modern machine tools - january 2012
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Editorial
January 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS 17
IFORM’ing Tomorrow’s Trends
ts show time yet again! Just like anything new is initiated by an auspicious ritual or a tradition, the machine tools industry begins its new year with an auspicious occasion called—IMTEX. The expo has in the past pioneered the tones and trends in the industry and will continue its leadership in the years to come. Also, if it’s an IMTEX Forming edition, along with the concurrent show Tool Tech, it is indeed all about forming the trends of tomorrow!
The industry is abuzz with activity and everybody associated with this Mecca of the Machine Tools have their own unique reason to be upbeat about the forthcoming show. This is that time of the year when BIEC transforms itself into a major magnet for the machine tools industry, attracting all things positive. Participation of iconoclast exhibitors, launch of cutting edge technologies, major companies announcing their acquisitions, signing of million dollar deals, new fortune building contacts being forged, order books getting loaded, etc, the list of postivities is endless. In short it spells good news for everybody who steps into this state-of-the-art exhibition center, hosting the premium trade exposition of a very prime industry. With this heady combination, nothing but the best is expected and is in turn delivered.
To borrow one of the exhibitors’ sentiments, “those who don’t want to be the ‘option’ but the ‘priority’ in the industry are all here.” For companies seeking to improve their brand recall and recognition in the industry must participate in this show; this is another way of saying that the real players or those who matter are all present in full attendance and colors at IMTEX.
If the above sentiment sounds like a compulsion—which although it is not—what it does to the companies is far more than what is usually expected. It provides the machine tools manufacturers, an overview of the entire value chain of this industry, which in turn helps to engineer the machines to be more than just machine tools and also to provide customers with a solution from a complete manufacturing perspective. Creasing out customer pain points regarding the products and services after intense discussions, are what IMTEX afternoons are made of!!
So as the stage is set, it couldn’t have been at a more opportune time as global uncertainties overshadow markets and the world is eyeing Asia and specifically India, for inspiration and growth. Predicting the current and future demands—the metal forming industry will be further re-shaping itself to align with newer opportunities and materials which are beyond metal. Plastics, ceramics, composites and many new materials on the block will change the whole dynamics and scope of this technology and hence, this industry, which is on a go already, and for obvious reasons.
Forming plays a critical role in the never ending need for infrastructure requirement where, sheet metal forming and joining technology play a key role. Then again, this technology plays a major role in the automotive industry, and the new advancements will see the growing foray into mobile and customer durable industry, as well as, the medical equipment industry among other growing sectors, with increased focus on the precision level of forming operations.
So let’s form our future and fortunes…let’s make the best of IMTEX!!
EditorialAdvisory Board
Vikram SirurPresident, IMTMA & Executive Chairman,
Miven Machine Tools Ltd
L KrishnanVice President, IMTMA &
Managing Director, TaeguTec India P Ltd
M Lokeswara RaoPast President, IMTMA & MD, Lokesh Machines Ltd
N K DhandPast President, IMTMA &
CMD, Micromatic Grinding Technologies Ltd
R SrinivasanPast President, IMTMA &
MD, RAS Transformation Technologies
Gautam DoshiAdvisor, IMTMA &
Consultant, Productivity & Quality Improvement Services
S N MishraPast President, IMTMA &
Vice Chairman, Bharat Fritz Werner LtdArchana [email protected]
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Special FocusDeveloping Trend ...............................................................
Metal Cutting Technologies ...............................................
Metal Cutting Methods .....................................................
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Case Study ...........................................................................................
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In Conversation With
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President, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) ..................................... 64
Editorial ...................................................................... 17
Foreword ...................................................................... 27
National Highlights - 2011 ......................................... 28
International Highlights - 2011 .................................. 34
News, Views & Analysis .............................................. 40
Technology & Innovation ............................................ 58
Projects ...................................................................... 194
Event List .................................................................. 196
Products .................................................................... 208
List of Products ........................................................ 280
List of Advertisers .................................................... 288
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Forming
Tooling System
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Country Focus
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Facility VisitRaising the benchmark of precision .................................... 84
Automation TrendsIntegrated Software Provides Competitive Edge ............... 185
Energy management EDM Energy Conservation Without the Effort ............... 188
Learning CurveWhat India can learn from Taiwan ........................................... 192
Event Preview Engg Expo - Indore ............................................................. 198
Event Report Engg Expo - Pune................................................................ 204
Engg Expo - Chennai ........................................................... 206
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Foreword
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Growth can only be optimistic
The global economy and industry are passing through a challenging phase. It has momentarily affected Indian economy—resulting in a growth of 6.9 per cent against a forecast of 8.0 per cent. While there are apprehensions about how the growth story is expected to unfold for the rest of the current fiscal, it needs to be noted that India is still growing. Indian economy has grown to be resilient to internal and external shocks. This is primarily because the fundamentals of our nations’ economy and industry are very strong.
The optimism will be reinforced with the onset of the 12th Five-Year Plan—to commence from 1st April, 2012. The 12th Five-Year Plan has a concerted emphasis on not just achieving a growth of nine to ten per cent; but also, on ways and means to exponentially enhance Indian manufacturing. Objectives for Indian manufacturing in the 12th Five-Year Plan lays down a vision to increase its share from the present 16 per cent to 25 per cent, by the year 2025. A year in which the manufacturing sector would also contribute in generating a 100 million additional jobs. The vision also includes increasing “depth” in manufacturing with focus on the level of domestic value addition.
Like every dark cloud has a silver lining, India’s auto sector is the silver lining to its economical growth graphs. Several automobile manufacturers are in the process of launching compact vehicles. According to auto industry bodies—while the vehicle production is estimated to grow three-folds by 2020 from 2009—the automotive component industry is expected to touch US $ 110 billion by 2020 as against the present turnover of US $ 40 billion—also a three-fold growth.
Concerted efforts are underway in almost every segment. It is only appropriate that we in the machine tool industry continue in our initiatives to expand capacities, focus on innovations and designs, and carry out new product developments—in order to bridge the technology gap. Also, measures need to be taken towards skill enhancement and workforce development.
Over the last ten years we have taken tremendous efforts to enhance quality, reliability and bring to the fore various value added features to our products, while continually empowering the ‘Made in India’ brand.
Indian manufacturing industry excels in introducing innovative initiatives to keep up the growth and excellence of its productivity. One of the initiatives are the IMTEX exhibitions. IMTMA is hosting the 2nd Edition of IMTEX FORMING 2012 along with the concurrent exhibition Tooltech 2012.
A visit to this trade fair is certain to provide a unique opportunity to witness a wide range of metalworking technologies from India alongside those from overseas, all under one roof. In a nut-shell, with the leading global players converging at IMTEX FORMING 2012 there will be something for every one.
Vikram Sirur
President – IMTMA, and
Executive Chairman – Miven Machine Tools Ltd
National Highlights - 2011
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(January) Taking the next step in its quality mandate, the first Field Quality Centre and training facility of Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (NMIPL) was inaugurated at its manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu. The training centre, which was built as per Nissan’s global standards, in terms of facilities, tools & equipment, aimed at consistently achieving ‘fix it right the first time’ concept. The training centre also provide product, process & soft skill trainings for dealership staff located in India.
Nissan Inaugurates First Field Quality Centre in India
Investment
(January) Essar Steel officially entered into a partnership with Japan-based Kobe in a joint venture agreement for producing auto grade steel at the Hazira plant in Gujarat. The company was also looking at reviving the one million tonne per annum plant at Zimbabwe. Essar Steel had got the nod from Zimbabwe government for acquiring a majority stake in the country’s biggest steel company. The company had also planned to set up a power plant at the site of the steel mill to meet its power needs.
Essar makes Substantial Investments
(March) HAAS Automation Inc inaugurated its 100 per cent Indian subsidiary—Haas Automation India Pvt Ltd in Mahape, Navi Mumbai. The new subsidiary is aimed at providing the same superior level of technical support (in service, applications, training and parts) to its customers in India, similar to what is experienced by customers in the US and Europe. The company also has six HFOs located in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Manesar and Pune and plans to add six more HFOs in India over the next few years.
HAAS Inaugrates Indian Subsidiary with Complete Ownership
(June) The Indian subsidiary of leading machine tool manufacturer—Yamazaki Mazak—recently inaugurated its new technology centre in Pune. The one-of-its-kind facility saw a grand opening. With the opening of this new technology centre, the machine tool major reinforced its commitment to the customers in the Indian market. The centre also offers various customer support services such as special facilities for undertaking customer training by highly skilled employees of Yamazaki Mazak, besides boasting of an auditorium and conference rooms for organising technical seminars.
Yamazaki Mazak Inaugrates State-of-the-Art Facility in Pune
(June) The leading German manufacturer of innovative and high-quality measuring and testing technology, established a new subsidiary office in India headquartered in Bengaluru. The subsidiary will serve as a sales and service hub, supporting the other local sales and service offices in New Delhi, Pune and Chennai, while co-ordinating the setup of other future sales and service offices.
Blum-Novotest Inaugrates Subsidiary in India
(July) To expand its global presence in the fast growing Indian market, GILDEMEISTER and MORI SEIKI jointly invested in a new technology centre in Bengaluru. It is also the company’s largest technology centre in Asia, offering machine and technology presentations, bonded warehouse for spares & customer training rooms. The technology centre covers the complete service and support of the entire product portfolios of both manufacturers. It also houses a spare part warehouse ensuring reduction in spare part delivery time.
DMG/MORI SEIKI Inaugrates Largest Technology Centre in India
(October) Bharat Fritz Werner completed fifty years this year. It had started with German techno-commercial collaboration, but is now a fully Indian company of the Kothari Group. The organisation took up various activities through out the year to mark the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the company. The leading machine tool builder has over 25, 000 units of its products across the world. The company over the years have built its brand image for providing quality and excellence.
BFW Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
(December) Developers of the world’s first tool setter for Lathes, Metrol Co., Ltd opened its Sales and Marketing operation in Bengaluru. The company is a leading tool setter and ultra precision switch manufacturer. Metrol Corporation India will begin its Indian journey from IMTEX 2012-Forming Exhibition. The tool setters manufactured by the Japanese developer are widely used by more than 100 machine tool builders across 20 countries.
Metrol, Japan opened its Indian subsidiary in Bengaluru
National Highlights - 2011
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(February) The metrology major opened a 4,875 sq m extension to its Pune facility this year. The expansion intended to meet long-term growth needs of the company’s Indian operations in terms of product assembly, software development, sales and marketing and customer support. The expanded facility includes additional space for demonstration and training.
Renishaw Expanded Facility in Pune
Expansion/Facilities
(April) After the success of its new small car Figo in India, Ford Motors announced that it was looking forward to make the company’s Chennai plant its global hub for small cars. Currently, the Chennai plant is the only manufacturing facility for the car, and produces 2,800 cars per week in double shift. The company already invested $ 500 million at the Chennai plant and plans to scale up the production capacity to 2 lakh units per annum. It also planed to launch eight new models in India and will likely give more importance to small cars so as to become a dominant player in the booming small car market.
Ford to Base its Small Car Hub in India
(September) Beru Diesel Start Systems Pvt Ltd—a joint venture between Jayant Group and Beru-Germany—set up a new manufacturing plant in Pune for Rs 30 crore. The company supplies its products to the passenger cars, commercial vehicle and offhighway vehicle. The greenfield facility manufactures cold starting systems like glow plugs, grid heaters, glow plug controllers, electronic parts and allied system components. The plant also acts as a base for bringing in advanced product range in ignition technologies, automotive electronics and sensor technologies.
Beru Sets Up Manufacturing Plant in Pune
(December) As part of its new growth roadmap for India, Danfoss announced the launch of ‘India 2015’ wherein the company will invest 500 million DKK in the construction of a new R&D and manufacturing facility. As a part of the investment, the company also plans to gradually increase the number of employees from 200 to well above 1000 by 2015. Most of these employees, will work in R&D and manufacturing; performing tasks for Danfoss’s key business divisions.
Danfoss Boosts Growth in India
(December) Bosch announced the launch of the Robert Bosch Center for Research in cyber physical systems at the Indian Institute of Science. The center was inaugurated by the former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam. The establishment of this center was a part of the global initiative ‘Bosch InterCampus Programme’ that aims to achieve lasting improvements in research conditions for undergraduates and scientists in the university sphere.
Bosch Sets Up Research Centre at IISc
(December) A leading maker of construction and mining equipment, Caterpillar Inc., decided to set up a project to produce Perkins branded 4000 series engines in India with an investment of $ 150 million. The proposed project will be the first Perkins engine plant for Caterpillar outside the U.K. In this expansion, Caterpillar would primarily focus on industrial clients to hawk its Perkins engines. The company would also be pumping in an additional investment of $ 62 million into its existing off-highway truck manufacturing facility near here.
Caterpillar plans engine plant in India
(February) To tap the vast opportunities offered by the defence electronics market, engineering giant Larsen & Toubro and Cassidian, a Division of Europe’s leading aerospace and defence group EADS formed a Joint Venture (JV). The JV which is active in the defence electronics market aimed to cover manufacturing, design, engineering, distribution and marketing in the fields of electronic warfare, radars, avionics and mobile systems such as bridges for military applications. About $ 20 million will be invested in the first phase.
Joint venture
(June) During the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget on June 22, 2011, Maini group, Bengaluru signed an Agreement with Airbus SAS and EADS Deutschland GmbH. The purpose of this agreement is for EADS and Maini Precision Products Pvt Ltd, including its subsidiary Maini Global Aerospace Pvt Ltd, (MPP) was to jointly explore the technology areas, which would be useful to MPP for its long term growth in Aerospace and for which EADS is offering a full range of leading-edge technologies that are proven, mature and available today.
Maini Signs Agreement with Airbus, EADS L&T Eyeing Greener Pastures
National Highlights - 2011
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(June) One of the leading PLM solution companies in India, the company recently announced its strategic alliance with Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET), Trivandrum, to set up a finishing school for students in the pre-final and final years of mechanical engineering. The company aimed to conduct specialised training programmes for students from other institutes and working professionals seeking knowledge and enhancement of their skills. This initiative focussed on developing long-term relationship with educational institutions.
EDS Technologies Sets Up Finishing School
(September) The suppliers of sophisticated machine tools in India, Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW) enhanced its portfolio with the addition of Matec Maschinenbau and Spinner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik. BFW’s product basket consists of 400 variants of machine tools; the product offering becomes more fulfilling for customers with the addition of turning products from Spinner and Matec machining centres with travelling column, universal milling head, gantry and swivel table options.
BFW joins hands with Matec Maschinenbau and Spinner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik
(December) With an aim to strengthen the power-electronics business in India, Hitachi and Hi-Rel Electronics have agreed to enter into a partnership under which Hitachi made a substantial equity investment in the Gujarat based company. The company Hi-Rel Electronics has now been renamed Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics. Both the companies decided to jointly develop a manufacturing facility for medium voltage inverters by the end of 2012 in Sanand-II Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). The JV aims to generate revenues of around Rs 8 billion by March 2016.
Hitachi and H-Rel joins hands to form Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics
(December) Amada India Pvt. Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Amada Co. Ltd. Japan began the process of setting up its strategic base in 8 acres of land at the Devanhalli Aerospace Tech Park in Bangalore. The company will initially set up a tech/service center, a vocational training center for engineers and operators before going ahead with its plan to begin manufacturing of metalworking machinery in India by the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014. Amada India plans to increase its employee strength from 105 to 130 over the next 2 years.
AMADA Sets Up Strategic Base in Bangalore
(November) Bengaluru -based aerospace engineering design firm QuEST has acquired GKN Aerospace Engineering Services. This sale to QuEST creates a powerful engineering specialist operation, able to operate as an effective strategic partner to GKN Aerospace and many other customers worldwide. It adds 290 skilled engineering personnel to the 2,800 professionals already employed by QuEST across their 18 global delivery centres.QuEST has also entered into a long-term agreement to provide engineering skills and resources to support GKN Aerospace’s long-term growth strategy.
QuEST acquired engineering division of GKN Aerospace
(November) The German simulation giant expanded its industrial software portfolio with the acquisition of Vistagy, Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, a leading supplier of specialised engineering software and services. This acquisition allowed Industry Automation, a Division of the Siemens Industry Sector, to continue to enhance its position as the world’s leading supplier of industrial software. This type of industry focus will be the differentiating factor for success in the industry software market.
(November) Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) announced the change in its Executive Committee at the recently held 65th annual session at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru. The apex board of the association unanimously elected Vikram Sirur, Executive Chairman, Miven Machine Tools Ltd as President, IMTMA replacing M Lokeswara Rao. Also, L Krishnan, Managing Director, TaeguTec India Pvt Ltd was elected as Vice President of IMTMA for the year 2011 - 2012.
IMTMA elected its new President
(September ) Under the licence agreement, Daimler AG will supply technology for the development of a Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) by Force Motors. The MPV will be the second product in the new passenger vehicle range being planned by Force and will be launched by the end of 2012. This comprehensive supply of product technology will facilitate the entry of Force Motors into the segment of passenger and goods vehicles, which is adjacent to its current product line of the Traveller light commercial vehicles.
Force Motor signed agreement with Daimler AG
Siemens acquired US company Vistagy
International Highlights - 2011
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Investment
(January) In a contract worth $ 420 million, the global power systems company provided Trent 700 engines for six Hawaiian Airlines A330 aircraft. The order also included a TotalCare® longterm services agreement. This contract underscored the market leading position of the Trent 700, the only engine designed specifically for the A330.
Rolls-Royce Bags Order from Hawaiian Airlines
(January) General Motors Co. is projected to invest $ 163 at plants in Michigan and Ohio to add engine production for Chevrolet Cruze and Chevy Volt. The automaker also planned to increase production of a 1.4 litre engine used in the Cruze compact car and a variation on that engine used in the Volt plug-in hybrid at the Flint plant. The company aimes to produce 400 engines per day at the Flint plant in early 2011, increasing to about 800 per day by late 2011.
GM to Invest $ 163 million in US facilities
(April) The two companies along with JFE bought a 15 per cent stake in a Brazilian rare metal miner. The deal added to the growing cross-border tie-ups between Japan and South Korea to secure natural resources to power their manufacturing-based economies. The Brazilian company- Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgiae Mineracao (CBMM), mines and processes niobium, a rare metal utilised in the production of high-grade steel used in automobile, aerospace and pipeline to make steel products lighter and stronger.
Nippon, Posco in a $ 1.8 billion Deal
(April) The state-run company behind China’s stealth fighter bought Minnesota-based private aircraft maker Cirrus Industries Inc. The deal highlighted the expanding ambition of China’s aerospace industry. A unit of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), acquired Cirrus’s line of four-seat propeller aircraft with an eye towards expanding China’s general-aviation market, which is owned by individuals and small businesses. The acquisition by AVIC provided resources to Cirrus for expansion.
China Purchases US Aviation Manufacturer
(May) The automaker invested $100 million and added 30 jobs at the company’s auto parts plant in New York. This investment updated four product lines produced at its Components Holdings Rochester operation. The investment in the manufacturing operations aimed to enable the company to produce a new generation of fuel-efficient small block car and truck engines.
General Motors invests $ 100 million in New York Parts Plant
(May) Fiat invested $ 2.25 billion in a Russian plant aiming to produce 300,000 units per year to comply with government guidelines. The company was in talks with Russian state bank VEB and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for financing its investment. The scheme demands non-Russian manufacturers’ commitment to make at least 300,000 cars a year in Russia by 2015, up from 25,000 in return for being exempt from import tariffs on parts.
Fiat Invests in Russian Plant
(May) The world’s largest steelmaker, Arcelor-Mittal, planned to invest nearly $ 900 million by 2015 to upgrade its Temirtau plant in Kazakhstan. The investment would include installation of a continuous billet caster with annual capacity of 400,000 tonne to equip the plant’s rolling mills with sufficient products to supply Kazakhstan’s entire domestic demand for long products used mainly in the construction sector. The company is planning to run the plant at full capacity by 2015 after completion of a modernisation programme.
Arcelor Mittal Kazakh Unit to Invest $ 900 million
(August) The company heavily invested in its existing engine plants in New York and Tennessee. The company spent $ 33 million at a plant in Tonawanda near Buffalo, New York, and aimed to retain or create 100 jobs. The automaker also invested $ 32 million into a plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, about 30 miles south of Nashville. The investments were part of the $ 2 billion effort of the company to keep or add 4,000 jobs in 17 plants in eight US states.
GM Invests $ 65 million in Engine Plants
International Highlights - 2011
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(January) The company signed an agreement to acquire two companies in the US—NC Industries (NCI) and Diamond Tool Coating (DTC). NCI—a producer of solid carbide end mills under Niagara Cutters and Arch Micro Tools brands is among the largest local producers of the product in the US and DTC is a producer of wear-resistant diamond coatings. NCI and DTC have a combined annual sale of around $ 37 million. The acquisitions aimed to strengthen Seco Tools’ position and market share in this segment in the US market.
Seco Tools Acquires Two American Comapnies
(February) The Japanese tool manufacturer purchased land in Davis, USA, to build a manufacturing facility. The new facility will manufacture an estimated 100 machine parts a month, including energy-conserving products, for the domestic market. The estimated project cost was $ 34 million, including $ 6.5 million for land acquisition. With this expansion, the company had decided to employ about 150 people at the 1,85,000-sq ft factory that will be constructed next to Digital Technology Labs (DTL) on Faraday Avenue, which is Mori Seiki’s innovation centre.
Mori Seiki Installs Manufacturing Plant in Davis
(April) The Swedish automaker planned a manufacturing base in the western Chinese city of Chengdu as it aimed for expansion in the world’s biggest auto market, following its buyout by independent car manufacturer Geely. The factory in Chengdu is already under construction and is due to begin production by 2013, with an initial capacity of 1,25,000. Privately-owned Geely Holding Group agreed in March 2010 to buy Volvo from Ford Motor Company for $ 1.8 billion—the biggest acquisition by a major Chinese
Volvo Constructs Production Unit in China
(April) For a stronger presence in Asia—ArcelorMittal—world’s largest steelmaker bought a 40 per cent stake in Thailand’s G Steel Public Co. Ltd. The investment was part of a broader plan to strengthen the finances of G Steel and its subsidiary, G J Steel Public Company Ltd. ArcelorMittal provided a $ 500 million credit facility, for G Steel and G J Steel to utilise for working capital and other corporate purposes. The deal was worth $ 246 million.
ArcelorMittal Forays into Thailand
(June) The global engineering technologies company Renishaw Plc acquired UK-based MTT Investments Ltd and its subsidiary, MTT Technologies Ltd, which designs, develops and manufactures additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping systems. MTT Technologies has its subsidiaries in the US and Italy and a branch office in France. Their operations were incorporated within Renishaw as a new product division and continue to be based in Staffordshire.
Renishaw Acquires UK-based Additive Manufacturing Company
(June) The Automation Giant inaugrated its first Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC) in Finland. The educational centre is located at the North Karelia College of Technology and Culture in Joensuu, Finland. At HTEC, the students are instructed on three Haas CNC machine tools—a TL-1 toolroom lathe, a TM-1 toolroom mill and an SL-20 CNC turning centre—and a range of state-of-the-art production equipment supplied by HTEC industry partners. Haas established the new centre in partnership with the Finnish Haas Factory Outlet, a division of Oy Grönblom AB.
Haas Inaugrates First Technical Education Centre in Finland
(June) STROTHMANN expanded its planning and manufacturing capacities at the German headquarters in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock. In the initial construction phase, a storey was added to the administrative building and the existent assembly site was extended by 1,500 m² floor space. The space for the welding shop and more manufacturing capacities was created to help storage, material preparation, manufacturing, assembly and electrical installation sections to be located in one site.
STROTHMANN Expands its Manufacturing Site
(June) US-based Navistar International expanded its engine components business, PurePOWER Technologies, by adding new jobs to the Indianapolis community. The company recalled 150 workers by June 2011 and planned to hire 100 additional workers by 2014 at the Indianapolis foundry, one of the few remaining facilities in the US to make cylinder blocks and heads. The Indianapolis foundry forms a vital part of the company’s efforts to maintain manufacturing capabilities and technical skills in the US.
Navistar Strengthens its Expansion
Expansion/Facilities
International Highlights - 2011
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(January) The German automaker signed a pact with Malaysia’s DRBHicom Bhd to assemble 50,000 vehicles a year in Malaysia. The $ 318 million venture will be Volkswagen’s second in the Asean region. DRB-Hicom, which already assembles auto models for Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, Honda Motor Co, Isuzu Motors Ltd and Suzuki Motor Corp, will contribute about 70 per cent of the initial investment, while Volkswagen will put in the remaining 30 per cent. The agreement expected to have a production of between 40,000 and 50,000 vehicles a year.
Volkswagen to Manufacture Cars in Malaysia
(January) Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp decided to deepen business ties to get ahead in the fiercely competitive global car industry, including establishing a mini car joint venture in Japan that could eventually expand to other countries. The agreement decided that Nissan will produce a small van to be sold under the Mitsubishi brand in the Japanese market, while Mitsubishi will make an SUV to sell under the Nissan brand in the Middle East.
Nissan, Mitsubishi Eyeing Expansion to Beat Competition
(March) The US Air Force had awarded the company a contract to provide affordable and effective academic and simulation training programme for C-130 aircrews around the world. The eight-year contract includes training and instruction, site management, engineering support, and operation & maintenance for the aircrew training devices. Training is provided for all aircrew positions, cockpit resource management, instrument refresher courses and instructor preparatory courses.
Lockheed Martin Awarded $ 270 mn Training System Contract
(March) Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries planned a merger to become the world’s second-largest steelmaker in an effort to fend-off tough competition from Asian rivals and offset shrinking demand from domestic automakers. Japanese steelmakers face cut-throat competition from South Korea’s Posco and Baoshan Iron & Steel Co, China’s biggest listed steelmaker. The companies are planning to merge by October 2012.
Nippon and Sumitomo Metal to Form JV
(April) Aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Group Plc and car & truck manufacturer Daimler AG formed a Joint Venture (JV) to buy German engine parts supplier Tognum AG for $ 4.4 billion. The 50-50 JV also acquired the 28 per cent stake that Daimler already holds in Tognum, which is based in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The merger took over Rolls-Royce’s Bergen engine division.
Daimler, Rolls-Royce in Joint Bid for Tognum
(April) The agreement, signed by Bernard Charlès – President & Chief Executive – Dassault Systèmes, and Dr Ralf Speth – Chief Executive – Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), saw advanced digital 3D simulation and development tools transform JLR’s product development processes. JLR deployed Dassault Systèmes’ V6 software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)—the process that drives and controls all vehicle creation processes—to increase operational efficiency and reduce complexity through accelerated development capabilities.
Jaguar Land Rover collaborates with Dassault Systèmes
(May) German automaker Daimler AG and parts manufacturer Robert Bosch GmbH formed a Joint Venture (JV) to develop and produce motors for all-electric vehicles in Europe. The premium carmaker and the world’s largest automotive supplier by sales had signed a letter of intent to establish the 50-50 JV that should be concluded in the first half of the year. The companies aimed to accelerate development of electric motors and start joint production by 2012.
Daimler and Bosch Form JV
(May ) The tie-up with a Chinese transmission manufacturer aimed to build drive train systems and produce a line of automatic transmissions and other components for Caterpillar machinery and produce a line of automatic transmissions for highway travel. In the JV, the Illinois-based company, held a 45 per cent stake in the joint venture (JV). Caterpillar—the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment—currently employs 8,000 personnel across China.
Caterpillar embarks on a JV in China
Joint venture
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NEWS, VIEWS & ANALYSISNational Productivity Summit 2011
It was a moment when the best
from the Indian manufacturing
industry—chosen from across
the country—took the stage and
presented the most innovative
productivity practices followed by Indian
shop floors.
The Fifth edition of National
Productivity Summit 2011 organised
in Bengaluru – BIEC was rightly a
platform for sharing and learning the
exceptional productivity practices in
metalworking manufacturing industry.
The two-day summit which commenced
on 12 December, 2011, witnessed
an active participation by about 300
industry professionals.
The ‘IMTMA – SIEMENS
Productivity Championship Awards
2011’ recognised each presentation
based on their own merits.
Three case studies which stole the
thunder at the event were Areva
T&D, Sona Koyo Steering Systems
and Sundaram Fasteners. However,
Sundaram Fasteners also ended up being
the showstopper of the day by bagging
the vox populi award. The award was
decided through ballot system.
The summit identified the
productivity improvements practices
from every nook and corner of the
manufacturing sector. After winning
the award, Mohan Rao – Manager
– Industrialisation and Project Areva
T&D India Ltd – Vadodara plant said,
“The award in true terms has motivated
our team as well as the entire
manufacturing industry. We come
from the power sector which is usually
in the backline unlike the automotive
sector. We were not even winners at the
regional summit and winning first place
Appraising Productivity Practices
Capability and competence is not a domain of the giants and this is exactly what the IMTMA’s National Productivity Summit proves. With the best productivity enhancement ideas coming in from far fetched regions of the country, the event gave a balanced mix of the various ways in which productivity can be enhanced. Debarati Basu reports
� The stalwarts of the Indian industry flag off the National Productivity Summit
� Peter Walsh,– Founder President of Lean Enterprise – Australia, chief guest of the event, at the lamp lighting ceremony
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NEWS, VIEWS & ANALYSISNational Productivity Summit 2011
at the National Summit is a true example
of how productivity improvements are
truly recognised at IMTMA –
SIEMENS Summits.”
While contestants had a tough task
competing, the jury had an equally
challenging mission judging the sessions.
N Ramanathan – Chairman Jury noted
that the depth of work done and levels of
understanding have predominantly gone
up in the summit this year, compared to
earlier years.
The summit was a fine blend of
keynote presentations by the industry
leaders and case study presentations
by the budding talents of the industry.
These case studies were short-listed from
a pool of about 300 case study abstracts
submitted to IMTMA. A total of 11
case studies were presented over the two
days. There case studies were short-listed
from the three Regional Productivity
Summits which were held earlier in the
year at Chennai, Pune and Delhi.
The endeavour by the Indian
Machine Tool Manufacturers’
Association focussed on brining out
the core manufacturing practices which
enhances productivity on the shop floor.
Through this event, the association
also wants to provide a bigger platform
to the Small Scale and Medium Scale
industries to showcase their capability
and strengths amidst the giants
of the industry.
The Summit reached a new high
when Peter Walsh – the Founder
President of Lean Enterprise, Australia
addressed the inaugural session on
Leader’s Roles in Sustaining and
Expanding Lean Transformations.
Motivating the gathering Walsh said,
“Lean Transformations can lead results
only when it is implemented by the
entire workforce of the organisation.
If each individual can be a problem
solver, thinks and develops his own
work area, then Lean is achieved.”
Echoing his thought, S Sandilya –
Chairman Eicher group said, “Lean is not
a onetime approach but is a continuous
journey. To enhance competitiveness,
organisations should recognise even the
suggestions coming from shop floors
and analyse it as a larger approach.”
The captivating keynote sessions
on Theory of Constraints by Goldratt
Consulting, Sarosh Ghandy – Former
Director – Tata Motors and Prof AK
Chaudhuri – ADAAP Process Solutions
spread an air of optimism at the
gathering. While Ghandy elaborated on
the myths of productivity; Chaudhuri’s
session was highly application oriented.
The Summit also recognised
women contestants by rewarding
them with a special prize. Along
with the crystal trophies sponsored by
SIEMENS, the winners also walked
away with cash reward of ` 1 lakh
each for the three first prize winners,
` 60,000 each for the two second prize
winners and ` 40,000 each for four
third prize winners.
PRIZE� Godrej & Boyce
� Laxmi Oil Pumps
� Maruti Suzuki
� Titan Industries
PRIZE
� Areva T & D
� Sona Koyo Steering
Systems
� Sundaram fasteners
PRIZE
� Hero MotoCorp
� L&T Komatsu
� The best case study presenters from across the country got a chance to share the platform with companies at the National Productivity Summit
� The industry leaders make way for the consortium to begin
� Peter Walsh – Founder President of Lean Enterprise – Australia, S Sandilya – Chairman Eicher group and L Krishnan – Managing Director – TaeguTec India Pvt. Ltd; address the audience
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News, Views & Analysis
BFW Offers Bonanza Services to Mark Golden JubileeAs a part of its Golden Jubilee
celebration, Bharat Fritz Werner
(BFW) has taken up various
initiatives to mark the excellence
of the company’s growth. During
a recently held cultural event to
mark the celebration, announced
that the company will unilaterally
offer two years’ warranty on
products invoiced till March 31,
2012; even if the order stipulates a
shorter warranty span.
Apart from providing a
direct benefit to customers, BFW has
also donated ` 15 million towards
better healthcare of the common folk.
The company hosts regular blood
donation camps and is associated with
the Bangalore Kidney Foundation.
Working towards
education, BFW institutes 50
Kaanchan Tejas scholarships
for meritorious engineering
students and also contributes
to mid-day meals for
school students.
BFW is also working
towards its mission to plant
50,000 trees all over India to
offset carbon dioxide emission,
provide wildlife habitats and
enhance the landscape. As a
part of its green endeavour,
the company recycles and
reuses all waste water on
the BFW gardens. Over 2,000 people
celebrated the BFW Golden Jubilee in
the three cultural shows in November.
� Bharat Fritz Werner steps into a new centenary of growth and excellence
Caterpillar Plans Engine Plant in IndiaA leading maker of construction and
mining equipment, Caterpillar Inc. is
setting up a project to produce Perkins
branded 4000 series engines in India
with an investment of $ 150 million. The
location however is yet-to-be identified.
The proposed project will be the
first Perkins engine plant for Caterpillar
outside the UK
Rich Lavin – Group President and
Executive Office Member – Caterpillar
Inc., said, “The proposed Perkins engine
plant would have an initial capacity of
3,000 numbers a year. This would be
scaled up to 5,000 a year subsequently.
Caterpillar would be hoping to export
half the number produced at the
proposed plant to serve the needs of
countries in and around the region.”
Caterpillar would primarily focus
on industrial clients to hawk its Perkins
engines. The company would also be
pumping in an additional investment of
$ 62 million into its existing off-highway
truck manufacturing facility near here.
The new investment was to expand the
truck capacity.
ABB Gets ` 175 Crore Order from Powergrid CorporationIndia’s leading power and automation
technology group—ABB—has won
an order worth about ` 175 crore
from Powergrid Corporation of India
to supply equipment for the Champa
transmission substation in the central
Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
The Champa substation will be a
pooling station receiving power at 765
and 400 kilovolt (kv) and is part of
Powergrid’s plan to build a stronger
national grid in India
“We are already executing several 765
kV substation projects for Powergrid and
this success reiterates our partnership
approach and long-term customer
focus,” said Peter Leupp, ABB’s head of
Power Systems.
ABB will be involved in engineering,
design, supply, installation and
commissioning of the 765 kv and 400 kv
switchyards, including the civil works.
Key products to be supplied include
circuit breakers, current transformers,
capacitive voltage transformers, surge
arrestors and protection, control and
relay panels.
Freudenberg Forays into Indian Electrical Vehicle Market The Freudenberg Group—a Gemany
based family owned company worth
€ 5.4 billion—stepped into the fast
growing Indian market for electrical
vehicles with 100,000 electrical scooters
estimated to be on the road already.
The company’s special coating for battery
separators helps to prevent possible
short circuits in lithium-ion batteries,
which is expected to make e-mobility
safer. Freudenberg has developed a
separator that increases the intrinsic
safety of battery cells and thus helps
to prevent possible explosions. For this
purpose, a wafer-thin polyester fabric is
coated with a paste. The product is a
result of indigenous innovation at the
company’s R&D facilities worldwide.
As the world’s largest manufacturer of
non-wovens, world market leader in
sealing and vibration control technology,
and a specialist for filters and mechatronic
products, Freudenberg intends to become
the leading component manufacturer
for this highly promising future-
oriented technology.
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News, Views & Analysis
Metrol, Japan opens its Indian subsidiary in BengaluruDevelopers of the world’s first tool setter
for lathes—Metrol Co. Ltd—has opened
its Sales and Marketing operation
in Bengaluru. The company is a
leading tool setter and ultra precision
switch manufacturer.
Metrol Corporation India will
begin its Indian journey from IMTEX
2012-Forming Exhibition. Suraj Giri,
Country Head says, “With an Indian
presence, Metrol can understand Indian
customer’s specific requirements better
and design customised tool setter /
sensors and deliver much faster than
anybody else in the market.”
The tool setters manufactured by the
Japanese developer are widely used by
more than 100 machine tool builders
across 20 countries. “India is an emerging
market with presence of major leaders of
machine builders from across the world
and growing presence of indigenous
machine builders in the world market,
its right time to concentrate and develop
the market for METROL products,”
adds Giri.
Metrol also manufactures precise
and cost effective touch sensors that will
benefit Indian Automation Industry in
the long run. “Our products will not
only help reduce the burden of everyday
increasing labour cost but will also help
Indian Companies to achieve desired
efficiency and accuracy from their
machines,” said Giri.
� The Indian subsidiary will quicken the delivery of these Japanese products.
Danfoss India Opens Psychrometric Lab in Chennai Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd, a leader in
mechanical and electronic components
and solutions, has opened of its new
PsychrometricTest Lab for their
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (RC)
division at Chennai. The inaugural
event held recently was attended by
key customers from the HVAC & R
industry in addition to the Danfoss
executive committee members.
Danfoss’ Psychrometric Test Lab is
first of its kind in the country with state-
of-the-art facilities and technological
prowess required to test refrigeration
and air-conditioning equipment.
Speaking on the occasion
A Rajesh Premchandran, Vice President,
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning,
Danfoss India said “I am delighted
to announce the opening of our
new Psychrometric Test Lab for the
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (RC)
division. Given the increasing demand
for our products across the country,
we deemed it necessary to provide our
customers with a technologically advanced
lab in order to test refrigeration and air-
conditioning equipment. As a company,
we are committed to providing our
customers with the best and strive toward
increasingly improving upon the same.”
The lab aids testing to help its
customers obtain accurate results and
certified reports quickly, conveniently
and cost-effectively. The Psychrometric
Test Lab also helps Danfoss partner
with its customers to develop efficient
and environment friendly appliances by
helping customers in reducing their time
to market, optimizing system performance
and improving system reliability.
Key salient features of the lab include
testing equipment with all existing and
most of the new refrigerants, capacities
varying from 2-50 TR, quicker
stabilisation and much more. Testing
can also be done as per all the requisite
standard design guidelines.
Honda to Increase Production Capacity Outside Japan The company plans to shift a major
chunk of its manufacturing to North
America over the next two years,
increasing production capacity in the
region by as much as 40 per cent to
combat a strengthening yen that has
made Japanese cars too expensive to
export around the world.
The Japanese car maker is also
accelerating its move away from Japanese
manufacturing after huge challenges
this year. Natural disasters and the yen’s
gains pummeled its production and
profit. It also confronts a vastly different
market than a few years ago: the US
auto industry is revitalised and customers
that once brought Civic have turned up
their noses at its latest model.
Honda, which produced
1.29 million vehicles in North America
in 2010, plans to build a new plant in
Celaya, Mexico, and expand all seven of
its existing assembly plants, aiming to
build just short of two million cars and
trucks a year,
The company expects its North
American sales to rise, especially as the
US auto market recovers from a historic
downturn. The company expects to
significantly increase exports from North
America to markets around the world.
� (Left-Right)Ole Moller Jensen - Danfoss, Jitendra Bhambure -Bluestar, Amarnath - Voltas, Nanda Lakkaraju- Carrier, Noel Ryan -Danfoss
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News, Views & Analysis
VARGUS Expands Presence in IndiaVARGUS Ltd—a leading manufacturer
of high-quality cutting, grooving and
hand-deburring tools for the metals
and plastics industries—has expanded
its presence in India with a new
VARGUS subsidiary.
On the new subsidiary Harry
Ehrenberg – President – VARGUS
Ltd said, “We are pleased to establish
our newest subsidiary, VARGUS India.
While we have been active in the Indian
market for over 15 years, we recently
decided to upgrade our presence
in India by establishing our own
subsidiary so that we can offer greater
support and service to our end-users and
channel partners.”
VARGUS currently serves Indian
customers through its professional and
reliable network of channel partners that
reaches all regions of the country. Located
in Pune in the state of Maharashtra,
VARGUS India will provide its world
renowned solutions for customers from
various industries such as oil and gas,
valves and fittings, automotive, defense
and general engineering industries.
VARGUS India will be led by Vishal
Chawla, the newly appointed National
Business Development Manager
together with Prasad Phadnis – National
Sales Manager.
“While the Indian market has
experienced dramatic growth in recent
years, we have also noticed that Indian
customers have become increasingly
demanding and quality conscious,
demonstrating an ever greater focus
on service and solutions as opposed to
product. Therefore our efforts in India
will be concentrated on adding more
technical support and service than ever
before in order to be customer ready
24/7,” commented Ehrenberg.
Siemens Extends Industry Software Contract with Procter & Gamble Co Siemens has extended the contract with
Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G), that
will give P&G global access to a wide
spectrum of software from Siemens PLM
Software, a business unit of the Siemens
Industry Automation Division and a
leading provider of Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) software and
services, and to Comos, Siemens’ leading
global plant engineering software for
holistic project assets across the complete
lifecycle of an industrial plant and its
equipment. P&G has used Siemens
PLM Software’s technology since the
1980s and currently has thousands of
users deployed across the enterprise.
Comos plant engineering software has
been in use at P&G since 2009 and
is the premier portfolio for lifecycle
engineering for complex industries.
“Innovation is the lifeblood at P&G.
I believe Siemens’ robust PLM and
lifecycle engineering software has helped
us secure an engineering competitive
advantage to help deliver meaningful
innovation to our consumers,” said
Irv Kieback, Director – Engineering
– P&G’s Household Care Business
Unit. “P&G’s Purpose is to touch
and improve lives, and Siemens is a key
enabler in that endeavor.” “P&G is
an important, long term client for our
business and we are very pleased to have
the opportunity to continue to work
on the next phase of our relationship,”
said Andreas Geiss – Vice President
– Comos industry solutions, Siemens.
“Siemens is committed to delivering
best-in-class technology to address the
growing complexity of the consumer
package goods market.”
QuEST Acquires Engineering Division of GKN AerospaceBengaluru-based aerospace engineering
design firm QuEST has acquired GKN
Aerospace Engineering Services.
This sale to QuEST creates
a powerful engineering specialist
operation, able to operate as an effective
strategic partner to GKN Aerospace
and many other customers worldwide.
It adds 290 skilled engineering
personnel to the 2,800 professionals
already employed by QuEST across
their 18 global delivery centres.
“This acquisition will enhance
our engineering capabilities close to
our customers in Europe. We are
very pleased to bring rich engineering
talent from Britain and Australia as
a result of acquiring the GKN asset,”
said Ajit Prabhu, CEO, QuEST
Global Engineering.
QuEST has also entered into
a long-term agreement to provide
engineering skills and resources to
support GKN Aerospace’s long-term
growth strategy.
GKN’s customer base includes
AgustaWestland, Airbus, Boeing, BAE
Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop
Grumman, Rolls Royce and Sikorsky,
among others. “This is a significant
step in our strategic development. In
forming this relationship with QuEST,
we are playing to our mutual strengths,”
GKN Aerospace Aerostructures Europe
President and CEO Phil Swash said.
� Ajit Prabhu, CEO, QuEST Global Engineering
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News, Views & Analysis
Schuler Wins BMW Supplier Innovation Award 2011 The first-ever BMW Supplier
Innovation Award 2011 has been
won by the Schuler Group. Its press
line with ServoDirect drive bagged
the prize in the Productivity category.
The key criterias for the BMW award
were, ‘the performance, significantly
enhanced productivity and cost savings
achieved by the servo press line’. At its
headquarters in Munich, the car
manufacturer’s executive board honoured
suppliers in nine categories for their
outstanding innovations.
Stefan Klebert – CEO – Schuler
accepted the prestigious trophy on
behalf of the company in the presence
of BMW’s Executive Board members
Deiss (purchasing) and Draeger
(development). At the award ceremony,
Klebert stated, “Schuler may have
received the award, but it was won
by our entire work force. It is
recognition for our excellence in
engineering and many years of
partnership with BMW. The award
underlines the outstanding performance
of our high-speed servo presses.”
The BMW Group was the first
car manufacturer to adopt Schuler’s
ServoDirect technology in 2008. Experts
regard it as an extremely efficient
production system in the field of car
body construction. It can produce at least
20 per cent more parts per minute than
conventional press lines. This quantum
leap in technology has established itself
on the market and is now the standard
for all leading car manufacturers.
DISA Organises Symposium on ‘New Trends in Moulding Technology’A leading foundry machinery
manufacturer across the world—and
present in India for over 25 years—
offering advanced process technology,
organised a unique one-day symposium
on ‘New trends in moulding technology’;
was held on 15th December at The Taj
Bengal, Kolkata.
“This symposium was aimed at
educating all those present during the
session in terms of knowledge-sharing
and valuable insights that make up the
foundry industry. We are indeed pleased
with the turnout at the event and are
hopeful of organising many more in
the future. I am pleased that industry
stalwarts are understanding the need for
sharing best practices via such forums—
for this is how we can contribute
toward the holistic development of the
industry.” said Viraj Naidu – Managing
Director – DISA India Ltd.
The one day
event comprised
of three technical
sessions covering
top ic s such
as Moulding
machines and
latest trends, Sand
plant, surface
preparation/shot
blasting, dust
extraction system, after-market business
and spares and services. The symposium
also witnessed about 50 delegates
from 30 foundries in and around Kolkata
and Jamshedpur.
DISA is looking forward to organise
more such symposiums. DISA has also
shown a glimpse of its new moulding
machine which will soon be launched at
IFEX 2012. In line with globalisation
and the strong integration drive to
create a ‘global corporation’, the DISA
India team is now looked upon as the
major driver for growth of the company
worldwide. The company manufactures
moulding, shot blast equipment,
dust extraction and control systems.
It provides aftermarket services and
spare parts mostly to all its customers
in India.
Coimbatore to Host INTEC 2012 in January The Coimbatore District Small
Industries Association (CODISSIA)
is organising the 13th edition of the
international industrial trade fair,
‘INTEC 2012’. The event will be held
from 4th - 9th January, 2012 at Codissia
Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore.
Aimed at bringing together the very
best in technological advancement, the
event will see a congregation of various
Industries exhibiting their finest
innovations and services. The 2012
edition is expected to have more than
570 stalls. Exhibitors profile includes
machine tools and accessories, hydraulics
and pneumatics, material handling
equipment, foundry equipment, pump
and fittings, precision tools, cutting
tools, dies & moulds, instrumentation
and automation, industrial electrical
and electronics, general engineering,
machinery and process industry,
software solution for industry, etc.
VDMA Germany Machinery and Plant
Manufacturers Association, Bavarian
section, along with 10 German
participating companies are among the
prestigious foreign exhibitors. Other
foreign exhibitors include companies
from Korea, USA, Switzerland, Japan,
UK, China, Singapore, Luxembourg,
Kuwait and Taiwan. The consul general
of USA and the high commission of
Rwanda are also taking part in the
INTEC 2012 to deepen their industrial
relation with Coimbatore.
� Stefan Klebert (with Hinrich Woebcken, BMW’s Head of Purchasing and Supplier Network Indirect Purchasing) is delighted with the BMW Supplier Innovation Award
� Viraj Naidu
News, Views & Analysis
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India’s 2nd International
Exhibition focussed on Gear
and Power Transmission
Engineering—IPTEX 2012—is
scheduled to be held between
9 – 11th February, 2012 at the
Bombay Exhibition Center,
Mumbai, India.
