Profile Magazine

Profile Magazine 01 / 2025

When precision meets efficiency, extraordinary performance emerges. This is demonstrated not only by the 6,500 operational hours that an MV4800R Connect achieved in one year at Klaus Baier - an impressive 17 hours daily, every day of the year. The result: precision punching tools at the absolute limit of what is technically feasible.

Precision Stamping Tools at the Limits of Feasibility

Want to know how one customer achieved 6,500 operating hours in a single year? Klaus Baier GmbH reveals their secret with the MV4800R Connect

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Precision Across the Board: The New MX900 Series Revolutionizes Wire EDM

Curious about positioning accuracies below ±1 µm? Discover the revolutionary MX900 technology

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EDM-PiLOT, the button that can program, really well.

Wondering how to learn EDM programming in just 2 hours? Meet the game-changing EDM-PiLOT system

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Simply irreplaceable.

Looking for 20+ years of reliable EDM performance? Gronbach shares their Mitsubishi Electric success story

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Profile articles at a glance

Turning, milling – and now eroding as well.

“How can we help our customers develop further and ultimately develop ourselves?” This question ...

Toolmaking in three shifts.

“Since our founding in 1992, we’ve shaped quite a lot tonnes of steel to the customers’ wishes ...

Shinkansen. Kaizen on rails.

Japan’s Shinkansen is a “bullet train”, an unparalleled mass transit system. This article ...

Creatively successful.

Before vehicles are produced in large series, automotive manufacturers test and check the properties ...

Human-robot match-making.

In Japan, day after day, service and assistance robots make up the task force that meets human needs ...

High-precision grinding wheels.

Our visit to Fraisa’s Sárospatak site involved seeing how its grinding wheels, controlled by ...

Highly complex miniatures from the 3D printer.

3D printing has become a proven technology in many sectors. With the micro laser sintering process, ...

More cost-effective with a sharper profile.

Riegger Diamantwerkzeuge GmbH in Affalterbach develops and produces customised profiled grinding ...

Optimising processes with wire EDM.

Typical of special tools are the special geometries and contour profiles of their cutting edges. To ...

150% more output with reduced cycle times.

With six EDM machines on site from a sole supplier, JVD Engineering was adamant it was sticking with ...

News from Mars.

After positive experience with an already proven EA8S die-sinker EDM, the roller and ball bearing ...

Where high-tech mould making comes naturally.

The Vosges Mountains – France’s geological twin of Germany’s Black Forest – are popular with ...

Intelligently cutting up to 425 mm with a 50% state subsidy?

Combining precision and technical expertise with excellent service is the daily motivation of Peter ...

The Art of Aerospace. Wire EDM boosts toolmaking and production.

Within only 20 years, SACS Aerospace in Empfingen has developed into an internationally acclaimed ...

Wire-cutting a higher profile.

Prototyp in Zell am Harmersbach in Baden produces threading, forming and milling tools for its ...

Building bridges with wire erosion. High-performance tools for extra high-strength wire ropes.

The production of wire is an extremely demanding process. The starting material is usually rod or ...

Machining high-precision parts ready for use. Wire-eroded punches and dies for fine blanking.

There is hardly an object in everyday life that does not contain sheet metal parts. Whether it’s a ...

Ice cream makes chewy encounter with digital manufacturing.

Since its launch in 1981, Lotte’s “Yukimi Daifuku” is loved by people of all ages as a popular ...

You don’t get AI off the peg. Artificial Intelligence for automation.

The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in production is becoming more and more apparent. At ...

Artificial Intelligence in your machine?

What has AI got to do with me as a machine operator? Probably much more than you suspect... ...

High productivity and high precision

The Vogt & Käfer GmbH toolmaking and punching shop in Esslingen machines the cutting edges of its ...

Extending the production spectrum wire EDM

Designer food is a big talking point. To be able to productively manufacture meat, sausage and and ...

Robots from Mitsubishi Electric and AI in biotechnology

Thousands of individual samples can now be tested every day – the AGAMEDE robotic system has been ...

Close dovetailing of injection moulding and toolmaking for greater flexibility

“Small, but with maximum precision” is how manager Philipp Türk describes HT Tooling’s ...

Wire-cut EDM as a key technology

Quality always enjoys top priority at Formbau Schneider. The two managers of FB Schneider GmbH are ...

Quality and precision with Mold-tecnic.

Despite being a relatively new company, Mold-tecnic R&D can boast many years of experience in the ...

