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.

Intelligent software solutions master metrological tasks
Intelligent software solutions master metrological tasks
Intelligent software solutions master metrological tasks
The challenges entailed by the omnipresent Industry 4.0 hype are immense: integration into flexible manufacturing processes, assuring process stability and production quality. Metrological technology has a particularly exacting remit in this context: fewer measurements in the measuring room – more m...
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Quality Area at the METAV 2018: processes digitally under control
Quality Area at the METAV 2018: processes digitally under...
Quality Area at the METAV 2018: processes digitally under control
The motivations for visiting the Quality Area at the METAV 2018 are many and varied, but at present plenty of visitors are primrily interested in one topic: how can the quality of their processes be improved with digitalisation? What small and mid-tier companies (SMEs), especially, should bear in mi...
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Virtual image: the digital twin
Virtual image: the digital twin
Virtual image: the digital twin
Industry 4.0, digitalised da ta in the cloud, networked processes in smart factories – what role does the metal-cutting tool play in this context? The METAV 2018 in Düsseldorf will provide practicable examples for financially viable implementation. “Just as with every real metal-cutting process the ...
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Medical Area at the METAV 2018: customised solutions for curative competence
Medical Area at the METAV 2018: customised solutions for...
Medical Area at the METAV 2018: customised solutions for curative competence
According to experts, “only the best of the best” in terms of machine tools qualify for use in the medical technology sector. From the viewpoint of a long-standing exhibitor at the Medical Area, the Citizen company elucidates how this is achieved even for highly complex 3D parts by a vastly experien...
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Holistic, bionic and disruptive – Additive Manufacturing Area at the METAV 2018 is ideally suited for networking
Holistic, bionic and disruptive – Additive Manufacturing Area at...
Holistic, bionic and disruptive – Additive Manufacturing Area at the METAV 2018 is ideally...
Components produced by additive manufacturing (AM) are ideally created using processes designed specifically for 3D printing throughout. Under these conditions, generative processes may usefully complement or supersede existing technologies. The current state of affairs is described as follows by on...
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METAV 2018: intelligent clamping systems are on the advance
METAV 2018: intelligent clamping systems are on the advance
METAV 2018: intelligent clamping systems are on the advance
Automation and digital transformation are inspiring all sections of the METAV 2018: this applies particularly to the Moulding Area, which will be supporting die and mould making manufacturers in identifying the right machinery for their plants, and the VDMA’s Clamping Technology Forum. Römheld’s Man...
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