The previous event was
attended by over 3000 visitors
from various user industry
segments from across India and other
countries such as Brazil, Bangladesh,
China, Ethiopia, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands,
New Zealand, South Korea,
Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, UK, USA.
Active support of American Gear
Manufacturers’ Association (AGMA)
and their participation at the exposition
was encouraging. Besides from India,
IPTEX 2012 has received overwhelming
response from many industry players
from countries like USA, UK, Germany,
Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden,
Japan, Taiwan, UAE, etc. Other than
the host nation—IPTEX 2012 has
received overwhelming response from
many industry players from countries
like USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Austria,
Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Taiwan,
UAE, etc.
Major players in the industry such
as Bonfiglioli, Gleason, KTR Coupling,
Carl Zeiss India, DISA India Ltd,
Francis Klein & Co, MAG India, Bevel
Gears (India) Gears & Gear Drives etc.
will be showcasing at IPTEX 2012.
The premier event is expected to
attract high level officials and decision
makers from the user industries
such as aerospace, automotive,
cement, construction, elevator and
escalator, food and packaging, general
engineering, heavy transportation,
turbine, amusement park equipment,
machine tools, marine, material
handling, mining, off road vehicle,
paper, petrochemical, plastic, railways,
robotics, rubber, steel, sugar,
textile, thermal plants, wind
energy, etc.
Concurrent to the expo, a
high level seminar will be
organised wherein veterans from
the industry and user industries
will disseminate information on
the technological advancements
and prevailing trends in the
power transmission industry.
AGMA has extended their active
support for IPTEX 2012 as well and
some of their members are likely to
participate at the event. AGMA is also
co-ordinating a group delegation of
their members to visit India who will
be a part of the expo and thereafter
will visit some of the manufacturing
facilities of Indian companies.
IPTEX is designed to address the
needs of the gear and transmission
industry and help bridge the gap
between the manufacturers and users.
IPTEX will be an ideal platform for
you to source latest products such as
gears, gear motors, gear machines,
metrology products, software, bearing,
couplings, lubricants and other power
transmission products.
212ND INTERNATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION EXPO
A GEAR ENGINEERING EVENT
Feb. 9th - 11th, 2012Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai, India
IPTEX Promises Convergence of Manufacturing Superlative
Hexagon Metrology Renews Framework Agreement with EADSHexagon Metrology, European
Aeronautic Defence and Space
Company (EADS) have renewed
their framework contract till
2014, with respect to Hexagon
Metrology’s Leica Geosystems’ portable
measurement technology.
Hexagon Metrology acquired
Leica Geosystems in 2005.
“This contract reaffirms our ability
to assert ourselves as one of
the favoured global suppliers
o f the EADS group
for portable metrology solutions,”
said Méhand Idri – EMEA
Business Development Manager –
Leica Geosystems Metrology Products.
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News, Views & Analysis
This state-of-the-art facility
is owned by International
Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt
Ltd (IAMPL) a joint venture
between Rolls-Royce and
HAL, formed in 2010.
This 7,200 sq m purpose-
built production facility
will produce components,
for the technologically
advanced Trent family of
civil aero engines, as well as
for a number of marine and
energy gas turbines. Located
near the HAL airport, the
facility will start production
in 2012. IAMPL will
incorporate the latest Rolls-
Royce manufacturing techniques
and will create job opportunities
for highly skilled technicians and
engineers in India. Commenting on
the ground-breaking occasion, PV
Deshmukh, Chairman, HAL said,
“Rolls-Royce and HAL have been
strategic partners since 1956 when
HAL started producing the Orpheus
engine under licence. As a result of
our strong collaboration we have
progressively contributed to
the development of the Indian
aerospace industry. This ground-
breaking event marks a milestone
in the relationship between both
our companies that will extend,
well into the future.”
Anil Shrikhande, President-
India, Rolls-Royce, said, “This
new manufacturing facility
demonstrates our commitment
to the long-standing partnership
with HAL. We plan to develop
IAMPL as a centre of excellence,
with the latest manufacturing
techniques and training
programmes. IAMPL furthers
our common objective of enhancing
high value-added manufacturing in
India and will also contribute to the
country’s growing aerospace and
technology industry.”
Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Commence Construction of New Manufacturing Facility
� Dignitaries of HAL and Rolls-Royce keenly looking at the building model of International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt Ltd (IAMPL), a joint venture company of HAL and Rolls-Royce at the ground-breaking ceremony at Bangalore
Bosch to Invest on Aftermarket Business in Three Years The Auto component manufacturer
will invest up to Rs 250 crore in its
aftermarket business in the next three
years as it aims to increase revenue
from the division to Rs 3,000 crore.
The firm that is aiming for Rs 2,000
crore revenue from the aftermarket
business this fiscal said it will also
enhance its training centers for
mechanics to 15 in the next three years
from 11 currently.
“We will invest Rs 200 crore to Rs
250 crore in the next three years to
expand our aftermarket business. This
will include ramping up of car service
centers from 750 to 800 outlets from
the current 500 across the country,”
S Muralidharan – Vice-President,
Automotive aftermarket – Bosch Ltd.
On revenues from the aftermarket
division, Muralidharan said “It is
growing at a strong double digits rate
and we expect this to continue. We
are hoping to cross Rs 3,000 crore
turnover in the next three years from
about Rs 2,000 crore that we are
expecting in this fiscal.”
The company is currently
conducting about two raids every day
in different parts of the country, he
added. Commenting on spreading its
training centre network for automotive
mechanics, Muralidharan said in the
next three years it will be increased to
15 from 11 at present. He also said the
company expects to train about 25,000
people this year and it will be doubled
in the next three years.
Magna to Produce Solar-Plant Components in Arizona, USTier One automotive supplier
Magna International Inc is all set
to open a new plant in Arizona to
manufacture metal structures and
roll-formed components for solar-
energy installations. Cosma Power
Systems will be an operating unit of
Magna’s Cosma International metal-
forming subsidiary.
Arizona’s Renewable Energy Tax
Incentive Program was used to draw
Magna to the state. No budget was
announced for the 166,000 sq ft
plant, though the company informed
it will employ up to 60 workers
producing structural components
for photovoltaic, concentrated
photovoltaic, and concentrated solar
power plants.
“As a world-leading metalforming
supplier, Cosma is applying its 50-
plus years of expertise to better serve
the renewable energy industry,” Horst
Prelog, President, Cosma said. “We
have manufacturing know-how and
program management expertise that is
highly sought by other industries. This
new facility reflects our commitment
to leverage our capabilities in this
industry while at the same time
remaining a strong supplier partner to
our automotive customers.”
Cosma International mainly
produces automotive vehicle frames,
chassis systems, and body-in-white
systems, though recently it has acquired
several aluminum foundries to produce
automotive structural castings too.
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201256
NEWS, VIEWS & ANALYSISNational Productivity Summit 2011
Google, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
LP (together with its affiliates, “KKR”),
and Recurrent Energy today announced
an investment in a portfolio of solar
Photo Voltaic (PV) facilities serving the
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
(SMUD). The portfolio of projects is
financed with a combination of debt
and equity, which includes a significant
equity investment from Google in
addition to equity from SunTap Energy
RE LLC (SunTap), a new venture
formed today by KKR to invest in solar
projects in the US
“The investment is a clear
demonstration of solar’s ability to attract
private capital from well-established
investors like Google and KKR,”
said Arno Harris, CEO, Recurrent
Energy. “This transaction provides an
example of the direction solar is headed
as a viable, mainstream part of our
energy economy.”
The four solar PV facilities included in the transaction will provide 88 MW of power to SMUD and were the first to be awarded as part of the utility’s Feed-In Tariff Program (FIT) introduced in January 2010. Construction on three of the Sacramento, CA, area projects will be complete early in 2012, with the fourth coming online later in the year. The projects are expected to generate nearly 160,000,000 kWh in their first year of operation, which is roughly equivalent to offsetting the electricity consumption of more than 13,000 average US homes.
Google’s investment in these projects brings its total invested to more than $ 915 million in renewable energy projects. The company has invested in a wide range of technologies, from transmission to the world’s largest wind and solar power tower projects. This represents Google’s first investment in US in utility scale solar PV.
“Google’s commitment to clean energy continues to be a core value for the company,” said Axel Martinez, Assistant Treasurer, Google. “Over the past 18 months, Google has made investments in the sector that not only help deploy hundreds of megawatts of sustainable power, but also enable new and exciting business opportunities. We’re excited to be supporting KKR’s entrance into the renewable energy sector in the US We hope the sector continues to attract new sources of capital.”
GOOGLE and KKR Join Hands for Acquiring Solar PV Projects in California
Technology & Innovation
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201258
Manufacturing is all about cost saving;
the electric version of the quick-change
pallet module can make a cost saving
of almost 60 per cent. In this new
technology, instead of being actuated by
compressed air, the technology study of
the electric module is actuated via a torque
motor, and a separate engine control is no
longer required.
An electric version of quick-change
pallet module is the latest technology in
the industry and can effectively replace
its pneumatic counterpart as a pneumatic
supply is more expensive. It not just
helps in cost saving but is also easy to
maintain,” explains Satish Sadasivan –
Managing Director – SCHUNK Intec
India Pvt. Ltd
A patented drive concept provides
for pull-in forces of up to 1000 N.
The electric module is self-locking and
positive-locking via a spring package.
Therefore, it doesn’t require any energy;
when in the clamped status: for locking
or unlocking purposes the motor is only
actuated for a few seconds. Since the
clamping status can be easily monitored
via the torque motor, the electric module
is particularly suitable for automated
mass production.
With a 99 mm diameter, and a
20 mm clamping pin diameter, it offers
excellent conditions for taking full
advantage in the machine room, and for
direct clamping of small work pieces.
In a fast clamping procedure the clamping
pin is positioned via a short taper, then
fixed with three clamping slides, and
finally clamped at a repeat accuracy of
less than 0.005 mm. Every functional
part, such as base body, clamping
pin and clamping slide are made of
stainless steel. As one of the parts of
the world’s largest modular system for
highly efficient work piece clamping,
the module can be now combined with
numerous clamping pallets, clamping
vices and multi- clamping stations.
Your gateway to the latest trends and technologies worldwide
Five-axis CMM InspectionA five-axis measuring head and probe
system can produce impressive results
in the measurement of feature-rich
parts—such as powertrain components
and complex, doubly-curved surfaces—
including those found in aerofoils and
turbine blades. For example, the time
taken on a measurement application
involving a range of aero-engine blisk
features was reduced from 46 minutes
to 4 minutes 30 seconds, while the time
needed to inspect 12 valve seats and guide
bores on an automotive cylinder head
was cut from nearly 30 minutes to just
3 minutes and 42 seconds. After reading
these results, many mould-making
companies are asking whether five-axis
inspection offers similar benefits in speed
and accuracy for their companies.
AWD CouplingsAWD couplings control the transfer
of torque to the secondary axle in an
on-demand AWD system. They are
equally functional acting across a centre
differential in a fulltime AWD system
to optimally tune the behaviour of the
base mechanical system.
Viscous couplings are purely
mechanical and respond tunably to
the speed difference across them.
Active couplings receive information
about vehicle behaviour and
environment to direct torque in the
driveline, achieving the goals of the
vehicle manufacturer. Geared centre
differentials, including the innovative
DualDiff, provide a differentiated and
cost effective alternative to on-demand
AWD.
A vehicle (usually a car) where
all four wheels are driven. Most are
fulltime systems for year-round driving,
and use a viscous fluid coupling center
differential instead of a transfer case to
route drive torque to all four wheels.
This allows the front and rear wheels
to turn at slightly different speeds when
turning on dry pavement.
Spin ExtrusionHollow shape component approaches,
applied to shafts and similar workpieces,
represent a major potential for ground-
breaking innovations in lightweight
engineering and safety designs.
Among suitable forming technologies, spin
extrusion is a pioneering and particularly
flexible hollow-shaping technique.
All outside form elements, straight or
stepped cylinders, cones or spherical
rotation elements emerge just from the
kinematics of tools. The inside hollow
shapes—for example, circular cross-
sections, shaft to collar connections such
as spherical triangles, polygons, splines
or dovetail forms—are manufactured
with a shaping mandrel. Spin extrusion
can be applied first and foremost at
dimensions that are unattainable with
other techniques. The application
includes hollow shafts, thick-walled cups
and semi-finished tubular products that
are not to be found in off-the-shelf cross-
sections. In these cases the possibility for
using of massive bars is connected with
very high price advantages. Furthermore
material-saving machining is attracting
special attention for high-grade materials.
The work-piece is clamped in a chuck
Quick-change Pallet Module
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Courtesy: Fraunhofer Institute For achine Tool and Forming technology IWT
Hydro-formingHydro-forming uses fluid pressure in
place of the punch in a conventional tool
set to form the part into the desired shape
of the die. The technique is very useful
for producing whole components that
would otherwise be made from multiple
stampings joined together. For example,
a typical chassis component that would
normally be made by pressing up to six
channel sections and joining by spot
welding can be hydro-formed as a single
part. Considerable mass savings are
possible through eliminating the flanges
required for welding and using thinner
steel. Yet stiffness is maintained owing
to the elimination of the discontinuous
spot-welded joints.
This new process, popularised
by design studies which suggest that
automobiles can be made much lighter
by using hydro-formed components
made of steel. Structural strength and
stiffness can be improved and the
tooling costs reduced because several
components can be consolidated into
one hydro-formed part. Components
manufactured by forming can spring-
back (the undergo elastic distortion
on removing the component from the
die). This effect is apparently smaller in
hydro-formed components.
Super LSD Innovative Super Limited Slip
Differential (LSD) is the latest
effective technology in front and rear
axle/trans-axle applications, offering
robust performance and versatility
for front-wheel-drive, all-wheel-
drive, and rear-wheel-drive drivelines.
Super LSD is a cost effective compact
torque-sensing limited slip differential
design which improves vehicle traction
and handling. It is lightweight and
reliable and is easily packaged in place
of an open differential and is compatible
with AFT and gear oils.
Lightweight Connecting RodConnecting rods are dynamic engine
components under a great deal of
stress and the way they are designed is
determined to a great extent by their
vibration resistance and operational
strength. The component parts of
crankshaft, connecting rod, piston and
piston pin from the engines crank drive.
When weight is reduced in oscillating
masses, this spells out smellers mass
forces, which has a positive impact
on dynamic motor properties, fuel
consumption and mechanical strain
in the crank drive. This is the reason
why lighter crankshafts offer new ways
to design the entire subassembly of
the crank drive. The changed strain
placed on the connecting rods holds
the promise of new opportunities for
lightweight connecting rod design and
the general connecting rod design may
be analysis with a closed or open bridge
between the small and large eye.
Layer-Substrate EnhancementIt is becoming increasingly desirable to
use wearing protection coatings even
with hydroforming tools. There are
combined stresses due to the high level
of contact pressure and friction shearing
stress that makes it especially important
to design it suitable to the type of
loading and coating while applying the
tool geometry and properties of the
combination of layers and substrate.
Another area of application for
numerical simulations is assessing
and evaluating mechanical and
thermal stability of layer-substrate
composites. Beyond this, simulations
are also useful for achieving relevant
material characteristic quantities
in particular of failure parameters.
This is the reason why several research
projects at the Fraunhofer IWU are
concentrating on simulating test
processes for characterising material
parameters and modeling damage
properties of layers (layer delamination
and crack formation) where simulation
calculations are used in combination
with special experiments for determining
unknown failure parameters.
One typical area of application is
enhancing layer thicknesses to achieve
the desired strength and avoid critical
concentrations of stress in the layer-
substrate interface.
Process AutomationPerformance characteristics with non-
linear interrelationships Performance
characteristics with non-linear inter-
relationships are estimated from test
data and generate higher dimensional
maps. This technique is also used in the
“Virtual Reference Grinding” project,
which was awarded the Fraunhofer-
Gesellschaft’s Joseph von Fraunhofer
prize, to eliminate unevenness in large
dry cylinders.
Milling Thermally Sprayed Hard MetalsUsing hard metal in tool and mold making
frequently appears to be uneconomical
due to the high level of material and
machining costs. Previous options have
not offered any form of efficient or
economic hard metal machining with
complex-contour geometries.
State-of-the-art production techniques
such as high-velocity oxy fuel enable us
to apply the hard metal material onto
highly stressed tool zones which makes it
possible to measurably improve protection
against wear and tear. These layers have
hardnesses in excess of 1,000 HV, giving
them approximately the same properties
as sintered hard metals, although they
require a final finishing in spite of a high
level of dimensional accuracy.
A new and even highly economical
machining option is milling thermally
sprayed hard metals where setting up the
process and selecting tools in alignment
with the technique make it possible to
measurably boost economy and flexibility.
We were able to document a 60 per
cent reduction in costs for hard metal
machining with geometrically intricate
contours in comparison to conventional
techniques (such as contour grinding or
electric discharge machining – EDM).
Finally, milling of hard metal with super
hard cutting materials not only generates
a virtually damage-free edge zone, but
also excellent surface qualities.
IN CONVERSATION WITHC C Wang
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How is Taiwan emerging as a preferred destination in the global competition? The Taiwan machine tool industry had
reached a historical high in 2008 with
an annual production value of $ 4.83
billion and $ 3.72 billion in export but
the impact of financial crisis in 2009 had
hit the industry badly. The production
value of the industry reduced to $ 2.27
billion while the export value settled at $
1.74 billion. This was almost 50 per cent
of what we had achieved the earlier year.
However, last year, in 2010, Taiwan
experienced a dramatic recovery from the
impact. We witnessed a rapid recovery and
in 2010 the annual production reached
$ 3.88 billion while the exports touched
India is a potential business destination for us...
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$ 2.96 billion. The industry was up
by 70 per cent as compared to 2009.
This recovery was mainly due to an
increase in demand from the Asian
market. This year we have developed a
good export market in various countries
across the world including China, India,
Thailand, Turkey, Brazil, Malaysia,
Korea and Indonesia.
Throughout the last quarter, Europe has witnessed a struggling economy.In what ways did it impact Taiwan’s performance? The Taiwanese industry provides high
performance quality machines at a
competitive price to the global market.
However, after the Euro-crunch, the
European customers have not been able
to match the price scale that we offer.
With the economic depression, we have
not been able to get the returns on the
machines. Also, prices have been a major
setback for us from the European clients
over the last quarters.
The global market today is eyeing the BRIC nations as a destination of unhindered growth. How important a role does the BRIC nations play in the overall growth of Taiwan’s machine tool industry? China is a very important market for
us as 40 per cent of our total exports
are made to that nation. India too,
is one of the major markets for us as
it is a growing hub for automobile,
aerospace and heavy machining
sectors making it a potential business
destination. Brazil and Russia are new
markets for us and we are putting a lot
of effort to build up a strong customer
base there.
Apart from the BRIC nations, we
also see potential business opportunities
in Turkey. Today, Korea too is one
of our focus areas as they buy parts
and components from our nation for
automobile manufacturing. We have
an edge in this competition as we
provide high performance, high speed
machineries at competitive prices.
The Taiwanese industry is mainly export oriented. Yet, what is the status of Taiwan’s dependency on imports? We mainly depend on imports for
CNC consoles, servo motors and high
precision bearings from Japan, Germany
and other countries. But apart from high
performance CNC consoles, we try and
procure most of the key components
from our own local market.
Acquiring a skilled work force is a major hurdle in the industry today. How does the Taiwanese industry face this challenge? It is certainly a major problem.
We do have collaborations with
technical schools and universities;
however, finding trained and skilled
manpower is not easy. In any shop floor,
assembly lines play a vital role with high
speed machining and delivery pattern.
While colleges edify technical
knowledge, the young engineers do not
have adequate practical knowledge of
assembly lines. For this, the industries
and factories are playing their part in
training the students to polish their
knowledge base in these sectors.
It is forecasted that Taiwanese exports of machine tools will rise 75 per cent by 2015. What are the focus areas and positioning strategies of Taiwanese products in the global market? The most important aspect in the entire
manufacturing chain is maintaining
a quick delivery time. The industry
is interested to know how fast the
machine can be delivered. A good
quality machine is of no use if it cannot
be delivered faster.
In this global competition, what is the major challenge faced by Taiwan’s machine tool industry? We provide equally competitive
products to the market which is
high on quality and precision but
price plays a major drawback today.
With the economic instability in
the global market, most European
customers are not able do justice to
the price of the products.
What is the kind of effort put into R&D? The Government of Taiwan gives a lot
of importance to R&D undertaken in the
machine tool industry and has allocated
special budgets for such activities. While
the large and mid-sized companies can
put in individual efforts into research
activities, similar facility is provided to the
smaller companies by the government.
Companies who cannot fund their own
research can apply for these special
budgets and undertake research in
collaboration with government funded
research organisations and design new
machines and technologies. Technical
institutes also play an important role
where companies perform research
along with the resources available with
universities and technical schools.
The government is also focussing
on promoting the ‘Taiwan Brand’ in
the global market and have formulated
special budgets and schemes for
this purpose.
How important a role does ‘green machining’ play in the manufacturing industry of Taiwan? Energy saving is the key to efficient
manufacturing today. Most industries
in Taiwan are putting in an extra effort
into manufacturing green machines
and most machine tools comply with
energy efficient manufacturing.
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With the unstable economy and market conditions, no one can forecast even the near future. Under such conditions, customers today cannot wait for long periods for the machines to arrive so as to take their investments further. We have to deliver fast.
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Developing Trend
Cutting into the future ...................................................................68
Metal Cutting Technologies
Precision Re-engineered ...................................................................72
Metal Cutting Methods
Gearing Up For Future Demand ...................................................74
Interface
Yoshito Uehara San – President and CEO – Tungaloy Corp ........76
Case Study
Insert Geometry Doubles Hard Milling Throughput .....................81
Metal CuttingSpecial Focus
SPECIAL FOCUSCutting into the future
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Machining has become indispensable to the modern industry. It is used directly or indirectly in the manufacture of almost all the goods and services being created all over the world. With the Asian economies proving their resilience to external economic turmoil, Swapnil Pillai explores how the business outlook for metal cutting industries in India seems optimistic.
Metal cutting, also referred
to as machining, is
performed on most
manufactured items.
The applications range
from low-precision machining—such
as grinding undesired protrusions
from a rough casting—to high-
precision machining, which involves
working tolerances of less than half
the thickness of a human hair (0.0001
inch). Economic considerations are of
prime importance when metal cutting
is applied to a manufacturing process.
The accurate appraisal of economic
factor can ultimately dictate conditions
for the most efficient use of a cutting
tool. Proper choice of a cutting tool can
lead to major economic improvements
in a machining operation. Recently,
there have been various developments
in machining operations based on the
improvements in material properties.
Challenges by TitaniumThe use of fibre-reinforced plastics in
aviation-related production is causing
the proportion of titanium alloys used in
the aircraft to rise swiftly. In contrast to
previous aluminium structures, integral
titanium components can be machined
only with lower stock removal rates,
many companies are intensifying their
efforts to achieve increased productivity
levels in the titanium sector. In order
to counter the high static process forces
involved in titanium machining and
general heavy-chip removal, companies
have now developed shrink-fit chucks
with an adapted tool clamping system:
the shrink-fit chuck features positive-
locking cams that engage in grooves
machined into the tool shank. This
prevents the tool from being pulled
out due to a high axial process force
encountered. Generous use of water-
based cooling lubricants is the current
state of the art for titanium-cutting
applications. In this context, tool’s useful
lifetime can be significantly improved by
using coolants developed specifically for
titanium machining.
The Age of LasersLasers are gaining steadily in acceptance
as a manufacturing instrument. In fields
where ultra-hard ceramic materials could
hitherto be machined only by grinding,
laser systems can now be integrated.
Lathes use the laser for hybrid outer
machining of silicone nitride ceramics.
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front of the blade lowers the flow moisture
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point of the material concerned, enabling
turning operations to be performed with
diamond tools. Using lasers opens up
further options for metallic materials
such as extra hardening, adding hard-
aggregate particles or micro-structuring
local component sections. If hard-
aggregate particles are used, tungsten
or titanium carbides are employed,
which with their ceramic properties
and in particular their extreme hardness
improve resistance to wear and tear. In
machining centres, laser systems can be
used in parallel to classical metal-cutting
tools, so as to provide 5-axis-machined
component surfaces with micro-
structures. Depending on the material
being machined and the removal rate
involved, users can choose between fibre,
diode and pico-second lasers. Laser
cutting systems for machining sheet-
metal are now available with fibre lasers
due to which companies are now able
to machine not only steel materials but
also non-ferrous materials like copper,
brass and titanium. Linear drives enable
positioning speeds of up to 240 m/min
to be achieved. In laser machining of
stainless steel sheets in a thickness
of one mm, cutting speeds of up to
60 m/min are possible. Using fibres
means that elaborate and costly optics
for beam guidance can be dispensed
with, and the space requirement can be
downsized.
Eco-friendly MachiningRapid implementation from drawing
board to cut piece, short setup time,
high precision, high cutting speeds, safe
for the operator and the environment
are some of the legitimate requirements
from the manufacturing industry.
Various cutting methods come very
close to meet these requirements and
the best among them is the water jet
cutting. Used primarily in applications
where the conventional cutting, chip-
removing or thermal processes fail to
produce the desired cutting quality. In
contrast to thermal cutting technologies,
waterjet cutting does not cause any
thermal stress in the material. This
effectively prevents material hardening
and warping. In addition, no hazardous
fumes, splashes or molten by-products
are produced.
According to Bhavin B Mavani
– Managing Director and Country
Manager – India and Thailand – KMT
Waterjet, “I have observed dramatic
growth in the size of Indian waterjet
cutting industry in the last couple of
years. As it happens in any market, this
has brought in a lot of competition, not
only among system manufacturers and
suppliers but also among the waterjet
cutting job shops in the country.
This growth has also raised the degree
of awareness regarding advantages and
uniqueness of a waterjet cutting system
to perform wide range of applications
to cut almost every material with the
same system. Looking at the growth
projections of the Indian economy and
potential in the market, I estimate that
Indian waterjet cutting industry will
grow with similar pace over the next
few years.
This will also raise the demand
for economical but still reliable
waterjet cutting systems from suppliers
who have a strong after sales and
service network.”
Abundant OpportunitiesThe growth rate in the India has improved
steadily, and is today among one of the
highest in Asia. Similar improvements
have taken place in the saving and
investment rates, and in the integration
with the global economy. Developments
in India are clearly the predominant factor
in the improved economic performance of
South Asia. Investments into developing
the infrastructure of the country have
steadily increased over the years and will
continue the upward swing due to various
initiatives undertaken by the government
of India. According to Yoshito Uehara
San – President and Chief Executive
Officer, Tungaloy Corporation, “The
Power sector is especially doing well in
India due to developments in new and
high areas of consumption. Similarly the
growth in the aerospace industry in the
country is resulting in greater application
of metal cutting tools. Also, the
automobile sector in India is projected
to grow steadily in the near future. We
are also seeing a lot of developments in
the oilfield and the medical segments in
India in the coming years.”
Strengthening the Indian Connect To make the most of the opportunities
presented by the growing economy,
the government should promote the
metalworking industry by initiating
strategies to boost exports which should
encompass proactive marketing efforts,
encouraging increased participation in
international trade fairs, investment in
export market developments and increase
efforts to improve brand equity of machine
tools. To become globally competitive,
Indian companies should adhere to the
European Product Certification norms.
Distributor management policy would also
have a significant role to play along with
adopting a cluster approach and appointing
country co-coordinators in target markets.
In competing countries such as China,
Taiwan and Korea, direct governmental
assistance is extended to their machine tool
industry. It is time for the Indian policy
makers to recognise the bigger picture this
sector can play in the economy.
Bhavin B Mavani, Managing Director & Country Manager - India & Thailand, KMT Waterjet
Looking at the growth projections of Indian economy and potential in the market, I estimate that Indian waterjet cutting industry will grow with similar pace over next few years.
Yoshito Uehara San, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tungaloy Corporation
The Power sector is especially doing well in India due to developments in new and high areas of consumption. Similarly the growth in the aerospace industry in the country is resulting in greater application of metal cutting tools.
SPECIAL FOCUSMetal Cutting Technologies
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201272
As new application areas open-up in metalworking, the industry is witnessing new trends in machining technology, especially in automobiles, aerospace, energy and infrastructure. Registering a phenomenal growth, the metal cutting sector is garnering user attention with its latest technological advancements. Nishant Kashyap traces the evolving need for such developments for the industry.
The metal cutting industry is
well-known for catering to
the automotive and aerospace
industry for all types of vehicles.
Metal cutting components
constitute a major portion of inputs to these
industries. Hence, there is a relentless drive
to push for low tooling costs and quick
deadlines. This has led countries from the
West to focus on new tooling sources in
the East where, costs are far low, and the
companies get quality products within a
stipulated time period.
Global Technological TrendIn this competitive age, the production
systems should be increasingly productive,
environment friendly, precise, reproducible,
and especially cost-effective. This requires
optimally adapted processes with minimum
stoppage and setup times. In addition, large
forces in combination with high velocities are
required for pressing, this call for advanced
control technology. Manufacturers of
production machines demand expandability
and flexibility to meet customer requirements
efficiently and cost-effectively.
Due to limitations, high cost, speed
and adverse side-effects of traditional
metal cutting methods, chipless machining
processes and technologies have been
developed, such as automation, Numeric
Control (NC) technique, electric discharge
machining, waterjet, plasma cutting system
and laser machining techniques.
Plasma CuttingThe plasma cutting process, as used in the
cutting of electrically conductive metals,
utilises this electrically conductive gas to
transfer energy from an electrical power
source through a plasma cutting torch to
the material being cut. The basic plasma arc
cutting system consists of a power supply,
an arc starting circuit and a torch. These
system components provide the electrical
energy, ionisation capability and process
control that is necessary to produce high
quality, highly productive cuts on a variety
of different materials.
The speed, accuracy and range of
materials that plasma cutting system can
cut, has attracted automobile and steel
companies to use it on a large scale. Plasma
arc cutting is cheaper than oxyfuel and
even faster especially for cutting steel up to
two inches thick. It also provides greater
speed than those of laser cutting systems
for thickness over 0.125 inches. The plasma
cutter has many advantages such as, it is
equipped with latest techniques to cut the
metal, it prevents the warping and paint
damage that occur while cutting, it is faster
and cost effective than other equipment and
cuts the metal accurately. All these aspects
make plasma cutting systems more suitable
and have increased demand in the industry.
“High definition plasma cutting has made
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huge advancements in cut quality and is the most cost
effective cutting process in the metal cutting field.
Plasma units give a much improved cut with less angle
and dross.” says White.
Waterjet TechnologyAs one of the most important and extensive processing
methods in green manufacturing, waterjet has been
proved to be a highly effective method for cutting almost
any flat material, including stainless steel and aluminium.
Waterjets are considered effective in green technology.
First, there is no hazardous waste produced in the process
of cutting. Second, since large pieces of reusable scrap
material can be cut off, a waterjet prevents unnecessary
waste compared to traditional cutting methods.
Waterjet cutting has many applications, and there
are many reasons why it is preferable over other cutting
methods in stainless steel and aluminium. Listed below
are some of its advantages:
� In waterjet cutting, heat is not generated. This is
especially useful for cutting steel and other metals
where excessive heat may change the properties of
the material
� It does not produce any dust or particles that are
harmful if inhaled
� Waterjet cutting can be easily automated for
production use
� Waterjets are much lighter than equivalent laser
cutters, and can be mounted on an automated robot.
Laser Cutting Laser technology is known for its accuracy and speed. It
has proven to be one of the best cutting methods as it
is very accurate and saves time. Laser cutting is mostly
employed in metalworking and medical industry; it is
the best method for making complex shapes in the metal
cutting industry and micro-level marking in medical,
electrical and electronics industries. High-performance
laser can cut wide-ranging thick-to-thin sheet metal.
Featuring the smallest size and the lightest weight in its
class, the laser can cut up to 25 mm thick mild steel at
superb running costs. In the recent years, there has been
an increase in demand for high-speed laser cutting to
enhance productivity.
It is difficult to get required shapes and clarity in
many metal cutting processes; this can be resolved by
the laser cutting technology. Fibre laser and disc laser
are the two technologies that are extensively employed
in the metal cutting industry as they are capable of
cutting almost any metal.
Evolution of EDMEDM is the most suitable metal cutting method for
producing complex geometry and increasing efficiency,
EDM also replaces many types of contour grinding
operations and eliminates secondary operations such as
deburring and polishing. The danger of scrapping a complex
or expensive part because of tool breakage is eliminated. It
is ideal for machining dies, tools and moulds.
Both wire and ram are widely accepted by shops and
plants of all sizes, with die and mould shops showing
special interest in the latest technical developments. Many
latest technical developments are likely to come from the
EDM equipment builders. There are various types of
products which can be produced using EDM such as
dies and moulds. Parts of aerospace, automotive industry
and surgical components can also be made by EDM.
According to David White, Director, Advanced Robotic
Technology Pty Ltd, “These days it is increasingly difficult
to find that level of knowledge and skill in the industry.
Most companies in the metal cutting industry today
employ some form of CAD design. Once the domain of
2D CAD software, the industry is now proliferated with
3D modeling software that can unfold complex shapes
into their flat states. Assemblies and weldments can now
be designed very efficiently on a desktop computer and
output into CAD files for cutting.”
Incremental methodIncremental forming is one of the technologies that have
emerged as an alternative to conventional sheetmetal
forming processes for mass customisation. Incremental
sheetmetal forming has established its potential to
form complex three dimensional parts without using a
matching die. The process locally deforms sheetmetal
using a moving tool head achieving high forming limits
than those of conventional sheetmetal stamping process.
It is constantly adopted by the engineering community
due to its flexibility and low cost. The die-less nature in
incremental forming provides a competitive alternative
for economically and effectively fabricating low-volume
functional sheet products. Potential application areas
include aerospace industries, customised products
in biomedical applications and prototyping in the
automotive industry. It is a numerically controlled
incremental process that can produce complex shapes
from various materials.
David White, Director, Advanced Robotic Technology Pvt Ltd
High definition plasma cutting has made huge advancements in cut quality and is the most cost effective cutting process in the metal cutting field. Plasma units give a much improved cut with less angle and dross.
SPECIAL FOCUSMetal Cutting Methods
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201274
Cutting metal is a complex and lengthy task, particularly when the metal cutting job calls for a tight tolerance or an odd shape that can not be cut using traditional sawing. To resolve this problems various technologies have been developed and manufacturers are successfully dealing with the demand raised by the customers.
Over the last few years
there have been a number
of innovations in the
metal cutting industry.
Three in particular have
made great strides in cut quality,
efficiency and low maintenance.
High Definition Plasma High definition plasma has become the
cutting method of choice by many steel
processing industries. Originally, plasma
cutting resulted in poor quality cutting
and was expensive to keep up with the
consumables. To combat the issue of
cut quality, manufacturers have come
up with innovative solutions. The new
age plasma cutting technologies give
a much improved cut with less angle
and dross, manufacturers still suffered
with excessive consumable usage and
high maintenance. These units were
able to achieve approximately 400 to
500 pierces per electrode/nozzle set
(depending on average length of cut).
To summarise the improvements in
plasma cutting, it is plain to see that the
technology has improved greatly. I have
been consistently impressed with some
of the manufacturer’s performance like
Hypertherm to consistently develop new
technology and processes to deliver cut
quality, cost efficiency and reliability.
Introduction of Fibre LaserFibre laser has different properties to
CO2 laser. The wave length of fibre
laser is much smaller than the CO2
lasers and is therefore, absorbed much
more readily into the metal being
cut. This also means that a wider
variety of metals can be cut such as
copper, etc. The smaller wavelength
also means that the new fibre lasers
are much more energy efficient.
Many people are unaware that CO2
laser is often only about 8 to 10 per
cent efficient. The rest of the energy
is wasted through heat dissipation
in the tubes, requiring much more
cooling. In contrast, the new fibre
lasers are up to 30 per cent efficient,
which is also more beneficial for
the environment.
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Another benefit to fibre laser is that
the beam is delivered through a lead
rather than wave guides and mirrors.
This makes integration into profile
cutting machines easier as there is no
need to protect people from the light
path. It does not have any mirrors to
adjust or focus, which results in less
maintenance. The size of the cutting
table is no longer a consideration either
as, the fibre can transmit the beam for
50 metres or more.
The huge benefit with fibre laser
is that one does not need to run lasing
gases in the power module. Of course
there is still a requirement for cut-
assist gases. However, a drawback of
the fibre laser is that the frequency is
particularly hazardous to the human
eye. The frequency of fibre laser allows
the reflected light to pass through the
retina causing permanent damage. It is
vital that good protective measures are
taken by machine integrators for the
safety of operators and other workers
in the vicinity.
A great option for effective cutting
technique is to combine high definition
plasma with fibre laser on one machine.
This gives user accurate holes and
narrow cuts for intricate work and a
switch to plasma for the edge profiling.
This provides for a capacity to cut
thicker plates at a much cheaper cost
of high definition plasma.
Aluminium ProcessingAluminium is widely used in ship
and boat building, as well as many
fabrication industries. It has been
observed that aluminium can be
processed faster and cleaner—with a
high speed milling spindle/router—
than any other cutting process.
We have produced quite a number of
these, up to 21 metres in length for the
ship building industry. These machines
can include an inkjet printing head for
direct printing of part numbers, fold
lines, etc. This has greatly improved
the ability to track components through
the fabrication process. Assembly and
welding instructions can also be printed
directly onto the components.
Role of CAD/CAMMany industries use parametric
CAD software for specific products.
Parametrics mean that one can have a
standard object that can be manipulated
through parameters. For example, with
a square to round transition operator
can specify entry diameter, overall
height, X and Y offset, base dimensions,
etc. The parametric software will then
automatically produce the flattened
components along with bend lines.
These drawings can then be used
by CAM software to produce
files that will operate CNC profile
cutting machines.
There are many components
for effective CNC cutting process.
While a high-quality CNC machine
is an important factor for the efficient
cutting of quality products, a good
automatic CAM software package is
equally as important. It can set user apart
from the competition by improving the
product quality and value. No matter
how sophisticated a CNC machine is,
it can not do anything without a good
CAD/CAM package.
Majority of companies today, are
using Manufacturing Resource Planning
(MRP) software for scheduling their
whole production environment.
Good CAM software is able to interface
with this software and can automatically
produce cutting files based on current
orders or requirements. Often this can
be done behind the scenes and can
be almost invisible. Modern CAM
systems can produce parts labels,
nesting reports, costing estimates and
much more. Reducing manual input,
and also reducing the possibility for
human error, while at the same time
being cost efficient and hassle-free.
Benefits of Robots Robots can take many forms.
In industry, the robotic arm
immediately comes to mind. Robotic
arms are used extensively in welding
cells and assembly lines as they can
repeat processes continuously \as long
as components have to be assembled.
However, the word robot originally
was considered to be synonymous
with servant or worker. The word has
today, come to be inextricably linked
with the word automation, and most
people identify the name robot as an
automated worker.
I tend to class robotics as the
entire range of automated machines,
and therefore include CNC cutting
machines. Some manufacturers are
actually using robotic arms as CNC
cutting tools for complex tasks such
as panel trimming in the automotive
industry using laser or plasma cutting
tools. By far the most common type of
robotic machinery in the metal cutting
industry is the CNC profile cutting
table. These can be plasma, oxy-
acetylene, laser, water jet or another
metal cutting process.
There are many reasons why
automated machinery is quickly gaining
ground in the metal cutting industry. In
many nations labour is the highest cost
involved in manufacturing processes.
For instance, a particular cutting
job took 22 hours to manually perform.
Several different options were examined
in an attempt to find an automated
solution. After some careful evaluation
we found that we would be able to
perform the same process in less than
10 minutes. This is enough reason
for anyone to consider automating
their cutting processes. The lack of
skilled labour is another prime
reason for introducing automation in
a factory environment.
I must agree that the trend towards
robotic cutting machinery is inevitable
and will definitely continue long into
the future. These machines save many
man hours of tedious hard labour,
but most importantly they improve
the precision and repeatability of the
fabricated products. As far as the
company itself goes, the main benefits
would have to be increased productivity
and reduced cost.
David White is Director at Advanced Robotic Technology Pvt. Ltd; with over 15 years of experience in metal cutting technologies. Email: [email protected]
SPECIAL FOCUSInterface
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201276
What is Tungaloy Corp’s ‘management mantra’ for success?We believe in the principle of
—step by step - but fast We
planned our new plant in Iwaki
keeping the global as well as
the domestic requirements in
mind. Our belief is that by
automating the manufacturing
process, Tungaloy maintains
its competitiveness in the
global market while the
manufacturing is done in
Japan. By discarding obsolete
management procedures for our
overseas subsidiaries, we have
switched to more cost effective
management approaches
since becoming a part of the
IMC Group. For instance,
earlier an entire Japanese staff
would manage the overseas
subsidiaries—now, qualified
and capable local personnel
who are in sync with the local
market manage each overseas
subsidiary—saving the expenses
to support Japanese expatriates.
With the saved cost on labour,
the company opened more
overseas subsidiaries.
Since 2009, Tungaloy has
almost doubled its overseas
sales offices. Tungaloy plans to
increase overseas sales by being
close to the customers and by
better serving their needs. Also,
more attention is now given to
the ‘cost to profit’ performance
ratio. Every new product launch
and promotion is analysed to
ensure profitability.
How has the year 2010 been for the Tungaloy
Corp. in terms of sales and new market opportunities?During the year 2010 – 11
we have been creating the
infrastructure and establishing
our product base. For us
to reach our end users and
understand their requirement
first hand, we have opened
offices across the world. We
have more than 20 overseas
subsidiaries and this has given
us an easier access to our
vast customer base. Among
them, our subsidiaries in the
US, China, Brazil and India
are doing especially well. Our
constant need to grow has lead
us to launch an array of new
products thus helping us have a
stronger foothold in varied areas
of the field. Today, Tungaloy
with its impressive product
line is in a position to cater to
any tooling requirement, from
standard to special. We have
endured a severe earthquake,
yet overcoming all odds we
have launched our new plant at
Iwaki which was inaugurated
by Warren Buffet during his
visit to Japan last month.
In terms of speed and productivity, how has the
metal cutting segment evolved? In today’s fast paced times,
tooling solutions too should
reflect in higher productivity
and increase in profits which is
the direct result of high speed
cutting tools. We constantly
update our ranges with tools
which enable high cutting
In an interview with Swapnil Pillai, Yoshito Uehara San
explains the dynamics of the metal cutting industry, the
buoyant Indian economy and the new facility at Iwaki
inaugurated by Warren Buffet.
Currently, speed, higher productivity
and higher feed rates are the
crucial customers requirements around
the world
Yoshito Uehara San,
President and CEO – Tungaloy Corp
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speeds and feed rates, thus, benefiting
the customers with reduced machining
time. All this benefits the customers
with higher productivity while
reducing overall production costs
resulting in more profits. This change
has been noticed by our customers
as well and they now look forward
to more door opening solutions from
our end.
What are the current trends and demands in the machine tool industry? Indian customers are investing in
the latest high powered machines.
Keeping this need in mind we have
cutters which can work on higher
feed rates, with more number of
teeth to enable faster machining. In
2010 – 2011 we have introduced 20
new products keeping up with the
development trends in the Indian
manufacturing industry. We are
launching new cutters to enable high
speed machining for the die and
mould sector with low depth of cut
and high feed capabilities. In addition
to that our newly developed tool the
DO FEED MINI enables customers
with low powered machines to work
on high feed rates.
What are the new product designs and application features that are gaining prominence?Today, there is a major demand for
tools that enable higher productivity.
Many areas where up till now only cast
iron was being used are switching to
aluminium applications. Changes have
been noticed in the materials used for
aerospace applications with the use of
super alloys coming into play.
To cater to such requirements
we are developing our ranges as the
tool geometries for super alloys and
aluminium are to be specially designed.
Another trend gaining prominence is
that of replacing grinding with hard
part turning—this is a good application
area for Carbon Boron Nitron (CBN)
tooling which is a core strength
of Tungaloy.
Tell us about the newly expanded insert production facility at Iwaki.On 21 November, 2011, Warren
Buffet, the company’s well-known
American investor, inaugurated
Tungaloy’s new insert production
plant in its main factory in Iwaki.
The company is planning to increase
its production of inserts to 8 million
per month by mid-2012 which is
a 30 per cent increase from 2010.
The new plant is two storeys high,
and its total surface area is 15,500
square metres. The factory contains
automated press machines supplied
by its parent company—International
Metalworking Companies (IMC).
Grinding machines as well as
enormous sintering machines
have been installed, allowing the
plant to handle all processes from
mold making to pressing, sintering,
and grinding.
The new plant will undertake
mass production of inserts, and the
pre-existing facility will be used
for special products. Furthermore,
the Headquarter building at Iwaki
plant contains seminar rooms as
well as machine tools for conducting
cutting tests.
It was Buffet’s first visit to Japan,
and he congratulated the Tungaloy
team on the completion of the
new plant.
What are the initiatives undertaken by Tungaloy to reduce its carbon footprint?Tungaloy acquired the ISO14001
certification in 1997 for the first time
in the Carbide Tool manufacturing
industry in Japan, and this year marks
the 14th anniversary. Currently, under
the Tungaloy Group’s environmental
policy, we have been promoting
environmental conservation activities
within the Group which comprises
business and sales offices at home,
and affiliated companies both at home
and overseas.
As we consider environmental
conservation activities to be one
of the most important tasks in our
management, the Tungaloy Group
will continue to make positive
efforts to reduce the burden on the
environment.
Last, but not least, we would like to
work more actively to manufacture
products that are safe for our customers
and are environmental friendly.
What are your plans for the Indian and international markets? We have just entered the Indian
market in 2010 with a JV—Tungaloy
India Pvt. Ltd India— this is a big
and diversified market which is huge
in terms of products for domestic
and export consumption and we
have a huge market to cover. We are
competing against the established
competitors. We have grown by
100 per cent in 2010 and by over 50
per cent in 2011.
We have a very young and
dynamic team in India which is widely
spread with our channel partners and
Tungaloy team members. From 12
channel partners and 10 Tungaloy
team members in the beginning
of 2010; we now have 45 channel
partners and 40 Tungaloy team
members. As we mentioned Tungaloy
India is also growing with the IMC
policy—step by step but fast.
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Warren Buffet – Leading Globa l Inves to r , Chairman and CEO – Berkshire Hathaway
The world has seen the devastating
Japan earthquake hit this area and I am
proud of all the Japanese people for their
hard work. I’ve just visited this amazing
company— Tungaloy. The Plant is
remarkable, the people are great. This
company has an extraordinary future. If
I was a young engineer, I would love
to work for this company. It’s always a
good idea to associate with a rising star
like Tungaloy. ”
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SPECIAL FOCUSCase Study
Insert Geometry can make a huge difference in throughput, as demonstrated by the gains this manufacturer realised by swapping tools in a long-reach slot-finishing application in hardened tool steel.
New jobs deserve a
fresh look, despite the
instinctive temptation to
turn immediately toward
tried and true methods and
equipment. Zack Hilton of River City
Manufacturing and Machine Company
(RCMM) says that the approach
paid off in revamping a slot-finishing
operation in hardened tool steel.
