Emag Group mourns loss of former CEO

Norbert Heßbrüggen,the former CEO and shareholder of machine tool builder Emag passed away last month at the age of 88 in his hometown of Salach. The company owes a lot to him: under Heßbrüggen’sleadership from the end of the 1960s, the small southern German machine manufacturer became a globally active group with numerous subsidiaries. He also had the pioneering idea for a multi-functional vertical turning centre that made Emag a technology leader. In addition, the successful corporate structure that is still in place today was created under Heßbrüggen’s tenure. The entire company is mourning his passing.
For further information www.emag.com

Around 30,000 expected at Maktek Konya

The second edition of Maktek Konya is taking place in Turkey’s Anatolian region week (11-14 October). Staged at the Tüyap Konya International Fair Centre, Maktek will focus on manufacturing technologies that include sheet metal processing machines (bending, folding, straightening and flattening), tooling, measurements systems and CADCAM software.

Maktek Konya takes place in co-operation with the Machine Tools Industrialists and Business Association (TIAD) and the Turkish Machine Manufacturers Association (MIB). The last edition of the trade fair, in 2019, achieved great success by hosting 29,753 professional visitors from 47 countries, as well as 276 exhibitors from 20 countries. Some 88% of visitors said that they intend to return.
For further information www.maktekkonya.com/en

MicroStrain Sensing Systems joins HBK family

HBK is welcoming MicroStrain Sensing Systems to the family following the successful completion of the acquisition by Spectris Plc. The purchase, valued at $37.6m, has gained approval through a comprehensive regulatory process in the US. With the integration into HBK, MicroStrain will operate under the name ‘MicroStrain by HBK’. Located in Vermont, MicroStrain has expertise in designing and manufacturing high-precision inertial and wireless sensing systems. Its products cater to the industrial and tactical-grade sector within the inertial sensing systems market.
For further information www.microstrain.com

ModuleWorks names early MDES adopters

ModuleWorks reports that CADCAM vendor Autodesk and machine tool builder DN Solutions (formally Doosan Machine Tools) are adopting the recently released Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification (MDES). ModuleWorks introduced MDES as an open specification for exchanging digital representations of manufacturing equipment between various hardware and software systems across multiple process steps. This covers tool components, assemblies, fixtures, stocks, set-ups and their mounting in machine tools.
Autodesk and DN Solutions are among the first companies to adopt MDES.
For further information www.mdes.info/en

World premiere from DMG Mori at EMO

With the new CTX 450 and CTX 550, DMG Mori presented at EMO last month the two larger sister models of the CTX 350 introduced previously at Open House Pfronten 2023. The CTX 450 and CTX 550 feature a main and counter spindle, as well as a Y axis with 130 mm of travel, to facilitate the complete six-sided machining of complex workpieces. A turning diameter of 480 mm and a turning length of 800 mm, or 1225 mm for the CTX 550, offer maximum flexibility for customers.

The CTX 450 and CTX 550 reflect DMG Mori’s four pillars of process integration, automation, digital transformation and green transformation. It is possible to automate this six-sided complete machining in various ways – for example with the Robo2Go or the Matris systems. App-based control with a 24″ multi-touch screen simplifies digitisation on the shop floor, while modern drives such as the synchronous spindle motors ensure energy-efficient operation.

The CTX 450 has a main spindle offering 4000 rpm and 360 Nm. The main spindle of the larger model achieves 770 Nm at 3250 rpm. In addition, the counter spindle has a speed of 5500 rpm and a torque of 192 Nm (CTX 550: 4000 rpm and 360 Nm). The turnMASTER spindle concept with three (ISM80) or four bearings (ISM102) ensures precision, supported by a large bar capacity (80 or 102 mm).

Positioning accuracy in the C axis is 0.001°. Among the options is a direct-drive turret with speed of up to 10,000 rpm and torque of 42 Nm.
For further information www.dmgmori.com