52 years, 52 employees. Hard-wired experience.

“We make pretty well anything except railings,” is how Dominic Janoschka, Managing Director of ...

The best the market can deliver.

Sustainability often begins on the factory floors of industry. The best example of this is the ...

EDM is cheaper than milling.

Since its inception in 1994, Carlow Toolmaking Services Ltd has specialised in manufacturing ...

Researching unusual materials.

Compared to the media stars of research such as medical technology, microprocessors and genetic ...

Wire erosion as a complement to high-precision grinding.

619 kilometres between sheep and giraffe

Entrepreneurs and top athletes need similar qualities: application, ambition, an obsession with ...

Toolmaker AWEBA resorts to EDM equipment from Mitsubishi Electric in its expansion

Since our first visit to the AWEBA Group about ten years ago, a great deal has changed at one of ...

Made-to-measure perforated metal

Perforated metal is encountered in many areas. It can be found in industry and sound insulation as ...

Good connections with cost savings…

Uniriv Kft. was founded in 1991 as a family business and is headquartered in Csepreg, Hungary, near ...

One robot for four

Characteristic of GEWO Feinmechanik GmbH is its zest for innovation. With the idea of an EDM island ...

In the heart of Berlin

Gebrüder Geisler GmbH uses the MP1200 Connect both for the machining of components for its own ...

High profile thanks to wire EDM

Within just 20 years, PREMEX GmbH in Remchingen, Germany, has developed into a globally recognised ...

High-grade, spot-on and versatile in their applications

To keep up internationally, industry and craftsmen are having to automate. However, there is a ...

Home living in Japan

The exploding populations in large cities call for practical solutions in the housing sector. In ...

3000 mm progressive die production

Punching specialists Kleiner GmbH in Pforzheim operate a large toolmaking shop for their own ...

Keeping intruders at bay

Cylinder locks are the usual means of protecting front doors from burglary. Widely used are the “ ...

For 100,000 eyes. Micro-precision in series

Jansen Precisie Techniek proves that wire erosion is not just a process for one-off production, as ...

Grinding and honing are so 2017. All in one go with the MP1200 Connect

Instead of tedious and laborious milling, turning, grinding, lapping and polishing, Winkler Prä ...

Specialist for almost 50 years in finished parts that require no reworking

High vertical integration saves time and cuts costs

Frank Keine is an avowed advocate of quality and reliability. The managing director of Winfried ...

EDM for UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

Instead of tedious and laborious milling, turning, grinding, lapping and polishing, Winkler Prä ...

When every micrometre counts. Tool steel, carbide, ceramics, polycrystalline diamond…

Switzerland has always enjoyed an excellent reputation when it comes to care and accuracy in ...

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC. 100 YEARS OF COMPANY HISTORY

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE ...

Tea is a work of art

Absolute accuracy and the greatest possible care are of special importance in the Japanese tea ...

Microseconds, micrometres and millions. Hublot. The watch

First. Unique. Different. This is the slogan of Hublot. The fact that Hublot belongs to a special ...

Hublot. The watch.

Microseconds, micrometres and millions ...

Easily grasped

The subcontractor Raditek in Markdorf on Lake Constance has expanded its range of machining ...

Guaranteed quality. EDMs in full-time operation at Naton Kft

The production of die-casting, plastic mold injection tools and sheet metal working tools used ...

DiamondCell – it’s the right balance of all the components that counts.

Dressing for a competitive edge. How is it done?

Grinding with higher abrasion rates and at the same time having tools that last longer enables you ...

Speed and accuracy

Working mainly for the automotive industry, Ing. Lang & Menke GmbH in Hemer produces small stamped ...

Well on the way to the top. Toolmaking benefits from precision wire erosion for a superlative surface finish

Jehle AG in Etzgen, Switzerland, produces stamped and formed parts as well as fully assembled ...

There’s no such thing as a digital twin off the peg

The use of virtual technologies ensures rapid commissioning, high transparency and process ...

Symbiosis of high tech and outstanding workmanship

Excellence can be found not only in the field of modern industrial production, but also in many ...

Getting diamonds into shape. Wire EDM for PCD cutting edges

Lehmann in Göda produces drilling and milling tools with PCD cutting edges specifically for the ...

Precision sinking with artificial thinking. But that’s not the only thing that’s new …

Behind every dependable, precision EDM machine is sound engineering. In addition, the technological ...