That job also exemplified the benefits of
minimising contact area between insert
and workpiece in milling applications
that involve slots, hardened materials
and/or long reaches.
RCMM’s application involved
all three, prompting a representative
from Ingersoll Cutting Tools
(Rockford, Illinois) to recommend that
manufacturer’s Form-MasterV backdraft
cutter. By engaging a smaller portion of
the insert at higher feeds and speeds than
the previous tool, the cutter provided an
80-percent cycle-time reduction, longer-
lasting edges and more predictable edge
wear. Since the tool swap, the shop
has also been confident enough to run
the part completely unattended. “The
cutter paid for itself after the first piece,”
Hilton says.
RCMM opened its doors in 1989
as a two-man shop based in what used
to be a livestock building on a small
hobby farm in Winona, Minnesota.
Most manual equipments gave way to
CNC machining in the late ‘90s, and
today, the company offers milling,
turning, waterjet cutting, heat treating,
drafting and more from its modern,
10,000-square-foot facility. The 20-man
operation runs 20 hours a day, five days
a week, producing mostly repeat orders
in small lots for tools, molds and various
engine and machine parts.
The slot mentioned above is part
of a component that goes into a slide
mechanism on a chain-fabricating
machine. Measuring 12 inches long,
4.322 inches deep and 2.724 inches
wide—nearly twice as deep as wide—it
is machined in S-7 tool steel hardened
to 54-56 HRc. The finish-milling
operation, performed to correct for
any distortion resulting from heat
treating, had to produce a mirror finish.
It required removing 0.02 inch of
Insert Geometry Doubles Hard Milling Throughput
� RCMM’s Zack Hilton (left) worked with Ingersoll’s Ondrej Lubinski (right) to find a more effective cutter for a hard-part slot-finishing operation.With the same shank as the previous tool, the Form-MasterV was a drop-in replacement that improved insert edge life and throughput.
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material from both sides to tolerances
of +0.002/-0.000 inch.
Hilton first reached for what had
become his “go-to” cutter for most
milling operations: Ingersoll’s Hi-
PosQuad indexable end mill. However,
despite having achieved a great deal of
success with this tool on a variety of
other jobs, he found that the tool’s insert
edges would rupture unpredictably while
engaged in the deep slot. Having to stop
and change inserts midway through the
cut would cause a production bottleneck
on a part with good reorder potential.
This would also leave track marks
on a surface with a stringent finish
requirement. Rather than settling for a
familiar but less-than-efficient process,
he decided to look for a new tool.
Fortunately, the Hi-PosQuad is part
of Ingersoll’s “Top-On” modular tool
family. As such, changing tools would
be a matter of screwing a different
tip onto the existing five-inch, solid
carbide, threaded shank. Faced with
a choice of 50 different styles, Hilton
consulted Ondrej Lubinski, an Ingersoll
field representative who visits RCMM
almost weekly.
Lubinski closely examined the
application and took particular note
of the long reach involved. This could
make the setup especially vulnerable
to lateral cutting forces. In addition to
creating difficulties with meeting the
close tolerances required for the sides
and bottom of the slot, the resulting
chatter and excessive impact load could
fracture the insert or even the shank
itself. The hardened workpiece material
would exacerbate the situation by
leading to even higher cutting forces.
“In a case like this, the strategy should
be to minimise the contact area between
insert and workpiece, feed fast, and take
very light cuts to avoid overloading any
part of the system—tool, workpiece,
fixture or machine,” he says.
With that in mind, Lubinski and
Hilton evaluated their options and
settled on the Form-MasterV. Unlike
the Hi-PosQuad’s 90-degree inserts, this
tool’s inserts feature a rounded, rhombic
shape. According to the company, this
shape provides backdraft on the side and
bottom of the cutter once the inserts are
clamped in place. As a result, only the
acute-angle radius and small wiper area
actually touch the workpiece and create
the chip, as opposed to the entire side of
the insert. Also, the inserts are double-
sided, so each features four usable edges.
Running this cutter at increased feeds
and speeds would offset the reduction
in cutting surface area, the two men
reasoned. That way, the slot could be
finished just as fast without overloading
the insert.
The first trial proved them right.
They opted to remove the 0.02 inch of
material on each side of the slot in two
passes: one to eliminate the “extra-hard
crust characteristic of a heat-treated
part,” as Hilton describes it, and the
second to achieve exact size and finish.
RCMM had run the previous 1-inch,
Hi-PosQuad end mill at 1,400 rpm,
18 ipm and a 0.005-inch depth of cut.
With the new tool, the shop boosted
those parameters to 2,600 rpm, 60 ipm
and 0.01-inch depth of cut, respectively.
As a result, cycle time decreased from
20 to 4 hours flat. More importantly,
the new inserts lasted through two full
parts, and edge wear was gradual and
predictable as opposed to the sudden
failure of the previous tool.
When the process went from trial
to operational, Hilton cut back on
the settings for peace of mind and
more process security. For instance,
although the new cutter could handle a
0.01-inch cutting depth, he would run it
somewhere between that and the previous
0.005 inch. Still, edge life improved
by 4 to 1 on average, and throughput
improved 2:1.
More recently, he has run the job
at more aggressive cutting parameters
with no loss of edge life or process
security. He has also been running the
parts two at a time, often overnight
and completely unattended. “We would
have been happy with just the edge life
benefit,” he notes. “The throughput
gain—under lights-out conditions—is
icing on the cake.”
Gains in the slot-finishing operation
not withstanding, RCMM still uses the
Hi-PosQuad as its mainstay cutter,
even on other long-reach applications
using 8-inch shanks. However, most
of this work consists of rough and
finish milling unhardened metals, not
hardened tool steel. “It’s a fine bread-
and-butter cutter,” Hilton describes the
Hi-PosQuad. “We simply found a better
fit for a particular finishing operation.
It’s important to look at each new job
with new eyes. What’s most comfortable
might not be what’s best.”
� With inserts that last four times longer than those of the previous tool, the Form-MasterV enabled the shop to run two parts at a time completely unattended. In contrast, previous tooling failed so unpredictably that the operation required 100 per cent operator attention.
� Once clamped in place, the inserts’ rhombic shape provides backdraft on the side and bottom of the cutter. Only the radius and wiper area engage in the cut, as opposed to the previous model, which presented the entire side of the insert. This enables more aggressive cutting parameters while still reducing lateral cutting forces.
FACILITY VISITPMC, Taiwan
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R&D activities are the foundation of any successful endeavour. As a successfully emerging global machine tool industry—Taiwan has already made its foundation firm by establishing Precision Machinery Research & Development Centre (PMC)—which works to strengthen the research activities in Taiwan. Debarati Basu visits the research centre to find out how PMC is going beyond the conventional measures to strengthen the industry
Established in the year 1993 with
collective efforts and funding from
the Taiwan Association of Machinery
Industry (TAMI) and the Industrial
Development Bureau, Ministry of
Economic Affairs - Taiwan, PMC today is the
sole R&D centre for the machinery industry in
the nation.
The centre, over the last eighteen years has been
consistently adding value to the Taiwanese industry.
The centre aims to be a world class customer
oriented and technology based service centre.
The centre not just provides technical support to
the industries, but also
boosts business
for the local
industries through
its endeavours.
Churning out over 20 patents annually, the
centre gets half its funds from the government.
“We have an annual budget of New Taiwan Dollars
(NTD) 600 million. The government funds half
the amount through various projects that we take
up. We also help the small and medium sized
companies to undertake their research projects,”
says Benjamin Jan – General Manager – Precision
Machinery Research & Development Centre
(PMC).
While most small scale industries find it
difficult to fund their own research projects,
the research centre conducts it for them at
half the budget. However, the findings of
the research are made public for the benefit
of other industries. “If the companies do not
want to share the technology findings, they pay
the entire amount of the research and use our
infrastructure to conduct the research activities.
We also help them apply for government
budgets,” says Jan.
Steps Towards Development Since its inception, PMC has
worked with the government and
executed commissioned projects.
It also assists the machinery industry
to grow towards fine manufacturing.
Moreover, the centre makes additional
efforts to help the traditional industries
to upgrade and transform themselves
and be at par with the technological
advancements of the industry.
Most research activit ies
conducted by the centre attempt to
add ultra-precision into Taiwan’s machine
tool industry. Thus, aiding an increase in
product competitiveness in global markets.
Raising the Benchmark of Precision
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The centre also invests in reapplying
existing techniques and making
improvements in existing products by
adding value into them. The centre has
its three core responsibilities.
C e n t r e f o r M e c h a n i c a l
Equipments and Key Component
Design and Development:
PMC has consolidated machinery, electric
controls, optics information, etc. for the
designing of mechanical equipments.
The centre possesses a competence in
various techniques including – whole and
key component design and development
of machine tools, analysis techniques,
precision miniature machine design and
development, remote control diagnostic
of machine tools, CNC Human
Machine Interface (HMI) development,
artificial granite component design
and manufacturing, precision
positioning platform and alignment
module design and development,
automated optical inspection, online
thickness measurement system, ultra
precision machining and remote
control and tour guide robot design
and development.
Tests and Certification:
The machine tool accuracy laboratory
of the centre has been certified by
the National Applied Research
Laboratory (NARL). It provides
the facility a complete machine
tool examination and positioning
accuracy. The centre has so far tested
over 8000 sets and is the only certified
unit in Taiwan that tests OEM products
which are exported to Japan, Britain
and Germany. Besides this, the centre
also has a certified electromagnetic
compatibility testing laboratory and
length calibration laboratory which
offers product testing and certification
services to vendors.
Information Application Service:
The centre’s responsibility also includes
providing research oriented services.
Instead it provides assistance to every
company to make a better presence in
the global market by helping them make
3-D presentations which can create a
better impact at global exhibitions. The
centre also provides e-market services
to vendors by giving databases of
machine techniques, safety information
and machine information management
systems. It assists the machine suppliers
to find clients and expand business across
the globe.
Applying Cutting-edge Technology While the world is moving towards
robotics, PMC is already striding
towards making a mark in that segment.
There is a collective effort made by
the government and the industries to
incorporate robotics into the industry.
The government has allotted additional
support and budget to PMC for
conducting research in this area.
Over the last six years, government
has been trying to promote robotics
in Taiwan and separate budgets for
research activities have been allotted
to the research centres. “There are
parallel researches being conducted in
every sector like health care, industrial
robotics, etc. PMC has been assigned
projects on research activities in the
tour guide sector and we have received
a budget of NTD 40 million for the
developments in this segment,” informs
Jan. He adds, “Our responsibility does
not end with developing tour robots.
We are additionally approaching high
school and college students, teachers
and professors and are exposing them
to robotics. We have made a separate
cell for kinder garden kids and students
where we have made various robotic
smart toys. This will not just attract
them to the toys but they will also take
interest in robotics from a very young
age and grow up to learn these skills.
Robotics is the future and we are doing
everything possible to create a firm
foundation for it.”
Even though Taiwan is a manual
labour driven industry, most of the
industries in the country are taking special
interest in developing the robotics
industry. There is a concentrated
effort and investment made by the
companies in this segment.
Future ProspectsTaiwan is one of the fastest growing
economies in Asia and while the
machine tool industry is the core driver
of the country’s economy, the added
thrust of R&D activities is taking the
industry a step ahead of others. “Over
the last 40 years, we have grown from
being traditional companies to using
numerical control systems and are
now moving forward towards making
multi functional machines. Taiwan
duplicated the technology that has
originated from Europe and Japan, and
developed it further. But, the future lies
in the development of software. While
the physical parts are being duplicated by
many companies, we are now trying to
establish indigenous software and make
a mark of our own,” explains Jan.
He added, “Five years ago, the annual
production value of Taiwan was NTD 6
billion as compared to the current value
of NTD 20 billion. We are now aiming
to touch NTD 125 billion by 2020.” To
reach this goal, PMC is continuously
serving Taiwan’s machine tool industry
by increasing its competitiveness in the
global race.
Benjamin Jan –General Manager – Precision Machinery Research and Development Centre (PMC).
Robotics is the future and we are doing everything possible to create a firm foundation for it.
� The centre helps Taiwanese companies make 3-D presentations for customers across the globe giving them hands on experience of the products and technology.
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INSIGHT & OUTLOOKCurtain Raiser
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While the curtains have
been drawn on the
year that went by, what
better way to begin
the new year with a
combination of world class technology
and knowledge sharing, all displayed
on the same platform. IMTEX 2012
promises to bring all the action of the
global forming segment at the disposal
of the industry.
IMTEX Forming 2012 – the
international forming technology
exhibition and the concurrent show—
Tool Tech 2012—the international
exhibition for die and mould, forming
tools, machine accessories, metrology
and CAD/CAM is the place to be to
get a glance at the best and the latest
in the industry. The six days event from
January 19 – 24, 2012 at Bangalore
International Exhibition Centre (BIEC)
is making way for the global business
buzz to begin.
The uniqueness about IMTEX is
the focus with which it is organised.
The Forming Special exhibition
will bring in the exclusive range of
forming technologies in all engineering
applications. IMTEX is expanding its
frontiers by including all types of forming
technologies, not just in the metal
industry but also, exhibiting a broad
range of technological advancements in
plastics, ceramics, composites and exotic
materials as well.
“IMTEX, being the largest exhibition
in South East Asia and being located
in a growing economy like India, gives
exhibitors a large platform to showcase
their best and to gain visibility with
maximum end users,” expressed Niraj
Seth – Vice President – AMADA
(India) Pvt. Ltd.
Where It All Began The encouraging response from the
entire spectrum of engineering industry
during the first forming event organised
in 2010 gave the stimulus to the
organisers to turn the leaf to the second
It is the time of the year again, for the best technologies from across the globe to assemble at IMTEX – 2012 Forming special. The stage is set for the consortium to begin. The gateway to reach out to the world, IMTEX has grown over the years to bring in conviction and reliability among exhibitors and participants. The exhibition this year is focussed on raising the benchmark of the Indian machine tool industry at the global platform.
Convergence of Global Opportunities
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chapter of the forming special exhibition.
The first forming exhibition hosted
44,000 business visitors from India
and across the world. The buoyancy
in the overall business enhancement
secured confirmed business orders worth
` 2,552.50 million and generated high
potential business enquiries to the tune
of ` 12,201.40 million. A new bar was
set for the forming segment of machine
tool industry and from IMTEX Forming
exhibition as well. For the machine tool
fraternity, the exhibition stood out as an
opportunity to meet up with each other
and share information about the best
practises and competition.
Growth Phase of the IndustryThe forming industry is still in its
adolescence and with the technological
advancements happening across the
world, the Indian machine tool industry
is trying hard to keep pace with the
developments in the forming sector.
The industry is at a stage of switching
over from conventional technology to
imbibe the best for world tech bazaar.
“This is a slow yet gradually growing
market. Nevertheless, forming has a
strong presence in the Indian market, be
it in the heavy duty forming or precision
forming on certain components.
However, the focus is on increasing the
precision level of the forming operations.
Every company is working towards
raising the bar of precision,” expressed D
Ravindran – Senior Divisional Manager
– Quattro Engineering India Ltd.
The industry hopes to see a huge
growth leap in the forming technology
in the Indian market in the next decade.
The technology which has a major role
to play in the automotive industry will
also foray into mobile and customer
durable industry as well as foray into the
growing medical equipment industry.
Perfect Ground for Business ExchangeWith its entire focus on the forming
industry, the exhibition aims to showcase
a wide array of products touching upon
every aspect of forming technology.
The visitors will get a panoramic view
of a huge range of exhibitors at the
exposition. The exhibitors will include
companies specialising in press and sheet
working, laser, water jet, gas and plasma
cutting, die casting, forging, material
treatment, hydro forming, casting
and foundry, fabrication machines,
metal spinning & flow forming, raw
materials, explosive forming, metal
injection moulding, electro magnetic
pulse forming, composites, die and
mould, forming tools, hydraulic,
pneumatic system and components,
material testing, quality assurance
testing equipment, measurement and
quality control, CAD/CAM solutions,
robots, manipulators & automation,
safety equipments, forming simulation
software and many more.
A Global Consortium As the Indian machine tool industry is
making a mark in the global market,
there is a huge rush of prospective
investments pouring into the Indian
market. IMTEX Forming exhibition
comes at the right time to provide a
common dice for the Indian and Global
companies to make a surge towards
global partnerships.
This year, as many as 23 nations across
the globe are taking part in the exhibition
showcasing an array of technological
advancements mushrooming across the
globe. The visitors can tour the entire
global market and have a deep insight
into the technologies from the US,
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China,
Czech Republic, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,
Turkey and UK.
Various country pavilions will bring
in the best from their respective regions.
“With so many countries participating
in the event, it would certainly be a
good platform for knowledge transfer,”
said Vijeya Kumar Reddy – Managing
Director – Goodwill Imex Seyi.
Highlights ofI M T E X 2 0 1 2
� More than 30,000 sq mts of exhibiting area
� Over 500 exhibitors
� Expecting about 50,000 visitors
� Participation by 24 countries
� Three country pavilions- China, Taiwan and Germany
� International Seminar on Forming Technology with eminent speakers talking about Metal Forming, Forging & Forming and Emerging Trends of the industry
Niraj Seth – Vice President – AMADA (India) Pvt. Ltd
IMTEX, being the largest exhibition in South East Asia and being located in a growing economy like India, gives exhibitors a large platform to showcase their best and to gain visibility with maximum end users.
Why visitI M T E X 2 0 1 2
� Focused participants from Forming Industry
� Array of advanced forming technology
� Large overseas participation
� Potential business exchanges
� Great opportunity for knowledge sharing
Industrial conglomerates at
I M T E X 2 0 1 2
� Aerospace
� Automobile
� Railways
� Energy
� Medical equipments
� Mobile and home appliances
INSIGHT & OUTLOOKExhibitors Views
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201290
Mahesh Gupta – General Manager, Marketing and Customer Relations – EFD Induction Limited
Future Prospects of Indian Machine-tool Industry The export in the sector has been impressive and Indian products are accepted by the global
market with equal reputation and reliance like that of Germany or Japan.
IMTEX provides a platform to understand the know-how of the industry. The industry can
learn about expansion plans, product developments, services offered and assess the ways in which
they can be utilised. It is also the platform to establish the initial contact.
Future of Metal-forming in India The metal forming industry has a huge potential and is doing well irrespective of the economic scenario. The exports have
not yet reduced dramatically. Instead we foresee an increase in the number of components manufactured in India. The
demand for Indian components will also increase.
Leverage Business and Knowledge-base It is a good platform to not only launch new products and technologies but also market them efficiently. There is no other
expo where you can interact with existing customers and other potential customers together.
Business Portfolio on Showcase We are into induction heating application, which we supply not only to the domestic market but also export to other
countries. We will be showcasing a few unique products of ours for the forging industry. These products called the EFC
Billet heaters, are of European design and have been modified for higher local value to cater to Indian demand.
Srinivas Kamisetty – Managing Director – Lapp INDIA Pvt. Ltd
Future Prospect The machine tool industry in India has witnessed significant growth in the year 2011. The
Annual Report 2010 – 2011 by the IMTMA, has estimated that the demand for machine
tools in India will be at Rs 29,300 crore by 2019 - 2020.
IMTEX 2012 will bring to the forefront established players in the country’s manufacturing
space, thus working as an effective platform for Lapp India to present our connectivity
solutions to potential customers.
Future of Metal Forming Industry India is witnessing increased spending on infrastructure, which will definitely play a positive role in boosting the growth
of the metal industry.
Further, with the increasing levels of income and also considering products being launched in the market, there is an
underlying expectation that the demand for consumer durables will also be buoyant, thus helping generate high demand
for the steel industry. The metal sector in India offers significant growth potential and is clearly an attractive sector for
investment.
IMTEX 2012 Exhibitions like IMTEX provide an opportunity to interact with multiple stakeholders, both global and domestic, from
the machine tool industry as well as ecosystem. Thus, it helps exhibitors and attendees to enhance their overall business
prospects and also get introduced to newer concepts in the machine tool industry space. Hall: 2B – Stall: E102
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INSIGHT & OUTLOOKExhibitors Views
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201292
Bhavin B Mavani – Country Manager – India & Thailand – KMT Waterjet, India
Future Prospect It is rightly said that this century belongs to Asia. The kind of growth Asian economies like
China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, etc. have witnessed in the last decade is phenomenal. With
growth in economies, there have been significant growth in manufacturing and automotive
sectors too and is projected to follow the same trajectory in future. The demand for the machine
tools as a whole; the need for world class manufacturing, best quality, high productivity and
optimum cost should raise the demand for modern and high end machine tools drastically.
IMTEX 2012 IMTEX is considered to be one of the leading exhibitions in the Indian machine-tool Industry. This is the right platform
to showcase your products, new launches, technological advancements, market leadership and your domain strengths.
IMTEX organisers have taken a significant step by separating the exhibitions for forming and cutting technologies.
KMT Waterjet is a leading manufacturer of waterjet cutting products and has a strong market leadership in Indian Waterjet
Cutting Industry. We will continue to emphasize on these aspects of our business during IMTEX 2012 and in the future.
Leveraging the Event We have recently developed new high pressure pump NEOLINE (3,800 bar / 55,000 psi) for providing economical solution
for entry level Waterjet Cutting System. This would be an ideal solution for many of the applications / buyers in India.
Also we have the most popular and industry trusted reliable STREAMLINE pumps (4,100 bar / 60,000 psi); and high end
STREAMLINE PRO pumps (6,200 bar / 90,000 psi) for the fastest Waterjet Cutting.
Sameer Vora – Marketing Director – Robin Precision Products Pvt Ltd
Demand TrendThe Indian domestic demand arising from small component manufacturers who are the sub-
suppliers to the engineering, automobile and defence sector have in the past not been very
demanding with respect to the latest technologies due to capital cost constraints. However,
this segment will create huge demand for machine tools considering the fact that India is
today becoming a manufacturing outsourcing hub for all the major industries worldwide. These
component manufacturers would need to invest in more sophisticated and flexible machines for
better productivity and quality of products to meet stringent international standards.
IMTEXIndian Machine Tool Exhibition with International Participation—IMTEX—is a specialised B2B fair featuring contemporary
technological trends in metalworking machine tools and manufacturing solutions from all over the world. Trade Fairs like
IMTEX unlock the power of face-to-face marketing. Such trade fairs and exhibitions, enable people to get to interact with
a large number of buyers, suppliers, consultants, press, trade, decision-makers and influencers.
Benefits of IMTEXTradeshows like IMTEX provide excellent venues for initiating contacts with new customers and developing new trade leads.
It also enables companies to maintain and renew contacts with valued clients. It also helps in live demonstrations of products
and services, which accelerate the selling process and generate new sales. Trade fairs focus media attention on company and
products. Public relations efforts can be focussed to raise the profile of the company image and brands. Through IMTEX
2012, we expect more people to visit our stalls to see our product and understand our quality and services.
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Sanjay Kulkarni – Director – Bystronic Laser India Pvt Ltd
Current TrendsAs everybody knows
BRIC (Brazil ,
Russia, India and
China) countries
are going to play a
major role and will have considerable impact on
world economy in the coming years. Hence ‘India’
will be in focus, and our strategy is to grow with
India.
Being a Swiss company, we have already
entered in India with legacy of Swiss precision,
quality and laser technology, this Swiss
pedigree helps us a lot while approaching
Indian customers.
We expect that in the next five years, Indian
markets will grow to its potential—although there
is a slight doubt at this point of time—but surely, it
is short-term and the new financial year will begin
with robust growth.
IMTEX is the most ideal platform to showcase
the technologies and we are sure it will be of great
benefit for us. We expect to meet all our existing and
potential customers during the show and understand
their requirements, which will eventually help us to
offer proper products from our range to suit their
needs and requirements.
We wish this exhibition all the success as in turn
it will help customers as well as the exhibitors.
Hall: 2A – Stall: B105
INSIGHT & OUTLOOKExhibitors Views
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201294
Mohini Kelkar – Managing Director – Grindmaster Machines Pvt Ltd
Future ProspectsThe future is bright because the demand in machine tools is expected to rise more than 25 per
cent every year. At the same time—due to the European crisis—several machine tool companies
are trying very hard to sell in India. Although the machine tool industry in India has improved,
there is lot of room for improvement. I wish to mention here that Grindmaster has successfully
installed crankshaft micro-finishing machine at General Motors in China. We have also received
repeat orders from the company.
Current Scenario Now-a-days, even small companies and work shops are demanding automation. This has led to several technocrats offering
simple automation systems for material handling and loading/unloading into the machine. It is important to design such
systems for reliability, repeatability and accuracy. For achieving this better pneumatic and electrical control elements will be
required. Therefore, machine tool industry should have close interaction with the manufacturers of pneumatic and electrical
controls that are continuously bringing out the upgraded products to ensure reliability and repeatability.
IMTEXIMTEX 2012 is providing excellent platform to display innovations that we have made. IMTEX is always visited by serious
buyers and machine tool purchase decision makers. Therefore, this event becomes an important exhibition to showcase the
technology. We offer world class technology and quality at affordable prices.
We have capacity to mould European technology to suit Indian working and economic conditions.
I believe that this is our strength.
Ajeet Kumar Thakur – Country Manager – India – CREAFORM INDIA
Significance of IMTEX In today’s global scenario, the manufacturing community must find ways to remain efficient
while applying economies of scale. I think events like IMTEX 2012 facilitates networking
amongst attending businesses and foster the creation of technology partnerships. From a
participant’s perspective, this is a great opportunity to exhibit technologies and get feedback.
Expectations from IMTEX 2012The metal forming industry has to play a significant role to help the manufacturing industry
to contribute 25 per cent to the Indian GDP by 2020, I think with impetus coming from government and India’s growing
role in world economy, this sector definitively is on a growing trajectory. Our main goal for IMTEX 2012 is to exhibit
our technologies to the metal forming industry and solve their metrology challenges, which in our opinion are not being
addressed adequately.
IMTEX PortfolioCreaform specializes in 3D portable optical measurement technologies. We offer innovative solutions that cover the entire
range of 3D applications, including 3D scanning, reverse engineering, inspection, design & engineering and FEA. We
have developed and sell the Handyscan 3D line of portable, self-positioning handheld 3D scanners (which is today one of
the most recognised 3D scanner for industrials application), along with the HandyPROBE portable arm-free CMM and
the MetraSCAN optical CMM 3D scanner, two systems designed for inspection applications. The company has recently
launched the MaxSHOT 3D optical coordinate measuring system that brings photo-grammetry to all these technologies.
We plan to exhibit all our technologies during IMTEX 2012.
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Sachin Nirgudkar –Vice President – Schuler India Pvt Ltd
Participation Advantages at IMTEX 2012 Exhibitions like IMTEX, offer a common platform for “technologically advanced” countries to
learn about local market and plan their strategy.
Expectations from IMTEX 2012IMTEX will serve as a platform to locate technologies and partners. Schuler expects good
response for its new initiatives in the field of forging, sheet metal technologies and services. Also
we intend to have a small interactive section in the stall where our customers can meet experts
from respective fields and understand new technologies.
IMTEX Portfolio:Schuler has four verticals which we would like to emphasise upon.
1. Solid Metal forming: Cold forging process and use of Servo press in this technology
2. For High speed presses: we will introduce our new ‘vertical impact extrusion press’ which won a prestigious award for
innovation.
3. In the field of Automotive we wish to lay emphasis on our new campaign ‘The Future is light.’ Here we talk about
various technologies which will help car manufacturers to reduce weight of car and in turn reduce fuel consumption.
4. Service: It is the first time that we will have an exclusive campaign for various services offered by Schuler Global service
department and Schuler India. Some of the recent developments are ‘energy checks and star rating of presses.’ Equipment
efficiency enhancement programs. Inter press automation and control upgrade for used press lines.
Hall: 2B – Stall: B105
INSIGHT & OUTLOOKExhibitors Views
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 201296
Abhinav Sood – Sales Leader –Hypertherm, India
Significance of IMTEX, Our participation at trade shows like IMTEX often helps to enhance the Indian market’s
awareness of Hypertherm’s brand and products. Through these platforms, we are able to carry
out live cutting demonstrations that give visitors a better understanding of our thermal cutting
technology. On top of that, our presence at industry exhibitions has increased the knowledge
of our commitment to the local industry, so current and prospective partners and end-users can
appreciate the support that is available to them.
Market for Metal Forming in IndiaWith rising metal consumption, we foresee that this trend is likely to continue. In order to flourish in the global marketplace,
Indian companies will pay more attention to advances in metal cutting technology and new ways to achieve higher cut
quality. These will enable them to increase productivity gains.
IMTEX 2012 PortfolioWe hope to better inform IMTEX 2012 visitors about the benefits of using Hypertherm’s plasma cutting systems. Even
though plasma offers a lot more value both qualitatively and quantitatively, oxyfuel is currently still the most widely adopted
thermal cutting tool in India. Our live demonstrations will showcase the consistent cut quality produced by Hypertherm’s
manual and mechanised systems. Also, we will present information on the productivity advantage that plasma has over
oxyfuel. These benefits are enhanced with Hypertherm’s proprietary technologies— True Hole™ and Rapid Part™—that
will also be introduced in detail to IMTEX attendees.
News about the opening of Hypertherm’s first Indian office will also be shared at IMTEX 2012. We expect this
announcement to reinforce our long-term commitment to the local market.
Shery George – Engineer Marketing – Igus India Pvt Ltd
Future Forecast for the Asian Machine tool IndustryThe future of the Asian machine tool industry is bright. The main intention behind participating
in the IMTEX 2012 exhibition is brand building. Although we are well known in our segment
for our products, we wish to improve our brand recall and recognition in the industry. We do
not want to be an option but, the priority in the industry.
Leveraging the Event The event can be a good learning ground for us to know more and learn more about the latest
in the industry. It will also help us improve our knowledge base and help open doors for additional business opportunities.
Future of Metal Forming Industry The market is like an ocean. We wish to optimise our exposure at IMTEX and establish our brand among our counterparts.
IMTEX 2012 – Portfolio. We help our customers to reduce cost and increase service life. We have the best cable management systems, pick chains and
self lubricating linear guides for machine door applications and much more. We would be using this platform to showcase
the various facets of our business.
IMTEX – 2012 as a Platform for the Industry IMTEX helps the industry to reach out to a huge customer base and let them know that we can help.
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Vijeya Kumar Reddy – Managing Director – Goodwill Imex Seyi
Future Forecast for the Machine-Tool Industry
China and India are poised to be the leading
competitors in the industry. However, the knowledge
base and technical awareness that India possesses is
much higher than China and we certainly have an
edge over them in these aspects. The machine tool
industry itself is going through a positive revolution.
Even at other expositions across the globe, Asia has
an important role to play.
Leveraging the Event IMTEX, over the years is transforming into an
excellent professional platform. The exhibition is
managed very professionally, and is also at par
with other global exhibitions like for instance—
TIMTOS. It possesses an excellent exhibitor profile
making it a very profitable venture for visitors as well
as the exhibitors. The IMTEX team has also taken
an initiative to invite CEOs of various companies
to visit the event. This gives an added advantage to
exhibitors to reach out to the key decision-makers.
Predictions for the Metal-forming Industry in India Metal-cutting is a larger industry than metal-
forming. But the latter is picking up pace. Over
the next five years, we foresee a huge growth in
this industry. Over the next decade, the metal-
forming industry will reshape itself according to
the ever growing segments—automobile, mobile,
home appliances, critical medical equipments, etc.
IMTEX 2012- Improvisations ExpectedIMTMA along with the government and industry
support should help subsidise companies to leverage
growth in the industry. With more investment
and better technology, we can outrun China and
other countries.
Hall: 2A – Stall: A112
INSIGHT & OUTLOOKExhibitors Views
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012100
Niraj Seth – Vice President – AMADA (India) Pvt Ltd
Future Forecast for the Asian Machine-tool Industry Japan has traditionally been the powerhouse for the machine-tool business. The machine tool
industry in China, India and Taiwan needs to focus on innovation and engineering to compete
with products from Japan and Europe. IMTEX, being the largest exhibition in South East Asia
and being located in a growing economy like India gives exhibitors a large platform to showcase
their best and to gain visibility with maximum end users.
IMTEX – 2012 : Platform to Leverage Business and Knowledge It gives machine tool manufactures an overview of the entire manufacturing chain-design to assemble. This can be used
to engineer the machines to be more than just machine tools; and to provide customers with a solution from a complete
manufacturing perspective. Discussing with a large base of customers over the duration of the exhibition gives an insight into
end user product requirement crease out customer pain points in to be launched products.
Future of Metal-forming Industry in IndiaMetal-forming is on a growth curve in India; it has a never ending need for infrastructure requirements where sheet metal,
forming and joining technology play a key role. This will also boost investment in R&D for better and more efficient
machines and methods. IMTEX 2012 comes at a key point in the global economy as the world nations suffer economically
and look towards Asia and specifically India for growth in this sector.
Business Portfolio on Showcase Amada’s VPSS theme forms the base over which our solutions are made. Amada aims to showcase its solutions for flexible
manufacturing, quick turnaround times and minimising dependency on skilled labour. The new machines focus on ecology and
“giving back to nature.”
Ramesh Magadum – Sales Manager, Automation Expert – SUHNER India Pvt Ltd
Future of Asian Machine-tool industry The automotive sector is growing by leaps and bound in India and so is the demand for
automated machines in the Indian companies. The requirement in this segment—in terms
of volume— is also increasing. As far as the competition from the other Asian countries
are concerned, the Indian machine builders are at par with the other countries in terms of
technology and knowledge and we can easily compete with other countries on the grounds of
cost efficiency, productivity and good service.
IMTEX is one of the flagship exhibitions of India; with the best and the latest technologies from across the globe
being showcased at the event. Even the visitors at the event coming from all parts of the nation, add to the versatility.
IMTEX as a Platform to Leverage Business and Knowledge IMTEX is a very lucrative ground for business. Most people visiting the expo look for specific solutions. The event offers
a platform to directly interact with customers and offer solutions to solve their problems. The demonstration of machines
and new technologies from across the globe will add to our knowledge base.
Future of Metal-forming in IndiaThe metal-forming industry in India is witnessing an upward graph. The increased use of electronic products is also giving
a vent for the forming industry to grow in that sector. We have been participating at IMTEX over the last seven years and
the experience has always been very good. We are expecting an equally good turnout this year as well.
Hall: 2A – Stall: A102
Hall: 3 – Stall: B130
INSIGHT & OUTLOOKExhibitors Views
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012102
D Ravindran – Senior Divisional Manager – Quattro Engineering India Ltd
Future Forecast for the Asian Machine-tool Industry Although there are fluctuations in the market, but, the growth in the industry is intact. IMTEX
has always been a platform for instant reaction and access for visitors and the exhibitors.
Expositions for niche segments is the trend observed across the globe. IMTEX - 2012 (forming)
will also provide us with a similar platform where we can meet personnel with specific search
and requirements. These focussed customers will help us meet their demands easily.
IMTEX 2012- Leveraging BusinessIMTEX’s USP is the kind of exposure that it gives. With a substantial number of visitors, the level of contact generation
will be commendable. We have been participating at IMTEX since 2007, and have always had a very good experience. Also,
the various country pavilions will be an eye opener for all of us to learn about the latest technological developments in the
world markets .
Business Portfolio on ShowcaseToday shop floor areas are compact and optimum utility of the shop floor is extremely essential. We specialise in vertical
storage systems to help utilise the shop floor optimally. At IMTEX, we will be showcasing our sheet storage systems.
IMTEX – 2012: Industry PlatformIMTEX has improvised over the years to help inculcate excellance among its participants.
The organisers have been successfully providing an international level of proficiency and participation and efforts are being
made to keep up the benchmark.
Hall: 3 – Stall: A116
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IMTEX—the most after and visited event for the metal working industry—is visited by high-level delegations from user industries, manufacturing MNCs and several Indian and International business delegations. The exhibition recorded confirmed business orders worth ` 2552.30 million and high-potential business enquiries to the tune of ` 12,201.40 million during its maiden edition in 2010. Swapnil Pillai suggests a few pointers to make your business presence felt and enhance your potential at IMTEX.
Making the Most of Brand ‘IMTEX’
Building RelationshipsWhen it comes to building relationships, there is no substitute for meeting people in person and discussing face to face. Conferences, exhibitions and trade shows are the perfect platform for meeting end users and key-decision makers. Talk to as many people as possible, take time to learn about their business and remember to collect business cards. The event can also be used as a live research session. Asking people opinions about your brand, products, sales pitch and marketing material would help to formulate future business plans.
Preparation Preparation is vital for success and will maximise opportunities, giving better value for money. The more thought and planning that is put in beforehand, the more likely the company would succeed at the event. Follow the exhibitor manual carefully and organise everything needed on the stand (such as lighting and electricity). Set objectives for the event and put a plan in place for all actions that need completing as early as possible. This should include all deadlines for getting the stand designed and the information needed to submit to the organiser.
Clear CommunicationMake sure all your marketing messages are prepared in advance of the event. The messaging should be consistent across the companies stand, company literature and press material. This will ensure the clear communication to the customers and prospects about the company and its business.
Increase Visibility Maximise the company’s presence by combining it with other marketing techniques. Use direct mail, participate in the events e-newsletters and have a close interaction with the official media partners who normally run features and articles about the event to create awareness about your company profile.
Prepare press packs with your background information, latest news and customer case studies in a press pack for easy reference. Immediate Follow-Up
Make sure you follow up with all the leads you have generated and the people you’ve spoken to. Send personal emails to people, rather than a group note to everyone you met, invite them to respond and to stay in touch with you. This increases the chance of converting your leads into sales.
INSIGHT & OUTLOOKFuture Forecast
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According to projections—
Indian machine tool industry
ranks 13th in production
and 7th in consumption, in
import the nation is ranked
5th and 27th in export. These figures
clearly highlight the opportunities in
India. This industry is growing with
time; yet it has a lot of ground to cover
before achieving a significant position
in the global market. The availability
of skilled manpower is providing the
required thrust to propel India forward.
Current Status The Indian machine tool industry has
always been an import driven sector
due to the technological advancement
of global giants. However, in recent
time some of the Indian companies
with technological collaboration and
tie-ups with MNCs are gradually
becoming the major players in the
nation’s machine tool sector. According
to Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’
Association (IMTMA), in 2008-09
the consumption of imported machine
tools in India was 82.45 per cent and
in 2010 - 11 it reduced to 74.24 per
cent, which clearly shows that the
Indian companies have increased their
market share.
Sameer Vora – Director Marketing
– Robin Precision Products Pvt. Ltd,
adds perspective to the projections—
“The Indian machine tools industry
manufactures almost a complete range
of metal cutting and metal forming
machine tools. Customised in nature, the
products from the Indian basket comprise
conventional machine tools as well as CNC
machines. There are other variants offered
by Indian manufacturers too, including
special purpose machines, robotics, handling
systems, and Total Productive Maintenance
(TPM)-friendly machines. Efforts within
the industry are now underway to improve
the features of CNC machines, and provide
further value additions at lower costs,
to meet specific requirements of users.
In keeping with the current trends, and
emerging demand, the CNC segment could
be the driver of growth for the machine
tools industry in India.”
Asia RisingIt is rightly said that the 20th century
belongs to Asia; the region has become
an economic and industrial powerhouse.
The kind of growth Asian economies like
With the growing presence of global automobile and aerospace companies, as well as the progress observed in the energy, heavy engineering, electrical & electronics sectors; India’s machine tool segment has all the reasons to celebrate. Nishant Kashyap analyses why the Indian machine tool industry will attain new heights in the near future.
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China, India and other countries such as
Indonesia, Thailand, etc. have witnessed in
the last decade is phenomenal. Five (China,
Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and India)
Asian countries are among the list of top
ten consumer countries of machine tool.
“A 5 – 9 per cent GDP growth
has positioned India as the second
fastest growing economy in the world.
India’s rapid economic growth has
been backed by the strong progress in
agriculture, services, manufacturing,
construction and trade. The government
of India—to restore and
maintain the momentum
of industrial growth—has
taken a series of positive
responses. In the next
few years, the Indian
machine tool industry
is projected to achieve
30 per cent annual
growth rate. Exports
accounted for more than
25 per cent of output value,
and continue to maintain
its cost advantage”
avers Vora.
According to the
latest annual report
released by IMTMA,
five Asian nations
(China, Japan, Taiwan,
South Korea and India)
account for $ 39.2 billion worth of
consumption. The global consumption
of metalworking machine tools during
January - December 2010 stood at
$ 59.8 billion, representing a 19 per cent
overall growth over the previous year.
Future ForecastIndia has established itself to capitalise
on the new opportunities in the global
metal working industry, due to its
advantages in low-cost manufacturing
certification.
Yet, the industry still has a long
way to go to be termed ‘developed’
in all aspects. With customer’s slowly
prioritising quality and technology over
price, the road to development seems
smoother for the machine tool industry.
In 2011, the industry observed an
increase in investment in terms of facility
expansion, increment in output, new
technology centres and new entrants
in the country, which are expected to
carry on in the coming few years.
Expert Projections:
� Energy: McKinsey & Company’s
analysis suggests that if India
continues to grow at an average rate
of 8 per cent for next ten years, then
the nation’s power demand is likely
to climb from around 120 GW
at present to 315 – 335 GW by
2017, 100 GW higher than the
current estimates.
� Aerospace: Passengers carried by
domestic airlines from January
– June 2010 stood at 25.71 million
as against 21.1 million in the
corresponding period of 2009—a
growth of 22 per cent—data
released by the Directorate General
of Civil Aviation (DGCA) indicates
that the future will be bright for
the industry.
� Automobile: According to a
recent report by Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM),
the size of the Indian automotive
industry by the year 2016 varies
between $ 122 – 159 billion,
including $ 35 billion of exports.
As per Automotive Componant
Manufacturers Association
(ACMA) Vision 2020
for India the Indian auto
component industry is
expected to grow beyond
US $ 110 billion by 2020.
Industry experts
believe that India has
emerged from recession
faster than most other
economies globally.
This has positively
impacted the demand
for machine tools in the
recent past. With new
avenues like aerospace
and wind power giving
the machine tool
industry a shot in the
arm, the demand seems
to be on the threshold.
IMTMA has projected a 2.3 times
growth in the demand for the
machine tool industry to touch
a level of ` 23,700 crore by end of
the 12th five year plan. In 2010 – 11,
the industry witnessed a demand of
` 10,300 crore, showing a growth
of 28.7 per cent over ` 8,000 crore
recorded in 2009 – 10.
On the other hand the Indian
machine tool industry is all set to
leverage this demand and churn out the
potentials from the market profitably.
Going by the statistics and reasons—
the Indian machine tool industry’s
future looks very promising—which
also specify that this is the “Time to be
in India”.
Sameer Vora, Director – Marketing, Robin Precision Products Pvt Ltd
In the next few years, the Indian machine tool industry is projected to achieve 30 per cent annual growth rate. Exports accounted for more than 25 per cent of output value, and continue to maintain its cost advantage.
Consumption of Metal-working Tools
(Figures in bracket indicate value in Rs million)
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USA ...................................................................110
Japan ..................................................................114
China .................................................................120
Germany ............................................................124
Taiwan ...............................................................130
Italy ....................................................................134
Korea ..................................................................140
Singapore ...........................................................144
Spain ..................................................................150
France ................................................................154
Country Focus
Profi ling Countries with Metal-working
Profi ciencies
Profiling
INSIGHT & OUTLOOK Country Focus
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012110
Braced by a sluggish economy and thrusting Chinese exports, the U S machine tool industry is witnessing a very tough business environment. Once a prominent name in machine tool production—over the years US lost it’s sheen to manufacturing havens in Asia and Europe, who have taken the lead with high quality, computer integrated, competitively priced equipments, which are delivered quickly. Swapnil Pillai along with expert inputs from Douglas K Woods – President – Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), tries to foresee the business outlook for machine tool industry in the US in the coming years.
Factors a f fec t ing
A m e r i c a n
c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s
i n c l u d e t h e
slowdown in the
US economy and its impact
on the manufacturing
industry, the strength of
the dollar overseas and the rising
input costs.
The United States currently
lags behind Germany, Japan, China,
Italy, Taiwan and South Korea in
the production of machine tools.
The United States must substantially
increase its production by gaining market
share in the domestic market and increasing
exports. This will not be easy as the
industry has lost capacity due to mergers,
buy-outs, consolidations and plant closings
that have taken place over the years. To
suit a major industrial nation, US machine
tool production should be four times where
the industry is today.
USA:Visions for the Future
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MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012112
Douglas K Woods – President
– Association for Manufacturing
Technology (AMT) opines that
the United States Manufacturing
Technology (MT) market and its
supporting industry are likely the most
open, competitive, and complex market
in the world. Nearly 400 MT builders
and nearly the same number of producers
of components, tooling, workholding,
automation, and other equipment are
in business, generating an average of $
14.5 million in revenue and employing
88 people. In 2011, the US market for
MT was valued at approximately $ 45
billion. The top three components of
the market are tooling ($10 billion),
machine tools ($7 billion), and MT
fluids (just over $ 6 billion). In addition
to the domestic market, U.S. producers
remain successful in both the Canadian
and Mexican markets. In Mexico, more
than half the orders are for US products;
nearly double the next largest importing
country. The current scenario in the
market is one of impressive growth as
orders for 2011 are 50 per cent increase
over 2010 figures, which were, in turn,
an 85 per cent increase over 2009 orders.
The 2012 forecasts show growth will
continue, but at a more modest pace.
Embracing ChangeAmerican producers face extensive
challenges regarding their expansion
and continued fiscal health.
These challenges range from a shortage
of skilled labor to increasingly tougher
regulatory standards. To meet these
challenges and make US manufacturing
more globally competitive, the Obama
administration launched the Advanced
Manufacturing Partnership and the
Skills for America’s Future programme
last summer. These initiatives focus on
boosting manufacturing innovation and
meeting the demands of a 21st century
workplace—key factors in increasing
competitiveness. Both industry leaders
and the current administration see the
development and expansion of a smart
force in the US as critical to growth in
the MT sector.
Governmental ImpetusAdditionally, the US government has
also sought to reduce the excessive
burden of tax and regulatory policies
that hamper growth, particularly
on smaller companies. Addressing
these challenges has been slow but
improving. Chief among the areas
where US manufacturers of advanced
technology hope to see gains is in
export restrictions. Export controls
make it difficult for US manufacturers
to compete in many of the largest
and fastest growing markets like
China, India, Russia, and South
America with their best technologies.
President Obama launched a National
Export Initiative at the beginning
of his administration which aims
to double US exports by 2015.
Export control reform is a major part
of that effort.
At IMTS 2012, to be held in
Chicago between 10 – 15 September,
visitors will see examples of American
prowess in process engineering, quality
and testing equipment, and automation
integrated with traditional technology.
The best in emerging and commercially
available technology will demonstrate
3-D waterjet cutting at new, higher, and
more precise pressures and the latest
in multi-operation machines which
profoundly impact productivity. These
new technologies are currently growing
at paces far above the industry average
because of their benefits over traditional
processes. Also, the Emerging Technology
Center at IMTS returns to display
advances in information exchange between
machines, cloud manufacturing, the latest
developments in additive manufacturing,
which is growing in traditional applications,
and nano-manufacturing, now
commercially affordable.
Renewed ExpectationsExpectations are IMTS 2012 will
cap off a new peak in manufacturing
technology’s US bookings, even topping
the 2007 level. However, the impetus that
pushed the 2011 market up 50 per cent
will soften a bit in 2012. A law enacted
at the end of 2010 allowing companies
to expense 100 per cent of new capital
equipment purchases expires at the end
of 2011, and given the budget climate
in Washington, DC, an extension is
questionable. Inventories, which were low
in 2009—something the US has never
experienced going into a recession—will
be back to normal levels by early 2012.
