can be universally adjusted to different tasks with minimal, often acceptable limitations to precision. Above all, this results in a very cost-effective solution for industrial machining. toolcraft is premièring the RoboBox in installation size H1,800xW1,800xD1,800 mm. This solution is the offline programming in the same programming language as for CNC machine tools.
Finally, precise measuring instead of calculating an approximation can be facilitated by an innovative technology for the optical measurement of gaps and fold edges. The CALIPRI profile measurement device developed by NextSense uses no less than three laser lines for the scanning of profiles.
This allows for the swivelling of the measurement device and enables measurements from different perspectives. The swivelling capability permits the device to analyse body gaps of sheet-metal body parts that form gaps. Find out more when you read the Inspection/Measurement Equipment section in this magazine.

International Metalworking News - Middle East & Af Magazine Description:

International Metalworking News – Middle East & Africa is published 6x a year in English with highlights in Arabic. The magazine is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the metal forming and metal cutting industry across 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the Middle East and Africa. Also included are exclusive content and articles from Ringier's family of metalworking industry magazines covering Greater China and South East Asia, such as International Metalworking News for China, International Mold & Die Making News for China, Modern Machine Tools and International Metalworking News for Asia. The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s metalworking website (metalworking.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.