The mysterious world of the Geisha. Fine artist or sex worker?

Japan’s traditional culture is represented above all by kabuki theatre with its rich costumes, the ...

Oscillations for the world in the Bavarian Forest

Teisnach, picturesquely situated in the Bavarian Forest with a population of roughly 3,000, is one ...

Reliable and exact. Precision mechanics specialist relies on Mitsubishi Electric

Markets and technologies are subject to constant change. Only those who are willing and able to ...

Wire erosion – an essential technology

Specialists in EDM evolve into full-range suppliers of medical instruments ...

Demand for EDM processes results in strategic decisions

With great entrepreneurial intuition, GEWO Feinmechanik GmbH has successfully established itself ...

Fast track to individualisation

Industry 4.0 is a big talking point. But what does it really entail? The idea is that, as a benefit ...

Machines are an investment in the future

Modern technology, highly skilled employees and a clearly defined corporate strategy are the ...

Opening up new fields of application

At the Institute of Precision Machining in Tuttlingen, Germany, scientists are developing process- ...

A massive difference

K-L Präzision Falk Lange GmbH has two oil-bath wire EDM machines in operation. This enables the ...

In the land of the centenarians. Japan’s secret of longevity

Over 50,000 people living in Japan today are 100 years old or older – and the number is rising. On ...

Mitsubishi Electric EDM systems boost precision and performance

Kreyenberg GmbH located in the north of the Hamburg metropolitan region manufactures workpieces to ...

Problem solvers from the world of plastics

At GBM Kunststofftechnik und Formenbau GmbH, moulds not only have to be produced with precision, but ...

From glass finishing to medical technology and space technologies

The prototyping of high-end precision parts places the highest demands on the available machinery. ...

Profitable production with creative strategies

In the Stubai valley in Austria, the Stubai KSHB GmbH drop forge produces a wide range of high-grade ...

Koi carp – what makes it so expensive?

The Japanese koi, which has become a status symbol the world over, is the most expensive and ...

Optimising the machining process with additional axes and spindles

Multi-axes and spindles have become firmly established in wire EDM. Workpieces with complex ...

Machining the impossible

The workshop of the Institute of Experimental Physics in Innsbruck is constantly being put to the ...

Top marks for technological commitment – but safety culture trails behind

Industrial SMEs are stepping up the pace with the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 – which is ...

A flight of steps from the conservatory to the workshop

Making decisions, acting on his own responsibility and enjoying his work – it was with this ...

The never-ending quest for ultimate precision

It’s the classic situation all over again: Two young men suddenly come up with the idea of ...

All the world’s a cage

Schwäbisch Hall is not only home to a well-known German building society. It is also the town where ...

“We know what we’re looking for.”

The customer list of Fischer & Co KG in Sinsheim includes well-known names from the automotive, ...

An underestimated product factor

For decades wire-cutting has been synonymous with the efficient, high-precision machining of ...

Perfection in function and aesthetics

Swiss watches are considered the epitome of precision, quality and dependability. Exceptional design ...

Wire-cutting launches a new era

Building on its successful company history, Neubeck & Wiedemann GmbH is well equipped and firmly ...

Innovation for high productivity

Producing large components several metres long and wide for trucks and cars, scaffolds and space ...

Wachsmuth enjoys a global reputation for precision in toolmaking and metal forming. Wachsmuth always finds a solution in making the impossible possible.

A tradition of innovation

Wachsmuth enjoys a global reputation for precision in toolmaking and metal forming. High-grade ...

Training for industry

In its initial and further vocational training, Fohnsdorf training centre (Schulungszentrum ...

3D metal printing – product optimisation

Additive manufacture is a fascinating process that differs fundamentally from conventional machining ...

Focus on success

Machines from Mitsubishi Electric have been constant companions to subcontractor Reiner Jäger for ...

In the wake of the pioneer of electricity and the unit of measurement named after him

Alessandro Volta invented the electrical battery and pioneered electricity, with the unit of mea ...

40 employees of Mitsubishi Electric’s German branch making the key visual for the company’s 40th anniversary.

40 years of Mitsubishi Electric – in Europe

The German Branch of Mitsubishi Electric celebrated its 40th anniversary on 19 October 2018. Based ...

Art or icon …

How much art can be found in your EDM system ...

The robot you can program yourself … with G-codes

Mitsubishi Electric explains what is feasible with its new feature of the M8 CNC series Direct Robot ...