Despite the concern regarding slower
growth, some of the same conditions
are in place allowing for growth in
2012. The weak dollar and the age of
equipment on US manufacturing floors
remain constant and should factor into
the industry’s growth. Manufacturing
technology from the US is less expensive
than its foreign competition and US -
made goods are more price competitive
than many imports due to the weak
dollar. In addition, the average age of
machinery crept up to 13.5 years, and as
demand started to increase, the need for
investments in equipment was apparent.
Those investments are being made
largely, in completely new technology.
One last important factor that will
continue to drive US manufacturing
forward is the on-shoring or re-shoring
phenomenon. More work is coming
back to the US from foreign shores, and
there is greater foreign direct investment
in US facilities. This is because the
quality of work in the US is proving
to be more valuable than originally
calculated in the off-shoring investment
calculation. This all adds up to an
exciting, but unpredictable future that
will depend on collaboration between
industry, government, and schools to
meet the many demands of the future
worldwide marketplace.
Douglas K Woods –President – The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)
Export controls make it difficult for U S manufacturers to compete in many of the largest and fastest growing markets like China, India, Russia, and South America with their best technologies.
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The Japanese machine tool industry resonates through its brands—Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Yamaha and Mitsubishi—quality and performance. Nishant Kashyap takes an overview of the largest global producer and one of the largest exporters of machine tools.
Machine tools are an
inseparable part of
the manufacturing
process—it includes
everything f rom
automobiles, planes, infrastructure
and trains to day-to-day objects like
TV, mobile phones and cameras.
The growth of the machine tools
industry is directly related to the growth
of the manufacturing sectors, which is
closely related to a country’s economic
growth rate. Post World War II and
during the period of rapid economic
growth from 1956 – 1973, the Japanese
economy was primarily driven by swift
growth in heavy industry and chemicals,
namely, steel, chemicals, heavy
electric equipments, and shipbuilding.
From 1974 – 1990, the focus switched
to automobiles, light electrics, and the
processing and assembly industries,
as Japan became the workshop of the
world. The growth of economy and
country’s manufacturing sector resulted
in huge machine tool demand, which
forced machine tool companies to
stay ahead in competition. The local
demand and competition created some
of the industry’s latest technology and
innovation, which made Japan a
leading innovator in machine tool
industries worldwide.
Area of ExcellenceThe Japanese machine tool industry
has emerged as a leader and has
over the years successfully survived
the highs and lows of the industry.
Japan’s success has strengthened
its economy. In spite of the global
competition, many of the Japanese
firms continue to claim leading
market positions. Japan is a leading
producer of metal cutting machinery.
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Japanese firms have successfully
capitalised on export opportunities.
One study has revealed that Japanese
manufacturers place more emphasis on
increased precision and service as part of
their export strategies.
Japan pioneered the connect
between numeric control with machine
tools; this enabled them to surpass
Europe and US in terms of production.
Japan dominated the number one
position in terms of machine tool
production till 2009; China surpassed
Japan due to the huge consumer base
in the country. Japanese machine
tools are particularly strong in the
fields of high-precision, composite
processing, and machining of hard-
to-cut materials. They offer unrivalled
levels of precision, timeliness, costing
and are honed in the fields that helped
make “Made in Japan” a byword for
safety and reliability—including tools
used in the automotive industry
(Toyota) and the electronics industry
(Panasonic, Hitachi, and Sony).
Japanese machine tool companies
through technology innovation,
electronic and information technology
application in CNC machine tools have
achieved a number of leading scientific
researches. Japan has a number of
manufacturers of CNC machine tools
in the high-speed, complex, intelligent
and environmental protection fields
to maintain the advanced level, in the
world machine tool industry. Japan has
remained China’s largest machine tool
exporter for three consecutive years.
In FiguresAccording to Japan Machine Tool
Builders’ Association (JMTBA), in
2010 due to overseas demand-led
production recovered up to ¥ 834.1
billion, an increase by 70.1 per cent
from the previous year. This accounted
for about 6.8 per cent of value of
production of the general machinery
industry, which amounted to ¥ 12,185.1
billion, and only about 1.3 per cent of
the value of production of the entire
machinery industry, which amounted
to ¥ 64,274.5 billion.
Japan’s machine tool industry, in
particular, has boasted the greatest share
in the world since 1982, and its share
has been exceptionally high. In order
to maintain this share, Japan’s machine
tool industry must remain committed
not only to expansion and advancement
of their product facilities, but also to
steady R&D efforts.
The latest data released by JMTBA
in August 2011 detailed the initial
orders for milling machine tool at
¥ 98.962 billion, which fell 12.7 per cent
compared to last month’s—¥ 113.224
billion, but is still higher than August
2010 of ¥ 85.851 billion and rose by
15.3 per cent. Japanese vertical milling
machine tool orders in seven months
break one hundred billion yen, the
amount of monthly orders for the first
time this year, dropped back less than
one hundred billion yen. In August
2011, the Japanese milling machine tool
orders amounted to ¥ 886.625 billion,
compared to the growth of 45.1 per cent
over the same period in 2010.
Demands from domestic and foreign
Japan vertical milling machine tool
orders amounted to ¥ 37.517 billion
which is a growth of 4.9 per cent
year on year increase of 31.1 per cent.
In August, the overseas orders amounted
to ¥ 61.445 billion machine, a decline
of 20.8 per cent, but an increase of
7.4 per cent over the same period in
2011. In August, the Japanese machine
tool orders for the domestic accumulation
of ¥ 281.248 billion, an increase of
46 per cent; cumulative overseas orders
to ¥ 605.377 billion, an increase of
44.7 per cent.
Business OutlookAfter the economic slowdown in 2009
when Japan’s machine tool business
experienced a downward graph in
production (¥ 1,300 billion for the
first time in 17 years since 1990 in
2007 dropped to ¥ 490.3 billion in 2009).
Japan’s machine tool builders have risen
strongly and have achieved the second
largest producer’s position in the global
machine tool industry. Today, every
company is striving to improve precision,
efficiency, operability and energy saving
features of its products. These represent
both basic productivity enhancements
and ventures in innovation. Driven by
fast growth in metal cutting and metal
forming sectors; sales of machine tool
accessories will also increase above
the average rate, in turn pushing the
sales of the country’s machine tool
industry ahead.
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total Orders 13,632 (110) 14,370 (105) 15,900 (111) 13,011 (82) 4,118 (32) 9,786 (238)
Dinestuc Irders 7,467 (111) 7,330 (98) 7,264 (99) 5,668 (78) 1,596 (28) 3,075 (193)
share (%) 54.8 51.0 45.7 43.6 38.8 31.4
Foreign Orders 6,165 (109) 7,040 (114) 8,636 (123) 7,343 (85) 2,522 (34) 6,711 (266)
share (%) 45.2 49.0 54.3 56.4 61.2 68.6
Production 11,103 (126) 12,112 (109) 13,032 (108) 12,492 (96) 4,903 (39) 8,341 (170)
NC Machine Tools
9,794 (127) 10,703 (109) 11,726 (110) 10,967 (94) 4,200 (38) 6,944 (165)
NC ratio 88.2 88.4 90.0 87.8 85.7 83.3
Export 8,151 (119) 9,215 (113) 8,920 (97) 8,747 (98) 3,214 (37) 6,086 (189)
Import 1,075 (122) 1,356 (126) 726 (54) 602 (83) 287 (48) 306 (107)
Import Dependancy Ratio (%)
26.7 31.9 15.0 13.9 14.5 11.9
Source; Orders: JMTBA, Production: METI, Export and Import: MOF
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China has globally established itself as a lucrative market for machine tool companies and has also overtaken Japan and Germany to become the largest machine tool maker. Fuelled by foreign investment, China has constituted itself as a stronghold in the global manufacturing landscape. Swapnil Pillai tracks the trends involved
China’s exponential growth in
automotive, aviation, railway
modernisation, agriculture,
and energy has driven an
astounding consumption of
machine tools. China now consumes
one-fifth of the world’s machine tools.
The rise in consumption is matched by
China’s production capacities. Almost
all of the world’s top machine tool
manufacturers are investing or setting
up joint ventures in China leading to the
unprecedented growth in the country.
The nation’s growing capabilities with
high precision machine tools are also
reflected in its exports.
Due to the increased demand from
the automotive (auto parts), equipment
(petrochemical, metallurgical and
high-tech equipment), aviation
(civil aircraft), shipping
(d iese l eng ines ) , ra i l
(internal combustion engines), and
water industry, it is projected to
experience prolonged demand
for machine tools in the coming
years.
The country has also
become one of the most
important manufacturing
centres in the world.
Foreign companies have
focussed on China both as a
marketplace and also to establish
a low cost manufacturing base
for export to other markets.
According to a recent report, the
demand for machine tools in China
is projected to outpace growth in most
other parts of the world. Advances
will be supported by rapid growth in
durable goods production, especially
for industrial machinery, transportation
equipment, primary and fabricated
metals, and electrical and electronics
CHINA:The Dragon Dominates
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goods. In addition, the expansion and
modernisation of China’s infrastructure
will result in an increase in ceramic,
glass, stone and wood product demand,
which will further contribute to machine
tool market gains. Moreover, a rise
in demand for higher-value CNC
machine tools will also boost overall
market value.
Metal Cutting Machine Tools to Lead from the FrontMetal cutting machine tools—including
lathes, milling machines, machining
centers, grinding and polishing machines,
and laser and electrical discharge
machines—accounted for 38 per cent of
overall Chinese machine tool demand.
Metal cutting machine tool demand is
expected to outpace that of other machine
tool products, spurred by strong growth
in investment by the manufacturing
sector. In addition, improving capabilities
in CNC technology, which is mostly
employed in metal cutting machine tools
such as machining centres, will contribute
to market advances in this category.
Sales of machine tool accessories are also
expected to climb at an above average
rate, driven by fast growth in machine
tool production in China and the sales
of metal forming machine tools will grow
at a healthy pace, fuelled by continued
growth in manufacturing output and
further boosts fixed investment spending
by both domestic and foreign owned
enterprises. In addition, demand for
non-metal machine tools is projected
to grow at a respectable rate, driven by
growth in wood, stone, glass and other
non metal durable goods production.
Increasingly, China’s machine-tool
producer’s are in a position to meet
the extraordinary demand generated in
their country.
Drivers for Robust GrowthDemand for machine tools in China
is projected to grow 14.2 per cent
annually till 2014. This strong growth
will bolster China’s current position
as the world’s leading consumer and
producer of machine tools. Both
supply and demand will benefit from
a number of government policies set
forth in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan.
Economic goals in the Plan that are
especially beneficial to the machine tool
industry are based on the development
of Strategic Emerging Industries
(SEIs), which will receive beneficial
government treatment and the push
for ‘Indigenous Innovation.’
H i g h - e n d e q u i p m e n t
manufacturing is designated as one
of the SEIs and will be extensively
promoted by the Chinese government.
Advanced machine tool manufacturing
is an important segment of high-end
equipment manufacturing, the industry
will benefit from subsidies offered by
both the central and local governments
for research and development.
Sales of high-end machine tools will
also benefit from favourable tariff
policies that will promote the sales of
domestic products.
China plans to be an innovation-
oriented society by 2020 and a variety
of mega projects have been introduced
to achieve the goal, including the
development of CNC machine
tools that will focus on serving key
industries, such as aviation equipment,
ship building, motor vehicles and
generating equipment. Research and
innovation in the advanced machine
tool industry will be supported
by government initiatives so that
domestic producers can become more
competitive in terms of technology,
thus increasing their share of the
domestic market.
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� Metal-forming machine industry: Key enterprise: over 580,
� Foundry machine industry: Key enterprise: over 570,
� Woodworking machine industry: Key enterprise: over 190,
� Measuring and cutting tool industry: Key enterprise: over 930
� Abrasives and abrasive tool industry: Key enterprise: over 1580
� Machine tool electric apparatus and Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) system and equipment industry: Key enterprise: over 320,
� Machine tool accessories, (including function components) industry: Key enterprise: over 420
� Other sub-industry: Key enterprise: over 480
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Shares 75.63% 77.76% 82.70% 83.22%
Source: China Customs – Research in China
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The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) confirms its projected growth of 30 per cent for the current year. With orders rising by 91 per cent during the first seven months of 2011, one of the highest levels ever experienced by the industry, Swapnil Pillai explores how the German machine tool industry is all poised to play a crucial role in shaping the future of machine tool industry.
The German
machine tool
exports rose by
more than a third in
the first-half of 2011
compared to the previous year. These
strong hikes were spread well beyond
the European economies. The German
exports to the US rose by 67 per cent
and China has also reinforced its special
position as the largest export market by
far. After the huge reduction in capacity
utilisation in mid-2009 to less than 70
per cent, machine tool manufacturers in
Germany were operating at 95 per cent
capacity once again in July 2011. This
trend was also apparent in employment
figures. At the end of the first half-
year, more than 66,000 people were
employed in the sector. This is an
increase of almost four per cent over
the previous year.
Buoyant EconomyAccording to Martin Kapp
– Chairman – VDW
(German Machine Tool Builders’
Association), “The German machine
tool industry ranks among the world’s
top manufacturers and exporters of
machine tools. Last year, it produced
machines, components and services
worth approximately € 9 billion, and in
the same period generated orders of €
11.5 billion, which puts it third in the
global rankings for production volume.
The sector exported almost 70 per cent
of its production output to customers all
over the globe. With an export volume
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of around € 6 billion last year, Germany
was the second-largest supplier for
the world’s industrial companies. The
biggest sales markets are China, the
USA, Switzerland, Russia and Italy.”
Besides the core processing
techniques—such as milling, turning,
pressing, and grinding—there exists
an extensive variety of special purpose
machinery which are supplied especially
to highly sophisticated industries such
as automobiles, aircraft, military, and
Information Technology (IT).
“Germany, with its differentiated
industrial structure, is also the
planet’s second-largest market
for machine tools, and indeed an
attractive market for importers into
the bargain. Last year, machines
were consumed for € 4.9 billion,
of which imports accounted
for approximately 40 per cent.
German machine tools which
stand for quality, dependability
and efficiency are available in a
comprehensive choice of variants.
German manufacturers supply
everything needed for modern-
day metalworking jobs, from an
individual machine all the way through
to a complete production system for an
enormous range of different applications.
In particular, the manufacturers
concerned utilised the difficult years
of 2008 and 2009 for developing new
products, which meant that they were in
excellent shape for meeting the sudden
rise in demand levels last year.” says
Kapp.
Given this diverse set of customers
and their individual demand, the industry
is marked by a high degree of product
heterogeneity with respect to size, type,
complexity and functionality, Kapp says
that Germany enjoys a good reputation
and also adds that, “The sector’s business
situation is concomitantly buoyant at
present. Its products and solutions are
in demand all over the world; during the
first nine months of this year, more than
40 per cent of its exports (€ 5.6 billion
in all) were sent to Asia. Machines
worth € 195 million were delivered to
India alone and the demand remains
high. Germany—with its specialised
machines—has for many years been
the second-most-important supplier for
India’s industrial sector, after Japan. This
is not least a welcome confirmation of
the good reputation enjoyed by German
machinery and solutions in India.”
The sector has quarter by quarter
achieved double-figure growth in order
bookings, primarily driven initially by
China, South Korea and India. “The
order books in Germany’s machine tool
industry are full. The companies are
operating at full capacity, and carrying
with them an order backlog of almost
10 months—which in some cases, when
customised machines are involved, may
increase to eighteen months—extending
well into the upcoming year. International
customers are accordingly well-advised to
take due account of this when planning
their investments, so that they themselves
do not suffer from any bottlenecks in their
own production operations.” says Kapp.
Laggard GrowthThe current global financial turmoil has
hit almost all the economies around the
world deeper than anticipated. Industries
globally are impacted by the slowdown.
The global outlook is bleak and recovery
is still far. According to Kapp, “For
2012, the German machine tool industry
is nonetheless anticipating a cyclical
slowdown in the tempo of international
growth. This however—following
months of growth rates in double and
even triple figures—constitutes a return
to normality. It permits companies to
process their orders without having to
impose ever-lengthening delivery times
on their customers. Important customer
groupings—like the international
automotive industry, its component
suppliers, the energy sector, and aircraft
manufacturers—will additionally
be making strategic investments.
They have to themselves launch new
products on their markets, because their
customers expect more affordable,
more energy-efficient and
more individualised products.
This requires sophisticated
production technology, which
comes from Germany.”
Future-Ready SolutionsGerman machine tool
manufacturers are out in front
when it comes to technological
excellence; they offer the right
production engineering to enable
new requirements to be promptly
met. For instance, the requirements
of new drive technologies in the
automotive industry, the machining
of composite materials and light-weight
construction in the aircraft industry, and
much more.
Recently, the sector has committed
itself to proactively progressing
sustainability and energy-efficiency in
and for the relevant production processes.
Here, Germany is the front-runner on
the international scene. Nonetheless,
there will still be plenty of potential in the
future for further solutions that will enable
customers to make sustainable savings,
generating concomitant advantages in
terms of corporate competitiveness.
Kapp concluded by saying that the,
“The growth drivers for the international
machine tool industry next year will once
again be the BRIC nations, plus other
Asian markets as well, together with the
USA. In order to meet this demand,
the German machine tool industry is
upgrading its capabilities by setting up
its own sales offices and service depots or
even production facilities in Asia.”
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Taiwan is emerging as one of the strongest competitors on the global platform. While offering quality that is at par with the Japanese, this nation is also giving a tough chase to the Chinese in the price game. Debarati Basu finds out how Formosa island is strategically utilising its position to offer the best deals to the market
In the manufacturing fraternity,
Taiwan today plays an influential
role in the international market
by being the fifth largest producer
in the world. The country exports
nearly 75 per cent of its machine
tool output.
Despite the impact of the global
economic crisis, the nation has held its
ground strong and maintained its hard
earned position in the global market.
According to the latest statistics shared
by the Directorate General of Customs,
Ministry of Finance; Taiwan’s machine
tool output rose to over $ 3.91 billion
which is 77 per cent greater compared
to last year. This year, the industry
aims for the growth to remain above
20 per cent, making Taiwan the
third largest machine tool producer in
the world.
Exporting BrillianceAccording to International Monetary
Fund (IMF)—looking at the current
export performance—Taiwan’s economic
growth rate could reach 7.7 per cent
as opposed to its original forecast of
6.5 percent. Taiwan’s rapid economic
growth can be attributed to the boost
in the ‘triangular trade’ resulting from
increased overseas manufacturing and
purchasing by domestic firms.
The formal implementation
of the Economic Cooperation
Framework Agreement
(ECFA) next year is likely
to lend impetus to Taiwan’s
exports. The industry
forecasts that Taiwan’s exports
will reach a record breaking
$ 271.3 billion this year and a
6.9 per cent by next year.
According to the 2010 Global
Competitive Report released by
Switzerland’s IMD, Taiwan entered
into the top ten ranking for the first
time from its initial twenty third
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position. The country’s impressive leap
in 2010 can be attributed to the effective
measures adopted by the government
facilitating trade development.
Technology BoostTaiwan’s economic development over the
past 50 years has evolved from agriculture
to high-end technology and is moving
towards a knowledge based economy.
In the area of high tech
industries over the past
two decades—Taiwan
has relied on its superior
technical manpower,
knowledge management,
large investments in
equipment and development
of high-tech industry
c lus ter s possess ing
speed and flexibility—to
become an indispensable
link in the global high-tech
industry system.
The country has also
earned an international
reputation for financial
stability among other Asian
countries and the onus
goes to the government’s
two–stage financial reform
process adopted in 2002.
Since then, there have been
gradual revisions in financial
laws and regulations to
achieve more effective regulatory
and oversight systems. Taiwan is
laying a solid foundation for its fast
development and transformation into
becoming a global ‘regional financial
services centre’.
Positioning for the Big LeapTaiwan has built a strong machine
tool industry over a period of more
than four decades. With regards to
the international market competition,
Taiwan’s products currently compete
against Japanese and German technology
and faces price competition from China.
To have an edge over the competition,
Taiwanese industry is responsive to
the market’s needs by developing
products that suits market niches.
The industry has also developed itself in
the augmentation of key machine tool
parts and components.
Machine tool part manufacturers in
the past chiefly supplied to the domestic
machine assembly companies; but lately,
are also successfully supplying to the
global market which has led to excellent
growth and profitability in the industry.
Generous Government AidThe Taiwanese government’s main focus
is to make the ‘Made in Taiwan’
brand ubiquitous around the globe.
Recognising precision machinery
as one of the key industries of
Taiwan, the government in its six
year national development plan
has emphasised on this segment.
It has also designated the Central
Taiwan Science Park as a centre
for the development of precision
machinery and aerospace industry
segments.
The ‘Economic Development
Vision 2015 - Industrial
Development Program’ charted
out by the nation also emphasises
upon upgrading and transforming
the conventional equipment
industry and supports vigorous
investment in R&D and
innovation to create cutting edge
technology.
The Taiwanese industry
over the years has understood
the nuances of the global
market and is utilising its resources
and competence to be the best in the
global manufacturing industry.
C C Wang – President – Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI)
After a historical high in 2008, Taiwan too was hit hard in 2009. However, in 2010, the industry dramatically recovered from the impact witnessing a rapid recovery; the annual production reached $ 3.88 billion while the exports touched $ 2.96 billion. The industry surged by 70 percent as compared to 2009.
Jimmy Chu – Chairman – Fair Friend Entreprise Co. Ltd
India is a huge market for us and our association with India has been increasing over the years, we see high scope of business there. While Japanese products are high on price, Taiwan is catching up on the competition fast and we are giving a strong competition to them.
Claire Kuo – Chairman and CEO – Shieh Yih Machinery Industry Co. Ltd
The Taiwanese industry invests its value into products. We spend a lot on R&D and do not compromise on the quality. The market too, should look into the return on investment in a holistic way.
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Figure 1: Output value trend in Taiwan’s machine tool industry for 2001-2011
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Just a year ago the Italian market was regaining its stability from the slump in 2009. However, 2011 came as a double blow to the country’s economy. Even as the country is still recovering from the Euro-crunch that has rattled the G20 countries, Italy is confidently stabilising. Debarati Basu takes a look at how the country’s machine tool sector is aiding in the re-engineering of stability.
The Italian trade
is dominated
by automobiles
and machinery
industries and heavily
depends on the manufacturing
sector. Over the years, Italian brands
like FIAT, Lamborghini and Ferrari
have created a niche in the global arena
and are known for high quality and
superior goods.
However, the growth pattern of
the country has undergone a complete
turnover after the recent Euro crisis.
While economists yet to come to a
consensus on whether the bold decision
to shift to Euro from lira was wise
enough, Italy is shrugging its past, and
is now starting with a fresh outlook.
Number Talks Amidst testing times, the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) in Italy
expanded 0.80 per cent in the second
quarter of 2011. The exports were
worth € 33 billion in September,
2011. Italy’s major export items
include precision machinery,
motor vehicles (utilitaries,
luxury vehicles, motorcycles,
and scooters), chemicals and electric
goods. The country’s closest trade ties are
with the other countries of the European
Union and conducts about 59 per cent
of its total exports with them. Known
as the world’s fourth-largest producer
of machine tools and the third-largest
exporter, Italy’s biggest trade partners
are Germany, France, Spain, UK and
the US.
In the same period till September
2011, Italy’s imports were worth
€ 34.9 billion and the country heavily
imported engineering products,
chemicals, transport equipment, energy
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products, minerals and nonferrous
metals, automobiles and electronic items,
among others. Its main import partners
include Germany, France, Netherlands,
Belgium, Spain, China and the
United States.
Although the recent economic
turmoil has dented the business inflow
into the country, according to a survey
conducted by Italian Institute for
Studies and Economic Analyses (ISAE),
the business confidence declined to
94 per cent in October, 2011 from
94.5 per cent in September, 2011.
However, the consumer confidence in
the same duration had improved to
96.5 in November, 2011 from 93.3 in
October of the same year.
Growth PhaseEven amidst adversities, the country is
optimistic about the future growth of
the economy. The Italian manufacturing
industry is working full swing towards
the sectors which will add on growth
prospects of the country.
Aerospace: For any country, the aviation
sector is not only its gateway to the
world but also one of the most important
sectors for its economy and its growth.
In recent years, the global aviation
industry has been through many ups and
downs. From skyrocketing fuel prices
to the recent financial crisis, aviation
industry has confronted a very rough
weather over the last decade. However,
as the global aviation industry is on the
path of recovery and looks forward to an
optimistic future, Italy too is moving at
full gear to make an encouraging mark
in this sector.
Automobile: The downturn in the Italian
new vehicle sales market continued well
into 2011. According to estimates from
the Italian Association of the Automotive
Industry (ANFIA), after a near 7 per cent
year-on-year fall in 2010, passenger car
sales fell over 15 per cent year-on-year
in the first five months of 2011, to
993,600 units.
With consumers continuing to
reign in their spending and businesses
remaining cautious of a solid uptick
in economy, Business Monitor
International (BMI) predicted the sales
of both passenger cars and commercial
vehicles to remain lacklustre in
2011. Meanwhile, the outlook for
Italy’s production remains gloomy.
Uncertainties in domestic vehicle
sales and the shaky future for auto
production in Italy got it the ninth
spot in BMI’s Risk-Reward Ratings
for the autos industry in Europe.
Italy ranked below its other Western
European neighbours including UK,
Germany and France. However,
foreseeing a stronger economic growth
and production competitiveness, Italy
Autos Report forecasts some recovery
in this sector from 2012.
Steel Industry: The Italian steel industry
continues to enjoy one of the strongest
performances in the EU, contributing
22 per cent of overall EU growth in
output, but BMI’s latest Italy Metals
Report warns of a slowdown in growth
due to base effects coupled with a loss
of momentum in economic growth. In
the first four months of 2011, Italian
crude steel output grew by 8.5 per cent
year-on-year to 9.42 million tonnes,
representing 22 per cent of the increase
in EU steel output over the period.
According to the Federazione Imprese
Siderurgiche Italiane (Federacciai)’s
statistics, in the first quarter of 2011,
Italy’s overall steel imports reached five
million tonnes, a rise of 25.4 per cent
year-on-year, while its steel exports
totalled 4.4 mn tonnes, up by 16.2 per
cent year-on-year. In the same period,
Italy’s imports of long steel products
increased by 26 per cent to 674,000
tonnes, while its long product exports
totalled 857,000 metric tonnes, up by
10.3 per cent year-on-year.
Energy sector: The new Italy Power
Report forecasts that the country will
account for 4.11 per cent of developed
markets power generation by 2015,
with a sizeable supply shortfall after
system losses and power industry usage.
The report forecasts a rise in regional
generation by 7.2 per cent between 2010
and 2015. BMI estimates that thermal
power generation by 2015 will see a
4.23 per cent growth.
Future Galore Even while drifting through difficult
times, Italy is better positioned than other
European countries hit by the economic
slump. Being the third-largest economy
and the second-largest manufacturing
hub in Europe, the country projects a
promising picture of improvement in
the coming years. The new governance
in place has boosted Italy’s credibility in
the global platform. With a long legacy
of providing quality and reliance, the
manufacturing sector of Italy is treading
the road to rebuild investor confidence
in the Eurozone.
Giorgio Beretta – Past president – Italian Association of Manufacturing and Trading Companies in Fluid Power Equipment and Components
There is a lot talked about the dramatic situation in Italy but, with government support, new laws and cost reduction measures we find that the economic results this year have been better than last year and we are keeping our fingers crossed for 2012. Also, few years back, we only talked about China but now, we see good opportunity in India as well. We feel we can do a very good job together.
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� In the first eight months of 2011, exports have grown by 25 per cent.
� India is the sixth market for Italian machine tools, with more than 90 million euro investment and an increase of 20 per cent in trade.
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Korean efficiency and precision manufacturing is well known the world over through its many brands like Samsung and Hyundai. The Korean machine tool industry has grown rapidly and has achieved global accreditation in a short span. Nishant Kashyap takes a look at the fourth largest machine tools manufacturing nation.
The history of the machine
tool industry in Korea is
aligned with the overall
industrialisation of the
country since the 1970s.
Korea experienced rapid industrial
growth from the 1970s. Large
conglomerates in key industries
received heavy subsidies from the
government to help stimulate the
nation’s economy. The industry
helped industrialisation like textile,
automobile and shipbuilding to
grow rapidly, which resulted in
huge demand for the machine tools
sector in the nation. Korea’s machine
tool manufacturers have not only
capitalised the local demand but, have
also achieved global acknowledgement
through their sophistication in
technology. According to Dong-Ho
Moon – Chief Manager – Economic
Survey & Public Relation Deparment,
Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers’
Association (KOMMA), “Machine
tool end users around the world are
recognising Korean machine tool
brands and are satisfied with products
gradually. As major Korean companies
drive diverse and aggressive marketing
for exports, exports of machine tool
products which have been concentrated
to China (40 per cent of
total exports) are being
expanded to India, Brazil,
and Southern-East Asia
successfully.”
Demand PatternRecognised as the
manufacturing hub for
ship building, automobile
manufacturing and electricals
and electronics; demand for the
machine tools segment is bound to
rise in the near future. “Domestic
orders dominate the demand in the
Korean machine tools sector, while
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the export ratio is 37 per cent of the
total production. The main machine
tool end-user industries like automotive,
IT, and shipbuilding industries which
have global enterprises such as Hyundai
Motors, Samsung are expected to
expand by investing consistently and
securing the global competitiveness.
It can be assured that, Korean machine
tool industry would be mutually
developed along with end-user
industries.” avers Moon.
In 2007, the automobile industry
accounted for 35 per cent of Korean
machine tool orders, while the
shipbuilding industry’s consumption
stood at 11.6 per cent. However, in
2008, due to the global economic
turmoil, gross demand in the automotive
industry attributed to 27.8 per cent of
total machine tool orders, the lowest
rate since 1997.
The world machine tool market
is projected to grow rapidly in spite
of uncertainty looming on global
economy. Industries that are end-
users of the machine tool segment
are projected to continue with their
investments in new markets, new
technologies, and new models.
Moreover, the increase in income will
create more demand for the machine
tool industry, for IT as well as electric
and electronic equipments.
Growth Propeller Home to the world’s leading ship and
automobile manufacturers, the business
conditions in Korea indicate huge
opportunity for machine tools builders.
The machine tool industry is heavily
dependent on the market conditions of
the respective industries; this serves as
the biggest advantage for the Korean
machine tool industry as, the nation’s
local demand justifies the opportunities.
Apart from successfully dealing with
local demand, the nations’ manufacturers
have expanded beyond Korea to exploit
global demand in the industry. Korean
manufacturers have forayed into the
overseas markets and the nation is today
known as one of the major exporters of
machines around the globe.
“Korea mainly exports to developing
nations and 73.7 per cent of the total
Korean machine tool export is consumed
by China alone. Exports to developing
countries having growth potential are
projected to increase. However, the
uncertainty factor in the economy in
developed countries (USA, Europe) can
play the role of a variable factor.
“India leads the country wise machine
tool exports by Korea in the niche market;
USA, China and Germany are the other
nations in this segment. Korean machine
tool manufacturers are now also foraying
into other world markets like Brazil,
Mexico, Turkey, South-East Asia and
Eastern Europe.” informed Moon.
Explaining the statistics of Korean
machine tool exports Moon says,
“In 2010 the Korean machine tool
industry exported goods worth
$ 1.7 billon and ranked as the seventh
largest exporter globally. Also, it
imported machine tool products worth
$ 1.4 billion and ranked as the fourth
largest global importer. Country wise,
the largest importer of Korean machine
tools is China ($ 721 million) followed
by USA ($ 149 million) and India
($ 121 million). By machine
type, Numeric Control (NC) lathes
($ 364 million), machining centers
($ 339 million) and presses
($ 243 mil l ion) are Korea ’s
leading exports.
Future Outlook The Korean machine tool industry
is continuously surging forward to
achieve higher positions in different
strata of industrial performance to
strengthen its overall position in
the global machine tool industry.
“The Korean machine tool industry
had experienced a growth of 63 per
cent in 2010, however it has seen
only about 20 per cent hike in 2011.
Nevertheless, Korean machine tool
industry has maintained a positive
outlook and achieved a growth of
6 - 10 per cent due to the increase
in exports as well as a solid
domestic machine tool demand. In
the near future, Korea is expected
to make it to the top four machine
tool manufacturing nations alongside
China, Japan and Germany.” says
Moon.
The Korean machine tool industry
has gradually upgraded levels of
technology, and Korean-made products
are considered compatible in the
world market in terms of functional
technologies such as machining and
assembly processes. The South Korean
machine tool industry has mastered
the art of developing new technologies
and promises to offer a cost and
technological edge to its products in
future. “It is expected that machine
tool production in 2011 will reach
$ 5.4 billion, an increase by 20 per cent
above the record breaking momentum
experienced during the last year.
The continuous facility investments
in major end-user industries such as
automotive, electric and electronics,
general machinery; and the advance of
overseas markets (India, Brazil, Europe
and USA) is expected to generate
favourable trends in the Korean
machine tool industry. Exports are also
projected to reach $ 2.2 billion with
an increase of 30 per cent surpassing
$ 2 billion for the first time.”
concludes Moon.
Going forward, it is forecasted that
Korean machine tools that have strong
competitiveness in price and quality
would be improved consistently by
developing new products and foraying
into newer export markets.
Dong-Ho Moon – Chief Manager – Economic Survey and Public Relation Department, KOMMA
Recovering quickly from the global financial crisis in 2010, Korean machine tool industry reached the largest volume in its history. Globally, Korea was ranked fifth for machine tool production ($ 4.5 billion) which has experienced an increase by 63 per cent from 2009. Also, it ranked seventh for exports with an increase of 38 per cent globally.
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Singapore is strategically best positioned to serve the emerging markets in Asia and Middle East. Devika Jadhav explores why leading global engineering companies are flocking to this island nation.
The recent growth in the
Asian and Middle Eastern
economies, combined with
the rapid industrialisation
and urbanisation in these
nations is translating into a huge scope in
emerging markets for the manufacturing
and infrastructure sectors. One of the
leading nations to have cashed in these
trends is Singapore.
Today, Singapore is home to
major global engineering firms; Arup,
Jacobs Engineering, KBR, Fluor,
CH2MHILL, WorleyParsons, CB&I
Lummus, Foster Wheeler, Yokogawa,
Emerson, Rockwell Automation and
M+W Zander are some of the more
significant ones.
At a GlanceOther factors making Singapore a
lucrative base for MNCs are stated
below.
Economy: A recent report by the
Singapore Economic Development
Board (SEDB) states that the
Engineering Services industry
currently accounts for about 1.2%
of Singapore’s GDP. The industry
employs about 35,000 in Singapore
and is expected to grow 5-6%
annually by 2020.
Human Resource Expertise:
Singapore has transformed into a
hub for engineering solutions due to
the right mix of experience and skills
inculcated in its personnel through
rigorous training. Singapore’s tertiary
institutions are replete with engineering
talent ready to prove their aptitude.
Market Connectivity: With the boom
in the Asian and Middle Eastern
economies, most MNCs are looking
out for a base with easy access to these
emerging markets. Singapore holds
the strategic advantage of being an
excellent option for logistics as well as
manufacturing. The easy connectivity
to both Asian and Middle Eastern
markets helps companies to engineer
and handle complex projects globally.
Focus Areas for Metal-Working SectorIt is an established fact that companies
around the world are eager to enter the
emerging markets and setting up base
in Singapore is helping them achieve it.
The Singapore government is all set to
provide the companies with necessary
resources to accomplish this. Aerospace
and precision engineering are the focus
areas in Singapore.
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Aerospace Engineering: Singapore has
developed substantially to accommodate
the growing demands from the aviation
sector. It is one of the leading Asian
nations providing aerospace maintenance,
repair and overhaul (MRO).
Singapore is home to over 100
aerospace companies; holding a quarter
of the Asian MRO segment. Leading
players such as ST Aerospace and
Goodrich carry out comprehensive nose-
to-tail MRO services from airframe
maintenance to engine overhaul to
aircraft modifications and conversion.
Other than MRO, Singapore is also
seeing a growing number of aerospace
designs and manufacturing operations.
Engine gears, valves, and galley
equipment are some of the products
manufactured in Singapore. On the
R&D front, Boeing, EADS, Pratt &
Whitney and Rolls-Royce have made
commitments to partner Singapore’s
A*STAR and research institutes to
jointly carry out aerospace research.
To keep up with its successful march
in the aerospace segment, Singapore is
upgrading its secondary airport
at Seletar into a World-Class
Integrated Aerospace Park.
Spanning 300ha, the dedicated
aerospace park allows companies
to reap the benefits of a world-
class business infrastructure,
complete with runway access,
and the synergies from cluster
integration. At present the
aerospace park houses 30 aviation
companies—ST Aerospace, Jet
Aviation, Fokker Services Asia,
Hawker Pacific Asia and Execujet—are
a few of them.
The Seletar aerospace park provides the
following facilities -
� Aerospace Maintenance, Repair &
Overhaul (MRO)
� Design and manufacture of aircraft
systems, components, and potentially
light aircraft
� B u s i n e s s & g e n e r a l
aviation activities
� Regional aerospace campus, which
will house educational and training
institutes and research facilities
Rolls-Royce, is setting up a futuristic
plant to manufacture engines for large
aircraft. “Our world-class Facility of the
Future at Seletar Aerospace Park will
break boundaries in terms of operational
and environmental efficiency and be
our distinctive showcase in Asia,” Sir
John Rose, Chief Executive of Rolls-
Royce, said on 19 February 2008 at the
company’s groundbreaking ceremony.
Precision Engineering: Precision
engineering in Singapore has been
established since 1970. What began as
a support for the initial manufacturing
establishments; is today a 2700
companies-strong industry and hosts
the headquarters and R&D facilities for
several engineering MNCs.
Singapore’s precision engineering
sector comprises a range of companies
from contract manufacturers to full
solution providers, who offer design,
prototyping, production and supply
chain management capabilities. Almost
all the major Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1
automotive suppliers use Singapore to
oversee their regional operations. Many
OEMs also use Singapore as a regional
logistics base to manage their aftermarket
spares distribution to the region.
In ClosingSingapore enjoys excellent connectivity
and an efficient supply chain. It is further
strengthening its infrastructure to ride
future growth trends. The facts and
figures of the country’s economy speak
volumes about the future opportunities.
The scope for metal working and
its ancillaries is quite substantial.
If the factors explained in the
write-up are taken into consideration,
then Singapore is the place to be
for any metal works company that
is focussing on the aerospace and
precision engineering sectors.
Current Industry Stats
� On a year-on-year basis, Singapore’s manufacturing output increased 24.4 per cent in Oct. 2011.
� On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, manufacturing output grew 14.2 per cent in Oct. 2011.
� The output of precision engineering cluster fell 5.5 per cent year-on-year in Oct. 2011. The machinery & systems sector rose 0.6 per cent while the precision modules & components segment fell 13.8 per cent, as a result of lower output in metal precision components, connectors, metal stamping work, as well as dies, moulds, jigs and other tools. On a year-to-date basis, the output of the precision engineering cluster was 17.9 per cent higher than the same period a year ago.
� The aerospace segment recorded a 15.7 per cent increase in output with higher demand for repair jobs from commercial airlines in the Asia Pacific region. C
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� Since 1990, Singapore’s aerospace industry has grown at an average rate of 12 per cent. Singapore is today the most comprehensive MRO hub in Asia.
� Over 18,000 persons were employed in the aerospace industry in 2009.
� The Engineering Services industry currently accounts for about 1.2 per cent of Singapore’s GDP and employs about 35,000 people.
� Nine of the world’s top 10 Control & Automation companies already have significant operations in Singapore making it the leading process control hub in Asia.
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INSIGHT & OUTLOOK
Renowned for machine tools, featuring sophisticated technology and quality production lines, Spain strikes an outstanding balance between technology and talented workforce. Nishant Kashyap analyses how Spain’s success in matching machining excellence with cutting-edge design has helped the nation establish itself as a force to reckon with in the world of manufacturing.
Spain is the
third largest
producer of
machine tools
in the European
Union and is ranked
among the top ten leading
producers in the world. In
terms of export volumes, it is
ranked eighth among the leading
exporters. The Spanish machine
tool industry is characterised by a
low level of production integration.
Foundry components, gears, screws,
numerical control equipment,
hydraulic and pneumatic equipment,
etc. are supplied by the auxiliary
industry—which has specialised
production plants equipped with
the most advanced technology.
Propens i ty to cont inue
internationalisation has always
been a distinguishing feature of
this industry.
The Spanish widely appreciate
creativity and intelligence in
their machines and technologies.
Their innovativeness has placed the
nation’s machine tool industry among
the top ten in terms of production
and export.
Focus on R&DMachine tool manufacturers in
Spain tend to focus their business
on strategic processes such as
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R&D on new products, engineering,
manufacturing essential components
for machines, as well as assembling,
selling and providing after sales
service. Spain’s machine tool sector
focuses on R&D, strong industrial
subcontracting infrastructure and gives
huge importance to strategic training
plans. The sector is recognised by its
proprietary technology based on the
serious research, design, development
and innovation efforts of its companies
as well as the continuous collaboration
with the numerous technology centres
located in the geographical area.
According to AFM (The
Spanish Association of Machine
Tool Manufacturers), the country’s
machine tool sector is held in high
esteem throughout the world for
its unwavering commitment to
technological innovation; allocating
on average 6 per cent of its turnover
to R&D and innovation. The machine
tool builders in the nation have become
more aggressive and are investing more
in R&D.
INVEMA, AFM’s technology
unit, helps member companies to
drive their technological development,
working together with their R&D
and innovation units. Regarding
technological s tandardisat ion,
monitoring and development, it helps
to draft protocols for machinery
reception, construction and safety,
reviewing regulations and setting
up sectorial observatories, etc.
INVEMA is moreover, the
organiser of the ‘Machine Tool
and Manufacturing Technologies
Biennial’, a forum in which knowledge
is shared and the latest developments
in the sector are presented, thereby,
leading to their implementation in
production processes. Furthermore,
companies reinforce their R&D and
Innovation units with the essential
backing provided by a robust network
of technology centres specialising in
machine tools.
Industry StrengthEngineering-based manufacturing is
Spain’s chief strength and, machine
tools have always remained at the
heart of innovation in engineering.
Spanish manufacturers are known
for their flexibility and quick
response that is unmatched by
manufacturers of any other country.
In addition, the strength of the Spanish
machine tool industry also lies in
supplying custom-made machines and
systems—in other words—machines
and systems produced to meet specific
requirements of individual users.
With technically advanced workforce
and making up with innovation in
manufacturing—the Spanish machine
tool industry has armed itself to tackle
this swing and has maintained steady
growth over the past few years.
Spanish machine tools are
appreciated by quality-conscious
manufacturers in sectors such
as tool and mould production,
telecommunications, automotive
industry, aerospace and general
mechanical engineering-areas—
where high-precision, performance,
flexibility and reliability—are required.
The country has given priority to
its technological capabilities and
workforce, as a growth strategy in an
economically integrated, yet constantly
competing world.
Spanish products have obtained
growing market shares in specific
niches, especially machinery for metal
cutting, metal forming machines,
turning centres and machines for
armament production and aerospace.
A point that makes them stand
apart is their technological advent
in cutting system that was possibly
necessitated by the industry being a
cluster of small companies with low
manpower. All this has made Spain
a major source of machine tools to
the world, making them a leading
producer and exporter.
Business OutlookThe production of machine tools
is one of the activities which have
influenced the industrial development
of Spain, helping undoubtedly
the modernisation of the nation’s
productive system. The geographical
concentration of the sector is in the
Basque region, home to majority of
Spain’s machine tool builder, clearly
shows the specific weight and the
strategic importance of this sector
within the industrial structure of
this self-governing community.
The machine tool sector takes
advantage of this particular situation
because it benefits from the presence
and help of an administrative system
which has great legislative independence
in the field of industrial policy. In 2010,
the production of machine tools in
Spain was $ 812 million, export
$ 601.4 million, import $ 283.5 million
and consumption $ 494.1 million.
On an average, Spanish
machine tool builders allocate 6
per cent of their annual turnover to
R&D. For the country’s largest
builders, this investment may represent
10 per cent or more. Other than
traditional consumers like Germany,
US, France and Italy, Spanish
manufacturers have also established
themselves in developing nations like
China, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey,
etc. European markets are bound to
take substantial time-period to
recover completely from the pre-
recession trade targets. However, the
business environment is opening up
new opportunities for the Spanish
machine tool industry.
Spainish Machine Tool Industry
$-Million 2010 (est)
$-Million 2009 (rev)
Production 812.0 1,035.9
Consumption 494.1 557.6
Import 283.5 289.2
Export 601.4 767.6
Source: Gardner Publications, Inc
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At a time when instability is reigning over European markets and economies are trying their level best to stay afloat; France is marching towards progress. As the country banks on the aerospace industry, the boom in this segment is sure to take the nation to unimaginable heights. Debarati Basu provides an overview.
While economic
turmoil casts
a shadow over
Europe, reports
of International
Monetary Fund have rated France
as the second largest economic power
in the European Union. The WTO
2011 survey has graded the country
as the sixth largest exporter of goods
and fourth largest exporter of services.
These statistics only suggest the strong
measures carried out by France amidst
economic slumps.
“France has been active in the metal
working industry for many decades. The
present economical situation is of concern
to the whole industry. Exporting and
relocation of the industry are a part of the
solution to generate growth in the future,”
Nathalie Beck – Vice President – European
Association of Machine Tool Merchants.
However, aerospace and automotive
industries hold the reins of the country’s
growth. Groupement des Industries
Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales
(GIFAS)—a French Aerospace
Association—has rated the Aerospace
industry in France as the largest
in Europe.
Growth Trajectory The year 2010, experienced an
expansion of the French economy
after the 2008-2009 recession. The
country’s GDP grew by an average
of 1.5 per cent per annum. The
recovery nevertheless was moderate
before the Euro depression sunk in
last year. However, the economy
is growing strong despite
adversities.
The manufacturing industry had seen
a decent hike in production in 2010. The
automobile production which had dropped
by 20 per cent in 2009 jumped back on
track to 12 per cent in 2010 and continued
on its growth path last year.
After two years of decline, 2011 saw
a continuation of business investments.
Improvement in the business climate in
most French manufacturing sectors, industry
announcements indicating increases in
budget investments in some companies,
increase in the number of commercial
motor vehicle registrations and progression
with an intent to purchase capital goods
from wholesalers advocated the growth
trend of France through the year.
The European market for the machine
tool segment entered a phase of robust
growth. Increase in new orders in the first
quarter indicated the industry’s recovery
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in 2011. While the global market for
the machine tool industry is expected to
bounce back and reach a new peak growth
in 2013; France is playing its part in the
growth trajectory.
Climbing Ladders of SuccessFrance is the second largest economy and
second largest trading nation in Europe.
France, not unlike many other modern
industrialised nations, has a large and
diverse industrial base. Economic growth
rates in France have been steady for decades
due to conservative planning of economy
which in comparison to other west
European countries is more centralised by
the government in France. Here’s a look at
the market drives of the French economy.
