hp tooling 2020 #1

editorial
Score with creativity
The heart of
metal working
beats in Stuttgart!
Eric Schäfer
editor-in-chief
The year 2020 will - as is
already foreseeable - be a
challenge for the global
economy and thus also for
the machine tool and the
machine tool industry and
its customers. Growth will be
modest worldwide, if not declining in many places. But
difficult times are always an opportunity to reinvent
oneself and to score points with innovations and
creative solutions.
First results of these creative efforts can be seen at
GrindTec 2020, the World Trade Fair for Grinding Technology.
Although grinding technology is also closely connected
with the automotive and mechanical engineering
industries, the overall market for grinding applications
is still strong. One can certainly expect trend-setting
processes and advanced technologies from the exhibitors
at the trade fair. In this issue we will give you a preview
of what the manufacturers will present at GrindTec. We
are particularly looking forward to the world premiere of
the laser machine from the sharpening specialist Vollmer.
The further development of additive manufacturing is
a topic for the future, which we also turn our attention to
in this issue. We report on the possibilities that additive
manufacturing offers cutting tool manufacturers.
It is equally interesting how the limits of additive
manufacturing are being pushed back by new metal
powders and components. Furthermore, we inform
you about new manufacturing solutions in medical
technology, report on the cost-efficient series production
of turbochargers and present powerful tools for the
production of electric motors.
Don't forget to visit our website
www.harnisch.com and pick up the news between
this and our next issue of journal of hp tooling!
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International exhibition
for metal working
15.–19.09.2020
Messe Stuttgart
Germany
Eric Schäfer
editor-in-chief
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