Programming machine tools and robots with a CNC control

Achieving more with fewer skilled workers – this is the challenge facing more and more ...

Keigo – why polite isn’t always polite

Japan differs from Western culture in many areas. One of the most interesting aspects is undoubtedly ...

Precision work from Thuringia. Top-level metalworking

For eropräzisa in Hermsdorf, Thuringia, no metal structure is too intricate and no request too ...

His own architect. Short ways are a must

Form follows function – this design principle is fully embraced by metalworking company Bacher ...

Getting silicone into perfect shape with the aid of intricate mould inserts

AMA, Ateliers de Moules Andrésiens, in Grossoeuvre, France specialises in silicone mouldings. On ...

Making the most of milling and wire-cutting

Innovative equipment, highly skilled staff and a clear, future-oriented company policy are the ...

Unmanned operation for profitability

With its focus on precision, jobshop SNOP61 SARL in Athis de L’Orne in Normandy, France produces ...

Production engineering on the project principle

For Alexander Wiegand, head of the WIKA Group, quality, dependability and proximity to the customer ...

Superfine grilles meeting the highest standards

Rathgeber GmbH in Innsbruck ranks among the world’s leading specialists in tightly meshed, ...

Beer brewed with rice – is this possible?!

Anyone who thinks most Japanese drink mainly sake and plum wine are mistaken. Beer is by far the ...

Masters of precision machining

Machines usually work with greater precision than humans – but this does not apply to the Schulz ...

360° toolmaking as a model for the future: teaching factory and business enterprise

The Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie (DAA) (German White-Collar Academy) in Bad Oeynhausen held its ...

The common denominator: Difficulty

Sistmolding Srl was founded only in 2012, but was already one of the front runners in its sector, as ...

In cost-effective series production, high-precision clamping jaws for grinding machines are wire-cut in unmanned shifts.

EDM as a calling

Producing high-grade components made of hard materials flexibly and at short notice has proven to be ...

The benefits of networking. Production partners for added value

GEZEA, the specialist in graphite electrodes and tool-making in Eisenach, Germany, fosters close ...

Concentrating on cutting-edge technology

In the heart of an essentially agricultural and touristic area, Celoplás in the north of Portugal ...

A prime mover with switches and actuators

Gruner has always been a little faster to react than its rivals and has been setting the pace with ...

In great shape – after only one year

Csaba Tool Kft. is located in Ajka’s popular industrial area. The paint has only just dried on the ...

Flexible thanks to exceptional dependability

Bertrand Bonnay, owner and managing director of the small jobshop AEMB in Thyez, France, was looking ...

Kawaii – lending expression to the inner child

While children in this part of the world have fun with cuddly and other toys, many Japanese have a ...

Securely fixed. Millions of parts for firm connections

Sometimes even tiny parts can be crucial – at least as far as those fastening elements from ...

From side-line to company

With over decades of experience and dedication to the profession, Péter Badics talks about ...

Improving competitiveness by strengthening in-house mould-making

Grote + Brocksieper GmbH + Co. KG in Kierspe in the Sauerland, a manufacturer of numerous plastic ...

On the way to digital networking

To stay competitive on the international level, companies will have to make their production ...

The added value of invention

Universal1972 is a company active in the domestic appliance sector but is capable of serving any ...

Trusting in forward-looking technology to attract customers

Since founding his company in March 2016, Frédéric Thiervoz in Marigny-Saint-Marcel, France ...

Innovating by example

Kegelmann Technik has been one of the best addresses for prototypes and small series for almost 30 ...

The Alternative

At three locations in Europe, the USA and Asia, the HÄRTER Group produces stamping tools, injection ...

From garage company to world leader

In the production of precision dies for cold forming, the NICHIDAI Corporation occupies one of the ...

What does OPC UA mean for Industry 4.0?

Few subjects are currently capable of stirring the emotions as much as digital networking. The ...

The quality, precision and productivity of the MV1200R and MV2400R wire EDMs are appreciated by Jordan Signori (draughtsman), Christophe Boiteux (Managing Director) and Thomas Lambert (Deputy Managing Director) of ITB Innovation in Autechaux.

Clamping systems

ITB Innovation, a French company domiciled in Autechaux in the Département Doubs near the Swiss ...

Striking the right note with precision mechanics

The product range of Atlantic Zeiser GmbH in Emmingen, southwestern Germany, revolves around the ...