Aerospace Industry: France leads Europe
in vertically developing its aerospace
industry. The industry claims that France
has a multifaceted aerospace industry as,
it has different branches. For example,
the development of passenger aircrafts
for civil applications, jets for the defence
forces, avionics, helicopters, weapons and
other aeronautical projects. The aerospace
industry in France is influenced by the
European Aeronautical Defence and
Space Company (EADS) and the French
Corporation Aerospatiale Matra. Also, the
French government has taken several new
R&D initiatives in the aerospace industry
for regions to implement in the following
years to boost the segment. This cluster of
the aerospace industry of France has grown
with the progress in the markets. Some of
the significant recent developments of the
aerospace industry of France include the
development of Airbus A3XX series, the
A400M along with combat aircrafts like
Mirage F1, Mirage 2000, Mirage III and
Mirage V.
Car Manufacturing: The French market
for machine tools is led by big customers
in the aerospace and automotive industries
and thus, is often subject to large swings
due to the timing of major programs.
According to the Political, Economic,
Social, Technological, Legal and
Environmental (PESTLE) country analysis
of France, the French car manufacturing
industry’s total revenue in 2010 was $ 25.8
billion, representing a CARC of -5.3 per
cent during the period 2006-2010. The
industry production volumes decreased
to reach a total of 2,069,627 units in
2010. However, the performance of the
industry is expected to accelerate, with an
anticipated CAGR of 5.2 per cent between
2010 and 2015. This is expected to drive
the industry to a value of $ 33.2 billion by
the end of 2015.
Spending Right In any given situation, R&D forms the
best investment which guarantees a return.
At a time when research is becoming an
increasingly global activity, France offers
a wide range of decisive advantage. With
a pool of highly-qualified researchers,
world-class research centers that are
strengthening their links with businesses;
and government incentives designed to
stimulate public-private partnerships,
France is a melting pot of the best research
activities in the world.
“R&D is of importance to France.
More than two percent of the national
gross product, which amounts to Euro 40
billion, is spent on innovations every year,”
points out Beck.
According to reports by Ernst &
Young, France is the second leading
recipient in Europe of foreign R&D
investment projects. Research institutes
of France are more open than ever to
forming partnerships with French and
foreign firms, positioning themselves to
play a full part in global research and
innovation networks.
Not just that, French aerospace
companies invest more than 15 per cent
of their turnover in R&D activities, which
is more than their counterparts in other
major competing nations. Public and
private R&D expenditure amounts to €
2.4 billion in the country. The National
Aerospace Research Office (ONERA)
and National Space Exploration Centre
(CNES) actively participates in European
Space Agency programs and heavily spend
on research in the sectors of propulsion
and combustion, composite materials,
aerodynamics, acoustics, and embedded
electronic and IT systems.
Nathalie Beck, Vice President, European Association of Machine Tool Merchants
Huron Graffenstaden SAS, Strasbourg—a French manufacturer of machining centres and milling machine—was acquired by Jyoti Ltd in 2007. This illustrates the co-operation between industries in France and India in recent years.
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Expert Article
Sachin Malgave, MIM Tec Pvt Ltd ............................................162
Interface
Viraj Naidu, MD, DISA India Ltd .............................................165
Insight & Outlook
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Metal forming covers
a large subset of
industrial activities that
include sheet metal
forming, automotive
stamping, crowns and closures, metal
stamping, and miscellaneous metal
fabrications.
Sheet metal forming has been a
modern development by the emergence
of press machine as a means of mechanical
processing, and the production and
stable supply of sheet by rolling, since
the industrial revolution. Sheet metal
forming has many advantages—easier
mass production, manufacturing
complex shape with good dimensional
accuracy, and high material yield. As
a mature technology, it has been used
in the manufacture of components
for automobiles, telecommunication
equipments, and many other industrial
products. However, with the demand
for lighter and stronger components
from the automotive, aerospace and
energy sector have resulted in various
developments in metal forming
technology.
Thrust for Lighter and Stronger MaterialsThe automotive industry desires light-
weight, high-strength components that
are easily recyclable. One component
being considered for change is the fuel
filler neck.
Similarly the wing stringers in
planes which run down the length of
each wing and, in conjunction with
the horizontally positioned wing ribs,
provide both structural integrity and
give each wing its profile, to optimise
flight performance and fuel efficiencies.
The accuracy, quality and consistency
with which aerospace companies form
the profile of each stringer is critical,
as in flight they have to withstand
a variety of loads, which will vary
The highest possible precision is essential for achieving lasting success in the components supply industry. Swapnil Pillai explores the advantages and futuristic techniques like Servo drive presses.
Forming TechniquesServo for Effective Forming
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depending on where in the wing they
are located.
This has caused problems with
traditional manufacturing processes.
Here, servo-drive technology enables
higher forming speeds and better
utilisation of the material’s potential
to be achieved. The servo press is a
free motion press, which can realise an
optimum slide motion that is tailor-
made for production needs.
Types of Servo DriveServo Presses are classified into two
main types:
Screw or Ball Screw Drive:
A screw-type press’s operating
principle is similar to that of a friction
screw press. The flywheel is replaced
by a servomotor, and the servomotor
rotation is transmitted to a ball
screw mechanically or through a timing
belt. The press slide is moved up
and down by the ball screw’s
reciprocating motion.
Maximum load is available
throughout the press stroke, but press
load capacity is limited by the ball
screw’s strength and the servomotor’s
capacity.
Screw-and-Link Drive: In this
servo press, the rotation of the motor
is transmitted to a reciprocating ball
screw by a timing belt. The knuckle-
link mechanism is activated by the
ball screw, which results in the press
ram’s linear motion. A screw-and-link
press requires reversed servomotor
operation for reciprocating press slide
movement. Continuous, high-speed
reciprocating can be achieved without
the reversed motion of the servomotor
by using a gear drive and a main gear
eccentric shaft.
Benefits of Servo DriveServo presses are recently introduced
metal forming machinery and they are
in many ways, a hybrid of mechanical
and hydraulic presses. They are
designed to combine the strengths of
conventional mechanical and hydraulic
presses, and at the same time to
minimise their constraints. The servo
press with many characteristics is more
effective in sheet metal forming. One
of the effective uses of servo press is
the forming of hard formable metal
sheets. The length of slide stroke of a
servo press can be changed, because the
variable stroke function is granted by
reverse rotation of the servo motor.
Therefore the slide stroke is able
to be optimised depending on the
processing. In the progressive press
forming the shortening of slide stroke
improves the productivity and reduces
the energy consumption. Similarly,
the noise is significantly reduced by
lowering a slide speed in the shearing
process. Some of the other prominent
advantages of servo drive are:
Super high productivity: In the case
of the servo press, the length of the
stroke is changeable; hence, only the
stroke length required for production
is used. In addition, by setting the
slide motion, which realises effective
synchronisation with the carrying
device, productivity can be improved.
Super high accuracy: For each
point of the press, one unit of an
independent driving source and a
linear sensor is assembled. The slide
position is controlled by the fully
closed feedback.
Super flexible: The optimum
slide motion, which is determined by
the production type and dies—such
as blanking, drawing, sheet forging,
progressive dies, transfer dies—can
be set, and the press production with
high additional value is easily formed.
Super low noise: The driving
mechanism is simple and the noise
produced by the press machine is
small. In addition, by setting the
low noise motion, blanking noise can
be reduced. For example, in order
to reduce the blanking noise—it is
known experientially that by executing
the two-step blanking, in which the
punch is once stopped at a half way
of the blanking process and soon
driven again to finish the process—the
blanking noise can be reduced. In
the case of a conventional mechanical
press, such motion cannot be realised,
but this can be realised easily using the
servo press.
Super energy saving: In comparison
with the mechanical press, the clutch
brake and the flywheel do not exist,
and the number of gears is lower.
Therefore, the structure is simple
and the maintainability is superior.
Especially, because there are no sliding
portions such as the clutch brake—
little press lubricant is needed—and
oil deterioration is lesser. In addition,
by using the electricity generated
when reducing the speed of the motor,
electrical consumption is reduced.
Years
2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011
Machine tool segments
Qty. Value (in Rs. million)
Qty. Value (in Rs. million)
Qty. Value (in Rs. million)
Production
CNC 201 358.00 208 386.55 544 455.17
Conventional 273 1,878.00 378 2,247.35 683 2,628.62
Total Metal-Forming
474 2,236.00 586 2,633.90 1227 3,083.79
Metalforming Machine Tools in India
Export
CNC 5 11.00 0 0.00 1 0.8
Conventional 20 324.00 10 249.83 44 60.97
Total Metal-Forming
25 335.00 10 249.83 45 61.77
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Metal Injection Moulding
(MIM) Technology
evolved from plastic
injection moulding and
powder metallurgy is
used for manufacturing complex-shaped
precise metal parts. It combines the
design flexibility and production scale
of plastic injection moulding with the
strength and integrity of wrought metals
to offer cost effective solutions to meet
these demands.
Designing metal parts for plastic
injection moulding allows MIM the
unique ability to manufacture complex,
lightweight shapes that are not
economically viable with other metal
forming processes. Minimising part
wall thickness by proper use of coring
and ribs, less use of metal without
sacrificing durability, besides superior
shape capability—the MIM process
provides the designer with a wide choice
of high strength ferrous and stainless
steel alloys as well as wear resistant and
high temperature super alloys.
MIM has been used primarily in the
defence parts manufacturing, whereas
other important sectors to emerge
have been in consumer goods, sports,
telecommunication devices, medical and
dental devices, and hand and power
tools. In the recent times, it has gained
popularity in the global automotive
sector as well.
The manufacturing industry demands
parts with high performance and even
higher reliability at a competitive cost
and MIM meets this challenge.
MIM has the following inherent
capability because of which it is one
of the best suitable manufacturing
processes for small, complex metal parts
for manufacturing applications.
Product Design:MIM can produce any shape that can be
produced in thermoplastics by injection
Today’s manufacturing industry designers are faced with extracting higher performance from smaller and more complex components and assemblies, in their pursuit of miniaturisation. Achieving this requires system and component designs that can run at extremes in temperature and wear with the need to be reliable, lightweight and low cost. Metal Injection Moulding (MIM) is an emerging metal forming technology across the world which is being now popularly used for the small, complex, precise and net shape metal parts.
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moulding with certain limitations to this
general rule in both cases.
It offers various design advantages
like manufacturability of features like
hexagonal, square, splined, blind and
flat bottom holes even at angles to
each other, knurled features , external
/ internal threads logo / part number
/ raised letters / impressions or cavity
ID are feasible. The various parts in the
assembly can be integrated in to single
piece design reducing manufacturing
cost and the lead time.
Material variety:Most of the metals and alloys available
in MIM grade powder form can be
processed by Metal Injection Moulding.
But the metals and alloys that melt at
temperature over 10000 C (18320 F) are
more successfully processed by MIM.
For complex chemistry, there are
three possible starting forms—Mixed
elemental powders, fully compounded
powders, or a hybrid of partially
compounded and elemental powder.
If the material is available or can be
custom fabricated as a small powder,
then MIM is a viable production route.
Of course, powder cost impacts the
final component cost but the powder
availability is the first consideration.
Selection of the proper material for
a particular application often decides the
success of a MIM project. The decision
is made based on performance, cost,
and input from a MIM part supplier
or expert.
MIM materials have various
advantages like homogeneous
microstructure and isotropic material
properties. Parts can be fabricated out
of difficult to melt alloys like tungsten
heavy alloys with no interconnected
porosity which is normally present in
the PM parts.
Prototyping and Low-volume DevelopmentThe low cost single cavity tools can be
made for prototype and low volume
development. We can produce few
components which will be tested for
functional tests before going for high
volume production by which automotive
manufacturers can validate the design
by using the same production process as
the one for high volume production.
High Volume ProductionThe need of manufacturing technology
for small, precise, complex-shaped parts
in large volumes with short lead times
and at competitive price has triggered
the MIM technology. The multiple
cavity tooling with automation can be
made for high volume production.
Automated Manufacturing and InspectionThe MIM process can be automated
similar to plastic injection moulding
and powder metallurgy manufacturing
process, including online inspection.
Secondary Machining and Finishing ProcessMIM parts are amenable for all the
secondary operations similar to the ones
on wrought or cast materials, like heat
treatment, surface treatment, machining
and joining and hipping operations, so
they can be finished to any requirements
as per the product design.
MIM Automotive P r o d u c t S o l u t i o n s
� Safety Systems: Sensor housings, braking & ABS components, seat belt mechanisms.
� Fuel Systems: injector nozzles, armatures, housings
� Power-train: Turbocharger vanes and components, hydraulic spools, rocker arms
� Electrical systems: Connectors, heat sinks
� Interior systems: Seating mechanisms, cosmetic products
Sachin Malgave is part of the R&D group of Indo-US MIM Tec Pvt Ltd with seven years of experience in Metal Injection Moulding (MIM)”, mainly Materials and Process Development for MIM. He holds a post graduate degree from IIT Chennai .E-mail: [email protected]
MIM Medical P r o d u c t S o l u t i o n s
� S u r g i c a l I n s t r u m e n t s : Endoscopic graspers and scissors, instrument bodies, scalpel handles,
� Orthopaedics: Trauma plates, screws, spine (implants and external fixation), hand tools
� Orthodontic & Dental: Orthodontic brackets, dental instruments
� Hearing Devices: Housings and implants
MIM Consumer P r o d u c t S o l u t i o n s
� Multi utility tools and knives: Drivers, bit holders, clips, blades, cosmetic inserts
� Golf: Sole plates, weights of engineered density
� Cycling: Derailleur parts, breaking parts, clip-less pedals
� Mobile telephone: Hinge mechanisms, buttons, cosmetic inserts
� Computer peripherals: Voice coil motors, head parking mechanisms, printer cores
� Hand and power tools: Handles, bits, key less chucks, blade clamps, pawls, ratchets
� Door lock: Lock housings, cylinders, carriers, pins
MIM Industrial P r o d u c t S o l u t i o n s
� Electronics: Sensor housing, fibre optic connectors, microwave packages, heat sinks
� Hydraulics: Valve spool, housing, lavatory fixtures
� Plumbing: Valve spool and faucet hardware
� Safety: Fall protection mechanism
� Oil and Gas: Valve components for high corrosion resistance
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How has the field of metal forming and moulding solutions evolved over the years with growing demands for speed and productivity? Basic casting technologies ear-
lier evolved from hand moulding
processes to semi-mechanised jolt
squeeze processes. However, as the
castings accuracy and productivity
demands kept growing, the cast-
ing technologies evolved further
into the high pressure moulding
processes—first with high pres-
sure flask moulding, and then
even further with flaskless verti-
cal (DISAMATIC) or Horizontal
(Matchplate) Processes. These high
pressure lines are very sophisticat-
ed, high automation lines and have
replaced the old manual / semi-
manual processes completely in the
matured economies. These are now
getting popular in emerging mar-
kets like India / China, where the
foundry industry is transforming
through technology up-gradation.
Brief us about the essen-tial parts and equipment for metal-forming and the machines offered by your company? We offer a complete range of
technologies for such markets
– starting from the simultaneous
jolt squeeze machine ARPA,
to high pressure flask lines
DISAFLEX, Flaskless horizontal
lines DISAMATCH and the
legendary flaskless vertical lines
DISAMATIC. The Indian castings
industry has one of the lowest
outputs per foundry, amongst the
top 10 casting producing countries
in the world. There are about 5,000
foundries, and over 4,000 are still
following basic manual processes.
Over the last 6 – 7 years, we have
seen the industry upgrading fast
towards mechanised processes,
with a clear trend towards high
pressure moulding lines for fresh
investments in the last 3-4 years.
We believe that this trend is only
accelerating in the future.
High pressure moulding lines
are clearly showing the trend.
To accelerate this trend even
further, we have introduced the
first fully made-in-India vertical
DISAMATIC machine in February,
2011. Such a machine—with the
added lower cost advantage of
Indian manufacturing—brings in a
number of smart technologies within
the reach of the Indian customers.
We intend to introduce another such
innovation through our Bangalore
Plant in the coming IFEX in
March 2012.
What is the role played by CAD/CAM in the manufacturing industry?In today’s industry, CAD/CAM
have become an essential part
of any manufacturing company
that develops their own products.
These tools have grossly enhanced
the capabilities and output of not
only automotive but also the entire
mechanical engineering industry.
It is no longer a differentiator
anymore; it is an essential must
to grow.
With the presence of global automobile giants the foundry
industry is witnessing a rapid growth in demand. Viraj Naidu
– Managing Director – DISA India Ltd discusses the green sand
foundry machineries with Nishant Kashyap, which are a very
significant type of metal casting technologies, within the overall
gamut of metal forming processes. He also explains the current
scenario and challenges of the industry
The trend is clearly towards high
precision, high pressure moulding
lines, with high automation levels
Viraj Naidu,
Managing Director – DISA India Ltd
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Robots are extensively used in manufacturing of automobiles, what are the factors that have triggered the current trend?Evolution of robot is natural with
the scaling up of the industry.
High volume repetitive tasks by
humans lead to fatigue related errors
and accidents. The investment in
robots gets justified as the scale crosses
a critical level. This is also coming
from an acute shortage of the skilled
labour, faced by the industry and also
the resultant need to use human labour
in more humane work environment,
rather than repetitive mechanical tasks.
As an example, a high volume engine
block casting manufacturer—using a
high pressure moulding line—has to
necessarily look for robotic handling
in Shot blasting and fettling solutions
for better cleaning achievements
on its castings. With DISA’s global
merger with Wheelabrator—the
world’s largest surface preparation
equipment/solutions company—
we are now working on introducing
automatic manipulator type shot
blasting solutions for such requirements
in India.
What are the current trends and demand in metal casting industry? The scaling up of the metal casting
industry is not possible without
upgrading to faster, accurate and
automated technologies. We see
the clear trend here, as the industry
matures to higher scale of operations.
The trend is clearly towards high
precision, high pressure moulding
lines, with high automation levels. The
shortage of power and skilled labour
are also contributing towards this
move to high productivity lines. This
is a natural evolution, as the industry
scales up for higher volumes in a very
competitive environment. Reduction
in castings mismatch and machining
tolerances is key to stay competitive.
Castings Rejection at machining stage
is very expensive for the Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
and this is driving the pressure from
OEMs to buy machined castings
instead. This puts the onus of reducing
casting mismatch and tolerances on the
castings suppliers directly—and in turn
drives the demand for higher precision
high pressure moulding lines.
What are the challenges faced by the foundry industry? The castings industry faces many
challenges. While the demand for
fast scaling up is a positive, there are
many obstacles—shortage of power
and skilled labour being the key ones.
Additionally, as the industry upgrades
to newer high pressure technologies,
there is a very clear support requirement
from original equipment suppliers
like DISA and Wheelabrator, as the
industry goes through a major learning
cycle with the new technology.
DISA with its established presence of
over 25 years in India and also its local
team of over 380 people in India is very
well placed for this.
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The progression of the
industry towards higher
cutting parameters has
brought in the need to
re-look at the way tools need
to be designed. The advancements in
technology have opened up possibilities
to experiment with structures
and designs. This throws in more
challenges for the tool makers to
come up with tool dimensions which
can support the machining of the next
generation machines.
Experimenting with New-Age MaterialsThe main focus of the industry today
is to make machines which are light
in weight yet stronger in performance.
While experimentation with different
materials has made it possible to
make high precision machines, one
of the major challenges faced by the
tool makers today is to upgrade the
tools to deliver equally high precision
cutting parameters.
The industry, for years has
experimented with aluminium and
aluminium alloys. However, the
priorities of machining have consistently
changed. The industry is now struggling
to get the best out of titanium,
magnesium, composites and other alloys.
The tools designed to cut through these
hard to machine materials is bringing
in a paradigm shift in the machining
process itself. Researches across the globe
are being focussed on the new designs
and dimensions of the tools which
can cut and carve intricate designs in
these materials.
Industry Demands Even as the Indian industries depend
on bulk manufacturing, the latest trend
is to produce customised solutions.
The industry today is directing its
investment towards this aspect.
Tool makers too are trying to keep
up with the trend and design tooling
solutions customised to the machining
requirements of the customers.
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The automotive industry which
provides a substantial thrust to
the Indian machine tool industry
is into a rapid phase of evolution.
With new designs and better features,
the industry is looking towards more
accuracy in the manufacturing process.
While the engines are becoming lighter
and compact, the designs are becoming
more complicated than ever. On the
other hand, sectors like aerospace and
energy too are making their mark in
the industry, giving a vent to the
tooling industry to demonstrate cutting
parameters which will be in line with
the new age machining processes. The
tooling solutions are also trying to keep
in pace with the new design complexities
that the industry is bringing in.
Tools for Micro Machines The tooling industry holds a wide
gamut of tool requirements. The range
extends from drilling and milling
operations conducted on a bigger scale
to micromachining processes of high
precision components. As manufacturing
of micro components is catching up pace
in the Indian industry, manufacturing
tools for such processes will be the
necessity for new-age manufacturing.
The tool makers are already gearing up
for the upcoming demand.
Micro-machining opens up new
challenges for the tool makers to bring
in precision within tight tolerance
and severe machining parameters.
The challenge here is to machine very
small parts however this also opens up
avenues for the tool makers to experiment
with the tooling systems bringing in
various tooling and machining options
for the industry. Micro-machining
throws the challenges of maintaining
tight tolerances and stringent quality
while machining hard-to-machine
materials. For all this, choosing the right
method and the right tool is crucial.
Manufacturers’ Requirements The main focus in the entire
manufacturing process is to make the
outputting process faster. Optimised
machining methods and proper tools can
save the machining components as well
as reduce cycle times, decrease tooling
costs, decrease idle machine time and
increase the quality of the machining of
the components.
The tool makers have an added
responsibility to design tools that are
customised to the manufacturing
operation giving optimised results.
The change over time of the tools
during the manufacturing process is also
another factor that the tool makers are
focussing on. While tool makers are
working towards multi-operational tools;
efficient and quick change over of
tools is the need of the hour so as to
reduce the amount of unproductive time
during machining.
Facing Challenges As technologies continue to change
for the better, it is important that the
tooling systems keep pace with the
recent advancements. A tool is not an
isolated entity instead every component
of a tooling system holds a significant
role in the tooling process; be it the
tool holder, the tool magazine or the
tool itself. Researchers across the globe
are trying to come up with new tooling
solutions, with materials which can
withstand the machining process of
hard to machine materials. From HSS
tools to PCD tools, tool makers are
making various innovations with the
material, geometries and the coating to
suit the demands and needs of today’s
manufacturing process.
Future ToolingThe amount of transition in the
manufacturing sector will define the change
that the tooling systems will undergo in
future. While customised tooling systems
will rule the roost, changes in the materials
used in making components will also lead
to a transition in the tooling solutions.
The future of the tooling systems can
only be higher accuracy, better precision,
finer machining, thus providing a
complete solution.
Key Facets of T o o l i n g S o l u t i o n s
� Reduce machining cost
� Machine hard to machine materials
� Run at higher parameters
� Reduce lead time
� Longer tool life
� Proper tool choice can result in the overall decrease in the manufacturing cost.
� The wide range of conventional tooling systems is bringing in a transition in the entire manufacturing process.
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The Changing Role of Tooling Systems in the Age of High-precision MachiningThere are various aspects which contribute
to the manufacturing process and every
aspect of the process plays an important
role for effective manufacturing. Be it,
the machine, materials, manufacturing
technology, coolants, tool choice or the
process itself; each section has a vital role
to play in the manufacturing system.
However, the most important for
the entire process is to bring down the
cost of production of the component.
The right choice of the cutting tool
with the proper parameters needed
for specific machining can shrink the
manufacturing time and make the
process faster and in turn bring down
the cost of manufacturing.
Earlier the efforts of tools makers
were more focussed on the longevity of
the tool. But today, longer tool life is
just one aspect. The key is to increase
the cutting parameters and bring down
the cost per component. Therefore the
criticality of the tool manufacturing
today is to bring down the manufacturing
cost. Tool life has taken a secondary
seat today.
Today there is advancement in the
machine tools as well. With the usage
of CNC machines with advanced
technologies like linear drives and
high speed spindles, machine tools
are able to perform at a faster speed.
The cutting tools too have to support
the machine tools in delivering the
high performance.
For example, earlier a drilling
operation used to be performed at 20-
30 meters per minute cutting speeds
using an HSS tool on a conventional
drilling machine. Today we are able to
do the same operation at 200 to 500
meters per minute using advanced CNC
machines and tooling technologies. We
have been able to make the parameters
ten times faster and correspondingly
bringing down the cycle time required
to machine the component and reduce
the cost as well. For providing the
higher performance we develop new
tools with new type of cutting materials,
new geometries and coatings that can
enhance the operating parameters.
The Latest Trends in the Tooling Systems The latest trends in the industry are in
terms of –
� Advancement in the cutting materials
like fine grain carbides and nano-
coatings which can work at higher
parameters.
� Making combination tools: Reducing
the change over time of the tools is
one of the vital aspects of bringing
down the manufacturing time. With
the high cost technologically advanced
CNC machines, it is imperative to
reduce the unproductive tool change
time. KOMET has been a pioneer in
making combination tools and special
tools which can combine multiple
operations for better productivity.
� Modular tool systems: Today, there
are different types of machines with
different adaptations. People are
trying to limit the basic machine type
or pay additional cost to have any
one type of adaptation. But with the
modular tool concept, the customers
have the freedom to choose machines
with most desired features even
though the machine has a different
spindle adaptation. While the front
tool can still remain same, the basic
In an era where high-precision machining is the mantra for manufacturing
excellence, the right choice of tooling systems is of utmost importance
making a difference in the machining technology. In conversation
with Debarati Basu—S Ravishankar – Managing Director – KOMET
Precision Tools India Pvt. Ltd—discusses the changing dynamics of the
tooling industry.
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Making, Tool Life Takes Back Seat
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adaptor can change suiting
the machine require-
ment. This reduces
the tool inventory
and customer also has
the choice to choose
different machines.
Challenges in Tool Manufacturing The main challenge that the
tool makers face is to bring
down the cost per component for the
customer in the manufacturing process.
Assuring a reliability cutting tools is yet
another challenge. Eves as the tool maker
cannot predict the tool life; reliability
of the tools is a critical aspect for the
customers. The tool makers should
assure reliability of the tool during the
machining process. This largely depends
on the manufacturing process of the
cutting tool. Right from the design stage
to production and quality assurance, the
manufacturing of the tools have to be
controlled under high parameters.
Making the Perfect ToolThe tools have to be designed specific
to the requirement of the customer
and should be in line with the
specifications of the machining process.
Stock allowance, surface quality,
geometrical accuracies, type of component
(rigid or fragile), different grades of
material (like aluminium cast iron,
steel, etc.) determine the tool design.
Followed by highly sophisticated
manufacturing process using highly
rigid CNC machines to generate
high accuracies, this is followed by
critical inspections process using laser
measuring equipment and fine balancing
equipment, etc.
Selection of the raw material also
plays a vital role. For instance, carbide
is the basic substrate for the tools.
Today, there are several suppliers
who offer several grades of carbide.
Also, there are several coating types
available. A careful combination of right
substrate and coating can do wonders
in dramatically improving the tool
performance for a specific application.
A lot of research is happening behind
making the perfect tool.
Transformations in Coating TechnologyThe coating technology is also improving
continuously. Multilayered coating is
greatly popular in the industry now. From
Titanium coating to Titanium Carbide
(TiC) to Titanium Aluminium Nitride
(TiAlN) coating to diamond coating; the
technology is changing rapidly. KOMET
through its newly acquired company
Rhobest is working towards special
diamond coating which has been found
to be effective for aerospace machining on
materials like aluminium, fibre reinforced
composites and graphites. The Nano-
Diamond coating brings in improvement
in the economy of machining aluminium
and aluminium-alloys. The diamond
film provides the coated tools with the
excellent properties of diamond. Over the
last few years the usage of NCD-coating
DIA-Aluminium has been optimised.
Recycling Tools Recycling of tool will add to preservation
of the planet and the environment.
The tools are recycled or refurbished
so as to increase the tool utilisation
and reduce the cost of manufacturing.
There are different types of tools that
can be refurbished, For instance, in the
brazed carbide or PCD tools the tips
can be replaced. Whereas, in the solid
carbide tools the cutting edges can be
re-sharpened so as to be used again.
Adding Value to Tooling Systems We have recently introduced a complete
mechatronic fine boring tool called
the Bluflex system which uses the
Bluetooth technology in fine
boring tool systems. This makes
the adjustments simpler and
accurate as compared to the
mechanical systems where in
the setting by looking at the
dial can be cumbersome and
prone to backlash errors. The
wireless networking of the
adjustment key and the display
make it possible to have the
display outside the work room
in a position that is clearly visible. This
provides additional versatility when
the precision adjusting the head. The
operator can avoid mistakes while
adjusting and thereby the rejection of
components can be eliminated.
We offer programmable
KOMTRONIC U-Axis system on
the CNC machining centers for high
precision fine boring applications for
machining the special profiles and
contours on the machining centers which
otherwise would necessitate additional
lathe machine or setup. U-axis systems
are used in machining applications like
Oil pump bore, cylinder bore balcony
seat machining, connecting rod finish
boring, mining tool production and
machining of highly precise aerospace
components. We are also working on
the concept of intelligent tools which is
the future of tooling systems.
Future of Tooling SystemsThe precision and accuracy in the
machine tool industry has undergone
a huge transition over the last decade.
There is a need for the components to
be lighter and stronger. From cast iron,
the industry has evolved to compact
graphite iron; aluminium alloys are
being replaced with magnesium alloys.
The tooling systems too, are changing
accordingly so as to effectively machine
these complicated materials and
composite materials. There are several
development projects in collaboration
between industry and academic
universities undertaken in Europe. We
hope that India too will move towards
these developments.
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Ceramic aluminum oxide wheels can increase the number of parts that can be ground between dressing routines, leading to centerless grinding cost savings.
Reducing overall production
costs in today’s globally
competitive market requires
identifying all contributing
factors and focussing
efforts on the worst offenders. For
example, in the fastener industry,
centerless grinding is an operation in
which process improvements can yield
significant benefits. Often, fastener
manufacturers opt to use low-cost
abrasive wheels to reduce consumable
expenditures. However, according
to abrasive supplier Saint-Gobain,
this strategy doesn’t account for a
more likely culprit behind increased
centerless grinding costs: non-value-
adding wheel dressing time.
Low-cost aluminum oxide wheels
require frequent dressing routines
to maintain workpiece tolerances,
surface finishes and production levels.
Conversely, ceramic aluminum oxide
abrasives, such as the new Norton
Quantum line of grinding wheels
from Saint-Gobain, can enable
fastener manufacturers to realise
more significant cost reductions by
increasing the number of parts that can
be ground between dressing routines.
Unlike conventional aluminum
oxides, the microstructure of Quantum
ceramic aluminum oxide has numerous
small, irregularly shaped crystals that
enable the wheel to continuously expose
fresh cutting points. The company
says this microstructure is even finer
than other ceramic aluminum oxide
grades such as seeded gel, meaning
more points can be introduced to the
workpiece. In addition, Quantum
uses organic and vitrified bonds
designed to optimise grain-to-bond
adhesion and increase grain retention
and wheel life.
According to the company,
grinding tests of nickel alloy
fasteners have shown that Quantum
wheels can complete three times as
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� The microstructure of Quantum ceramic aluminum oxide has irregularly shaped crystals so wheels continuously expose fresh cutting points to a workpiece.
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many parts per dressing routine
than conventional aluminum oxide.
This improved performance impacts
the overall grinding process not just by
lowering per-part abrasive costs, but,
also by reducing wheel dressing time
by as much as two-thirds. Assuming
workpiece grinding time for both types
of wheels is the same, the total cycle
time can be reduced by one-third.
Consider a production run of
10,000,000 fasteners. According to the
company, centerless grinding machine
cost constitutes the largest portion of
overall fastener production expense,
and wheel dressing accounts for almost
50 percent of that portion. If wheels
require dressing after every 60 or 70
parts, the production run will include
approximately 150,000 dressing cycles.
If each of these cycles takes an average
of five minutes, overall dressing
time will take approximately 13,000
hours. Assuming a conservative, fully
burdened labor rate of $60 per hour,
that amounts to a nearly $800,000
expense for non-value added dressing
operation, or about 38 per cent of the
total production cost.
However, because Quantum wheels
require less total dressing time, they
can provide a cost savings of more
than $500,000 (26 per cent) over the
production run, the company says.
� This chart shows the savings possible with Quantum ceramic aluminum oxide wheels.
� Compared to seeded gel aluminum oxide shown here, the Quantum has smaller grains and more cutting points within a given area.
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CAMWorks with VoluMill from Geometric Technologies helped this shop quickly generate programs from submitted solid models as well as improve cycle times, tool life and machine life.
Arlie Branham remembers
a time when rebuilding
a particularly complex
solid model in preparation
for CAM programming
might have taken as long as three days.
Now, the same task might take only
half the time, depending on the model.
Likewise, design and programming
changes don’t create the same headaches
they once did. Setups are easier, and
clearance issues and other potential
problems are now caught and remedied
before machining begins. Metal removal
rates and cycle times have improved; and
machines as well as, cutting tools alike
are lasting longer.
Branham is a programmer at Tomak
Precision, a job shop in Lebanon, Ohio
that specialises in close-tolerance work
in hardened materials. He attributes
the gains outlined above to the shop’s
implementation of CAMWorks, a solids-
based CAM system from Geometric
Americas (Scottsdale, Arizona).
Equipped with an array of tools that
simplify and automate even the most
complex programming tasks—the
software helps the shop move from
customer drawings to machining programs
accurately and efficiently, he adds.
Meanwhile, its seamless integration with
VoluMill, a toolpath engine developed
by Celeritive Technologies (Cave Creek,
Arizona), ensures tool paths take full
advantage of the capabilities of the
shop’s equipment.
Tomak Precision’s 20,000 square
feet of manufacturing space is home
to equipment for turning, milling,
grinding, EDM, inspection and more.
Work ranges from prototype jobs – to
short lots to – full production runs. To
meet the requirements of customers in
the aerospace, medical, machine tool and
other industries, the company prioritises
training and continually evaluates new
technology, says AJ Schaeper Jr – General
Manager. That includes software, and
Schaeper says CAMWorks has helped
maintain profitability amid the economic
difficulties of the past few years.
One of the system’s most significant
time-saving features is associativity
between CAD and CAM functions,
Schaeper adds. This enables the software
to identify and re-calculate tool paths
automatically based on changes to the
part model. For example, when the depth
of a pocket changes in the model, the tool
path updates automatically. As a result, it
takes less effort to accommodate design
and programming changes.
Seamless integration with SolidWorks
is also important because many of the
company’s customers use the feature-
based CAD system, Schaeper explains.
The ability to import solid models directly
into CAMWorks and work with them
from within the CAM environment is a
significant time-saver, Branham agrees.
In fact, he estimates that specific time
savings range from 10 to 50 per cent,
depending on the complexity of the model.
“In the past, rebuilding a solid model would
take anywhere from an hour to three days,”
he explains. “Importing the model into
CAMWorks and working directly from it
so that we are not re-inventing the wheel
is faster and more efficient.”
Other capabilities come into play
after machining programs are finalised.
For example, the software provides an
accurate, realistic representation of
the machining environment; including
all machine components, workpieces,
fixtures, etc, Branham says. This helps
operators on the shop floor save time
during setups.
Likewise, the software’s simulation
capabilities ensure programs are accurate
before machining cycles begin. “You can
verify everything right on the screen,”
Branham notes. “You can see quickly
if your tool doesn’t have enough flute
length, if the corner radius on your tool
is too big or too small. The ability to do
things like that without ever putting tool
to metal, is a major money saver.”
The software also helps select the
right tool for a given job. If the right
tool isn’t available in the CAMWorks tool
library, the programmer can draw that
tool and use it in simulation. “This has
� Tomak’s 20,000-square-foot shop floor is home to a variety of mills and lathes as well as Swiss-type turning machines; turn-mills; wire and sinker EDMs; honing, lapping and other finishing equipment; and inspection and testing equipment.
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removed a lot of the guesswork from
tool selection, which is important for our
business because a lot of the parts we do
are very complex and place a variety of
demands on the tooling,” Branham says.
Generating machining programs from
imported solid models more quickly and
accurately has helped the shop win jobs,
Branham adds. As of this year, CAMWorks
has provided additional benefits and in
Branham credits it to You Tube, which
he regards as “one of the best tools in
my toolbox.” He says he often peruses
the free video site to stay up-to-date on
the latest technologies. “I just type in a
generic heading, like ‘milling aluminium,’
and see what comes up.”
One video that caught his eye depicted
a stainless steel roughing operation with
an exceptionally high metal removal
rate. The software that supposedly
made this possible was called VoluMill.
Impressed, he sought out more VoluMill
videos. “At first, I thought they were
stretching the truth,” he says. “I looked
into it more and realised this was for real.
This was a game-changer.”
VoluMill generates tool paths designed
to maintain a constant load on the cutting
tool and machine tool spindle. According
developer Celeritive Technologies,
this enables cutting more aggressively
while extending tool and machine life.
The toolpath engine is said to be effective
for virtually any material and virtually any
shape that can be rough-milled in a two/
three-axis CAM system.
The software works by controlling
the rate of material removal. Unlike tool
paths that are plotted according to the
geometry of the feature being machined,
VoluMill paths are designed to avoid
abrupt changes in direction, such as those
that occur in corners. Along with this
smooth, continuous motion, the software
maintains a constant, user-defined
stepover and dynamically adjusts feeds,
speeds and cutting depths according
to tool engagement with the material.
According to the developer, the resulting
path avoids load spikes and ensures that
users get the most from the capabilities of
their machines and cutting tools.
Branham and Schaeper’s timing was
fortuitous—before they could buy
VoluMill, they learned that it would be
fully integrated within the 2011 version of
CAMWorks for 2.5- and 3-axis roughing
applications. Tomak became one of the
first shops to take advantage of that
option when it took delivery of the new
version in March 2011.
Branham says using the toolpath
engine is as simple as selecting it from
a drop-down menu in CAMWorks’
roughing tab. Its greatest benefit is
toolpath efficiency. “There is no wasted
motion,” he notes. “For example, when
you calculate an internal corner, there is
a whole lot of math involved. CAMWorks
with VoluMill does most of that math for
you. That saves an average of 50 per cent
on machining time for these features.”
As another example, he cites a
hypothetical job that involves removing
a large amount of material from a part’s
exterior. Another system, he says, might
require creating numerous tool paths
to ‘step in’ the tool and avoid overload.
VoluMill, in contrast, maintains a constant
radial load on the tool and never deviates.
“If you tell it 20-thousandths stepover, it
will do that every time,” he adds.
In all, VoluMill has increased material
removal rates enough to achieve cycle
time reductions ranging to 80 per cent in
some cases. The shop reports that tool life
has also improved, sometimes by as much
as 500 per cent. Coupling these benefits
with time-saving features of CAMWorks
has helped the shop improve efficiency
and attract new work, including parts
it wouldn’t otherwise have been able to
make, Schaeper adds.
� Tomak’s Fadal VMC 6030 machines a fixture that will be used to hold aircraft engine parts for fast-hole EDM. CAMWorks with VoluMill not only provides efficient tool paths, but also enables the company to verify programs to avoid clearance issues and other problems before machining begins.
Courtesy: MMS magazine
� Branham says one software feature he finds especially valuable is the ability to draw and add custom tooling to the CAM system’s library. At the beginning of this process, the programmer starts with a 2D sketch and uses the revolve boss/base feature to create a solid model.
� This simulation depicts the tool in the photo above engaged in the part for which it was designed.
� Conventional tool paths often contain sharp, 90-degree corners that can cause spikes in radial tool load.
� In contrast, VoluMill tool paths are said to provide smooth, continuous motion to maintain a constant radial tool load and enable machining at more aggressive parameters.
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Most machine tool energy conservation systems simply track power consumption; placing the burden of actually reducing energy use on manufacturers. GF AgieCharmilles aims to change that with the EconoWatt II, an automated system for wire EDM.
Taking steps to reduce machine
tool energy consumption
offers more than just the
warm, fuzzy feeling that
often comes with doing one’s
part for the planet. It can also impact
the bottom line. However, this more
tangible benefit goes only so far with most
energy-saving systems, which are typically
dashboard-type units that track machine
power use and leave it to manufacturers to
take appropriate steps for conservation.
One system recently developed for
wire EDM machines promises to relieve
users of that burden. Available from GF
AgieCharmilles (Lincolnshire, Illinois),
the EconoWatt II is an active conservation
system that automatically initiates energy-
saving routines at scheduled intervals.
EconoWatt II builds on developments
pioneered in the manufacturer’s previous-
generation system, the EconoWatt I.
Both save energy by adjusting machine
peripherals—for example, switching off
pumps, generators, fans, chillers, lights
and other such components when the
machine is idle. The EconoWatt II
features all the capability of the previous
model along with additional functions,
including wake-up cycles, humidity
holding and temperature holding.
Users can also access and program the
unit remotely via GF AgieCharmilles’
E-Monitoring system.
However, the most significant
differences between the two systems are
ease of use and scheduling capability,
the manufacturer explains. Unlike the
EconoWatt I, which operates via special
M codes that must be input into the
machine program—the EconoWatt II
features an additional dedicated control
screen. This screen not only provides
more intuitive operation, but also,
enables users to specify exactly when
the system will activate and deactivate
machine peripherals.
For example, a shop could instruct
the system to switch peripherals off
every day at 5 pm and back on again
at 6 am, or to switch off during the
weekend and power back up on Monday.
Peripherals can also be programmed to
switch off at the end of a part program,
if the wire breaks and in the event of
a machine error. To avoid losing time
waiting for the machine to warm up,
wake-up cycles can be programmed
to restart the peripherals, circulate the
dialectric and stabilise the machine’s
temperature before production starts.
The system’s humidity holding
function periodically activates
dielectric pumps during idle periods to
automatically maintain a stable, user-
specified humidity level. According
to the company, keeping parts wet in
this way prevents pitting or rusting
when exposed to shop air overnight.
Likewise, keeping machine seals, power
contacts and wire-threading jet nozzles
wet and clean prevents contaminants
from drying on their surfaces.
Similarly, the temperature holding
function periodically activates circulation
and chiller pumps, while the generator,
control screen and other components
remain off. This maintains a constant,
68-degree temperature in the dielectric
tank so the machine is ready for action
once the peripherals are powered up
again. A shop could, for example, run
roughing passes unattended at night with
assurance that the machine’s temperature
will be sufficiently stabilised for precision
finishing passes in the morning.
The unit also enables shops to
track their energy savings via the
Econometer, a speedometer-like display
on the control screen. Users can view the
machine’s current energy consumption
level in kilowatts per hour as well as its
consumption history, which dates back
to the day the unit was installed.
Regardless of these automated
functions, the primary purpose of the
EconoWatt II is saving energy. According
to GF AgieCharmilles, those savings
can be significant—the manufacturer
estimates that a wire EDM equipped
with the system consumes only 1 kilowatt
per hour while sitting idle.
� The EconoWatt II is operated via a dedicated control screen that eliminates the need to input M codes into the machine program. The unit can be programmed to turn off peripherals to save energy during idle periods and initiate a wake-up cycle to warm the machine up before operations begin.
EDM Energy Conservation without the Effort
Courtesy: MMS magazine
Learning Curve
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10 TIPS Metal Working Lessons for India
from TaiwanNo opportunity is small and no situation too difficult. This is what Formosa Island has proven to the world by rising up to be at par with its neighbouring dragon nations. While Taiwan outlived turbulent times; only in the last 20 years has the petite country achieved a brand new identity positioning itself successfully on the global economic charts. As the machine tool sector is the driving force of the Taiwanese economy, Debarati Basu provides a few pointers that India can learn from its industrious Asian neighbour.
Utilising the Geographical AdvantageSurrounded by the giants of economic supremacy, Taiwan could only be graded as an underdog in the race. However, Taiwan marshalled its resources to combine the best practices in manufacturing from both its neighbouring nations. This has helped Taiwan today to establish itself as the preferred destination for purchasing technologically commendable products at a competitive price.
Optimisation of ResourcesLike India, Taiwan too is a labour centric nation; allowing it a similar leverage to be the preferred destination for cost effective manufacturing. However, Taiwan also draws strength from its available resources. From procuring raw materials to man power, Taiwan believes in its own mettle. The country, over the years, has been working towards strengthening its local resources and utilising it to the optimum instead of depending on outsourcing or importing.
Small Pockets with Infinite PowerIn the recent times, there have been concentrated efforts on establishing industrial pockets across Taiwan and developing a cluster effect in every region. The industrial parks draw its strength from its clusters which are a balanced amalgamation of an array of big and small companies holding its forte in different sections of manufacturing processes. So, while the industries save on time and finances by utilising the potential available in its own cluster, it also gives leverage to the smaller industries to rise and prove their mettle.
Faster Outputting The one thing that the growing economy does not have today is time and the Taiwanese industries are cashing on it. While most manufacturing units across the world offer a lead time of at least six months, the Taiwanese companies promise to deliver the same quality in half the time. All the efforts in the manufacturing process aim to reduce the process time. While minimal dependence on imports save them from the last minute crunch in procuring parts, working in clusters also helps to cut down on time.
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Investing on R&DResearch and development is the key to growth. Even though Taiwan gets its cues on global trends and developments from Japan, the country also puts in an equal amount of effort and investment to provide better and effective technology to the world. The R&D of the country is also focussed on how to make the technology affordable and offer it at a competitive pricing in the market.
Infrastructure The first step towards bringing in investment is to create adequate infrastructure. Every industry pocket in Taiwan is connected with excellent infrastructure making it easier for the foreign investors to approach the industries.
Training the Next Generation EngineersDifficulty in acquiring skilled employees is a world wide phenomenon today. Taiwan is no different. However, the government research organisations along with the industries are making a collective effort by collaborating with the technical institutes to educate and prepare budding engineers to take interest in the machining sector.
Creating a Brand Image Most of the industrial development gyrates around the support that the government provides for a holistic growth of the manufacturing sector. With free flow of finances for new ventures to mushroom across the country, the government has also poured in additional support to small-sized companies in order to instigate research and innovation on their shop floors. The government is now working towards creating a strong presence of the ‘Made in Taiwan’ tag in the global market by picking up various innovative endeavours to promote the nation.
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Export Centric ApproachUnlike India, Taiwan is an export oriented country, 75 per cent of the country’s output is exported. The domestic demand, which is also significant for the overall growth of the economy, is met but, this is done by optimising local resources instead of depending on imports. The industry has strengthened its local manufacturers to a capacity that enables them to provide international quality products and services. To bring in trade, the industry has made itself very flexible to the customers’ needs. While China has built its economy over mass production and Japan has an upper hand on technologically high products but suffers from longer lead times; Taiwan proves itself as a better bet by being flexible enough on customer demands.
Round the Clock Service Post production services play an important role in building up strong business relationships. For this, most Taiwanese companies have opted for designated service teams which work round the clock to provide prompt service to their clientele across the globe. Many companies have also incorporated e-servicing where the machines can be directly monitored and serviced online.
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Projects
Brake friction
Federal-Mogul CorporationProject type
New facility
News
Federal-Mogul Corporation is planning
to develop a new brake f riction
manufacturing facility in Chennai
to serve the OE and aftermarket
segments for automotive, construction,
railway and industrial customers.
The company expects to employ
approx imate l y 300 people
when the facility is in full
operation. The investment for new
facility is expected to be approximately
$ 15 million.
