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hp tooling 2020 #1

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The journal of hp tooling is an english, global publication on all aspects of high precision tools, accessories and their applications.

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news & facts fairs GrindTec 2020: World’s leading trade fair for Grinding technology continues to grow despite difficult framework conditions The ongoing trade crisis with the USA, the automobile market shrinking worldwide for the first time and the difficult transformation process to E-mobility taking place in this country. And yet: The AFAG GrindTec organizers currently have 663 registrations, a moderate increase in comparison to the 629 participating companies in January 2018. The occupied area has been enlarged. On an area of 46,500 m 2 GrindTec will present more exhibits than ever before. The number of nations participating has also increased, companies from 31 countries (29 in 2018) - present status - will present their innovations in Augsburg. The proportion of foreign exhibitors totals 44 %. Grinding techology positions itself with exciting trends An encouraging sign is thus set by the international grinding technology, which continues to show great interest in the German market and further pins its hope at GrindTec. Even though “harsher winds are blowing”, because grinding technology is closely interwoven with the automobile and engineering branch. Trade conflicts as well as sanctions from major nations are currently having a negative effect on the global economy and as a result also on the branch. Added to this are political uncertainties and structural changes in the automobile industry. Thus in the third quarter of 2019, incoming orders decreased in Germany by about a quarter. Foreign trade, which is extremely important for an export country like Germany, is less affected. Seen globally, experts reckon here with a decrease of only 4 % for the year 2020. Despite all uncertainties the market is still strong! Measured against the product value of machine tools in Germany, the machine group of “grinding, honing, lapping and polishing machines” makes up more than 13 % of all cutting and filing machine tools. In addition to this is the turnover through the production of grinding tools and abrasives, which in Germany with more than a billion Euro is just as high as that of the german “grinding, honing, lapping and polishing machines”. A good reason for the branch to counter the current economic situation with innovations, trend-setting methods and advanced technologies, and to present itself at GrindTec at the usual high technical and technological level. High-tech products on everything to do with the production and reprocessing of cutting tools are opening up new perspectives for tool grinding. Here the branch has its sights set firmly on competitive methods such as additive manufacturing, electrochemical polishing methods and laser processing of hard materials, whilst at the same time offering the market highly functional solutions for tried and tested processes. What - amongst other things - GrindTec visitors can expect: ➤ additive manufactured grinding discs ➤ grinding discs with integrated sensor technolog ➤ additive manufactured flow-optimised cooling lubricant nozzles ➤ hybrid grinding machine concepts that also integrate other manufacturing technologies ➤ direct drives in the grinding machine shafts to improve dynamic stiffness and precision as well as improving performance, to name just a few examples. Digitalisation, networking and automation form the basis for companies wanting to be successful on the world market. The manufacturers of machines and periphery systems as well as process and tool technology also supply sanswers at GrindTec to the new demands made of tool grinding. Providing added value in production technology at different places in the world at the same time is only possible with a modern network economy. New business models with economic potential will arise. Technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality will help both the supplier and the user/customer to simplify the daily work routine. Here numerous inspirations will likewise be found at GrindTec. FDPW - competence centre for grinding technology The Trade Association of Precision Toolmakers (FDPW), together with its international partners, presents itself in the conference centre of the Augsburg exhibiton centre. In addition to this, the association’s service partners also introduce themselves personally and supply information about their offers, which could be of great interest to the grinding technology companies. The GrindTec Forum with its lectures on current themes and the Jakob Preh school from Bad Neustadt, which is the only vocational school that trains precision toolmakers, can also be found here. Together with the GrindTec Campus this combination supplies insight into the cutting edge of user related research and development - the ideal complement to the comprehensive offers of further GrindTec exhibitors. further information: www.grindtec.de 30 no. 1, 2020, March

companies news & facts Launching the SEAM Program After years of unwavering commitment to quality and safety in the use of abrasives and production processes, European abrasive companies are again joining forces to implement sustainability measures industry-wide, thanks to SEAM. environment labor economy FEPA, the Federation of European Producers of Abrasives, representing over 80 % of the European producers of abrasive products, announced the launch of its new program focused on sustainability: SEAM - Sustainable European Abrasive Manufacturers. With the understanding that the value of a “European sustainability system” must involve all players within the supply chain, the objective of the program is to support and assist abrasive manufacturers on their way towards sustainable growth and sustainability improvements, mostly in production and distribution. The plants of the SEAM members enrolled in the program must meet a series of minimum requirements orga- nized into the three fundamental pillars of sustainability: environment, labor and economy. Each company must adopt several evolving targets within the three pillars, such as energy management, employee safety and business continuity. SEAM members must report annually on their progress. “Sustainability is not just a trend. It is bigger than that. Today it is a call for action to companies to act socially responsible. And SEAM is the answer to this call. It demonstrates the willingness of the European abrasive producers to work on making their production more sustainable, more efficient, and take a stronger look at the people who work for them and the community they belong to,” stated Jan Cord Becker, CEO of Hermes Abrasives and president of FEPA. Large, medium and small size abrasive manufacturers, suppliers and distributors have joined SEAM to set a European sustainability standard that pulls industry upward where it can find the right balance between environmental efficiency, production performance, labor safety; all pieces of a puzzle that betters the life of a community, and are values which give a strong position to European companies in the world. further information: www.fepa-abrasives.org no. 1, 2020, March 31

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