High-tech component in vehicle engineering

In all vehicles, propeller and half shafts transmit the power from the gearbox to the drive axle ...

Challenges for SMEs

Everyone’s talking about Industry 4.0. There are plenty of ideas on what could be done; there are ...

The Sauber C36-Ferrari. The anniversary car for the new era

In 2017 the Sauber F1 Team celebrates another milestone: it is the 25th Formula One season in the ...

We couldn’t do without them!

Almost one and half years ago, the sister companies Nieuwstraten Metaalbewerking BV and ...

Terrific start for the “Journée Technique”

For the first “Journée Technique”, the showroom in Ratingen was firmly in the hands of French ...

Research for new developments in robotics: mechatronics makes products intelligent and simple.

Superior efficiency with die sinking

From the research lab to industry – die-sinking is being investigated under this motto at ...

Served by Mitsubishi Electric machines for generations

From one generation to the next

When it comes to perfection and precision, Hornung in Swabia is second to none – and has been ...

Focus on precision

Anyone committed to a reliable and swift single-source supply of anything from one-off and ...

Key technology for lock production

ABUS, a company world-renowned for its security solutions, manufactures window, door and cycle locks ...

Zero emissions – Japan shows us how

In recent years, Japan has developed into one of the leading nations in the use of electric vehicles ...

Staying competitive in Europe

In the production of replacement parts and components for cutting and punching tools, USIMICRON in ...

Making a name for itself with complex solutions

Until not so long ago, aluminium in the automotive sector was reserved for the top end of the market ...

Knowledge is forever. Hands-on initial and further training

In Linz in Austria, the Business Development Institute (WIFI) of Upper Austria’s Chamber of ...

Remote machine access

With innovative technologies and a modern machine park, the two managers of Honex AG, Reto Christen ...

The Japanese macaque – a lively climber with a lively mind

There’s no doubt about it: thick-coated Japanese macaques are extremely inquisitive and alert ...

Crash Protection System. Easily installed

A considered and far-sighted approach is the best safety policy – but what if things have to be ...

changes.AWARD – changing the world for good!

Die Freunde und Förderer des Industriemuseums Cromford e.V. (association of friends and sponsors of ...

Searching for open doors

When jobs have to be accomplished quickly and flexibly, Jürgen Pirgl is always at the ready. His ...

If you want high quality, you need high-tech production

With an advanced high-tech machine park, Falk Lange has made K-L Präzision a trendsetter in the ...

Hard-wired for success

Speed is all-important in Formula One – and the same applies to the production of the vehicle ...

Punching above its weight

As a member of the global Binder Group, MPE Garry GmbH in Füssen concentrates on the development ...

The fascinating world of Mitsubishi Electric

Imagine someone cutting a slice out of the Earth’s crust and unrolling it before your eyes. Well ...

Big attraction. Visitors flocked to the official opening

As a member of the global Binder Group, MPE Garry GmbH in Füssen concentrates on the development ...

Service & support – holiday for your EDM

Your holiday is booked, and the sun, the beach and relaxation are within reach. Time at last to ...

Mysterious Japan – on its way into the future

Over a series of decades, Japan has undergone remarkable metamorphosis. Once a cultural and social ...

Three in one go. High precision from the gemstone town

Loch’s EDM team is always true to its slogan “Always a cut above the rest ...

Playing safe

In the face of growing global competition, companies are investing in new technologies so they can ...

Customer proximity

When HAIL-TEC needed a new wire-cut EDM machine, they didn't hesitate for long. Displaying open- ...

Supplier on equal terms

Precision, flexibility and speed – this is what is demanded by the customers of TECHTORY when it ...

Leading the field with knowledge

Mitsubishi Electric’s EDM User Forums are extremely popular. Which is hardly surprising, as its ...

New departure. Cutting faster, more reliably and more cost-effectively with the MV2400R.

DTM in Badalona produces high-grade steel moulds for the die-casting and injection-moulding of ...

Automated NC programming

Mitsubishi Electric’s EDM User Forums are extremely popular. Which is hardly surprising, as its ...

Kaizen – a tradition for the future

The kaizen philosophy from Japan is applied at work and in all other areas of life. The term means ...

Progressive

If you’ve been producing hose clamps in hundreds of variants and qualities for the world market ...

Automation for the nation

ZeroClamp GmbH in Icking on Lake Starnberg develops and builds high-grade automation systems for ...

