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Master Fluid Solutions
Following the acquisition of Wilhelm
Dietz GmbH, based in Düsseldorf,
Germany, Master Fluid Solutions will
relocate its European headquarters
there next year. They are currently at
Needham Market, Suffolk.
https://is.gd/foyuvo
Quaser buys Winbro
Taiwan-based metalcutting machine
tool maker Quaser Machine Tools
(QMT) has acquired the UK’s Winbro
Group Technologies.
https://is.gd/gumogo
FANUC’s cloud initiative
FANUC is to develop a Digital Utility
Cloud service together with two
major Japanese tech companies,
Fujitsu and NTT Communications.
The service is scheduled to launch
for Japanese customers in April
2020. https://is.gd/ipacok
New brand for B3DPS
BASF 3D Printing Solutions (B3DPS)
unveiled its new brand at Formnext
2019 last month – Forward AM. That
news aside, B3DPS says it continues
to pursue its goal of driving industrial
scalability as the next phase of
additive-based manufacturing.
https://is.gd/abatiw
Lantek/HSG collaboration
Lantek has signed a collaboration
agreement with the multinational
HSG Laser Group. HSG customers
worldwide will be able to use
Lantek’s software. Lantek has 100+
such cutting machine maker
partners worldwide.
https://is.gd/ogimud
Danish rm OnRobot, a
manufacturer of end-of-arm tools
for collaborative robots, has been
awarded the gold medal in the
Industrial Automation category of
the LEAP awards for its One System
software solution.
One System was recognised for
making robotic applications faster
and easier to implement by
seamlessly integrating any OnRobot
product with a wide range of
collaborative and light industrial
robot brands.
OnRobot CEO Enrico Krog
Iversen sees winning as recognition
from an industry ready to embrace
solutions that break down barriers
to automation. “With One System,
we’ve created a single robotic
solution that speeds up
deployment, making it easy, fast
and cost-effective for
manufacturers to build
collaborative applications.”
The uni ed interface, which was
DMG Mori AM machines
DMG Mori unveiled its new LaserTec
125 3D hybrid additive
manufacturing unit at Formnext last
month. It is for the maintenance,
repair and production of signi cantly
larger parts. https://is.gd/oridol
Trumpf’s AM automation move
Formnext last month saw Trumpf
present a newly developed solution
that allows substrate plates on its
TruPrint 1000 3D printer to be
automatically changed. The
capability helps manufacturers avoid
bottlenecks when job orders peak,
OnRobot’s standardised connection for robots and its grippers
has received an award recognising its benefi ts in automation
unveiled at the Automate Show in
Chicago in April, allows the full
suite of OnRobot tools to work outof
the-box with collaborative and
light industrial robots from
Universal Robots, Kuka, FANUC,
Doosan, Techman, Yaskawa,
Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, Hanwha and
Nachi, with more robot brands
coming.
as the machine can run overnight,
says the company, citing the dental
sector as a bene ciary.
https://is.gd/jiholi
Trumpf UK sales up 29%
Trumpf’s UK operation recorded an
order intake of £65 million
and sales of £60
million in the year
2018/19, a 29%
increase on the
previous year.
TDT/CMZ
With immediate
effect, TDT
Machine Tools is
able to offer CMZ
turning machines across the
central belt of the UK.
https://is.gd/porefo
Schunk gripper design
The newly developed Schunk design
and selection tool for gripping
modules simpli es and accelerates
All OnRobot products now have
a uni ed mechanical and
communications interface based
on the OnRobot Quick Changer,
which has become an integrated
part of all OnRobot products.
The Danish automation expert
will pick up the award at a
ceremony in Santa Clara,
California, this month.
the engineering of handling systems.
Just a few details about the gripper
type, workpiece and gripping
situation are enough for the system
to output the right modules from
Schunk’s gripping component range.
https://is.gd/oqurej
On-machine probing trend
Blum-Novotest has seen
a 25% rise in demand
for the company’s
‘on-machine’
probes and laser
systems since the
launch of its LC50-
Digilog (left).
https://is.gd/acokoh
Inspiring attendance numbers
Seco Tools UK’s annual ‘Inspiration
through Innovation’ manufacturing
best practice event, hosted at the
company’s UK Technology Centre in
Alcester on 9-10 October, attracted
a total of 747 visitors over the two
days (p22). https://is.gd/zomage
Carbon-neutral operations next year for Fuchs
Lubricants specialist Fuchs will hit complete CO2 neutrality next year. The
company, which has its UK headquarters in Stoke, says it will be CO2
neutral globally by 1 January 2020, achieving this by reducing energy
from consumption in production to consumables in administration. To
achieve this outcome, Fuchs will offset any CO2 emissions that have not
yet been avoided through compensation measures. The company will,
it says, invest in high quality climate protection projects aimed primarily
at promoting renewable energies. https://is.gd/ebudas
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