Project location
Chennai
Project cost
$ 15 million (estimated)
Implementation stage
Planning
Contact details:
Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) Ltd
10th Floor, Paras Twin Towers
Sector-54, Golf Course Road
Gurgaon, Haryana
Tel: 0124 4784530
Fax: 0124 4292840
Email: [email protected]
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Compressor
Atlas Copco (India) Ltd Project type
New facility
Project news
Atlas Copco (India) Ltd is building
a new factory at Chakan, Pune.
The new facility will produce
stationary industrial compressors and
portable compressors with construction
expected to be completed by the
second half of 2012. The outlook for
India’s economic development remains
good and the company foresees strong
growth in compressors in industries
like oil and gas, power generation,
heavy industries (such as cement
and steel), infrastructure, chemical
and pharmaceutical industry, along
with broad general manufacturing
industrial sector.
Project location
Chakan, Pune
Project cost
Not known
Implementation stage
Under construction
Contact details:
Atlas Copco Compressor
A division of Atlas Copco (India) Ltd,
Sevanagar, Dapodi,
Pune 411 012
Tel: 20 3985 2302
Fax: 20 3985 2344
Email: [email protected]
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Integrated manufacturing facility
General ElectricProject type
New facility
News
The global conglomerate General
Electric (GE) will set up its
first integrated manufacturing
facility in India at Pune, Maharashtra
with an upf ront investment of
` 1,000 crore. With this
multi-technology and multi-business
facility on 60 acre, the company will
provide jobs to about 2,000 people and
expand its product portfolio to
increase its market share and revenues
in India.
Project location
Pune
Project cost
` 1,000 crore
Implementation stage
Planning
Contact details:
GE India Industrial Pvt Ltd
71/1, Shivaji Marg
New Delhi
Tel: 011 2592 8185
Fax: 011 2592 8088
Email: [email protected]
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Two-wheeler
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI)Project type
New facility
Project news
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India
(HMSI), the two-wheeler unit of
Japan’s Honda Motor, is setting
up its third plant with an investment
of ` 1,000 crore. The new facility
is spread across 350,000 sq
m at Narsapur industrial area,
will be operational by the first half
of 2013. The new plant will have a
capacity of 1.2 million units a year and
will employ 3,000 people.
Project location
Narsapur industrial area
Project cost
` 1,000 crore
Implementation stage
Under construction
Contact details:
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd
IMT Manesar
Gurgaon
Haryana - 122050
Tel: 0124 2290911-19
Fax: 0124 2290891
Email: [email protected]
New projects and expansion activities are the barometers of industrial growth. These also present business opportunities to service providers like consultants, contractors, plant & equipment suppliers and others down the value chain. This feature will keep you updated with vital information regarding new projects and capacity expansions being planned by companies in the metalworking and allied industries.
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INTEC 2012The fair provides a perfect platform for
launching new products and offers real time
demonstration of machines in operation,
backed by 2500 KW of power in a hall area
sprawled over 3 lakh sq ft thereby creating
an industry – like ambience at the venue;
Janaury 4-9, 2012; Codissia Trade Fair
Complex, Coimbatore.
For details contact
C/O, CODISSIA
CODISSIA GD Nadiu Towers,
Post Bag No-3827, Huzur Road,
Coimbatore - 641 018
Tel: 422-2221582, 2222409, 2221052
Fax: 422-2222131
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.intec.codissia.com
IPTEX 2012IPTEX provides a fertile platform for power
transmission equipment manufacturers, and
industrial end users to witness the latest and
most-favored offerings in power transmission
technology and to source the most optimal
and appropriate solution for a wide array of
manufacturing needs; February 09-11, 2012;
Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai.
For details contact
#132, 1st Floor,
5th Cross, Cambridge Layout,
Bangalore-560 008
Tel: 80 2556 7028
Fax: 80 2556 7028
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.iptex.virgo-comm.com
ELECRAMA - 2012Held biennially since 1990, the event has
become the world’s largest confluence
of power transmission and distribution
community; January 19 – 22, 2012; at
Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
For details contact:
501, Kakad Chambers
132, Dr Annie Besant Road
Worli, Mumbai
Tel: +22 2498 4226, Fax: +22 2497 5140
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.elecrama.com
IMTEX Forming 2012 and Tooltech 2012International exhibition focussing on the
exhaustive range of forming technologies
in engineering applications. The concurrent
event – Tooltech 2012 is dedicated to
cutting tools, tooling systems, machine tool
accessories, metrology and CAD/CAM;
January 19-24, 2012; Bangalore International
Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru
For details contact:
Indian Machine Tool
Manufacturers’ Association
Bangalore International Exhibition Centre,
10th Mile, Tumkur Road
Madavara Post, Bengaluru
Tel: +91 80 6624 6600
Fax: +91 80 6624 6661
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.imtex.in
Modern Machine ShopThe event offers an ultimate platform
to demonstrate potential and futuristic
technologies in the product segment to a
large cross-section of business visitors,
from the entire engineering industry;
April 5-8, 2012; India Expo Mart, Greater
Noida
For details contact:
Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’
Association
Bangalore International Exhibition Centre,
10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post,
Bengaluru
Tel: +91 80 6624 6600
Fax: +91 80 6624 6661
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.imtma.in
AMTEX 2012AMTEX (Asian Machine Tools Exhibition)
has constantly strengthened its position as
one of the largest shows of machine tools,
machineries and manufacturing technologies
in the Asian region. The event will showcase
the latest advances in Machine Tools and
manufacturing solutions; July 27-30, 2012;
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
For details contact
Triune Exhibitors Pvt LTD
25, 3rd Floor, 8th Main Road,
Vasanthnagar, Bangalore – 560 052.
Tel: + 91-80-4330-7474
Fax: + 91-80-2235-2772
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.triuneexhibitors.com
India’s premier industrial trade fair on products and technologies related to Machine Tools, Hydraulics & Pneumactics, Process Machinery & Equipment, Automation Instrumentation, Packaging & Auxiliaries, IT Products, Electrical &
Electronics, Material Handling and Safety Equipment.
For details
Infomedia 18 Ltd, Ruby House, 1st Floor, J K Sawant Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028.
Mob: 09819552270 Fax: 022 3003 4499 • Email: [email protected]
• Web: www.engg-expo.com
INDOREMadhya Pradesh
Jan 6-9, 2012
Poddar Plaza,
Nr Gandhi Hall
AURANGABADMaharashtra
Feb 17-20, 2012
Garware Stadium
Chikkalthana
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METAV 2012The event is ideally suited for opening up
new markets and building new contacts.
Exhibitors benefit from its cogent exhibition
concept which attracts decision-makers
in the revelant markets and brings supply
and demand sides together. Visitors gain
an overview of the full scope of goods and
services of modern production technology;
February 28 – March 3, 2012; Fairgrounds
Düsseldorf, Germany.
For details contact:
Verein Deutscher
Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken eV (VDW)
Messeabteilung / Fair Department
Corneliusstraße 4
60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel. +49-69-756081-53/54
Fax: +49-69-756081-74
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.metav.com
China CNC Machine Tool FairChina CNC Machine Tool Fair (CCMT) has
been successfully held since 2000 in Shanghai
every year. It has developed into one of China’s
biggest machine tool and metal-working
exhibitions; April 16 -20, 2012; Nanjing
International Expo Center, China.
For details contact:
IMAG - Internationaler Messe - und
Ausstellungsdienst GmbH
Am Messesee 2, 81829, München
Germany
Phone: +49-89 9492 2113
Fax: + +49-89 9492 2114
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.imag-db.de
SIMTOS 2012SIMTOS 2012 will be divided into six brand
pavilions by exhibit product ie metal cutting
and die & mould working, press & metal
forming, cutting-off & welding tools &
related equipment, CAD/CAM, measuring
system & robotics and motion controls;
April 17 – 22, 2012; Korea International
Exhibition Center (KINTEX), Seoul Korea.
For details contact:
4th Fl Tower Crystal Building,
1008-1 Daechi-dong, Kangnam-gu,
Seoul, 135-280, South Korea
Tel: +82-2-3453-2721
Fax: +82-2-6280-2721
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.simtos.org
MACH 2012MACH organised by the Manufacturing
Technologies Association (MTA), attracts
almost 450 exhibitors and over 20,000
visitors who will showcase some of the best
innovations and latest developments from
the manufacturing technologies sector; April
11 – 16, 2012; NEC Birmingham, UK
For details contact
The Manufacturing Technologies
Association
62 Bayswater Road,
London, W2 3PS, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7298 6400
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7298 6430
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mta.org.uk
AUSTECH 2012The show exhibits with new manufacturing
technologies and techniques to cut costs. More
than 10,000 decision-makers regularly attend
Austech and National Manufacturing Week
to get ideas, find innovative ways of making
things and solve manufacturing problems;
May 8 -11 2012, Sydney Showground
Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.
For details contact
AMTIL
Suite 1, 673 Boronia Road
Wantirna, 3152, Victoria, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9800 3666
Fax: +61 3 9800 3436
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.amtil.com.au
EXPO MANUFACTURA 2012An important international business forum
for the processing and manufacturing
industry, the event will integrate new
technologies and latest innovations in the
processing and manufacturing industry;
March 6 – 8, 2012; Cintermex, Mexico.
For details contact:
Kara Swagart
E J Krause & Associates, Inc
6430 Rockledge Dr Suite 200,
Bethesda, MD 20817
Tel. +1 301 493 5500
Fax. +1 301 493 5705
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.expomanufactura.com
INTERMACH 2012The show focuses exclusively on industrial
machinery and aims at introducing the
latest high-tech machinery and cutting edge
technology from around the world; May 17-
20, 2012; at Bangkok International Trade
& Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Thailand.
For details contact:
UBM Asia (Thailand) Co Ltd
503/23 K S L Tower
14th Floor Sri Ayuthaya Road,
Kwaeng Thanon Phayathai,
Khet Rajathewee, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Tel: +66 0 2642 6911
Fax: +66 0 2642 6919
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ubmthailand.com
MTA VIETNAM 2012 The 10th exhibition will serve as a platform to
network with pioneers from machine tools,
precision engineering and metalworking
technology sector; July 3 – 6 July, 2012; at
Saigon exhibition & Convention Centre, Ho
Chi Minh City, Vietnam
For details contact:
Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd
1 Jalan Kilang Timor
09-02 Pacific Tech Centre
Singapore 159303
Tel: +65 6233 6638, Fax: +65 6233 6633
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mtavietnam.com
Th e information published in this section is as per the
details furnished by the respective organisers.
In any case, it does not represent the views of
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Welcome to the heart
of India where
possibilities are endless
and opportunities
unlimited! Madhya
Pradesh, by virtue of its central location,
has become a strategic hotspot for setting
up logistical activities and a burgeoning
trade hub. Notwithstanding is the fact
that its major cities such as Indore,
Bhopal, Gwalior and Jabalpur are also
gaining major traction owing to the
state’s inherent advantages. For years,
Indore has been known as the trading
hub of central India. Abuzz with all
the success ingredients such as strategic
positioning, logistics hub, proximity to
major ports, low cost of land & labour,
availability of talent manpower and
the entrepreneurial spirit of people; all
these and more are driving businesses
in the cities. These promising
advantages and proximity to
emerging manufacturing hubs such
as Pithampur and Dewas offer the
city a manufacturing advantage with a
trading edge. Is it not the perfect mix
to progress and prosper? Taking these
thoughts forward and keeping up with
the growth momentum is the fourth
edition of Engineering Expo Indore
that promises to offer exhibitors and
visitors a dual opportunity.
Slated to be held between January 6
and 9, 2012, the Expo aims at offering
companies a networking platform for
enhancing their business prospects.
Elaborating on this, Sandeep Khosla,
CEO – Publishing, Infomedia 18 Ltd,
observes, “With the intent to offer
our exhibitors the dual proposition of
exploring manufacturing opportunities
along with an inherent trading edge, we
decided to select Indore as the location
to organise Engineering Expo in 2009.
I am delighted to share with you that
the past three editions have proved to
be successful in terms of generating
enviable business leads. I am sure
that the upcoming edition will offer
our exhibitors much more opportune
prospects. For visitors, it is going to
be a great networking platform to
forge deals and get updated on latest
products & services. All in all, it is a
win-win scenario for all.”
Opportunities unlimited…The geographic location of the
state makes it a prominent business
destination for companies vying to
get a logistical advantage over their
competitors. It can give companies an
upper hand in establishing inter-state
trade. The major advantage it offers
investors is the low establishment
cost of business as compared to its
neighbouring states. Justifying the same,
Ashok Jaiswal, President, Association
of Industries, Madhya Pradesh, states,
“Apart from low transportation cost to
every corner of the country, the state
offers basic requirements such as land,
water and skilled manpower at a low
price. The state also allows industrial
units and their ancillaries to have
captive power plants to produce power
as per the requirement.”
Adds Rajesh Prasad, Factory Head
– Pithampur, Jyothy Laboratories,
“Indore is fast emerging as a
transportation hub due to its easy
accessibility. However, ancillary
industrial development is still at a
nascent stage in the state. This offers
new entrants trying to establish their
base in the state an added advantage.
Areas like Delhi and NCR are getting
saturated and Madhya Pradesh is
proving to be a preferred destination
for setting up ancillary units owing
to the advantages such as low cost of
production and transportation, which
it will offer investors.” Testifying
this, Sameer Golwelkar, Managing
Partner, Orion Wire Ropes, says, “The
presence of major industrial units has
Sensing the pulse of the customers and offering them the best of opportunities has been the notion and intent of Engineering Expo ever since its inception. With the aim to equip companies with the best networking as well as product demonstration platform, the fourth edition of Engineering Expo Indore, organised by Infomedia 18 Ltd, will kick-start from January 6, 2012. Perched for profits, this year’s edition promises to offer companies a manufacturing advantage with a trading edge. A preview…
Offering companies manufacturing advantage with a trading edge
Indore6-9 Jan. 2012Maharaja Shivajirao School Ground, Chimanbaug
ENGINEERING EXPO INDORE STATS
200+ Exhibitors
12,000+ Expected visitors
15,000+ Products on display
1,00,000 sq ft Area
Participation from 38 different cities in India
5,000+ products on display
Prerna Sharma & Nishi Rath
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given way to the establishment of
ancillary industries. Moreover, the cost
of production in smaller cities, such as
Indore, is less as compared to other big
cities. Secondly, the state’s proximity
to Gujarat is an added advantage.
Many ancillaries have developed in
Madhya Pradesh to cater to the larger
industries in Gujarat.”
Multinational companies setting up
their manufacturing units in Madhya
Pradesh have also led to the growth of
ancillary industries in the state. According
to Ravindra Pujari, MD, Unique Saws &
Machineries, “Madhya Pradesh houses
five original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) and more than 100 auto
component manufacturing facilities, the
market size of which is approximately
$ 306 million. In addition, many major
industry players also have plans to set
up plants in the state. Pithampur offers
tremendous potential and promises to
be one of the leading auto-based clusters
in India.”
Upbeat exhibitorsLike always, exhibitors are upbeat about
exhibiting their innovative products
and demonstrating their manufacturing
might to visitors of the Expo. Going by
their sentiments, most of the exhibitors
are happy with the choice of location such
as Rudrapur, Indore and Aurangabad
for organising the Expo, as it offers
them access to such emerging
manufacturing hubs.
According to one of the exhibitors, B
Harish, General Manager, Micromatic
Machine Tools, “Indore is a developing
industrial hub and it is the perfect time
& place to organise the event. Indore is
a significant market for us. Looking at
the potential of the region, we had set
up our franchisee here six months ago.
As the major cities are getting crowded
by the day, people are moving towards
tier II & tier III cities. That is why
regions like Rudrapur and Indore have
become great options for many leading
manufacturers.” He adds, “We feel that
by participating in the Expo, we will
get a lot more visibility. Moreover, we
are also looking at higher sales through
the exhibition.”
Seconding his views, Rajesh
Ratnaparkhi, Director, Ratnaparkhi
Electronics India, avers, “Many
exhibitors from Indore and
neighbouring areas will be present at
the event, which will offer scope for
interaction with manufacturers. Indore
and the nearby areas like Pithampur are
fast developing and with Indore being
a great exhibition centre, we will have
great opportunities to get introduced
and present ourselves to our potential
clients in the best possible way. During
the event, we will be launching two
of our products: CNC wire cut EDM
machine and portable EDM machine.”
Prabodh Ahuja, Partner, Hi-Tech
Engineers, Indore, asserts, “I plan to
get answers to most of my technical
queries at the Expo. Additionally,
Indore is a developing business hub
and our participation in the Expo will
give us recognition in Indore and its
nearby areas. Some of our best material
handling products will be on display
there and interested people can get an
idea about the product as there will be
live demonstration.”
According to Yogesh Mantri,
Managing Director, Automation and
General Electric Co, “It is good to
have such an event in one of the
developing areas. It will offer a
platform for all – the industry, traders
and OEMs. We hope to interact with
more customers and showcase our
products during the event – we will be
displaying the Universal Enclosures of
Schneider make.”
Manish Matta, Manager, Electronic
Appliances, on the other hand, avers,
“People are always on the move and
do not have the time to see all the
products & solutions available. Such an
event comes as a one-stop solution for
all. Also, Indore is not what it used to
be five years ago. It is fast developing,
and, at this point, organising such an
event will be beneficial for everybody.”
“We are into trading, manufacturing
and are solution providers and will be
displaying 10-15 solutions that we
launched last year,” he adds.
Growth ahoy!While many opportunities exist, there
is still much more scope for companies,
which aspire to make Indore and the
surrounding regions their preferred
investment landscape. According to
Gautam Kothari, President, Pithampur
Audhyogik Sangathan, “To make
the state a prominent export hub, a
special corridor has been recently
sanctioned by the government, which
will be linked with the Delhi-Mumbai
Industrial Corridor.” Also, many other
railway projects are in the pipeline.
Kothari adds, “Regions in and around
Indore have the potential to attract
many pharmaceuticals companies, be it
formulations or bio-tech, but owing to
the absence of regulatory bodies in Indore,
many pharma companies have shifted
their base from the region. However,
with the decentralisation of the Food &
Drug Administration Authority to Indore
from Bhopal, many pharma companies
are flourishing around the region. Along
with this, the recently launched single-
window system and the single application
systems in the industrial policy will also
act as trade enablers.”
With such promising prospects
ready to be leveraged & capitalised on,
exhibitors and visitors at Engineering
Expo Indore can be sure of getting the
biggest bang for their buck. Be there on
January 6, 2012, to capture the immense
opportunities waiting to be tapped.
Email: [email protected];
FIRST GREEN SEZ IN MP India’s first greenfield SEZ was set up in Indore. Around 7,500 people have been engaged in these units,
nine units involving `650 crore are under construction in the SEZ. The SEZ has, so far, done export
business worth `1,300 crore.
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Justifying the buzz surrounding it,
the much-awaited engineering
exhibition of the region witnessed a
tremendous response from visitors
and exhibitors alike. Over the years,
the event has become synonymous with
offering exuberant business opportunities
to its participants. The current edition
showcased an exhaustive range of cost-
effective and technologically advanced
solutions in the complete product
segment of manufacturing.
Action at PuneThe overwhelming support received by
this year’s edition of Engineering Expo
Pune, organised by Infomedia 18 Ltd, is
a testimony to its growing popularity in
the region. Around 12,894 delegates who
flocked the event from November 18 - 21,
2011, at Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre,
Pimpri, generated business worth ` 81.10
crore. This year’s event also witnessed a
team of 22, who were part of the Japanese
delegation, and also executives from Tata
Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj
Auto Ltd, John Deere, Force Motors,
Forbes Marshall and Siddheshwar Group
of Industries.
The inauguration function was graced
by the presence of eminent dignitaries
like Asheesh Sharma, R Bhaskar, C M
Venkateshwaran, V Gokul Das, R V
Krishnan and Sandeep Khosla.
While addressing the media during
the inaugural event, Asheesh Sharma
said, “Engineering Expo has grown
from strength to strength over the years
and Infomedia 18 Ltd has been doing
a great job in organising this show.”
He also highlighted the importance of
good exhibition centres to boost trade in
the region and also announced plans to
set up a state-of-the art exhibition centre
in Pune.
Fostering Business TiesPune, which is home to many ‘start-
up’ SMEs with hi-tech products that
meet the requirements of defence
establishments and private companies,
has over the years witnessed a steady
growth of SMEs in the region.
According to Bhaskar, “The growth of
The sixth edition of Engineering Expo Pune brimmed with enthusiasm and positive demand, which echoed the industrial confidence of the region. With latest technologies and breakthrough solutions on display, the event was thronged by decision makers and professionals to ameliorate their understanding of the latest offerings in the Indian manufacturing industry.
Galaxy of dignitaries at the inauguration (L-R) R V Krishnan, Chairman – Business Development Bureau India Pvt Ltd, C M
Venkateshwaran, COO- Aker Powergas Subsea Pvt Ltd and Immediate Past Chairman – Process Plant &
Machinery Association of India (PPMAI), V Gokul Das, MD –HRS Process Systems Ltd, Sandeep Khosla, CEO - Publishing, Infomedia 18 Ltd, R Bhaskar, Plant
Head–CVBU – Tata Motors Ltd Pune and Asheesh Sharma, IAS – Commissioner – Pimpri Chinchwad
Municipal Corporation
SYNERGISING the Manufacturing
PROWESS
Visitors exploring state-of-the-art technologies at the expo
Swapnil Pillai
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the Indian economy depends, to a great
extent, on the growth of the manufacturing
sector. Moreover, India’s growth has to
cover all sections of the industry and
forums, like Engineering Expo, which not
only give manufacturers an opportunity
to showcase their products, but also
allows technology-related learnings to
be shared and transferred among all
stakeholders like OEMs, customers
and both big and small entrepreneurs.
Such forums not only help customers find
the right product and right company, they
also aid manufacturers in collaborating
with the right partners and herein lies
their importance.”
As a trendsetter, Engineering
Expo offers an excellent platform for
companies to launch cost-effective
products and create awareness about their
capabilities. Extending the importance of
Expo beyond excelence,Venkateshwaran
added, “The timing for the Engineering
Expo could not have been better, it is
the end of the year when companies take
a stock of what they have done over the
year, and it is time when companies try
to foresee what the future would be like.
The vast section of manufacturing, which
is represented by SMEs, play a major role
in the growth of Indian economy, and
forums like Engineering Expo provide an
excellent platform for companies to come
under one roof and exchange their views.
It is a fantastic forum for companies
to discuss the latest in the industry
as there is a lot of innovation
happening in the SME segment.
The timing, the growth-oriented
economy and the platform
organised by Engineering Expo
is a winning combination for
strengthening business.”
Seconding these thoughts, Gokul
Das, said, “The enormous contribution
of the SME segment to provide
competent services to larger companies
is truly an outstanding aspect in Pune’s
growth and success story. This has also
largely been possible due to Pune’s spirit
of entrepreneurship. Initiatives like
Engineering Expo offer a potent platform
to discuss and highlight various issues and
challenges; meet and connect with peers
from the industry; and finally to realise
that the moment and opportunities to
collaborate and grow are here, and now.”
Adhering to the Market Dynamics The event hosted an interesting mix
of exhibitors ranging from companies
showcasing the latest in ERP solutions to
clients offering second-hand machinery.
Anant Chind, Executive Director, Chind
Iron and Steel Industries Ltd, said, “Over
the years, Engineering Expo has grown
rapidly, and has become a crucial enabler
for the transfer of technology and know-
how. We are into sheetmetal working
and machine tools, and consider this
event as the best platform to find more
business & gain know-how of the current
scenario in the industry. The event
provides Indian companies an excellent
opportunity to find new technologies,
which will help local manufacturers to
meet global standards.”
The evolving customer demands have
necessitated the requirement for quicker
solutions with better productivity and
reduced cycle time. The yearly frequency of
the event enables companies to showcase
their latest technologies. Navneet Punj,
Head – Business Operation, Wide
Bridge Consulting Pvt Ltd, noted,
“We are showcasing our latest technology
here and have generated a good response
from the visitors. The event has provided
an excellent platform to launch our cost-
effective products. It has enabled us
to reach the right audience and create
awareness about our capability to offer a
combination of cost-effective and highly
productive technologies.”
Adding to this Milan Supanekar,
Proprietor, Welding Technologies
India, who has been associated with
Engineering Expo for the past couple of
years and is among one of the exhibitors
who have already expressed interest to
participate in the 2012 edition of the
event, said, “Engineering Expo has over
the years upgraded itself to international
standards; the infrastructure and
quality of visitors has improved year
after year. We are happy to be associated
with this event and wish to grow
with it over the years. At this edition,
we showcased our latest technologies
and products, which have generated
good response among some of our
esteemed customers.”
The event also served as a foreground to
showcase live demonstrations to customers.
CTR MFG IND Ltd capitalised on this
opportunity to launch their new product
and showcase its technical & functional
aspects to customers. “We showcased
our newly developed product for the first
time to the general public at Engineering
Expo Pune. The show has enabled us to
demonstrate its live functioning to the
curious customers. This has generated
a substantial number of business
queries and we are optimistic about the
success of the product,” said an elated
S U Tale, Senior Marketing Engineer,
Handling Equipments Division, CTR
MFG IND Ltd. Satisfied visitors
like Anant Chind, Executive Director,
Chind Iron and Steel Industries Ltd feel,
“Engineering Expo has grown rapidly. We
are into sheetmetal working and consider
this event as the best platform to find
more business. The event provides Indian
companies an excellent opportunity to find
new technologies, which will help local
manufacturers to meet global standards.”
With more national participation
and exciting live demonstrations,
the forthcoming editions of Engineering
Expo are projected to set the trend for
the next manufacturing leap.
ENGINEERING EXPO
PUNE AT A GLANCE
Over 225 exhibitors
12,894 visitors
Over 5,000 products displayed
` 81 crore worth business generated
45,000 sq ft exhibition area
1,00,000 kg machinery moved
8,834 business leads generated
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Changing business paradigms
and uncertain market
conditions are pushing
companies to deliver better
than the best.
Keeping up with the tradition, the
fourth edition of Engineering Expo
Chennai proved to be a true facilitator
in terms of fructifying business deals and
cashing in on southern opportunities. The
Chennai edition, held during December 8
– 11, 2011, showcased the best in terms of
engineering innovations and technologies
and served as a platform for the business
fraternity to grow and gain a competitive
edge. Organised by Infomedia18, the
event provided exhibitors from various
sectors an opportunity to spread awareness
about their products & services.
Held at Chennai Trade Centre,
Chennai, the show was inaugurated by
S Raj, Regional Director, Indo-German
Chamber of Commerce and Dominic
Savio, Head – Thermal Business Unit,
Valeo. The event also witnessed the
release of the Engineering Expo Chennai
exhibitors’ directory.
Offering insights into the significance
of such trade fairs, Raj, during the
inaugural address, highlighted,
“Trade fairs offer huge opportunities
in terms of introducing new products,
technologies and ways & means to access
the market. Trade shows also offer a
platform for exchanging technologies
and help in raising joint ventures and
technical collaborations.”
Giving the organisers’ perspective,
Sudhanva Jategaonkar, Associate
Vice President – B2B Publishing,
Infomedia18, said that currently, the
Engineering Expo is being held in six
different cities in India. Rather than
doing a show and waiting for customers
to come, our ideology is to take the show
to the customer’s doorstep.
The Chennai EdgeTamil Nadu is a favoured destination
for investments in the service and
manufacturing sectors due to the
availability of abundant talent pool and
infrastructure facilities including sea, air,
rail and road networks.
Since its launch in 2008, the
Engineering Expo Chennai has grown
from strength to strength and has helped
small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
gain growth pastures. Over the years, it
has become one of the most lucrative
platforms for enhancing business
opportunities. Also, the Expo serves as an
ideal networking platform for companies
that want to reach out to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Tracking the past, the third edition of the
Engineering Expo held last March saw
over 200 exhibitors and attracted close
to 12,000 business visitors generating a
business worth of around Rs 34 crore and
about 5,500 business leads. Considering
the visitors’ portfolio, exhibitors and the
leads that were registered in the 2011
edition, the Expo had broken all its
previous records. Moving up the ladder,
Capturing the Southern Stronghold
Leveraging on the southern potential, the fourth edition of Engineering Expo Chennai lived up to the expectations of exhibitors & visitors in harnessing envious business deals. Having generated over 12,692 business leads, this edition was a huge success in not only offering companies an opportunity to explore the southern market, but also helping them garner successful partnerships. A report by Bhargav TS
Chennai
� (L-R) S Raj, Regional Director, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce cutting the ribbon with Dominic Savio, Head – Thermal-Business Unit, Valeo. Also present are Sudhanva Jategaonkar, Associate Vice President – B2B Publishing, Infomedia18; T Murrali, Editor, Auto Monitor & Aftermarket
� Dignitaries lighting the traditional lamp during the inaugral function
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the fourth edition saw more than 175
participating exhibitors and more than
5,000 products were kept on display.
Spread over more than 42,000 sq ft
area, the Expo attracted 11,359 business
visitors from across India.
Commenting on the performance,
Sandeep Khosla, CEO – Publishing,
Infomedia18, said, “The last three editions
of Engineering Expo have contributed
immensely to the engineering and service
industries from this part of the country.
Besides, it has significantly benefitted
the SMEs in spreading their wings, as
the event provided an ideal platform to
connect the buyer and sellers.”
Commenting on the event, Raj
averred, “We need such shows to
showcase our strength particularly in the
state of Tamil Nadu, which is very strong
in manufacturing and engineering. This
also gives us hope that the mandate for
the government to have 25 per cent GDP
coming from manufacturing is possible.”
Expo as a One-Stop ResourceThe event witnessed some of the latest
packing technologies on display and
presented the latest material handling
technologies, like conveyors and cranes.
Few companies were also displaying their
range of CNC machines used in the field
of component manufacturing. Citing the
example of Germany, which has emerged
as the preferred destination in organising
such trade shows, Raj said, “In Germany,
the trade fairs are well organised and
have about 24 exhibition centres with 2.7
million sq mt of space for both national
and international fairs. Of the 10 top
exhibition companies worldwide, six of
them are from Germany. If you look
at the trade fair industry, it was €2.9
billion in 2010, which is roughly about
` 20,000 crore. The trade fairs also have
a multiplier effect; about € 12 billion
was spent on trade fairs in Germany
during 2005 to 2008 and all this has
been reported to have contributed to
the country’s production of about € 23.5
billion. So, the spending that happens on
trade fairs whether it is exhibitors, visitors
or exhibition companies improving
infrastructure, has helped create 2,26,000
full time jobs.”
Satisfied with the kind of response
generated during the four power-packed
days of the trade event, exhibitors are all
geared up for the next edition of Chennai
Expo. Sanjay V Pawar – CEO, Narahari
Engineering, commented, “Engineering
Expo Chennai has provided us good
business since they have a wide range
of clients. During the exhibition, we
received more than 230 enquires, which
is about ` 85 lakh worth of business.”
Another exhibitor, Eraimozhi R of
Global Water Systems, pointed out, “We
are participating in an expo for the first
time. We have made some initial spot
sells and have some hot projects in the
pipeline. I have generated a business of
about ` 1 lakh. Our future plan depends
on the sales during this Engineering
Expo, though according to the enquiries
we have received here, we would like to
expand it into the future.”
V Janardanan Manager – Business
& Pre-sales, Redington India, whose
company specialises in 3-D printing
solutions, elaborated, “We would like
to meet maximum visitors and educate
them about the new concepts of 3-D
printing. Educating the market on these
new technologies will help us enhance
our business and reach in the long run.”
Delighted Visitors Overwhelmed with the vast product
spread, visitors were able to get a glimpse
of the latest technologies in the offing.
A visitor at the expo, K Shivprasad, Sales
Executive, Crompton Greaves, agreed,
“My visit to this Expo has given me
some good leads, which I hope to convert
into business.”
Gaurav Toshniwal, Director, BST
Press Metal Components, stated, “My
experience at the Engineering Expo was
amazing as I was looking out for CNC
machine manufacturers. I got a chance
to meet a company who supplies the
equipment. Overall, the ambience at the
Expo was good.”
Ezhil Arasu, Senior Engineer – Sales,
Electronica HiTech, added, “Engineering
Expo provides us with information about
the various products in this segment
available in the market.”
The Expo enabled visitors to
witness some of the innovative offerings
from the leading exhibiting companies
including Atlas Capco, Bhavya Machine
Tools, Black & Decker India, CTR
Manufacturing Industries, Dijet
Industrial Co, Emtex Machinery, Fein
Power Tools, Keyence India, Tussor
Machine Tools India, Ramco Systems,
Shutter Enterprises and Wendt India.
Growing in expanse Going by exhibitors & visitors sentiments,
Engineering Expo Chennai marked
another year of success in offering
companies a perfect platform for profit.
While plans are already bullish for the next
edition, the brand has something more
to offer to the engineering community.
To this, Jategaonkar added, “We have
plans of taking Engineering Expo outside
India. In another few months, we will be
announcing our international foray.”
With such ambitious plans in
place, there is no stopping the success
bandwagon called Engineering Expo!
QUICK FACTS
• Spread across 42,000 sq ft• 12,000 business visitors • Business transactions worth
around ` 41.98 crore• Pan-India participation by
175+ exhibitors• Spread over 42,000 sq ft• 11,359 Indian business visitors• 12,692+ business leads gener-
ated• 5,000+ products displayed
from diff erent industries• Over 85,000 kg machinery
moved in for display• 70 per cent of the exhibitors
got the expected visitors at the show
• 36 per cent exhibitors are looking for partnerships & JVs
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012208
Product UpdateManufacturer Exporter Dealer ImporterM D
This section gives information about the national and international productsavailable in the market
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Conducting fl eece tapesM E I S
Th ese tapes are made from random
oriented polyester fl eece. Th ey are
impregnated with heat-resistant
conducting varnish. Th e tapes are highly
resistant to most of the organic and
inorganic solvents; and can be impregnated with synthetic resin.
Th ese are available in width of 15, 20, 25 and 30 mm; and in roll length of
50 metres. Th ese come with higher width with roll length available on request.
Coating on conducting fl eece tape is not diff used with the main slot insulation,
during the consolidation of coils. Particles of coating do not migrate to the
epoxy resin bath when tape is immersed in VPI system.
Th ese are used for corona protection in slots of high voltage electrical machine
and suitable for resin rich & resin poor system.
3A Associates Incorporated
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022- 22060395
Mob: 09322597333
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.3aassociates.co.in
FlangesM
Gopal Forge Industries off ers
fl anges that are available in
stainless steel, carbon steel
and alloy steel materials
of construction. Diff erent
types of fl anges are available,
such as weldneck, slipon,
blind, socket weld, lap joint,
spectacles and ring joint.
Th ese fl anges range from ½” to 24” NB and their class ranges from 150
to 2500. A fl ange is an internal or external ridge or rim to strengthen the
object or attachment. Th e fl anges are designed and manufactured as per
national and international codes and standards.
Th ese applications in pharmaceutical industries, food, chemical & fertilizer,
paper & pulp industries, cement industries, refi nery plants, oil & gas
industries and beverage industries.
Gopal Forge Industries
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022 - 67496240
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.gopalforge.com
An ISO 9001 Certifi ed Company
Single screw pumpsM Th ese screw pumps have small initial starting torque, higher mechanical effi ciency. Th ese can handle large properties of solids, and high proportion of gas & entrapped air; less radial thrust,low rubbing velocity, less wear, lower axial thrust and operates in smooth and in quiet mode.
Pumps produce a pulsation less, turbulence free fl ow. Th e ability to provide high
vacuum in the suction pipe makes these self-priming pumps. Th e maximum
pressure is 24 bars, max fl ow is M3/Hr and max viscosity is 1,00,000 cst.
Th ese are used for transfering, lading, unloading, liquids with lubricating or
non-lubricating properties, chemicals and slurries.
UT Pumps & Systems Pvt Ltd
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022 - 32992488
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.utpsl.in
ISO 9001-2000 company
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Quick-change pallet modulesD I O W
Schunk Intec India off ers quick-
change pallet modules. With the
electric version of the VERO-S
NSE mini quick-change pallet
modules, Schunk has made an
important contribution to the
electrifi cation of machine tools. Instead of being actuated by compressed air,
the technology study of the electric modules is actuated, via a torque motor,
and separate engine control is no longer required. A patented drive concept
provides for pull-in forces of up to 1,000 N.
With a 99-mm diameter, and a 20-mm clamping pin diameter, the
modules off er excellent conditions for taking full advantage in the machine
room, and for direct clamping of small workpieces. Every functional part, such
as base body, clamping pins and clamping slides, are made of stainless steel.
Since the clamping status can be easily monitored via the torque motor, the
electric modules are particularly suitable for automated mass production.
Schunk Intec India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore - Karnataka
Tel: 080 - 40538999
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.schunk.com
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Rubber mountingT S
Th e fl exifl oat is a low height
captive rubbed mounting
especially designed where
space is limited. Th e axial and
transverse stiff ness are same
but longitudinal stiff ness is 2.5
time of vertical stiff ness. Th is facilitates installation where higher stiff ness in
one horizontal direction is desirable. Isolator comprises of fi rst grade bonded
rubber insert with plated outer metal cover. Th e integral overload and rebound
components limit excessive movement under the action of vehicle/shop
motion or shock forces.
Th ree sizes, each in three rubber stiff ness is available. Diff erent vertical
and lateral stiff ness ratios facilitate the choice of the most appropriate isolator
characteristics for a particular application. Th e low height compact unit is for
use where space is limited.
Th ese are used for control cabinets, compressors, fans, generating sets,
hydraulic sets, motors, marine propulsion engines and mobile units.
MTS Engineers Pvt.Ltd
Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 26400063
Email: [email protected]
Drill machine M
Th e pillar drill machine BMT-38 is used for drilling
operations. Th ese are designed to drill holes in diff erent
materials. Th ese are sturdy, reliable, economical and durable.
Th ese features lower noise and reduced vibrations. Th ese are
built using advanced technology for better effi ciency and
higher precision. Various models of pillar drilling machine
are available which provides convenience and versatility.
Th ese have closed grain cast iron column, arm, work head
& gears. Th e EN forged steel main spindle & pinion, alloy
steel spindle RAM is included,the parts are fi nished on
imported grinding machine, all moving parts is fi nished to
close tolerance. Th e parts are properly balanced prior assembly with main gear
& pulley.
Drilling capacity is 38 mm, pillar dia is 107 mm, spindle nose is MT-4,
spindle travel is 165 mm, spindle centre to is 250 mm, no of spindle speed
is 8, spindle speed is 70 to 2000 rpm, base to spindle nose is 1075 mm, and
electronic motor is 1.5 H.P.
Th ese are applicable for automobile, hydarulic, pneumetic, construction, earth
moving, general engineering, machine tools, material handling industry, steel
rolling mills, power plants ,workshops and tool rooms.
Bhavya Machine Tools
Ahmedabad-380051
Tel: 079 - 40087900
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.bhavyamachinetools.com
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Polygon turning machinesM
Trishul Machine Tools
offers polygon turning
machines. These
turning machines
are economical
alternatives to
production milling
process. These
machines are most
suitable for machining operations.
They are used for machining hexagons, machining octagons,
machining square/rectangle, machining flats, machining tapered
polygons, machining contoured polygons, etc.
Th ese are applicable for machining stepped fl ats/polygons, slots on the face,
machining ratchet teeth, machining splines, and any other fl at surfaces similar
to these.
Trishul Machine Tools Pvt Ltd
Bangalore-Karnataka
Tel: 080 - 27836100
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.trishulmachine.com
Triple screw pumpM
PDS range of triple screw pumps
are of space saving design pumps
available in vertical pedestal mounted
construction. Th ese consist of a casing
with replaceable cartridge assembly.
Th ese are directly coupled to a motor
through a fl exible coupling mounted
on a motor stool and have vertically
pedestal mounted casings with lateral
suction and discharge.
Th e pumping element of these
pumps consists of three screws. Th e
main or drive screw and the two driven
screws which mesh together within the
pump casing and form transfer chambers.
Th ese are applicable for pipeline, cleaning of turbine blades, heat exchanger
pipes and tubes, air-fi lters, pre-heaters, reactors, pressure vessels, silos,tanks,
machines parts, & sewage pipes.
UT Pumps & Systems Pvt Ltd
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022 - 32992488
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.utpsl.in
ISO 9001-2000 company
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In-situ fermentorM
Th e pilot in-situ fermentor
system designed is used for
volumes above 20 lts. Th e
in-situ sterilisation of all
components, piping, fi lters,
valves and seals can be done
manually or automatically
using this system.
Th is off ers computer
compatible control system on
request. Th is has temperature,
pH, O2 and pCO2, pressure and level as an option. Jacketed pressure vessel is
made of stainless steel with standard ports. Audio visual annunciation system
is provided to track parameter set point failures. It has double mechanical
shaft seal with steam condensate and circulation ensures long life. It provides
detachable modular 19” standard control rack and provides accurate controls
with digital readout for aeration.
Th ese are applicable for machine tools industries, pharmaceutical industries,
food processing industries, packaging industries.
Shree Biocare India
Ahmedabad- Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 40084116,
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.fermentorsolution.com
ISO 9001-2000
Slide ringsM
Rollon slide rings are bronze-
fi lled PTFE materials with
special wear additives, excellent
wear-resistance and form
stability. Th ese are produced
as strips. Th ese can be installed
in closed grooves and permit
pressure medium to pass
unimpeded through the gap to
the sealing cavity.
Open slide rings can compensate for expansion caused by temperature
changes in the system. Th ese are available in simple groove design and are easy
to install. Th ese have no hydrodynamic problem and prevent migrating of dirt.
Th ey increase the service life of the sealing surface. Th e slide rings have good
wear reistance properties with no stick-slip movement.
Th ese slide rings are used as bearings for reciprocating, oscillating moved
piston rods & pistons in hydraulic cylinders, pads in booms of cranes, etc.
Rollon Bearings Pvt Ltd
Bangalore - Karnataka
Tel: 080 - 22266928
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.rollonbearings.com
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Punching & binding machineD Hi-Tech Systems off ers table
top machine for instant
eye letting. It gives perfect
shaped eye letting in plastic.
It is very easy to use and
operate. First step is to punch
the document– at the same
time machine automatically
cuts the pipe to give right
size of piece – insert the
piece in the hole and fuse.
Th is does drilling up to 25
mm / 45 mm; is ideal for durability and security; diameter of hole is 5 mm;
auto, smart cutting of the right length of binding supply; off ers permanent
binding; does not loose paper.
Diameter of hole is 5 mm; maximum depth is 45 mm; fusing method
used is electric coil; consumables consist of plastic pipe; and the weight of
the machine is 10 kgs.
Th is is applicable for educational institutes, printing & packaging.
Hi-Tech Systems
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 40049889
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.hitechindia.net
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Cylinder block boring machine M Th e cylinder block boring machine
BCB-125 provides convenience
and versatility. Th e boring
machine is reliable, economical
and durable. It is produced using
superior quality material to assure
easy operation, low maintenance
and high performance. Th e
machine feature lower noise and
reduced vibrations. Th e machine
is built using advanced technology
for better effi ciency and higher
precision. It is designed according to the industry standards and general
specifi cations.
Bore dia (without stand) ranges from 65 to 125 mm, bore length is 275
mm, spindle speed is 1, motor is 0.5 hp.
Th is is applicable in machine & tools, textile, pharmaceutical, dairy,
automobile, engineering, chemical, plastic and ceramic.
Bhavya Machine Tools
Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 40087900,
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.bhavyamachinetools.com
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Milling & drilling machinesM Th e quality features of milling
& drilling machines are milling,
drilling, tapping, boring, its reamming
head swivels 360° fi ne down feed-
calibrated heavy-duty tapered roller
bearing spindle 12 speeds positive
spindle lock adjustable gibs on table.
Th ese are adjustable and stops
on table.
Th e table size is 730 mm x 210
mm, travel X-axis is 500 mm, and
travel Y-axis is 175 mm. Its drilling
capacity is 32mm, face mill capacity is 76 mm, end mill capacity is 20 mm,
swing is 405 mm, maximum distance spindle nose to table is 480 mm,
spindle taper is R-8, spindle stroke is 130 mm, diameter of spindle sleeve
is 75 mm, head swivels 360o, diameter of column is 115 mm, and motor
is 2HP.
Th is is applicable in process engineering industries, construction, etc.
S&T Engineers Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore - Tamil Nadu
Tel: 0422 - 2590810
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.stengineers.com
ISO 9001
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Geared lathe machine M Th e company off ers
heavy duty precision
geared lathe
machine- ETM 660.
Its adjustable slip
clutch eliminates
tooth breakage
caused by overload
condition ( ETM 660
& ETM 800). Th e
rapid movement is
available in the apron
box, which improves
the effi ciency.
ETM 660 has centre height of 330 mm; swing over bed is 660 mm;
swing over cross slide is 440 mm; distance between center is 2000/ 3000;
swing in gap is 900 mm; length of gap is 250 mm; width of bed is 400 mm;
and power of main motor is 7.5 Kw.
Th is is applicable in engineering industries, & machine tools industries.
S&T Engineers Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore - Tamil Nadu
Tel: 0422 - 2590810
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.stengineers.com
ISO 9001
Thermic fl uid heatersM Aerotherm off ers themic
fl uid heaters and hot water
generators that have capacity
ranging from 30,000 kcal/hr
to 20,00,000 kcal/hr max.
Operating temperature is
300°C for thermic fl uid and
130°C for hot water.
Concentric coils are
made from MS seamless tube
of asthma 106 GR-B. Th ese
unit are equipped with high
effi ciency oil/gas burner with
air pre-heater arrangement
that gives high thermal
effi ciency 87 ±2 per cent on
NCV.
Th e thermic fl uid heater units
are outside pruview of IBR.
Aerotherm Systems Pvt Ltd
1517, Phase-III,GIDC,Vatva
Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 25890158
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.aerothermsystems.com
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Variable inlet vane dampers M
Energy savings with fans
untilising variable inlet
vanes, these dampers are
off ered that are used for
capacity modulation. Th ey
give accurate modulation
and power saving over
other styles of dampers at
reduced air fl ow. When an
inlet vanes is partially closed, each blade directs the air into the wheel in the
direction of rotation and so the air is pre-spun.
For every inlet vane posistion there is diff erent capacity vs static pressure
curve and capacity vs brake horsepower curve generated by the fan. Th e variable
inlet vane dampers are designed with mechanical principle of adjustment. Inlet
guide vanes are synchronously adjustable in the same angular position by a
connecting element.
Applications are in chemical industries, pharmaceutical industries, food
industries, and dairy industries.
Vacunair Engineering Co Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 22910771 / 22910773
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.vacunair.com
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Cutting & boring systems
Stanny Machine
Tools Co has
gained the
market’s positive
responses to the
new high-speed
cutting and
boring systems.
Th is series
of cutting tools
features excellent
dynamic balance
up to G2.5. For eg, a BT40, H•BOR50P tungsten carbide arbour with
MR or MK cutting insert holder, tool ranges from Ø11 mm to Ø32
mm, spindle speed 12000 RPM, the boring diameter/depth ratio can
be 1:7.
Such an outstanding performance expands boring capacity with higher
spindle speed, and still keeps extraordinary dynamic balance.
Stanny Machine Tools Co Ltd
Taichung Hsien - Taiwan
Tel: +886-4-26710805
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.stanny-tool.com
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Cold forging pressesSanes
M
Sanes Precision Co manufactures
and off ers SKI series high-
performance cold forging presses. In
order to achieve such high precision,
the company has increased the
rigidity of the frame to prevent slide
inclination.