Structural change as a springboard to success

In toolmaking, Mirko Trentzsch has always insisted on quality. “As a small firm, we’ve so far ...

Sustainable success: eco-friendly production, reduced costs

Energy and raw materials are becoming more and more expensive. Under these conditions, how can ...

Leaping into the unknown

Precision and innovation – these are the keys to the success of XENON Automatisierungstechnik GmbH ...

New opportunities. Complexity welcome

Whenever particularly complex tools have to be machined, the workforce of K+S GmbH Modell- und ...

The perfect showcase for generating business

Industry has a new top event to look forward to. At the beginning of May, the tool-, pattern- and ...

A new technology for a higher profile

What’s the best way for a jobshop to improve its market standing? AMEP in La Chapelle has added ...

Turning out skilled employees

Apprenticeships and further training are becoming essential for machine tool manufacturers if they ...

The best is yet to come

If a jobshop wants to stay competitive, it has to continually improve its processes and work more ...

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

When it comes to machining hardened steel and hard alloys, specialists today mainly think in terms ...

A fighting-fit team! Teamwork is writ large at Seehafer & Marohn.

Immaculate steel moulds for perfect-fit closure systems

Immaculate steel dies and moulds for the production of high-grade die castings and injection ...

An innovation guru shares his knowledge

Particularly in the world of small and medium-size businesses, lasting success depends on a company ...

At Nobatec these tools are machined in 4–5 work cycles on the NA2400.

Success with special solutions

Hardly had it gone into service than the new NA2400 machine from Mitsubishi Electric was back on ...

Bringing a smile to children’s faces

Children’s faces light up when they can let their imagination run wild with their Playmobil toys. ...

Since the Sonodrive 300 offers high precision rotation and the advantage of high-frequency vibration, it facilitates time savings of 40 to 50 per cent over conventional spindles.

Sights set on the future

In an interview with Profile, Stefan Kunz, Head of Micro EDM at Fraunhofer ICT-IMM, tells us about ...

Scope for creativity

Bruno Nussbaumer cannot imagine ever being anything but his own boss. He makes use of his freedom ...

A useful addition. Wire EDM in series production

What is the key to the success of a family-run jobshop? It has to consistently respond to the ...

Micrometre precision

Exceptionally high precision is the hallmark of Rauh Erodiertechnik in Fürth. To achieve this, the ...

Poetry in motion

It’s Goethe and Schiller wherever you turn. But there are other names in and around Weimar that ...

The sweet scent of success

The production of punching and follow-on composite tools is the speciality of Amiet AG in Herisau, ...

At the end of the toolmaking chain

When Sven Kitzmann and Armin Baur set up business with Future-TEC in Wutha-Farnroda in 1999, they ...

Full of the joys of springs

There is hardly a vehicle in Germany that does not have springs from Hirsch KG fitted in it. But ...

Focus on precision

Under the KERN brand, MARPOSS produces high-precision measuring instruments. One of these is used by ...

Specialists in small, high-precision series

“When a Swiss toolmaker says ’precision’, he’s talking about micrometres,” Thomas Rüegg ...

Cutting edge

When it comes to wire cutting, TYROLIA, the trendsetter in ski bindings, places its faith entirely ...

Your car runs with Wiesauplast …

... or at least your neighbour’s does. Worldwide, one car in three is equipped with PET safety ...

A good job of work

The ink on the contract has dried and Mainz Institute of Microtechnology (IMM) is on its way to ...

World of sport

When you visit Salomon, you enter a world of sport. You can marvel at the high-class products and ...

Bright sparks

When accuracy, durability and user-friendliness are demanded from EDM machines, numerous companies ...

A 360 degree view Mitsubishi Electric at EMO 2013

Visitors thronged around the exhibits, and all the tables for meetings were occupied. Visitors from ...

Centre stage and behind the scenes

Interview with Hans-Jürgen Pelzers, EDM Distribution Manager Europe of Mitsubishi Electric Europe B ...

Jörg Fangmann, Production Manager, cites the production of technically sophisticated injection moulds as one of Kröger Werkzeugbau’s specialities.

A big step forward

By investing in an MV2400R Grand Tubular from Mitsubishi Electric, Werkzeugbau Kröger has taken ...

At full speed into the future

Newport Toolmakers Ltd has taken delivery of a Mitsubishi MV2400S CNC wire EDM featuring ...

Bonsai – big in Japan

The word “bonsai” means literally a tree or plant in a bowl. The name says what it is. In many ...

