Blog & Technical Papers
The VDW’s employees are experts in their respective specialist fields and contribute their know-how to a multiplicity of national and international contexts where they provide information on ongoing trends, news and interesting events at irregular intervals. Specialist articles published in connection with our trade fairs, the METAV and the EMO Hannover, in particular, will give you some soundly based insights into what’s happening in and around the German machine tool industry.
Automation raising grinding technology productivity
Automation raising grinding technology productivity
Automation raising grinding technology productivity
Fine machining requires a great deal of intuition. That is why many companies still take care of grinding and polishing manually. However, this can quickly become a source of high costs and inconsistencies, especially in series production. Automation solutions deliver reproducible quality at all tim...
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New toolmaking technology
New toolmaking technology
New toolmaking technology
"It’s time to wake up," says Professor Wolfgang Boos, Managing Director of WBA Tooling Academy Aachen GmbH, Germany, addressing the tool construction industry. He is drawing attention to the vital role which digitalized process chains will play in the future. However, tools and molds are still made ...
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Latest trends in grinding and tool grinding technology
Latest trends in grinding and tool grinding technology
Latest trends in grinding and tool grinding technology
e-mobility, digitalization and automation: these are just some of the key trends in the grinding technology sector at present. Research experts and the companies exhibiting at the new GrindingHub trade show will be providing insights into the latest technologies and processes in this rapidly develop...
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Lasers present no threat to the grinding sector
Lasers present no threat to the grinding sector
Lasers present no threat to the grinding sector
The early bird gets the worm. This certainly applies to Prof. Dirk Biermann, Head of the Institute of Machining Technology (ISF) at the Technical University of Dortmund. Although the new GrindingHub trade fair – organised by Messe Stuttgart, Swissmem and VDW – is not scheduled to take place until Ma...
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Focus on Automation
Focus on Automation
Focus on Automation
The main focus at METAV digital, the industry event for production technology from 23 to 26 March 2021, will be on precision tools and processing machines. Besides machining technologies, the spotlight will also be on automation solutions designed to raise the efficiency levels in production.
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New corporate culture in smart factories
New corporate culture in smart factories
New corporate culture in smart factories
The digitalisation and networking of entire factory floors and the new processes in Industry 4.0 scenarios are raising ever more questions surrounding the role which employees play in this environment and how their supervisors need to respond. Above all, the dynamics of production lines supported by...
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