Th e SK1 series has versatility
system, such as auto coil feeding
progressive system, slug feeding
and transfer system that can be
incorporated into the system to suit
individual factory’s demands.
Th e SK1 series perform effi cient
and high-precision processing of
variously shaped components used in
a multitude of applications.
Sanes Presses Co Ltd
Youlin County - Taiwan
Tel: +886-5-5519 922
Fax: +886-5-5510 033
Email: [email protected]
Chain electric hoistsM
Tacklers off ers chain electric
hoists. Th ese hoists are equipped
with a grade 80 load chain for
long chain life and higher safety.
Th is assures reliability with the
rugged German design in use for
more than 30 years. Th e precision
machined case hardened alloy steel
gears benefi ts longer life span and
noiseless operation. Th e hoists have
lightweight simple mounting design
for ease of installation.
Th ese are equipped with a built-
in electrical control panel. Precision
machined & hardened load chain
wheel benefi ting longer life span of LCW and smooth chain operation.
Th e chain electric hoists are used in logistics industries, process engineering
industries, machine & tools industries, etc.
Tacklers
Pune - Maharashtra
Tel: 020 - 26122005/ 26122882
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.tacklers.co.in
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Mechanical fi xtures MW e l d i n g
Technologies off ers
mechanical fi xtures.
Th ese mechanical
fi xtures for CNC
machines that fi nd
wide application in
varied industries.
Th ese are fabricated
using quality raw
material.
Th ese are
manufactured with latest technology by using graded raw material that
ensures it durability and effi ciency.
Th ese are applicable in process engineering equipments, machine & tools
industries.
Welding Technologies India
Pune - Maharashtra
Tel: 020 - 65101340/ 26122882
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.weldingtechindia.com
Cutting fl uidsM E S
Surface blackening of white
metals, especially aluminium
during metal working
process has been an issue
plaguing manufacturers for
quite some time. Th e general
understanding has been that
the metal working fl uid used during the machining process is to be blamed.
Manufacturers have been caught unawares and are grappling with customers
for explanation. Th e core of this issue lies within the metallurgical structure
of certain alloys of aluminium that contain zinc, copper and magnesium in
varying percentages to realise certain desired characteristics.
Th ese metal components tend to react with ingredients of the metal
working fl uid like amino complexes but also other additives that are usually
present in metal cutting fl uids. Th e ensuing reaction results in formation of
undesired oxides and blackening of the metal.
Bechem Avantin 200 series of cutting fl uids are apt for the simplest to the
most demanding of cutting operation of complex alloys.
Carl Bechem Lubricants India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore - Karnataka
Tel: 080 - 22010800
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.carlbechem.com
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Extractor arms M
Th e FEA-160-2 extractor
arms is a device which allows
the user to position a suction
hood to capture fumes or dust
close the generation spot with
complete ease and fl exibility.
Th e extractor arms consists
of 2 ducts made of aluminium connected by PVC hose and mounted on
interconnecting support rods with friction -loaded pivots. Th e arm can also be
fi tted to overhead ducting to provide suction points close to the fl oor level for
the capture of fumes or dust from pollution generation spots.
Air fl ow capacity is 1500-2000 cu mtrs/hr, total reach(approx.) is 2
mtrs up and down; 2 mtrs forward & back, construction is aluminium ducts,
160ø x 2nos, interconnecting, PVC hose with steel wire rib, telescopic gas
tube, damper, friction pads with disc, spring for all pivots, FRP suction
hood with handle.
Th is is general products and pollution control equipment.
Powertech Pollution Controls Pvt Ltd
Bangalore - Karnataka
Tel: 080 - 23452156
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.powertechindia.com
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Extractor armsM
Th e extractor arms FEA-250-2
is a device which allows the user
to position a suction hood to
capture fumes or dust close the
generation spot with complete
ease and fl exibility. Th e extractor
arms consists of 2 ducts made
of aluminium connected by
PVC hose and mounted on
interconnecting support rods with friction -loaded pivots.
Air fl ow capacity is 3500-4000 cu mtrs/hr, total reach(approx.) is 2 mtrs
up and down; 2 mtrs forward & back, construction of the extractor arms is
aluminium ducts with 250ø x 2nos, interconnecting, PVC hose with steel wire
rib, telescopic gas tube, damper, friction pads with disc, spring for all pivots and
FRP suction hood with handle.
Th e application lies in machine tools, automotive product and pollution
control equipment.
Powertech Pollution Controls Pvt Ltd
Bangalore - Karnataka
Tel: 080 - 23452156
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.powertechindia.com
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Arc welding machines Panasonic
MTh e company off ers Gunslinger arc welding
machines from Panasonic. Th ese provide
reliable solid state contractor. Th ese have
energy-saving circuit in MIG mode
that keeps fan on only while welding,
automatically shuts off 6 minutes after
completion of weld. In MIG mode, hot-
start feature ensures smooth arc starting
for reduced spatter. In MIG mode, burn-
back feature allows wire to burn back at end
of weld to prevent wire sticking in weld. In MIG mode, can readily change
polarity to run solid or fl ux-cored wires
Th e machines are dual-process 260A MIG / 150A stick welding and 260A
MIG / 35A air plasma cutting. Its multi-voltage, single-phase input permits to
use at many locations. Th ese are SCR-controlled, continuously variable current
and voltage from minimum to maximum.
Th is is applicable in machine & tools, automotive industries, process
engineering equipments, & construction.
Welding Technologies India
Pune - Maharashtra
Tel: 020 - 65101340
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.weldingtechindia.com
CNC hydraulic press brakes PAC
S
Production Aids & Consultants
off ers CNC hydraulic press
brakes. Th ese press brakes
WC67K-80X3200 controls
two hydraulic cylinders with
electro hydraulic servo value. Arch error can be compensated by hydraulic
crowning system. Back gauge mechanism can control several back gauge axes.
Th e frame is welded with steel plate and is treated with annealing and the
hydraulic system adopts integrated control system and importing ring seals.
Nominal force is 800 kN, length of table is 3200 mm, distance between
uprights is 2600 mm, throat depth is 280 mm, ram stroke is 100 mm, stroke
adjustment is 80 mm, max. opening height is 360 mm, main motor capacity is
7.5 kW and outline dimensions is 3410x1450x2470 mm.
Th is is applicable in hydraulic, pneumatic, construction, machine tools,
workshops and tool rooms.
Production Aids & Consultants (P) Ltd
Faridabad - Haryana
Tel: 0129 - 4001625
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.pacindia.net
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Welding machinesM
Th e company off ers welding
machines GB2 high grade
welding by full digital
technology. Th is is selectable
by various types of wire
feeder. LED monitors which
can monitor welding condition and motor feed load on the controller. Th is
improves welding quality especially in low voltage range (30 - 120A).Th is is
lightweight and saves space. Th ese most suitable for the welding of mild steel
and stainless steel.
Th ese are fully digital controlled CO2/ MAG machines. 350GB2 has
applicable thickness of 0.8 - 12.0mm; output current is 30 - 350A; applicable
wire diameter is 0.8 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.2 mm; rated duty cycle is 60%; rated input
is 21.0kVA (16.0kW); weight is 39.6 kg. 500GB2 has applicable thickness of
1.6 - 25.0mm; output current is 60 - 500A; applicable wire diameter is 1.2 /
1.4 / 1.6 mm; rated duty cycle is 100%; rated input is 29kVA (26kW); weight
is 100 kg.
Th is is applicable in construction industries, steel industries, machine &
tools, process engineering industries.
Welding Technologies India
Pune - Maharashtra
Tel: 020 - 65101340
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.weldingtechindia.com
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Hydraulic swing beam shearing machinesPAC
S
Production Aids &
Consultants off ers
hydraulic swing beam
shearing machines.
Th e shearing machines
QC12K -12X4000 adopts the structure of series QC12Y hydraulic swing
beam shear. Th e special NC system is available for shear. Th e drive element
of back gauge imported ball screw and linear guide way. Th ey have features
such as high automation, high productivity, stable feature, high safety and
reliability.
Cutting size is 12x 4000 mm, shear angle is 1°54’, strokes is 8 min-1,
adjusting range of back gauge is 20-800 mm, throat depth is 300 mm,
outline dimensions is 4800x2270 x2000 mm and main motor capacity is
18.5 kW.
Th ese are applicable in hydraulic, pneumatic, construction, machine tools,
workshops and tool rooms.
Production Aids & Consultants (P) Ltd
Faridabad - Haryana
Tel: 0129 - 4001625
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.pacindia.net
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Tyre mould cleaning machinesSynco
M E O S
Synco Industries off ers tyre mould
cleaning machines. Deposition of
foreign material on tyre mould during
tyre moulding processing is inherent
and perpetual problem. After certain
number of moulding process, these
foreign particles need to be removed
without aff ecting the base metal and
fi nish of the mould to obtain consistent
quality of tyres.
Th e company can assist for development of a blast-cleaning machine for this
purpose.
Th is is applicable in machine & tools industries, tyre manufacturing
industries, automotive industries.
Synco Industries Ltd
Jodhpur - Rajasthan
Tel: 0219 - 2741571
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.synco.co.in
ISO 9001:2000
Boring & milling machinesTh ese CNC boring and
milling machines (model
BMC–250T) are T-type
column moving high-
speed machines that are
specialised for deep-slot die
& mould manufacturing.
Machining in vertical
mounting condition of die-
block helps to fall the chips
down by gravity, no need of
chip removal during operation.
Spindle with ZF Transmission to improve the torque at low speed; ram
diameter 250 mm with 700 mm stroke & provided with hydrostatic bearings
for smooth glide; and rotary table is clamped securely by a hydraulic system,
ensures superior accuracy & stability in heavy-duty machining.
Automatic head changer, C-axis functions with 30°/90° milling head that can
adjust the best angle in mould machining.
Femco India
Pune - Maharashtra
Tel: 020 - 40147870
Email: [email protected]
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CNC laser cutting machinesPAC
S
Production Aids & Consultants off ers CNC laser cutting machines. Th e
machines ML – 1530 are of fl ying optics structure and is used for precision
cutting. Th e gantry-type cross beam features the good rigidity and smooth
drive in the machine. Exchangeable worktable is easy for loading and
unloading material with effi ciency. Drawer type waste collector is available
for easy operation.
Maximum loading weight is 800kg, maximum positioning speed is
120m/min, position precision is 0.06mm, laser cooling system is sealed
inner cycle, power is 47kW, wave length is 10.6 μ m, consumption of laser
gas is 50L/H, max. cutting ability is 2500 W and overall dimension is
10.3x2.8x2.1 mm.
Th is is applicable in hydraulic, pneumatic, construction, machine tools,
workshops and tool rooms.
Production Aids & Consultants (P) Ltd
Faridabad - Haryana
Tel: 0129 - 400 1625
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.pacindia.net
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CNC swing shearing machinesPAC
S
Production Aids & Consultants
off ers CNC swing shearing
machines. Th ese shearing
machines MS8- 6X3200
has CNC swing shear and the back gauge are CNC controlled. Th e blade
clearance can be adjusted manually and the moving part can be lubricated
automatically and the pneumatic is also optional. Th ese machines are easy to
operate, compact and require less maintenance.
Shearing thickness is 6 mm, work piece width is 3200 mm, strokes is 18 mm,
shearing angle is1° 30” degree, back gauge length is 800 mm, back gauge speed
is 150 mm, back gauge accuracy is ±0.15 mm, oil tank capacity is 350 litres and
the overall dimensions are 3840x1610x1620 mm.
Th ese are applicable in hydraulic, pneumatic, construction, machine tools,
workshops and tool rooms.
Production Aids & Consultants (P) Ltd
Faridabad - Haryana
Tel: 0129 - 400 1625
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.pacindia.net
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Portable shot blasting machines M E Th e company off ers portable shot
blasting machines. S-7 series
represent portable blast machines
based on pressure blast principle. Th is
involves pressure feed of abrasive and
propelling it at high velocity against
a work surface. Compressed air is
used as propellant. S-7 machines are
suitable for all types of abrasive.
S7-150 is recommended
for light job and intermittent
requirement of blasting. An
economical model, light weight and mobile, can be operated by one operator.
S7-300R is recommended for medium production work. Machine has all the
features of a production machines. For automatic start/stop machine can be
provided with remote control unit.
Th is is applicable for construction, logistics, paint industries, machine & tools
industries, process engineering equipments, chemical plants, steel industries.
Synco Industries Ltd
Jodhpur - Rajasthan
Tel: 0291 - 2741571
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.synco.co.in
ISO 9001:2000
Bloom & plate cutting machines M
Forging Machinery off ers
bloom bloom & plate cutting
machines. Th ese machines
are manufactured to cut
various sizes of blooms and
slabs. Six numbers of gears
are provided to facilitate
operations with small power. Th e body is made from M.S. (plates),cutting of
stainless steel billet 50 mm to 200 mm and plate thickness is ½” to 2” and the
width is 8”.
Th e capacity is 2”, main gear is 32”, main shaft is 6”, number of pieces per
minute is 30, working height is 32”, height in feet is 5½, fl y wheel dia is 30
inches, 10 h.p is required and 1440 rpm.
Th ese machines are applicable for machinery industries, stainless steel
industries, automobile industries and heavy engineering industries.
Forging Machinery Mfg Co
Ludhiana - Punjab
Tel: 0161 - 5011755
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nkh.co.in
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Power pressesM
Th e presses frames are of most rigid
construction of one piece steel welded
construction of fusion welding quality and
is fully stress relieved. All bushes are made
of nickel phosphorous bronze. Th ey are
provided with foot operated rolling key
clutch. Th ey are provided with adjustable
strokes. Stroke may be changed in
thirty seconds.
Capacity is 20 tonne, table size is
440x440 mm, distance from table to ram is
250, punch hole size is 28 mm, stroke length
is 65 mm, ram adjustment is 25 mm, shut
height is 185 mm, stroke per minute is 70 mm,
2 HP is required and 1440 rpm. Centralised lubrication is provided with capacity of
10 to 500 tonne.
Th ese are applicable for automobile, hydraulic, pneumatic, construction,
general engineering, machine tools, steel rolling mills, power plants,
workshops and tool rooms.
Forging Machinery Mfg Co
Ludhiana - Punjab
Tel: 0161 - 5011755
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nkh.co.in
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Power pressesNKH
M
Th ese features one piece frame of rolled
steel plates, carefully proportioned and
MIG welded for maximum strength and
rigidity. Th e crankshaft is made from high
carbon steel. Crank pins are extra large to
minimise defl ection and to provide wide
bearing areas. Th e presses are equipped
with rolling key clutch with repeated and
non-repeated safety device.
Capacity is 10 tonne, table size is
350 x 425 mm, distance table to ram is
225 mm, punch hole size is 25 mm, stroke length is 50 mm, ram adjustment
is 25 mm, shut height is 175 mm, stroke per minute is 80 mm, bore in table is
100 mm, 2 hp is required, and 1440 rpm.
Th ese are applicable in automobile, hydraulic, pneumatic, construction,
general engineering, machine tools, steel rolling mills, power plants ,
workshops and tool rooms.
Forging Machinery Mfg Co
Ludhiana - Punjab
Tel: 0161 - 5011755
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nkh.co.in
Torque measuring fl angesM Th e design of KiTorq measuring
unit and evaluation unit as separate
assemblies, and the introduction of
modular combination for extremely
accurate measurement, allows
previously unknown fl exibility
in measuring torque. Kistler has
launched the new sensor with its
wide variety of options at SPS/IPC/
drives.
As a system, the KiTorq with
fully digital transmission off ers an accuracy of 0.05 per cent and a signal
bandwidth of up to 10 kHz with maximum dynamic response and precision.
A speed sensor with 60 pulses per revolution is already incorporated in the
standard model.
Th e KiTorq torque measuring fl anges can be used to test diff erent assemblies
without having to completely modify the test unit.
Kistler Instruments India Pvt Ltd
Faridabad - Haryana
Tel: 0129 - 4113555
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.kistler.com
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Injection moulding machinesShuenn Jann
Machinery off ers
injection moulding
machines. Th e CNT
series toggle inward
injection moulding
machine series
uses the high quality parts, such as high-performance motors, Japanese
microcomputer control system, imported bearings, and high strength non-
tempered tie bars, etc, to ensure high-precision and long service life for
the machines.
Th e design concepts of the CNT series are structural rigidity and
stability which exhibit its extraordinary performance. Th e personifi ed
operational interface makes the machine operations easy and ensures the
production quality.
Also provided is comprehensive aftersales service to provide most convenient
and speedy information.
Shuenn Jann Machinery Co Ltd
Tainan Hsien - Taiwan
Tel: +886-6 2339 590, Fax: +886-6 2331 745
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.soongiant.com.tw
Rotary fi ltration systemsM G n e u s s
K u n s t s t o f f t e c h n i k
off ers rotary fi ltration
systems. Th e patented
Gneuss rotary fi ltration
systems enable fully automatic, process and pressure constant fi ltration. Main
characteristics of these fi ltration systems are the rotary disk with their ring
of screen cavities, located between two solid steel blocks. Th e MRS multi-
rotation system off ers new possibilities in the venting or devolatilisation of
polymer melts.
It allows, for eg, the processing of PET without pre-drying. Th e use of
patented measurement and control technology allows Gneuss to simplify
extrusion processes while at the same time increasing their reliability. Gneuss
melt pressure and temperature sensors are characterised by their extremely
high-precision, combined with a high-degree of robustness.
Consistent application of latest technology ensures permanent quality control
during the production process.
Gneuss Kunststoff technik GmbH
Bad Oeynhausen - Germany
Tel: + 49 5731/ 5307 10
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.gneuss.de
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Injection moulding machinesM
Maplan Maschinen
off ers injection
moulding machines.
Th e product range
comprises of elastomer
injection moulding
machines for rubber, TPE, solid silicone and liquid silicone with 15-1000
T clamping force and 30-26.000 CCM injection volume. Th e machines are
off ered in versions for top or bottom injection in vertical execution and are also
available as horizontal machines.
For the machines all required additional equipment, such as shuttle
systems for mould centre-plates or brush and demoulding systems as also
complex automated manufacturing cells are optionally available.
Th e applications include production of technical moulded elastomer parts,
automotive industry, railway/rail technology, oilfi eld, mining technology,
energy production, etc.
Maplan Maschinen und technische Anlagen Planungs- und Fertigungs-
Gesellschaft mbH
Ternitz - Austria
Tel: 43/ 2630/ 35706-0
Email: offi [email protected]
Website:www.maplan.at
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Hydraulic press brakesM Hindustan Hydraulics
off ers hydraulic press
brakes. Th is new series
of the EHPe is available
with complete features
and advantages of the
CNC hydraulic press
brakes. Th ese machines are
available in the range of 80-100 tons to bend lengths of 2500-3100 mm only.
Th e machines are based on the Y1 and Y2 press beam movement with the
proportional hydraulics.
Th ese machines are off ered with press beam depth accuracy of ±0.01 mm
and repeatability of 100 per cent driven dual ball-screw servo backguage with
accuracy of ±0.1 mm which is standard part of the machine. Th e machines are
off ered with CNC graphical controller of ESA, Italian make.
Th e frame and members are machined inhouse with very close tolerances,
which have been the features of supplies.
Hindustan Hydraulics Pvt Ltd
Jalandhar - Punjab
Tel: 0181 - 2670054
Mob: 2670056
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.hindustanhydraulics.com
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Vertical machining centresM Manufacturers looking for a high-
performance VMC machines will
fi nd the new robust Ganesh VFM
4020 Express vertical machining
centre worthy of consideration. Th e
VFM 4020 table measures 40” by
23” and the machine weighs over
6-tons and features cross-roller
linear ways to dampen cutting
vibration for superior surface fi nish
and improved tool life.
With pre-tensioned double-
anchored ballscrews and 40-block
look-ahead in the Fanuc OiMD control the VFM 4020 Express is designed
to generate precise programmed feature defi nition. Th e 20-HP direct-drive
spindle supplies spindle speeds up to 15,000 RPM. Up to 40-tools with #40-
taper ATC, both an indexer and a full 4th axis rotary & 5-axis trunnion table
are available.
Th is fi nda application in machine & tools industries.
Ganesh Machinery, Inc
California-91311
Tel: 3499166
Fax: 3497286
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.ganeshmachinery.com
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Imtex product start
Solid carbide drill millsM E
Th ese multi-purpose solid
carbide drill mills have
more than many applications in the metal removing industry. Th ese drill
mills play a vital role in tool cost saving as a multi-tasking tools.
Th e drill mills are available in both 90-degrees and/or 120-degrees point
angle. Th ese can also be used for milling, drilling, counter sinking, grooving,
chamfering, center-drilling, etc.
Useful on NC machines for accurate spotting before drilling operation is to be
performed with HSS drills thereby saving tool cost.
Robin Precision Products Pvt Ltd
Rajkot - Gujarat
Tel: 0281-287634
Mob: 09825422431
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.bloodtools.com
Hall 3, Stall P106
Laser scannersFARO
M
Th ese scanners are for detailed measurement
and documentation. Th ey use laser
technology to produce incredibly detailed
three-dimensional images of complex
environments and geometries in only a few
minutes. Due to its intuitive control concept
with touch screen display, the Focus3D is as
easy to operate as a digital camera.
Th ese create a precise, virtual copy of
reality in millimeter-accuracy at a blazing speed of up to 976,000 measurement
points per second. Controls all the scanner functions with a touch interface
for unparalleled ease of use and control. Th e range is of up to 120 m, this is
compact and is ease to use.
Application lies in Civil Engineering, Process Industry and Digital Factory,
Inspection and Reverse Engineering, Heritage and Forensics.
FARO Business Technologies India Pvt Ltd
New Delhi
Tel: 011 - 4646 5656
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.faro.com
Hall 3, Stall L105
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3D imagers FARO
M Th ese high performance non-contact 3D
imagers are capable of collecting millions
of points in just seconds. Using patented
technology, the AMP achieves metrology grade
accuracy on parts, assemblies and tools never
before possible. From contoured parts like
sheet metal and composite panels, to dies and moulds, the AMP can provide
inspection and reverse engineering solutions.
With automated and manual modes, the FARO AMP can handle
everything from in-process inspection to comprehensive reverse engineering.
Ultra-stiff crossbar enables the imager to maintain specifi ed performance
in all orientations. Th ese off er tremendous value while delivering metrology
solutions and are portable, rugged and thermally-stabled design.
Th ese fi nd application in areas such as Quality Control, Reverse Engineering
and Rapid Manufacturing.
FARO Business Technologies India Pvt Ltd
New Delhi
Tel: 011 - 4646 5656
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.faro.com
Hall 3, Stall L105
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Screw presses
NKH
M
Th ese are
s p e c i a l l y
designed to
make bolt
heads of any
kind of nuts,
rivets, motor
parts, axle
half shaft,
engine valve
and non ferrous forgings. Friction screw presses
are screw presses with friction drive on which
the forging blow takes place in an upward
direction, that is, from bottom towards top.
Capacity is 30 tonne, table size is 325x350
mm, maximum distance table to ram is 175
mm, diameter of screw is 75 mm, stroke of ram
is 150 mm, stroke per minute is 30 mm, bore in
table is 75 mm, 3 hp is required and 1440 ram.
Th ese fi nd application in areas such
as automobile, hydraulic, pneumatic,
construction, general engineering, machine
tools, steel rolling mills, power plants,
workshops and tool rooms.
Forging Machinery Mfg Co
Ludhiana - Punjab
Tel: 0161 - 5011755
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nkh.co.in
Hall 1, Stall A103
Plasma welding torchesM
AbiplasWeld plasma welding torches are
top economical and effi cient. Th anks to their
extremely compact design, these torches
improves accessibility even with diffi cult
component geometries.
Th e very stable process makes spatter-free welding and brazing possible with high-quality joint
characteristics. Complicated reworking is no longer necessary.
Th ese are suitable for both manual and automated applications.
Abicor Binzel Technoweld Pvt Ltd
Pune - Maharashtra,
Tel: 020 - 66743904, Email: [email protected]
Website:www.binzel-abicor.com
Hall 3, Stall K106
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Friction screw pressesNKH
M Th ese are preferred for hot forming (forging) and cold
coining, stamping, embossing, sizing non-ferrous
metal. Th e press body is of steel welded construction
and one piece box type design. Th e screw is made
of high quality alloy steel and is heat treated to give
hardness and elasticity.Th ese presses are easy to
opearte and less maintainenece is required.
Capacity is 50 tonne; table size is 840x585
mm, max. dia. of bolt is 12 mm, max. length of
bolt is 250 mm, dia. of screw is 85 mm, pieces per hour is 800-1200, slide table
is 200 mm, 3 hp is required and 1440 rpm.
Automobile, hydraulic, pneumatic, construction, general engineering,
machine tools, steel rolling mills, power plants, workshops and tool rooms.
Forging Machinery Mfg Co
Ludhiana - Punjab
Tel: 961 - 5011755
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nkh.co.in
Hydraulic tandem press brakesM Th e tandem machines ensure long bending without
any marks in the centre of the two units. Th ese
machines when in tandem can be used as one single
bending solution and as required and can be used
individually. When in tandem the machines can be
operated through one mother controller.
Th ese are off ered in long and accurate bending
requirements that are up to 16000 mm lengths. Th ese
machines are in tandem in two or three numbers in
diff erent tonnages. Th ey are off ered to suit special
requirements of daylight and throat.
Tandem solutions are in demand for the Lighting
/signage/telecom high masts, for the boom sections
of crane, tipper and trailer bending profi les, etc.
Hindustan Hydraulics Pvt Ltd
Jalandhar - Punjab
Tel: 0181 - 2670054
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.hindustanhydraulics.com
Hall 1, Stall B115
Hall 1, Stall A103
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Angle heads D Th ese angle heads are for turn mill center.
Th ese angle heads are manufactured by
Alberti Italy. Th e angle heads are designed
and manufactured in the “billet” style, which
means that the bodies of each head are
processed or manufactured from a single
block of steel or high-tensile aluminum. Th is
provides the utmost strength and rigidity of
the material that is being used. Th ese heads are
hermetically sealed to prevent contamination
to the drive gears and bearings.
Heads features heat-treated and precision ground spiral bevel gears,
resulting in low noise, reduced vibration level and high torque. Due to
increased machine productivity from decreased setup and cycle times, these
heads practically pay for themselves in weeks.
Th ese angle heads fi nds applications in areas such as boring, routing and sawing.
Nickunj Eximp Enterprises Pvt Ltd
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022 - 2219 0300
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nickunjgroup.com
Hall 3, Stall A130
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Tool presetting machinesD Th ese presetting machines have an
advantage of having their base and columns
made of ground granite. Granite allows
reaching fl atness accuracy within + /- 4
microns. Th is specifi c feature makes these
machines more stable and assures you a
highly repeatable performance over a long
term directly on shop fl oor.
Th ese off ers all the basic measurement
& checking features as diameter, length
off set, angles, corner radius, multi point
cutter, maximum cutting function. Th ese
can be operated through pneumatic actuated hand wheel for rapid movements
of 2 mm/min and micromatic adjustment of fi ne positioning. Th ese are made
of stainless steel self adjustable structure equipped with durability feature.
Th ese fi nd application in areas such as milling, turning and screw machine
applications.
Nickunj Eximp Enterprises Pvt Ltd
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022 - 2219 0300
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.nickunjgroup.com
Hall 3, Stall A130
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Line laser probe machinesTh ese are used with CMM which allows high
speed scanning. Th is is an excellent solution
for complete inspection and modeling of
complex work pieces using point cloud. CMM
which has till now being used as an inspection
equipment, when connected with a line laser
probe can play an active role in production
facility working processes.
Th ese come with an easy to use MSURF
software. Th e dense point cloud obtained from
scanning the surface of parts can be used by
evaluation software for extraction of geometric
elements, evaluation of free form surface &
profi le and comparision with master data. Th e generated point cloud can be
used to develop CAD data for products which do not have a master model.
Th ese fi nd application in areas such as for reverse engineering workfl ow from
point cloud to polygons, curves, surface and solid.
Mitutoyo South Asia Pvt Ltd
New Delhi
Tel: 011-2637 2090
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.mitutoyoindia.com
Hall 3, Stall A119
Super-rigid pressesM
Th ese super-rigid series power presses are in the
capacity ranges from 10, 16, 25, 40, 63, 80, 100,
125, 200 to 250 tonne. Th ese machine incorporates
features such as variable speed drive, manual or
motorised slide adjustment, pneumatic clutch,
pneumatic counter balance, slide tool die holder,
stroke counter.
Th ese even includes electro pneumatic
safety control, manual or automatic centralised
lubrication systems, hydraulic overload safety
device, pneumatic die cushion die lifters and
hydraulic die clamping etc. Th ese presses are
compact, user-friendly, rigid, and durable and require less maintenance.
Applications include sheet metal components for automotive/furniture/
electronic and wide range of consumer goods industries.
Kawa Press Systems Pvt Ltd
Rajkot - Gujarat
Tel: 0281 - 2461102
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.shaileshmachines.com
Hall 1, Stall B116
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Portable measuring machines Th ese fully fl exible portable three
dimensional measuring devices expand
the possibility of measurement on the
shop fl oor where the product is made. Th e
excellent portability gives one the option
to perform measurement close to the work
piece. Th e seven axis movement allows the user to approach the work piece
from any direction. Th ese are equipped with rotation axis automatic braking
mechanism which facilitates eff ortless handling.
Th e counter balance makes them highly user friendly. Th e Line laser
probe can also be used along with the contact probe. SpinArm is available
with measurement that ranges from 1.8 mm to 3.6 mm.
Th ese fi nd application such as large sheet metal components, fabrications and
welding/ inspection fi xtures and metrological areas.
Mitutoyo South Asia Pvt Ltd
New Delhi
Tel: 011 - 2637 2090
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.mitutoyoindia.com
Hall 3, Stall A119
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Power pressesM Th ese super rigid series presses are in C frame
construction for heavy duty production work
incorporating such standard and optional features
to make them unique production machines, like
automatic centralised lubrication; hydraulic overload
devices and electronic operator safety devices. Th ese
also include features such as pneumatic die cushion;
six point guiding systems; stroke counters; die lifting
devices; single tool die holder etc.
Presses are available from 10 tons to 250 tonne capacity. Special executions
are also possible to meet individual production requirements. Th ese presses are
compact, user-friendly, rigid, and durable and require less maintenance.
Applications include sheet metal components for automotive/furniture/
electronic and wide range of consumer goods industries.
Kawa Press Systems Pvt Ltd
Rajkot - Gujarat
Tel: 0281 - 2461102
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.shaileshmachines.com
Hall 1, Stall B116
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Roughness & waviness measuring instrumentsM Th ese measuring instruments Surfcom
C5, has a capability of upgrading up to
8-axis.Th ese allows customisation of the
work-piece feed unit and thereby, making
it the most versatile machine for completely automated surface roughness
measurement of large components. For example, a Cylinder Head has approx.
100 Surface Roughness measurements, which takes atleast 6 hours by
conventional method.
Th is can be achieved in just 2 hours in C5.Th ese angular rotaion of pick-up
allows to measure in downward, upwears and horizontal directions. Th e linear
motor drive in X-axis for high speed movement & low vibration measuring,
CY-axis movement of 100mm/s for column, CZ-axis movement of 100mm/s
for column makes this the most versatile & fast surface roughness measuring
machines can measure all operations in one setting.
Th ese fi nd applications in and can be used to measure in complicated
components like cylinder heads, cylinder blocks, crank shafts, cam shafts.
Carl Zeiss India ( Bangalore) Pvt Ltd
Bangalore- Karnataka
Tel : +91-80-4343 8000
E-mail : [email protected]
Web: www.zeiss.co.in
Hall 2B, Stall A106
Plate bending machinesM
Th ese require less man power and
the bending operation process is
more easy and accurate. Th ese
works with 3 rolls pyramid
principals. Bottom rolls are fi xed
and driven by gears and warm
reduction gear box top roll rotates in fi xed positions. Th ese are compact, user-
friendly and require less maintenance.
Th ese are easy to maintain and are useful for various jobs. Th ey are modern
in design and have rigid structure. Machine can be stopped at any stage of
operations, hence the shape in rolling as per requirement is possible and due to
the movable control panel one can operate machine very easily.
Applications are in industries such as electrical & electronics, fabrication &
construction, steel furniture, automobile, etc.
Godson Bending Systems Pvt Ltd
Rajkot - Gujarat
Tel: 0281 - 2361467
Mob: 09879079267
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.godson-india.com
Hall 1, Stall A119
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Spring isolatorsM E Th ese are combined with
viscous safety damping. Th e
elastic plastic viscous safety
damping ensures a high
degree of isolation combined
with a higher reduction of the
movement of the machine. In
most cases, viscous damping is required to limit excessive movement, which
could occur as a machine operates at a speed near to or coinciding with the
resonant frequencies.
Th is happens during run-up and slowdown of the rotating machines as it
passes through the resonant frequency of the machine foundation system. Th e
springs are made of high-grade wire & fi nished with protective coatings thus
ensuring trouble free service life.
Applications lies in power presses, shearing and bending machines, gensets,
fans, blowers, centrifuges, textile machines, forging hammers, textile
machines.
Dynemech Systems Pvt Ltd
Delhi
Tel: 011 - 27347982, Mob: 09810760131
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.dynemech.com
Hall 3, Stall Q109
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Synchronised CNC press brakes-Th ese press brakes
are superior in fi nish,
reliable, precision and are
effi cient in performance.
A standard absolute
pressbrake features synchronised Y1-Y2 ram control (through Heidenhain
Linear Scales); high precision, high speed forming via advanced closed-
loop hydraulics (BOSCH); Delem DA65 (Windows CE) CNC controller;
Accurpress own Premium Backgauge with servo control of X and R axes;
and CNC hydraulic bed crowning for consistent bending angles.
Th ey are currently available in the range of
40 MT x 1,500 mm to 750 MT x 6,000 mm with up to six axes of
CNC backgauge motion. Th e repetitive accuracies of these machines are
+0.01 mm.
Th e machines can be supplied with host of optional accessories for
productivity improvements and to suit customer requirements.
Accurpress International Sales Ltd
Ahmedabad-380 054
Tel: 079-2743 6304
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.accurpress.com
Hall 3, Stall E101
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Surface roughness testersTh ese are fl exibile and
high throughput makes
it ideal for any manual
surface roughness
inspection task. Th ese
are compact, user-
friendly and require less maintenance. Off ering self-timed measurement and
selection of nine exchangeable detector tips, these display evaluation curves
and data in one of 16 languages.
Th ese features 2.4-inch colour LCD display with backlighting, over-size
fonts, and ability to re-orient screen content to be read vertically or horizontally
left and right-handed. Th ese testers has measurement speed of 0.75 mm/sec,
maximum of up to 10 measurement conditions can be registered, while up to
10,000 results can be stored on micro-SD card.
Th ese fi nd application in areas such as machine tools, testing & measuring
and electrical and electronics.
Bombay Tools Supplying Agency
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022-2342 0522/6495
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.bombaytools.com
Hall 2B, Stall B113
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Bandsaw machinesTh ese use linear motion
(LM) guides and bearings
block instead of conventional
hard chrome plated columns
and bushes for sliding of
cutting arm. With the use
of LM guides and bearing
blocks, the up-down
movements of cutting arm
has become very smooth and
is jerk-free resulting in better
accuracy and productivity. Th ese are designed for accommodating variety of
jobs & it is user-friendly.
Th e standard machine is available with LM guide for the vertical
movement of the cutting arm. A compact and beautifully designed steel
enclosure is provided to prevent coolant splashing and spillage, thus saving the
wastage of cutting oil.
Th ese fi nd application in machine tools and machine shop fl oor.
ITL Industries Ltd
Indore - Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0731-3044400
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.itl.co.in
Hall 1, Stall A109
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Hydraulic press machinesM Th ese machines have electrical control
panel with three speed inch, single cycle
and auto mode of operation. Two front
sheet supports and manual back gauge with
micro-adjustment swing stoppers and a pair
of lifting chains. Th ese have moveble console
with emergency stop, tonnage indicating -
adjustment device and manual centralised
lubrication system with hand pump.
All pivots are hardened of ground pin
bushes of fi ve piece guide slide lubricated by
central hand pump. Th e repetitive accuracy
is within +0.03mm ram travel parallelism with out using sensitive & complex
servo hydraulics. Th ese are the most reliable hydraulic components & sealing
for international reputed design for 350 bar against operating pressure of 160
bar maximum.
Application lies in areas such as forming, punching, embossing, stamping and
cutting.
Jekson Machinery Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 6525 9895
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.jeksonmachinery.com
Hall 3, Stall A103
Coating thickness gaugesTh ese incorporate a dual sensor for
automatic identifi cation of the substrate
material. Th ese operate on a single AA
battery and the gauge’s lightweight and
easy 4-button operation. Th e V-groove
design of the probe tip ensures proper positioning for accurate measurements
on round components.
Th ese aff ordable and reliable gauges are used for nondestructive coating
thickness measurement. Th ese are with built-in sensor and are used for
measuring non-magnetic coatings applied on steel. For coatings on steel, the
measuring range is from 0-3 mm, for measurements on non-ferrous metals,
the gauge ranges from 0-2.5 mm. Th ese feature a statistics function that
displays the number of readings, minimum, maximum and mean values as well
as the standard deviation.
Th ese fi nd application in areas such as machine tools, testing & measuring
and electrical and electronics.
Bombay Tools Supplying Agency
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Tel: 022-2342 0522/6495
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.bombaytools.com
Hall 2B, Stall B113
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The information published in this section is as per the details furnished by the respective manufacturer/distributor. In
any case, it does not represent the views of
CNC shearing machinesM Th ese are mono block welded steel rigid with high
tensile. Ease of accurate gap adjustment of blades
for bur-free cuts. Th e motorized back gauge is with
electronic digital readout. Electronically adjustment rake angle as per material
of thickness for twist free cuts. Th e synchronized beam guided system for
constant gap between blades and extra capacity is available to cut hard-thicker
plate than nominal capacity.
Th e blades are produced from high alloy steel with functional four sides. Th e
adjustable cutting & clamping force are for quality cutting & power saving. Th ese
are compact, low maintenance and hydraulic system is silent in operation.
Th ese fi nd application areas such as metal sheet cutting and machine tools industry.