The will to chill

Cryogenic Ltd, a leading supplier of high field superconducting magnets and low temperature ...

Environmental protection

Environmental protection is now on the map in the metalworking sector. But what exactly does this ...

Energy-conserving air conditioning

So that Frankfurt Airport will stay competitive in the long term, the new Gate A-Plus for up to six ...

Japanese cocktails. A journey for the senses

After a busy day at work, our body often needs release from stress and from the mulling-over of ...

We are all members of the Möderer family

Everyone at Hans Möderer Werkzeug- & Formenbau GmbH, Leinburg, had good reason to celebrate. In ...

Intelligent clamping makes all the difference

Outstanding results are only possible with a tailor-made clamping fixture. Since Peter Aldrovandi ...

Rust protection with water

Chia-mo Srl has been designing and building accessories for machine tools for subtractive machining ...

Cutting diamonds with precision

Lütticke: The future belongs to automated toolmaking ...

Getting it right first time

Walter Pottiez GmbH is one of the first users of the MV2400R Grand Tubular from Mitsubishi Electric ...

Slashing machining time by 20 hours

Huyghe Formenbau is synonymous with precision technology and outstanding quality in mouldmaking. ...

Tooth for tooth geared for success

The proverbial precision of Black Forest clocks also applies to the products of Neugart in ...

Almond crescents launch bespoke machine building

A number of successful entrepreneurs started off small, working from their garage. And one such ...

Uncharted territory

By investing in an MV1200S Tubular, Empa Materials Science & Technology, Dübendorf (Switzerland), ...

Moving up into the world league

If there were a world league for makers of multiple moulds, the ERMO Group would be up among the ...

High-wire artist

By switching to a custom wire EDM system from Mitsubishi Electric, Steinkamp Maschinenbau, maker of ...

Material of the future

The Plastics Centre in Leipzig makes its mark in research with its expertise, creativity and a wide ...

Berker: Quality control for ideas

What’s feasible and what isn’t? At the test laboratory of Berker, a manufacturer of high-grade ...

Caleffi: Full quality

For five decades, the Caleffi Group has been success- fully specialising in the production of ...

A result of perseverance and discipline

Life is not easy and this is never ignored at Tek-Moulds in Malta. Hard work and determination are ...

Our best for the Vorwerk product family

The toolmaking department of Vorwerk Elektrowerke serves all the products developed for the Kobold ...

Italian flair, Japanese precision

In this Italian company’s workshop, three high-precision Mitsubishi Electric wire EDMs are at ...

Progressive production philosophy

SPEMA, a French company that mainly produces tools for the cutting of steel and plastics, accords ...

Fast track for high precision

What has Sogameca got to do with the 24 Hours of Le Mans race? Firstly, the specialist in cutting ...

A shining light in tool- and mouldmaking

With superlative-quality tools and moulds fabricated by its skilled staff, AWEBA has advanced to ...

Advanced robots in operation below ground

ProKASRO specialises in customer-driven solutions for sewer rehabilitation and has opted for maximum ...

No hurdle too high

No challenge is too big for Stefan Korbach. On the contrary: he enjoys developing complex injection ...

One-offs for specific customers make up a large portion of the product range handled by Erodiertechnik Naumann GmbH.

The rapid response force for prototypes

For Erodiertechnik Naumann GmbH, wire EDM is a still young but all the more successful line of ...

A live wire

If you haven’t got customers, you’ve got no right to exist, the Dutch say. Not a sentiment to ...

Thanks to its many years of experience and advanced production methods, Roming Werkzeugbau supplies superlative quality, however large or small the series.

Just 4 weeks to the finished product

Ever since Franz Roming founded Roming Werkzeugbau GmbH 85 years ago, the firm in Rottweil has been ...

24/7, 8 employees

In the wire-cutting of mould components, SD Formentechnik banks on customer loyalty and machines ...

The patented V-filter from Küfner achieves minimal flow resistance combined with an extremely high filtration rate.

A star of the screen

Karl Küfner KG's filter screens are adapted to any customer requirement. And this individuality ...

Service – from eastern Westphalia to Mexico

Boredom is practically unknown to Christian Casilda Weissen. The term “flexibility”, on the ...

Goethe university: In the service of research

Scientists at the Goethe University benefit from the high manufacturing depth of their workshop. The ...

A perfect fit for a brighter smile

With its FA10-S Advance, WF Fottner GmbH opts for forward-looking wire EDM technology from ...

