Manufacturing Machinery World June 2018

LOOK BACK AT MACH
CONSIDERABLE
INTEREST
Partnership arrangements with machine tool
manufacturers, along with considerable interest
in its new Designer CAD for CAM system, were
Vero Software’s highlights at the MACH
exhibition.
With a total of 18 partner hotspots around
the UK’s premier production engineering show,
Edgecam programmed 12 CNC machines on
nine manufacturers’ stands, demonstrating 5-
axis simultaneous machining, Waveform
turning and milling, mill/turning, wire EDM,
and certified posts.
DMG Mori ran Edgecam on their DMU 60
Evo Linear machine with a 5-axis simultaneous
program, and an NTX 2000 for mill/turning
operations. UK Showroom Manager
Christopher Cooper says MACH was the
perfect venue to highlight their top level
engineering expertise and their machine tools.
“The linear machine is especially dynamic,
moving at 80 metres a minute, and we created
an impeller from an aluminium block which
was the maximum size for our handling system
– 410 mm wide and 200 mm high. We used
Edgecam to produce code which would show
the machine’s full capabilities, moving the part
around and removing material in the most
efficient way.
Matsuura also programmed two machines
with Edgecam for mill/turn and 5-axis.
“Visitors to our stand were particularly
impressed with how Edgecam produced a
highly complex part that looks like a puzzle or
optical illusion. It was challenging to program,
but Edgecam took it in its stride on our MX 330.
“We work very closely with Edgecam,
which ensures customers get the very best out
of their machine tool. We couldn’t do what we
do without Edgecam.”
Vero’s UK Strategic Partnership Manager
Wesley Tonks says: “Partnering in this way
gives a better understanding of a
manufacturer’s specific requirements, and
allows the machine tool supplier to introduce
the applicable Vero solution.”
www.verosoftware.com
VOLLMER GRINDS OUT GREAT
RESULTS
The MACH exhibition once again proved to be
a huge success for Vollmer UK with the tool and
saw blade grinding and sharpening specialists
winning an order at the show as well as
generating a high number of enquiries.
Vollmer had three machines on its MACH
stand and each of the machines for cutting tool
and saw blade production was very well
received by show visitors.
Making its debut at MACH 2018, the Loroch
K850-M for processing metal-cutting saw
blades got proceedings off to a flier with
Birmingham based Precise Saw & Tool Ltd
placing an order at the show. Purchased to add
capacity to its existing operation, the Loroch
K850-M has a 50 blade capacity and robotic
load/unload for extended unmanned running.
The centrepiece of the Vollmer stand was the
new Vgrind 360 tool grinding machine that also
made its UK exhibition premiere. The next
generation Vgrind 360 is the successor to the
Vgrind 160 model, now equipped with
enhanced travel distances for accommodating
carbide drills and milling cutters whose blanks
are made from either solid carbide or carbidetipped
steel bodies up to 200mm diameter.
With groundbreaking kinematics that
incorporates two vertical spindles, the Vgrind
360 allows multi-level machining. This gives
customers the facility to produce large numbers
of milling cutters and drills quickly and
precisely. At MACH 2018, the Vgrind 360 and
its HP 160 loading facility for around-the-clock
unsupervised machining generated a constant
crowd and enquiry levels were unprecedented.
‘BUYING BRITISH’
The 2018 edition of MACH proved to be the
most successful event that Industrial Tooling
Corporation (ITC) has participated in so far.
While many commentators will pin the show
success on a buoyant market and a new floor
layout; for Tamworth manufacturer ITC, the
crowds were drawn in by a stunning stand
design, a Suter MMX500 racing bike and the
sheer diversity of its product range.
Generating more enquiries than at any of
its previous MACH appearances, ITC had a
huge level of interest across the Widia, BIG
KAISER and ITC product ranges. And whilst
the Suter racing bike drew visitors to the
Vollmer UK’s Technical Sales Engineer, Mr
Kieran Rosling said: “Enquiries for the Loroch
K850-M and the flexible CHC840 sharpening
machine for carbide-tipped circular saw blades
up to diameter 840 were particularly high. We
conducted a number of demonstrations on both
machines during MACH week and we have
already booked further trials with a number of
manufacturers showing serious levels of
interest. However, the Vgrind 360 tool grinding
machine was most certainly the show-stopper
for us. The machine demonstrates a serious
investment with results and a return on
investment that is unparallelled. At MACH, the
innovation of the Vgrind 360 was evident and
the enquiry level and the number of follow-on
meetings we have booked-in for the weeks
beyond MACH is really encouraging. The show
was most certainly a success for Vollmer and
this will be qualified in the weeks and months
after the show.“
Tel: 0115 9491040
admin-uk@vollmer-group.com
www.vollmer-group.com
spacious and inviting stand, it was the
technology that made visitors stay, enquire
and show genuine interest in the latest product
lines.
Commenting upon the extraordinary levels
of interest, ITC’s Marketing & Internal Sales
Manager, Georgia Stewart-Jones says: “The
racing bike pulled crowds to the stand and as
soon as visitors had a glimpse of the high
precision ‘Bluetooth’ boring technology from
BIG KAISER that was next to the bike, general
interest suddenly turned to serious discussions
with our technical engineers. We had
numerous enquiries from manufacturers that
didn’t realise BIG KAISER products were
available in the UK, some visitors didn’t realise
that ITC was a UK manufacturer or that we do
specials whereas some visitors couldn’t
comprehend how extensive our portfolio of
product lines has become. The fact that ITC is
a UK manufacturer of standard and special
tooling lines with fast-turnaround times has
already won us business from MACH.”
Tel: 01827 304500
sales@itc-ltd.co.uk
www.itc-ltd.co.uk
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