Jekson Machinery Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Tel: 079 - 6525 9895
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.jeksonmachinery.com
Hall 3, Stall A103
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MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012280
1 3D imagers ...............................................241,2502 3D modellings ................................................................2173 3D printing systems .....................................................2204 Abrasive systems .......................................20,2455 Abrusive pneumatic tools..........................................2016 AC drives ..........................................................................1557 Accelero metres ............................................................... 718 Adaptors ...........................................................................1279 Aerosol multispray.......................................................... 6310 Aerospace materials .....................................................20111 Airline fluids ...................................................................... 6312 All geared auto feed pillar drill machines .. 115,26013 All geared auto feed radial drill machines ..........11514 All geared radial drill machines ...............................11515 Aluminium endmills ................................................41, 9116 Aluminium extrusion ...................................................27017 Aluminium processing ................................................22718 Amtex 2012 .....................................................................21819 Angle encoders ...............................................................BIC20 Angle heads ....................................................................25421 Angle shearing machines ..........................................18722 Appliance switches ......................................................... 3323 Aqueous cleaners ..........................................................27624 Arc welding machines .................................................22825 Assembly & high temperature greases .................. 6326 Auto cap pad printing machines .............................. 5627 Auto feed radial drilling machines .........................26028 Auto feeder hydraulic presses ................................... 6929 Automation ......................... 20, 47, 202, 213, 283, 28530 Automation and test equipments ..........................17531 Automobile workshop trolleys ................................22132 Backgeared autofeed radial drills ................ 11533 Backgeared fine feed machines ..............................11534 Bags bailing presses ....................................................... 6935 Balancing machines .....................................................13336 Balancing systems ......................................................BGF37 Baling press ....................................................................... 6938 Ball bearings....................................................................13539 Ball screws..............................................................163, 26140 Bandsaw machines .............................................. 264,27041 Bars .....................................................................................22542 Bearings .................................................................... 10, 22343 Bellow couplings ...........................................................26144 Bellows ..............................................................................22145 Bench type drilling machines...................................21546 Billet shearing machines .............................................. 1647 Blades ................................................................................22848 Blanking lines .................................................................22749 Bloom & Plate cutting machines ............................23650 Boaring machines ................................................ 262,26451 Boring & milling machines ........................................23252 Boring heads ...................................................................22853 Boring machines............................................................22854 Boring tools .....................................................................22855 Bottle-boring...................................................................26256 Brass wires .......................................................................23457 Brine chillers ....................................................................21558 Brinell utillity softwares ..............................................22959 BTA / ejector drillings .................................................... 2460 BTA/ ejector counter borings ..................................... 2461 Building automation ....................................................20262 Burrs ..............................................................................41, 9163 C type power press ......................... 240, 268,28764 Cable & hose carriers ...................................................28765 Cable carriers .......................................................... 10, 26166 Cable conduits ................................................................. 3367 Cable connectors ............................................................ 1068 CAD .....................................................................................21769 CAE .....................................................................................21770 CAM ....................................................................................21771 CAM followers ................................................................25472 CAM grinding .................................................................13773 CAMworks ........................................................................243
74 Carbide ball end mills ................................................... 8675 Carbide burrs .............................................................41, 9176 Carbide drills ..................................................................... 8677 Carbide end mills .....................................................79, 8678 Carbide endmill tools ....................................................BC79 Carbide endmills ......................................................41, 9180 Carbide reamers .............................................................. 8681 Carbide rods ...................................................................... 4382 Carbide spotting drills ................................................... 8683 Carbide tools ...........................................41, 91, 157, 23784 Carrier oils ........................................................................27685 Cast iron cutting ............................................................11386 CED coating machines ................................................20287 Center drills ....................................................................... 4488 Centerless grinders .......................................................15889 Centralised lubrication systems ..............................23690 Centreless grinding machines ............. 225, 247, 25791 Ceramics ...........................................................................30092 Cermets .............................................................................30093 C-frame hydraulic presses .........................................22494 Chain electric hoists .....................................................22295 Chain oils ............................................................................ 6396 Chain pulley block ........................................................25997 Chain wheels...................................................................23498 Chains .................................................................................. 1099 Chamfer machines ........................................................228100 Chemlok coating machines ......................................202101 Chillers ...............................................................................209102 Chrome bars/ shafts .....................................................225103 Chucks .............................................................211, 228,283104 Circular cold saw ...........................................................222105 Clamping devices ..........................................................153106 Clamping series .............................................................232107 Clamping tools .................................................................BC108 Clamps ...............................................................................243109 Cleaners ............................................................................177110 Close frame hydraulic press ........................................ 69111 Clutch power press ......................................................240112 CMM ...................................................................................279113 CNC .........................................................................7, 15, 108114 CNC angular cylindrical grinding machines .......225115 CNC cutting machines ................................................202116 CNC cylindrical grinding machines ........................225117 CNC double column machining centres ................ 14118 CNC drilling machines .................................................228119 CNC engraving ...............................................................217120 CNC equipments ............................................................. 35121 CNC guillotine shearing................................................ 49122 CNC horizontal bores ..................................................121123 CNC horizontal boring & milling machines 14, 179124 CNC horizontal boring and milling machines ...228125 CNC horizontal machining centres .......................... 14126 CNC horizontal turning centres ................................. 14127 CNC hydraulic press brakes ................................49,228128 CNC hydraulic turret punch press ..........................281129 CNC laser cutting machines ............................. 202,233130 CNC lathes ..................... 11, 45,80, 121, 125, 129, 228131 CNC machine ...........................8, 15, 55, 221, 264, 298132 CNC machining centres .........................................15, 25133 CNC milling machines .......................................228, 230134 CNC multi-tasking centres ........................................... 14135 CNC oxy fuel cutting machines .....................187, 202136 CNC plasma cutting machines.......................202, 281137 CNC plate punching machines ................................187138 CNC precision lathes ...................................................... 57139 CNC press brakes ...................................... 187, 266, 281140 CNC profile cutting .......................................................217141 CNC punch press ............................................................. 49142 CNC rotary table ............................................................201143 CNC router .......................................................................217144 CNC shearing machines .............................................278145 CNC small machining centers .................................... 25146 CNC swing shearing machines ................................234
147 CNC synchro press brake ...........................................281148 CNC systems (open plc & closed plc type) .........149149 CNC toolings ..................................................93, 228, 285150 CNC tool-store cabinets..............................................239151 CNC tube bending machines ...................................183152 CNC turning centers .............................14, 15, 137,254153 CNC vertical machining centers .........................14, 15154 CNC vertical turning lathe ........................................... 14155 CNC waterjet cutting machines ..............................187156 CNC wire-cutting machines ......................................228157 CO2 laser marker series ..............................................261158 Coating machines .........................................................202159 Coating plants ................................................................202160 Coating systems ............................................................202161 Coating thickness gauges ..........................................276162 Coin press .......................................................................... 69163 Cold forging presses ....................................................222164 Cold forming machines ..............................................175165 Collets ..........................................................................57,141166 Colour screen printer machines ................................ 56167 Combined drills & countersinks .........................41, 91168 Composite processing equipments .......................175169 Compression testing machines ...............................229170 Compressor oils ............................................................... 63171 Conducting fleece tapes ............................................208172 Conductor ........................................................................213173 Cone pulley light duty lathe machines ................253174 Cone pulley medium duty lathe machines ........253175 Cone pully heavy duty lathe machines ................253176 Connection cables ........................................................128177 Connectors .................................................................10, 51178 Control cabinets .............................................................. 51179 Control panel accessories ............................................ 33180 Control panels .................................................................. 51181 Control systems ............................................................... 51182 Controlling machine tools ..........................................BIC183 Conventional precision lathes ................................... 80184 Coolant ..............................................................53, 117,147185 Coolant pumps ..............................................................250186 Coolant separators .......................................................230187 Cooling and lubrication systems .............................. 78188 Cooling systems for lasers ........................................... 78189 Cooling towers ...............................................................190190 Coromill ........................................................................... FGF191 Corothread...................................................................... FGF192 Corrosion preventive ...................................................177193 Counters & power supplies .......................................107194 Countersinks .............................................. 12, 41, 91, FIC195 Cranes ................................................................................259196 Crank pin grinding .......................................................137197 Crankshaft machines ...................................................175198 Cross shaft power press ...................................233, 268199 Crush blade ....................................................................... 97200 Customised tooling solution ....................................141201 Cutters ....................................................................... 93, 228202 Cutting & boring systems ..........................................221203 Cutting fluids ..................................................................177204 Cutting heads .................................................................245205 Cutting machines ..........................................................202206 Cutting oils ................................................... 53, 117, 147207 Cutting systems .............................................................245208 Cutting tools .......................................................................... 31, 37, 43, 79, 97, 139, 157, 199, 213, 237, 271, 277209 Cutting tools carbide metal working tools .........300210 CV joint machines .........................................................175211 Cylinder block boring machines .............................213212 Cylinderical machines ................................................... 55213 Cylinders ...........................................................................211214 Cylindrical & internal grinding .................................123215 Cylindrical grinders .............................................. 11, 257216 Cylindrical grinding machines .......................225, 247217 Cylindrical roller bearings ..........................................223218 DC power packs .............................................. 229
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MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012282
219 Decimal endmills ......................................................41, 91220 Deep drawing hydraulic press ................................... 69221 Deep drawing presses .................................................224222 Deep hole drilling machines ...................................... 24223 Deep hole drilling subcontracts ................................ 24224 Demagnetisers ...............................................................230225 Desktop printers ............................................................220226 DFMPRO ............................................................................243227 Diamond cutters............................................................228228 Diamond cutting & processing systems ..............138229 Diamond lapping & polishing systems ...............BGF230 Diamond tools..........................................................12, FIC231 Didactic equipments ..................................................... 51232 Die coaters ......................................................................... 97233 Die spotting presses ....................................................224234 Die tryout press .............................................................224235 Die/mould machines ................................................. COC236 Dip spin coating machines........................................202237 DNC systems ...................................................................189238 Double beam EOT cranes ..........................................178239 Double column machining centres .......................181240 Double column milling machines ........................ COC241 Drawer cup board .........................................................221242 Drawing & forming compound ...............................177243 Drill machines ................................................66, 115, 231244 Drill tools ............................................................................BC245 Drilling cum milling machine ...................................166246 Drilling cum tapping machine .................................270247 Drilling heads..................................................................270248 Drilling machines ...................166, 215, 260, 270, 298249 Drilling tools ............................................12, 37, 199, 237250 Drills ................................................... 41, 79, 91, 127, 260251 Drive technology ............................................................BIC252 EDM accessories & consumables .................. 201253 EDM wire ..........................................................................234254 Edrawings publisher ....................................................243255 Electric motor lamination systems .........................227256 Electric wire rope hoists .............................................178257 Electrical & electronics ................................................201258 Electrical connectivity .................................................213259 Electrical discharge machining .................................. 78260 Electromagnetic chucks .............................................230261 Element shrink disc ......................................................254262 Encoders .................................................................107, 128263 End mill cutters ..............................................................248264 End mills ................................................................... 44, 213265 Engineering services ....................................................217266 Engineering tools ..........................................................277267 Engineer’s files ................................................................. 44268 EOT/HOT cranes.............................................................259269 Exhaust brake systems ................................................141270 Exhibition - Engineering Expo ............. 168, 191, 273271 Exhibition - Imtex forming 2012 .............................272272 Exhibition - Iptex 2012 ................................................297273 Exhibition - Tagma .......................................................295274 Expandable mono block-reamers...........................127275 Expansion joints ............................................................221276 Exposed linear encoders .............................................BIC277 Extractor arms ....................................................... 225,226278 Factory automation........................................ 202279 Fasteners ..........................................................................212280 Ferrous casting .............................................................270281 Fiber laser marker .........................................................261282 Filter bags ........................................................................221283 Fine & auto feed radial ...............................................166284 Fix frame hydraulic press ............................................. 69285 Fixtures ..............................................................................243286 Flame proof hoists ........................................................259287 Flanges ..............................................................................208288 Fluidised bed coating machines .............................202289 Forged components ....................................................270290 Forging press .......................................................... 16, 224291 Forging rolls ....................................................................184292 Forming milling cutters ..............................................248293 Free cutting brass rod & wire ...................................234294 Freewheel-oneway-clutches .....................................254295 Friction drop hammers ....................................... 16, 239296 Friction screw presses .................................................252
297 Fule injection system parts .......................................141298 Fully automatic circular sawing machine ............222299 Fully automatic tungsten carbide sawing machine ...... 222300 Fully threaded bars ......................................................212301 Gage ................................................................. 241302 Gang drill machines .....................................................215303 Gantry and NC boring and milling machines ...... 45304 Gas springs ......................................................................172305 Gear boxes .............................................................234, 259306 Gear couplings ...............................................................234307 Gear cutting machines .............................................. COC308 Gear grinding .................................................................269309 Gear grinding technology .........................................101310 Geared drill machines .................................................215311 Geared head heavy duty lathe machine..............253312 Geared head medium duty lathe machine.........253313 Geared lathe machines ...............................................216314 Geared radial drilling machine ................................166315 Geared drilling machine ............................................166316 Gears ..................................................................................234317 General & special purpose machines ...................... 98318 Geomcaliper ....................................................................243319 Glass ...................................................................................131320 Glide coating machines ..............................................202321 Gold purity (xrf) systems ............................................138322 Goliath crane ........................................................178, 259323 Gomet bearings .............................................................135324 Graphics overlays ..........................................................233325 Greases ................................................................................ 63326 Grinders ..................................................................225, 247327 Grinding & CNC accessories ......................................153328 Grinding machines .........55, 131, 137, 225, 247, 257329 Grinding tools for hard materials ...........................131330 Grip pliers .........................................................................243331 Grooving ...........................................................................262332 Grooving & parting tools ............................................. 43333 Gudgen pins ...................................................................223334 Guide rods .......................................................................225335 Guillotine shears .............................................................. 49336 Gun drills ............................................................ 12, 24, FIC337 Gun reaming ..................................................................... 24338 H frame power press ........................................ 16339 Hammers ............................................................................ 16340 Handling system modules ........................................... 51341 Handy probe ...................................................................151342 Handy scan ......................................................................151343 Hard alloy turning cutters .........................................248344 Hard chrome plating bars..........................................225345 Hard cut end mills .......................................................... 79346 Hardness tester ..............................................................229347 Hardness testing machines .............................216, 229348 Heat exchangers / heat sinks ..................................... 78349 Heat treatment steel cutting machines ...............222350 Heavy duty CNC ............................................................148351 Heavy duty drill machines .........................................231352 Heavy duty precision machine vice .......................265353 Heavy duty radial drill machines ............................231354 Helical gears ....................................................................234355 Hemming press..............................................................224356 Hex bolts ..........................................................................212357 H-frame press .................................................................265358 High performance drills .........................................41, 91359 High performance endmills .................................41, 91360 High precision machining services ........................141361 High precision surface grinding machine ...........212362 High precision tool holders ........................................ 23363 High pressure hydraulic clamping systems .......BGF364 High pressure pumps ..................................................245365 High pressure tubes .....................................................245366 High speed drill tap centres .....................................121367 High speed machining centres.................................. 15368 HMC/VMC machines ....................................................181369 HMI PLC .............................................................................. 47370 Holemaking tools ............................................................ 97371 Horizontal band .............................................................242372 Horizontal boring drilling & facing machines ....226373 Horizontal boring machines .....................................175374 Horizontal boring mill ............................................... COC
375 Horizontal handle clamps ..........................................243376 Horizontal hydraulic presses ...................................... 69377 Horizontal machining centres .................15, 175, 121378 Horizontal milling machines ................................... COC379 Horizontal pipe & tube bending machines .......... 83380 Horizontal section bending machines .................... 83381 Horizontal turning centers ........................................175382 Horizontal/vertical CNC lathes .................................181383 Horizontal machining centres .......................................7384 Hot die forging presses ..............................................111385 Hot forging lubricants .................................................276386 Hot forging presses ......................................................239387 Hydraulic & gear oils ...................................................... 63388 Hydraulic & servo press brakes ................................226389 Hydraulic angle notching machines ......................187390 Hydraulic automatic type metal sawing machines .... 222391 Hydraulic centerless grinding machines ..............257392 Hydraulic chucks ...........................................................141393 Hydraulic cylinders .............................................229, 265394 Hydraulic cylindrical grinding machine ...............257395 Hydraulic deep draw press .......................................250396 Hydraulic forging hammers ......................................184397 Hydraulic gear pumps .................................................229398 Hydraulic internal grinding machines ..................257399 Hydraulic machine vice ..............................................265400 Hydraulic machineries ................................................... 56401 Hydraulic power units .................................................229402 Hydraulic presses ............... 56, 69, 184, 187, 244,265403 Hydraulic press brakes ........... 49, 187, 250, 264, 281404 Hydraulic press brake machines .............................240405 Hydraulic press machines ..........................................276406 Hydraulic presses ............................................................ 69407 Hydraulic pumps ...........................................................229408 Hydraulic pumps & valves .........................................229409 Hydraulic punch presses .............................................. 56410 Hydraulic shearing machines ........83, 187, 240, 281411 Hydraulic SPMS ..............................................................265412 Hydraulic swing beam shearing machines .........230413 Hydraulic systems .........................................................229414 Hydraulic tandem press brakes ..............................252415 Hydraulic valve housing .............................................141416 Hydroforming .................................................................227417 Hydroforming presses .................................................224418 Hydraulic deep draw presses ...................................250419 Hydro-pneumatic presses ..........................................266420 Imaging & vision systems .............................. 202421 Impact testing machines ............................................216422 Incremental rolling dies ..............................................106423 Indexable toolings ........................................................268424 Indexable tools ................................................................ 79425 Induction heating machines .....................................275426 Induction machine .......................................................275427 Induction motors ..........................................................250428 Induction seals ...............................................................213429 Inductive proximity switches ..................................... 33430 Industrial cleaning automation ...............................278431 Industrial control & sensing devices ......................107432 Industrial coolers ...........................................................190433 Industrial cooling systems .........................................215434 Industrial robots ............................................................263435 Injection moulding machines ......................... 242,243436 Inner & outer race grinding ......................................137437 Inserts .................................................................................. 93438 In-situ fermentors .........................................................211439 Interface electronics ......................................................BIC440 Internal grinding machine ...............................225, 257441 Invertor/variable frequency drives .........................107442 Iron & steel parts ............................................................. 97443 Laser cutting system ...................................... 138444 Laser engraving machine ..........................................261445 Laser machining .............................................................. 78446 Laser marking - engraving system .........................138447 Laser marking machine ..............................................261448 Laser scanners ....................................................... 241,248449 Laser shaping..................................................................131450 Laser systems ..................................................................227451 Laser tracker ....................................................................241452 Laser welding machines .............................................261
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453 Laser welding systems ................................................138454 Lasers(2D/3D) .................................................................180455 Lathe chucks ...................................................................283456 Lathe machines ......................... 66, 226, 244, 254, 264457 Lathes heavy-duty & high speed ............................228458 Lathes turret ....................................................................228459 Lathes vertical ................................................................228460 Lathes-automatic ..........................................................125461 Led ........................................................................................ 33462 Length gauges ................................................................ bic463 Lens mould ........................................................................ 97464 Level controllers ............................................................107465 Line laser probe machines ........................................258466 Linear encoders & scales ............................................213467 Linear rods .......................................................................225468 Link press .........................................................................111469 LM guide ways ...............................................................261470 LM shafts ..........................................................................225471 Load break switches ...................................................... 33472 Lubes..................................................................................117473 Machine measurement ...................................BIC474 Machine tool accessories ................................... 99, 277475 Machine tool protection systems ..........................BGF476 Machine tools ............................................. 128, 277, 285477 Machine tools accessories .........................................261478 Machine vises ................................................................BGF479 Machined castings ........................................................141480 Machined components .............................257, 269,270481 Machining & grinding fluid .......................................177482 Machining center high speed ..................................228483 Machining centers general........................................228484 Machining centers horizontal &vertical ...............228485 Machining centers vertical double-column type 228486 Machining centres ................................15,179, 121,298487 Machining equipment .................................................. 78488 Magnetic modular encoders .....................................BIC489 Maintenance trolley .....................................................221490 Manufacturing equipment .......................................... 56491 Masonry drills ................................................................... 44492 Material handling ..........................................................145493 Material testing ..............................................................219494 Measured value display systems ..............................BIC495 Measurement equipments ........................................219496 Measurement systems .................................................. 99497 Measuring & monitoring relay for 1ph/3ph .......107498 Measuring instruments ....................................... 71, 133499 Mechanical / hydraulic press brake ......................... 83500 Mechanical fixtures ......................................................224501 Mechanical press ................................................. 224,250502 Mechanical press brake machines..........................240503 Mechanical shear ............................................................ 49504 Mechanical/hydro mechanical section bending machines .......................................................... 83505 Membrane keypads......................................................233506 Metal circular pipe / bar stock end chamfering machines ..................................................222507 Metal cutting systems .................................................245508 Metal cutting tools .......................................................167509 Metal forming ................................................................... 56510 Metal injection moulding ............................................ 78511 Metal scrape baling press ............................................ 69512 Metal-fabricating equipment ..................................... 78513 Metric end mills ........................................................41, 91514 Metrology equipments ...............................................219515 Metrology Instruments & solutions .......................279516 Micron drills....................................................................... 97517 Milling ......................................................37, 153, 199, BIC518 Milling & drilling machines .......................................215519 Milling centres .....................................................................7520 Milling cum drilling machine ...................................115521 Milling cutter ...........................................12, 43, 248, FIC522 Milling grade .................................................................. FGF523 Milling heads ..................................................................298524 Milling machine ........................ 66, 226, 264, 298, 228525 Milling solutions ............................................................143526 Milling tools.............................................................237, BC527 Mimic panels ...................................................................233528 Mobile cylinder hydraulic press ................................ 69
529 Mobile drawer systems ...............................................221530 Modular tooling systems .....................................12, FIC531 Mould changing systems ...........................................251532 Mould components ........................................................ 97533 Mould heaters / chillers ................................................ 78534 Moulding equipments .................................................. 78535 Monitoring of grinding systems.............................BGF536 Monorail trolley .............................................................259537 Motion controls .............................................................107538 Motor protection circuit breaker .............................. 33539 Motorized chain pulley block ...................................259540 Motors ...............................................................................250541 Multi functional tools .................................................... 43542 Multi spindles .................................................................270543 Multimedia software for learning CNC milling technology .......................................................189544 Multimedia union .........................................................172545 NC spotting drills........................................41, 91546 NC shearing machine ..................................................266547 Needle bearings ............................................................223548 Needle roller bearings .................................................135549 Nickel silver wire............................................................234550 Nuts ....................................................................................212551 Oil / coolant coolers ....................................... 215552 Oil coolers ........................................................................209553 Oil coolers / coolers / heating machines ............... 78554 Online B2B marketplace ...................................267, 280555 Optical measurement ..................................................219556 Other automation accessories .................................149557 Over crank shearing machines ...250, 263, 281, 268558 Oxy fuel cutting .............................................................281559 Packaging solutions ....................................... 213560 Packaging test equipments ......................................213561 Pad printer machines .................................................... 56562 Paint shop equipments ..............................................202563 Paint shop machines ...................................................202564 Panel air-conditioners .................................................215565 Panel coolers ...................................................................209566 PCB based membrane keypads ...............................233567 PCB drills ............................................................................. 97568 PCB laminating press ...................................................224569 PCD & CBN tools ............................................................300570 PCD & carbide reamers ...............................................127571 Peel grinding machines ................................................ 55572 Perforated panels cupboards ...................................239573 Permanent magnetic chucks ....................................230574 Phosphor bronze wire .................................................234575 Photo electric sensors .................................................107576 Pillar drill machine ....... 115, 215, 217, 231, 244, 260577 Pillar horizontal wax injection press ......................265578 Pillar mounted jib cranes ...........................................178579 Pillar type hydraulic presses ....................................... 69580 Pillar type power presses ...........................................268581 Pilot lights .......................................................................... 33582 Pipe bending ..................................................................275583 Piston bars .......................................................................225584 Piston pumps ..................................................................247585 Plaining machine ..........................................................158586 Planetary gear head .....................................................261587 Planner milling machines ..........................................264588 Planning machines .......................................................148589 Plano miller ...........................................................158, 210590 Plano milling machines ..............................................148591 Plasma cutting machine ............................................... 49592 Plasma welding torches .............................................251593 Plastic machined components ................................257594 Plastic testing machine ...............................................216595 Plate bending machines............................83, 264, 281596 Plates-sheets ...................................................................257597 Plc operated hydraulic press ...................................... 69598 Plugs and sockets ........................................................... 33599 Plywood presses ............................................................224600 Pneumatic & hydraulic clamps ................................153601 Pneumatic automation ...............................................195602 Pneumatic clutch power press ................................268603 Pneumatic control equipments ...............................266604 Polygon turning machines ........................................210605 Polymat .............................................................................257
606 Portable hardness tester ............................................229607 Portable hardness tester (Digital) ...........................229608 Portable measuring machines .................................260609 Portable radial drill machine ....................................217610 Portable shot blasting machines ............................236611 Position display units ...................................................BIC612 Power chuck....................................................................232613 Power chucking cylinders ............................................ 11614 Power pack unit .............................................................265615 Power presses 83, 111, 200, 233, 240, 250, 268, 281616 Power sources ................................................................119617 Power supplies ...............................................................128618 Power tools........................................................................ 20619 Pre treatment systems ................................................202620 Precision bearings.........................................................276621 Precision fabrication works .......................................243622 Precision gear cutting tools .................................... COC623 Precision lock nuts ........................................................261624 Precision steel.................................................................131625 Precision switches ........................................................... 33626 Precision switches single & multiple ....................... 33627 Precision universal cylindrical machines..............257628 Press brakes ................................................................49, 56629 Pressure sensors .............................................................. 71630 Process automation and control equipment ....... 51631 Product assemblies ......................................................270632 Product design ...............................................................217633 Productivity tracking system for CNC machines 189634 Profile projectors ................................................... 22, 213635 Profilers and gantry machines - 3 & 5 axis ..........175636 Programmable logic controllers ..............................107637 Programmable terminals ...........................................107638 Propeller hub .................................................................... 61639 Proximity sensors ..........................................................107640 Pull action ........................................................................243641 Pulleys ...............................................................................234642 Pumps ......................................................................250, 260643 Punching & binding machines ................................212644 Quick die change system ...........................................251645 Quick fit machine vice (box) .....................................265646 Quick mould change system ....................................251647 Quick-change pallet modules ..................................208648 Race pins ......................................................... 223649 Rack rolling dies ............................................................106650 Rack type spline rolling machines ..........................106651 Radial drill machine ...............115, 217, 226, 231, 260652 Reamers .....................................................12, 44, 271, FIC653 Rear cylinder hydraulic press brakes .....................268654 Re-sharpening solutions.............................................249655 Reverse engineering ....................................................217656 RFID ....................................................................................107657 Robotic plasma cutting machines ..........................187658 Robots ...............................................................................263659 Rods ....................................................................................257660 Roll forming machine .................................................... 83661 Roller bearings ...............................................................223662 Rolling oils .......................................................................177663 Rotary......................................................................................7664 Rotary cum dividing and indexing head 200 h/v and 130 h/v ...............................................................................265665 Rotary cylinder ...............................................................232666 Rotary dampers .............................................................172667 Rotary encoders ..............................................................BIC668 Rotary filtration systems .............................................242669 Rotary indexing tables ...............................................BGF670 Rotary joints & unions .................................................172671 Rotary switches ................................................................ 33672 Rotary table (horizontal & vertical) ........................265673 Rotary table (plane & indexing) ..............................265674 Rotary tilting vice 130 .................................................265675 Rotating electrical connectors .................................213676 Rotating unions .............................................................172677 Roughness & waviness measuring instruments 262678 Rubber mountings .......................................................209679 Rust preventing .............................................................177680 Safety light curtains ....................................... 107681 Safety protection devices ............................................ 33682 Saw blade sharpener ...................................................222
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683 Saw blades .......................................................................249684 Sawing machines ..........................................................242685 Saws ...................................................................................242686 Scanning white-light interferometer microscope ......................................................................213687 Screw presses .................................................................251688 Sealed linear encoders .................................................BIC689 Section bending machines.......................................... 83690 Self adhesive tapes .......................................................270691 Self centering vice round dia holding vice .........265692 Self tapping & machine screws ...............................212693 Servo motors & drives .................................................149694 Shafts .................................................................................225695 Shear series........................................................................ 56696 Shearing machines ............................................... 56, 264697 Sheet metal forming ....................................................227698 Sheet metal machines ................................................... 66699 Shipyard press ................................................................224700 Shock absorbers ............................................................172701 Shot blasting machines ..............................................239702 Shrink fit adaptors ........................................................141703 Shrink fit machine .........................................................201704 Shrinking technology ..................................................133705 Silicon bronze wire .......................................................234706 Sine table (150 & 120) .................................................265707 Single beam EOT cranes.............................................178708 Single limit switches ...................................................... 33709 Single screw pumps .....................................................208710 Sinking EDM ....................................................................300711 Siphon systems ..............................................................172712 Slant / flat bed................................................................121713 Sleeve bearings ..............................................................135714 Slide rings .......................................................................211715 Slotting machine ................................................... 66, 244716 Small size ball bearings ..............................................135717 SMC press .........................................................................224718 Solar cell scribing system ...........................................138719 Solder paste ....................................................................213720 Solenoid valve ................................................................247721 Solid carbide drills ..............................................127, 167722 Solid carbide drills with IC .........................................167723 Solid carbide mills.........................................................248724 Solid carbide reamers ..................................................167725 Solid carbide reamers with IC ..................................167726 Solid carbide special drills .........................................167727 Solid carbide special reamers ..................................167728 Solid carbide tools ........................................................139729 Solid mono block reamers ........................................127730 Solid state laser cutter ................................................261731 Spade drills .................................................................41, 91732 Spare parts .......................................................................245733 Special boring bars .......................................................127734 Special fine boring tools ............................................127735 Special form cutting tools ........................................... 86736 Special gauging ............................................................... 18737 Special hydraulic expansion technology .............283738 Special induction hardening machines ................119739 Special line boring tools .............................................127740 Special machines ...........................................................175741 Special purpose machines .........................................148742 Special reaming tools ..................................................127743 Special refrigeration equipment .............................215744 Special thread milling tools ......................................127745 Spherical bearing ..........................................................223746 Spindle nose tooling...................................................... 43747 Spindles ............................................................................258748 Spline rolling machines ..............................................106749 SPM’s .................................................................................... 24750 Spring isolators ..............................................................265751 Spring testing machine ..............................................216752 Spur gears ........................................................................234753 Stainless steel 304 (a2) & 316 (a4) fasteners ......212754 Standard & special PCD-tools ...................................127755 Standard end mills ..................................................41, 91756 Standard fine boring tools ........................................127757 Standard induction hardening machines ............119758 Standard mobile drawer ............................................221759 Standard pyramid type plate bending machines 83
760 Standard thread milling tools ..................................127761 Stationary work holding .............................................283762 Steel worker ...................................................................... 83763 Stepper motors & drives ............................................149764 Stock shapes ...................................................................257765 Straight flute drills ...................................................41, 91766 Straight line action .......................................................243767 Straightening machines .............................................158768 Stub length drills ......................................................41, 91769 Submersible hydraulic press ....................................... 69770 Super power hydraulic vice ......................................265771 Super precision bearings ...........................................135772 Super-rigid presses .......................................................258773 Surface & profile grinding .........................................123774 Surface grinder.....................................................121, 264775 Surface plate ...................................................................210776 Surface roughness testers .........................................268777 Switching relays .............................................................107778 Synchronised CNC press-brakes ..............................266779 Taper bearings ................................................ 223780 Taper boring ...................................................................262781 Taps ............................................................... 12, 44, 62, FIC782 Taps(cold forming/NSS) ..............................................127783 Temperature controllers .............................................107784 Tensile testing machines ...........................................216785 Tensioner nuts................................................................254786 Testing machines ..........................................................229787 Textile testing machine ..............................................216788 Thermic fluid heaters ...................................................216789 Thread milling tools .....................................................139790 Thread rolling machines ............................................106791 Thread whirling tools ................................................. FGF792 Threading tools ..................................................... 127, FIC793 Thrush ball bearings ....................................................135794 Timers ................................................................................107795 Timing belt ......................................................................234796 Timing pulleys ................................................................234797 Timing pulleys drive ....................................................234798 Toggle action clamp ....................................................243799 Toggle clamps ................................................................153800 Toggle press ....................................................................243801 Tool bits .............................................................................. 44802 Tool design ......................................................................217803 Tool grinding ..................................................................123804 Tool holder .............................................................. 93, 133805 Tool holding systems ..................................................283806 Tool logistics systems ..................................................133807 Tool making systems ...................................................265808 Tool monitoring systems ..........................................BGF809 Tool path simulator for CNC milling......................189810 Tool path simulator for CNC turning ....................189811 Tool pre setting machine ...........................................201812 Tool presetting machines ..........................................257813 Tool room machine ........................................................ 66814 Tool setting systems ...................................................... 99815 Tooling systems ...................................................... 127,BC816 Tooling’s ...........................................................................278817 Tool-maker microscope ..............................................213818 Tools trolley .....................................................................221819 Tool-store cabinets .......................................................239820 Tool-store trolleys .........................................................239821 Torque measuring flanges.........................................240822 Torque sensors ................................................................. 71823 Torsion testing machine ..................................216, 229824 Touch probes ...................................................................BIC825 Tough marquee ............................................................... 47826 Tough PLC.......................................................................... 47827 Track rollers .....................................................................254828 Trade show association ..............................................252829 Transfer trolleys .............................................................259830 Transparent gels .............................................................. 63831 Trimming presses ..........................................................239832 Triple screw pumps ......................................................210833 Tubing accessories ......................................................... 51834 Turbine blade ................................................................... 61835 Turbine shaft ..................................................................... 61836 Turbo charger parts .....................................................141837 Turn mill centre .............................................................179
838 Turned components ....................................................270839 Turning ..............................................................37, 199, BIC840 Turning centre........................................................ 98, 298841 Turning holders ............................................................... 43842 Turning machine solutions ......................................... 59843 Turning tools .............................................................97, BC844 Turnkey solutions ..........................................................127845 Turret punch press ............................................... 49, 180846 Turrets ................................................................................. 11847 Twin spin bearing reducers ......................................261848 Twist drills (parallel & taper shank) .......................... 44849 Tyre mould cleaning machines ...............................232850 Ultra high pressure apparatus ........................ 97851 Under crank machines ................................................250852 Under crank shearing machine ...............................268853 Universal ball vice .........................................................265854 Universal cutter grinders ............................................201855 Universal dividing head ..............................................265856 Universal drill head.......................................................217857 Universal milling machines .......................................244858 Universal radial drilling machines ..........................253859 Universal radial drilling tilting box table -650 ...265860 Universal testing equipments .................................... 39861 Universal testing machines .............................216, 229862 Universal vice 100 .........................................................265863 Valve sensors .................................................. 128864 Valve terminals................................................................. 51865 Valves ......................................................................... 51, 260866 Vane pumps ....................................................................247867 Variable inlet vane dampers .....................................217868 Velocity & feed controllers ........................................172869 Ventilators ........................................................................270870 Vertical and horizontal machining centres ........... 45871 Vertical handle clamp ..................................................243872 Vertical lathe machine ................................................179873 Vertical machining center..................... 7, 11, 26, 235, 874 Vertical machining centers 3 & 5 axis ...................175875 Vertical machining centres ........................................247876 Vertical machining centres-single / double column ...............................................................121877 Vertical rake shearing machines .............................268878 Vertical turning centers ..............................................175879 Vertical turning lathes .......................................148, 210880 Vertical turret lathes ....................................................118881 Vision sensors .................................................................107882 VMC ....................................................................................137883 Wall-store systems ......................................... 239884 Water chillers ..................................................................215885 Water jet ...........................................................................278886 Water jet cutting systems ..........................................245887 Wear parts .......................................................................... 43888 Wear resistant tools ....................................................... 97889 Welding machines ........................................................229890 Wire cut EDM .......................................................... 26, 300891 Wire rope hoist ..............................................................259892 Wiring trolley ..................................................................221893 Wood working machine ............................................... 66894 Work holding devices ..................................................141895 Work holding solutions .............................................BGF896 Work holdings ................................................................211897 Work shop table ............................................................221898 Workshop machine & accessories ............................ 66899 Workstations ...................................................................239900 Worm .................................................................................269901 Worm gears .....................................................................234
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List of Advertisers
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012288
Abbott Toolfast Private Limited 153
T: +91-129-402237
W: www.toolfastclamps.com
Airtech Pvt Ltd 211
T: +91-836-2780085
W: www.airtechindia.com
Ambika Agro Industries 268
T: +91-281-2224263
W: www.ambikapress.com
Ann Way Machine Tools Co., Ltd. 228
T: +886-4-2563-1259
W: www.annwaytools.com.tw
Arsun Engineers 217
T: +91-278-2514076
W: www.arsun.com
Asian Cranes & Elevators 178
T: +91-161-2491053
W: www.asiancranes.com
Autogrip Machinery Co., Ltd. 232
T: +886-4-822-8719
W: www.autogrip.com.tw
Autotech Machine Tools Sales & Services 8
T: +91-20-27130091
W: www.autotechcnc.com
AVG Electronics Pvt Ltd 47
T: +91-80-23193305
W: www.avg.net
Baker Gauges India Pvt Ltd 18
T: +91-20-66093800
W: www.bakergauges.com
Basant Mechanical Works (Regd) 200
T: +91-161-2530529
W: www.basantgroup.com
Basic Engineers 221
T: +91-9825344527
W: www.basicengineers.in
Bharat Machine Tools 226
T: +91-288-2757329
W: www.nagmatilathe.com
Bhavya Machine Tools 66
T: +91-79-40242800
W: www.bhavyamachinetool.com
Big Daishowa Seiki Co. Ltd 23
T: +81-729-828277
W: www.big-daishowa.com
Birla Precesion Tools 141
T: +91-240-2554301
W: www.birlaprecision.in
Blaser Swisslube India Pvt. Ltd. 117
T: +91-124-4994000
W: www.blaser.com
Blowtech 260
T: +91-22-28458372
Blum Novotest Gmbh 99
T: +91-80-23185468
W: www.blum-novotest.com
B R Precisions 265
T: +91-80-41492904
W: www.brhydraulicvices.com
Brrit Pneumatic Systems 266
T: +91-250-2391007
W: brritpresses.com
Cadem Technologies Pvt Ltd 189
T: +91-80-26634767
W: www.cadem.com
Camozzi India Pvt Ltd 195
T: +91-120-4055252
W: www.camozzi-india.com
Camu Srl 95
T: +0039-444-660700
W: www.camu.it
Carl Bechem Lubricants(India) Pvt Ltd 53,147
T: +91-80-22010800
W: www.bechem.com
Casteel Industries 229
T: +91-2752-220730
W: www.casteelnoble.com
Ceratizit India Pvt Ltd 43
T: +91-33-24947146
W: www.ceratizit.com
Champion Industries 230
T: +91-2752-231741
Chamunda Equipments 243
T: +91-79-27522437
W: www.chamundaequip.com
Changhua Chen Ying Oil Machine Co., Ltd. 236
T: +886-4-2639-3751
W: www.chenying.com.tw
Coatec India 202
T: +91-172-5063436
W: www.coatecindia.com
Cobra Carbide 41,91
T: +91-8110-415003
W: www.cobracarbide.com
Creaform India 151
T: +91-11-65022218
W: www.creaform3d.com
Dees Hydraulic Industrial Co. Ltd. 56
T: +886-2-2601-8661
W: www.spc.com.tw
Devco Engineers 247
T: +91-2752-243997
W: www.liongrinders.com
Dijet Industrial Co Ltd 79
T: +91-22-40121231
W: www.dijet.co.jp
Doosan Infracore India Pvt Ltd 14
T: +91-80-42660122
W: www.doosaninfracore.com
Dowel Machinery Pvt Ltd 69
T: +91-281-2362465
W: www.thedowel.com
Drass Mechatronics & Machinery Pvt Ltd 26
T: +91-80-23478764
W: www.drassautomech.com
Durga Bearing Pvt Ltd 135
T: +91-22-6876073
W: www.durgabearings.com
Dynascan Inspection Systems Co 22
T: +91-80-41102747
W: www.dynascan.info
E Mug Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 217
T: +91-40-66836983
W: www.emugtech.com
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EFD Induction Limited 119
T: +91-80-7820404
W: www.efd-induction.com
Electromech Material Handling Sys P Ltd 145
T: 91-20-66542222
W: www.emech.in
Electronica Hitech Machines Pvt Ltd 180,181,183
T: 91-20-30435400
W: www.electronicahitech.com
Emuge India Pvt Ltd 62
T: +91-20-39310000
W: www.emugeindia.com
Engineering Expo 168,191,273
T: +91-9819552270
W: www.engg-expo.com
Ermaksan Machinery 49
T: +91-224-2947500
W: www.ermaksan.com.tr
ESA Eppinger Gmbh 278
T: +91-9900588559
W: www.eppinger.de
Everising Machine Co. 242
T: +886-4-2359-3178
W: www.everising.com
Faro Business Technologies India P 241
T: +91-11-46465644
W: www.faro.com
Femco India 179
T: +91-20-40147870
W: www.femco.com.tw
Ferrocare International 247
T: +91-20-26830655
W: www. ferrocare.com
Festo Controls Ltd 51
T: +91-80-22894100
W: www.festo.com
Finechrome Shafts Pvt Ltd 225
T: +91-22-29204209
Flow Asia Corporation 278
T: +91-9343-340-001
W: www.flowasia.com
Fong Ho Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. 222
T: +886-4-2406-6769
W: www.fongho.com.tw
Forging Machinery Manufacturing Co 16
T: +91-161-5011755
W: www.nkhhammers.com
Forwell Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. 251
T: +886-4-8345-1960
W: www.forwell.com
Freeze Tech Equipments Pvt Ltd 209
T: +91-44-42152387
W: www.freezetechequip.com
Fullton Machinery Co Ltd 118
T: +86-411-82767678
W: www.fulltontech.com
G W Precision Tools India Pvt Ltd 167
T: +91-80-40431252
W: www.gwindia.in
Gem Equipments Ltd 190
T: +91-22-3267800
W: www.gemindia.com
Geometric Ltd 243
T: +91-22-67056880
W: www.camworks.com
Godson Bending Systems Pvt Ltd 83
T: +91-281-2361467
W: www.godson-india.com
Greenleaf Corp 113
W: http://www.wexper.com
GSK CNC Equipment Co. Ltd 35
T: +91-9886835186
W: www.gsk.com.cn
Guhring India Private Limited FIC
T: +91-80-40322500
W: www.guhring.in
H G Shah & Co 234
T: +91-79-25621431
W: www.timingpulley.in
HAAS Automation India Pvt Ltd 7
T: +91-20-32935433
W: www.HaasCNC.com
Haimer India Pvt Ltd 133
T: 91-9890153568
W: www.haimer.com
Heattrans Equipments Pvt.Ltd. 270
T: +91-79-25840105
W: www.heattrans.com
Heidenhain Optics & Electronics (I) BIC
T: +91-44-30234000
W: www.heidenhain.in
HG Technology Co., Ltd. 213
T: +886-4-7362-725
W: www.hgt.com.tw
Hi - Life Machine Tools Pvt Ltd 225
T: +91-79-22821615
W: www.hilifegroup.com
Hindustan Hydraulics Pvt Ltd 266
T: +91-181-2670054
W: www.hindustanhydraulics.com
Hitek Engineers 268
T: +91-44-26545463
HMB International 157
T: +91-11-64648465
W: www.hmb.co.in
Holani Bearings Pvt Ltd 223
T: +91-2827-293342
E: vishal@holani,in
W: www.holani.in
Hwacheon Machine Tools India Pvt Ltd 98
T: +91-20-30429140
W: www.hwacheon.com
IFM Electronics India Pvt Ltd 128
T: +91-231-2672770
W: www.ifm-electronic.com
IGUS India Pvt Ltd 10
T: +91-80-39127800
W: www.igus.in
IMS Council 214
T: +91-9311903222
W: www.indiamanufacturingshow.com
IndiaMART InterMESH Limited 267,280
T: +1800-200-4444
W: www.indiamart.com
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MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012290
Indian Chain Tools Corporation 270T: +91-9815500909E: [email protected]: www.itco.co.in
Indian Machine Tool Mfg. Association 246T: +91-80-66246514E: [email protected]: www.imtma.in
Indian Machine Tool Mfg. Association 272W: www.imtex.in
Indian Machine Tool Mfg. Association 293T: +91-80-66246600E: [email protected]: www.imtma.in
Indian Tool Manufacturers 44T: +91-22-25852559E: [email protected]: www.indiantool.com
Indo-Nihon Technologies 61T: +91-44-65611352E: [email protected]: www.indonihon.co.in
Instron India Pvt. Ltd. 39T: +91-44-28293888E: [email protected]: www.instron.com
Intraaction Electronics 233T: +91-79-23287226E: [email protected]: www.intraactionindia.com
Isgec Heavy Engineering Ltd 121T: +91-120-3301001 E: [email protected]: www.isgec.com
Jagdeep Foundry (Regd.) 210T: +91-1871-242750E: [email protected]: www.jagdeepfoundry.in
Jay Shakti Machine Tools 240T: +91-2827-287207E: [email protected]: www.jayshaktimachines.com
Jayco Machine Tools 244T: +91-281-6451441E: [email protected]: www.jayacolathes.com
Jayshree Machines Pvt Ltd 250T: +91-281-2362536E: [email protected]: www.jayshreemachinesdeal.com
Jekson Machinery Pvt Ltd 187T: +91-79-22901850E: [email protected]
W: www.jeksonmachinery.com
Jin Year Precision Co., Ltd. 226
T: +886-4-2523-2817
W: www.jinyear.com.tw
Just Machine Tools 216
T: +91-11-41589060
W: www.justytest.com
Jyoti Cnc Automation Pvt. Ltd. 15
T: +91-2827-287081
W: www.jyoti.co.in
Kabel Schlepp India Pvt. Ltd., 287
T: +91-80-41158997
W: www.kabelschlepp.com
Kanefusa India Pvt Ltd 249
T: +91-124-4208440
W: www.kanefusa.net
Karolin Machine Tool Pvt Ltd 245
T: +91-22-28572494
W: www.kmt-waterjet.com
Kistler Instruments India Pvt Ltd 71
T: +91-129-4113555
W: www.kistler.com
Komet Precision Tool India Pvt Ltd 127
T: +91-80-280780000
Korber Schleifring Gmbh 123
T: +91-80-41554601
W: www.schleifring.in
Korloy Inc. 199
T: +82-2-2522-3181
W: www.korloy.com
Krishna Machine Tools 254
T: +91-281-2312439
W: www.krishnalathes.com
Kuka Robotics (India) Pvt. Ltd. 263
T: +91-124-4635774
W: www.kuka.in
Larsen & Toubro Limited 237
T: +91-67051093
W: www.larsentoubro.com
Larsen & Toubro Ltd 155
Lico Machinery Co., Ltd. 125
T: +886-4-2563-0950
W: www.licomachinery.com
Lien Chieh Machinery Co., Ltd 224
T: +886-2-2783-8664
W: www.lienchieh.com
Macht Exim Llp. 264
T: +91-79-40087600
W: www.machtexim.com
Maco Corporation India Pvt Ltd 172
T: +91-33-24758371
W: www.macocorporation.com
Mag Industrial Automation Systems 175
T: +91-80-40677000
W: www.mag-ias.in
Makino India Private Limited 235
T: +91-80-28419500
W: www.makino.com
Makson Machines Pvt Ltd 260
T: +91-278-2446437
W: www.makwanaeng.com
Marox Tools Industrial Co. Ltd. 248
T: +886-4-2278-0167
W: www.marox.com.tw
Mehta Cad Cam Systems Pvt Ltd 261
T: +91-79-26840551
W: www.mehtaindia.com
Meiban Engineering Technologies Pvt Ltd 59
T: +91-80-26491229
Metcut Toolings Private Limited 271
T: +91-836-2333092
W: www.metcutindia.com
Metrol Corporation India Branch Off 25
T: +91-80-42105031
W: www.toolsensor.com
Micromatic Machine Tools 11
T: +91-80-41492285
W: www.acemicromatic.com
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Pvt Ltd COC
T: +91-11-41021234
W: www.mhiindia.com
Mitutoyo South Asia Pvt Ltd 219
T: +91-11-26372090
W: www.mitutoyoindia.com
Moonlight Industries 244
W: www.moonlightindustre.com
Mototechnika 250
T: +91-2752-243351
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Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details Pg No Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details Pg No Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details Pg No
List of Advertisers
MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - January 2012294
Mtar Technologies Pvt Ltd 163
T: +91-40-44529901
W: www.mtar.in
MTE Industries Pvt Ltd 106
T: +91-40-23777571
W: www.mteindustries.com
Neri Engineering 149
T: +91-80-28374885
W: www.nerigroup.in
Neway Cnc Equipment (Suzhou)Co.,Ltd 45
T: +91-(281)276-7100
W: http://www.newaycnc.com
Nickunj Eximp Entp P. Ltd 201
T: +91-22-22190300
W: www.nickunjgroup.com
Nicolas Correa S.A. 143
T: +91-20-25654891
W: www.correaanayak.es
Nikon India Pvt Ltd 279
T: +91-124-4688 500
W: www.nikon-instruments.jp/eng/
Ningbo Oule Machine Co., Ltd. 93
T: +86-574-2628-6999
W: www.derekmetal.com
Nippei Toyama India Private Limited 29
T: 91-20-27480587
NMTG Mechtrans Techniques Pvt Ltd. 254
T: +91-79-22821527
W: www.nmtgindia.com
NN Combined Engineering Agencies P Ltd BGF
T: +91-40-27844279
W: www.nncea.com
Objet Ap Ltd 220
T: +852-2174 0111
W: www.objet.com
Omron Automation Pvt. Ltd. 107
T: +91-80-40726400
W: www.omron-ap.com
Oriental Machine Tools Co 277
T: +91-22-23423524
W: www.omtc-online.com
P Parmar Machine Tools 231
T: +91-278-2447409
W: www.parmardrill.com
Para Mill Precision Machinery Co., Ltd 230
T: +886-4-2680-0678
W: www.paramill.com
Parishudh Machines Pvt. Ltd. 137
T: +91-120-3205167
W: www.goindigroup.com
Pitroda Utility Industries 257
T: +91-2752-243795
W: www.pitrodautilityindia.com
PMP Machine Tools 265
T: +91-281-2366202
W: www.pmpmachines.com
Poojitha Flex Technologies 221
T: +91-40-23720663
W: www.poojithaflextech.com
Prakash Engineering 115
T: +91-278-2438241
W: www.prakashmachines.com
Pramet Tools India Pvt Ltd 37
T: +91-124-4703825
W: www.pramet.com
Precihole Machine Tools Pvt Ltd 24
T: +91-22-25836780
W: www.precihole.co.in
Precimac Solutions 258
T: 91-20-32538701
W: www.precimac.com
Precision Industrial Co. 276
T: +91-22-23436717
Progressive Engineer 213
T: +91-22-32944289
W: http://www.progressiveengineers.net
Quaker Chemical India Ltd 177
T: +91-33-22822181
W: www.quakerchem.com
Quattro Engineering India Limited 285
T: +91-80-25585439
W: www.quattroengg.com
R K Steel Smith 239
T: +91-9825300059
W: www.rksteelsmith.com
Raajratna Ventures Ltd 212
T: +91-79-27561915
W: www.raajfasteners.com
Raj Petro Specialities Private Limi 63
T: +91-44-42288900
W: www.rajgrp.com
Rattan Hammers 239
T: +91-161-2685234
W: www.hammersindia.com
Reishauer Ag, Ch-Wallisellen 101
T: +41-44-832-22-11
W: www.reishauer.com
Riat Grinders 158
T: +91-161-2530805
W: www.riatgrinders.com
Rightvision (India) Pvt. Ltd. 184
T: +91-120-4261026
W: www.rightvision.biz
Rollomatic Sa 55
T: +41-32-752-1790
W: www.rollomatic.com
Roto Linear Systems 261
T: +91-080-23572855
S&T Engineers 108
T: +91-422-2590810
W: www.stengineers.com
Sahajanand Laser Technology Ltd 138
T: +91-79-23287461
W: www.sahajanandlaser.com
Sahyog Enterprise 166
T: +91-278-2446848
W: www.sahyogdrills.com
Sallex Machine Tools 269
T: +91-11-25937096
W: www.sallex.com
Samtec Tools & Accessories Pvt Ltd 262
T: 91-20-32941330
W: www.samtectools.com
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List of Advertisers
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Sandvik Coromant India FGF
T: +91-20-27104725
W: www.sandvik.coromant.com/in
Sanes Presses Co., Ltd. 111
T: +886-5-551-9922
W: www.sanes-press.com
Sarabsukh Machine Tools 148
T: +91-1871-223893
W: www.sarabsukhmachines.com
Satra International 275
T: +91-11-25415437
W: www.satrainternational.com
Schliff Maschinen Fabrik 212
T: +91-9426416905
W: www.schliff.in
Schuler India Pvt Ltd 227
T: +91-22-66800300
W: www.schulergroup.com
Schunk Intec India Pvt Ltd 283
T: +91-80-41277361
W: www.schunk.com
Seco Tools India Pvt Ltd 31
T: +91-2137-667300
W: www.secotools.com/in
See Lube Technologies P Ltd 276
T: +91-161-4641296
W: www.oilandlubricant.com
Shree Saikrupa Hydro Marketing 229
T: +91-79-22800836
W: www.bosspumps.in
Siddhapura Engineering Works 215
T: +91-278-2428054
W: www.siddhapuradrills.com
Sreelakshmi Traders 270
T: +91-44-24343343
W: www.sreelakshmitraders.com
Suhner India Pvt Ltd 20
T: +91-80-27831108
W: www.suhner.com
Swastik Engitech Pvt Ltd 233
T: +91-8141044144
W: www.bansalpresses.com
Taegutec India Ltd BC
T: +91-80-27839111
W: www.taegutec-india.com
TAGMA 295
T: +91-22-28526876
W: www.tagmaindia.org
Taiwan External Trade Development
Council (TAITRA) 252
T: +886-2-2725-5200
W: www.taiwantrade.com.tw
Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co. Ltd. 129
T: +886-3-464-3166
W: www.takisawa.com.tw
Takamatsu Machinery Co Ltd 57
T: +81-76-2741403
W: www.takamaz.co.jp
Techno Industries 259
T: +91-79-25830742
W: www.technoind.com
Techtronics India Limited 298
T: +91-124-2370555
W: www.techtronics.in
Teknic 33
T: +91-26592392
W: www.teknic.co.in
Triune Exhibitors Pvt.Ltd. 218
T: +91-80-43307474
W: www.amtex2012.com
Tungaloy India Pvt Ltd 97
T: +91-22-61248888
W: www.tungaloy.co.jp.in
Tussor Machine Tools Ind P Ltd 80
T: +91-422-3200183
W: www.pinachoindia.com
Vardex Tooling Private Limited 139
T: 91-9730028248
W: www.vargus.com
Vinit Engimech Pvt Ltd 253
T: +91-281-2312091
W: www.balajilathe.com
Vinit Performance Polymers 257
T: +91-22-28204120
W: www.polymatindia.com
Virgo Communication 297
T: +91-80-25567028
W: www.virgo-comm.com
Vivek Machine Tools 268
T: +91-281-2386379
W: www.vivekmachinetools.com
Weldor Engineering Pvt Ltd 281
T: +91-281-2360242
W: www.weldor.com
Wendt India Ltd 131
T: +91-4344-405500
W: www.wendtgroup.com
Werner Finley Pvt Ltd 215
T: +91-80-23289889
W: www.wernerfinley.com
Wexper India Ltd 300
T: +91-124-2210020
W: www.wexper.com
Wexten Precise Industries Co., Ltd. 78
T: +886-4-2418-0799
W: www.wexten.com.tw
Yg Cutting Tools Corporation Pvt Ltd 12
T: +91-80-43543636
W: www.yg1.co.kr
Yuang Hsian Metal Industrial Corp. 234
T: +886-4-761-3688
W: www.yhm.com.tw
Zen Wu Zheng Sun Tool Co., Ltd. 86
T: +886-7-352-5743
W: www.jsk-tools.com.tw
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