Innovative training: The career springboard

Thanks to the new wire and die-sinking EDM machines from Mitsubishi, trainees in Villingen- ...

More axes, greater scope, higher precision

Multi-axis technology extends the application range of wire EDM machines ...

3,000 articles, 13 design engineers: Precision beyond the bounds of conventional machining

Pöppelmann underlines the central importance of mouldmaking with the very latest production ...

Breaking the sound barrier with top quality

HK Technologies supplies eighth Mitsubishi to precision engineering firm ...

Higher manufacturing depth boosts value added

Hohenloher Kunststofftechnik is another name for expertise in wire inmoulding. Its product diversity ...

A million parts on the zero-defects principle

In plastics injection moulding, full-service provider Hörl delivers superlative quality throughout ...

Giants in precision for micro-components

Tool & Stamping has established itself on the market with highly complex stamping tools. Two ...

In addition to wire EDM, MEPAC also practises sinker EDM in order to produce parts like this one. An EA12D from Mitsubishi Electric has been in operation since 2009.

Supreme precision and impeccable surfaces

When the engineer Petr Petrik set up MEPAC CZ with two employees in 2004, he laid the foundations ...

From super-fine grooves to big blocks of steel

When Ernst Wagner built his first manual chain-link fencing machines in 1893, he had no idea that he ...

21 Formula One race engineers contributed 100,000 man hours to the development of Roman Weber’s sports car.

The world’s fastest wire eroder

In the over twenty years’ history of Roman Weber GmbH, the company of the founder of the same name ...

Converting steel strip into a component of the world-renowned pen-knife is made possible by an FA20-S Advance from Mitsubishi Electric.

Cutting it fine

In the over twenty years’ history of Roman Weber GmbH, the company of the founder of the same name ...

In cases where several recuts used to be necessary, a maximum of three cutting operations are sufficient today.

Wire EDM opens the door to high precision

In the hundred years plus of its company history, DORMA – today a group with a 6,500-strong ...

A complex stamping tool set with a drawing – a big challenge for the team and the machines.

Making Swiss watches tick

In the hundred years plus of its company history, DORMA – today a group with a 6,500-strong ...

Copper electrode for an injection mould.

Delivering precision on time

High-precision components are standard in medical technology. The 40 employees of RS-technik CAD-CAM ...

mödinger & hänle engages in the fabrication of novel tools. The demanded quality and precision are achieved with hypermodern wire erosion.

Innovative tool solutions

Complex stamping, cutting and follow-on composite tools plus automation processes for the machining ...

10,000 laser systems sold world-wide – now in Europe as well

Mitsubishi Electric, one of the true laser pioneers, is now launching the internationally successful ...

Travel report on Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun

Japan – or “Nippon” as the Japanese themselves call it – this fascinating country in the ...

Sky-rocketing with high-end technologies

In their bid for quality and reliability, MT Aerospace AG banks on an FA20-S Advance from Mitsubishi ...

Flex appeal

Krüger Erodiertechnik crowns its equipment for the machining of large workpieces with the FA50-S ...

Karlsruhe University demonstrates the extra cost of milling

Costs 45 per cent higher than EDM ...

Hypermodern production for superlative measuring tools

Flexible and customer-oriented – with an FA10-S Advance from Mitsubishi Electric, Nedo produces ...

Complex tools efficiently produced

With its direct drives, the NA1200 Essence achieves maximum precision. WÖLLNER + FRANZ has been ...

Nothing but the best for the boss

Wire eroder Bart Pinxten produces top-quality components. His customers are impressed by his ...

Flexible and quick to react

Simple wire-cutting was yesterday. With its B-axis and “column-up” option, Lüntech GmbH also ...

Mitsubishi erosion machines – too precise for some

Thanks to an FA20-V Advance with a Z-axis extension, FEZ Mengemann now cuts tall components – ...

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Technology from space – now available for everyone

Mitsubishi Electric Photovoltaics has now improved its supply line from the sun as an energy source ...

K + S Modell- und Formenbau

What has Sogameca got to do with the 24 Hours of Le Mans race? Firstly, the specialist in cutting ...

Präzivo gets underway with innovative technology from Mitsubishi Electric, coupled with a commitment to quality and to the customer.

Going solo with wire erosion

When Ronny Volland set up his own wire-cut EDM business by the name of Präzivo at the beginning of ...

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