Monday, May 26. 2008
With the products of the FAV 1330 series, Foster Chemicals GmbH introduces a new, high quality, chromium-free conversion for light alloy wheels and aluminium strip. The application of these products is typically carried out at room temperature as a no-rinse process. The produced conversion layers improve paint adhesion and increase greatly corrosion resistance. The FAV 1330 series products are completed by various degreasers and pickling agents designed for optimum performance required for each aluminium alloy. www.foster-chemicals.de
Wednesday, May 7. 2008
Positive response to the Tube exhibition gives further impetus
The Tube taking place every two years always gives an impression of the atmosphere prevailing in the international tube and steel processing branch. The response that RSA noticed in about 500 discussions during the exhibition is positive without exception. “In particular the European steel producers as well as the further processors meanwhile found excellent ways and means to make themselves stand out through quality against the cut-price imports from the Far East”, Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Schmidt, business manager of RSA Entgrat- und Trenn-Systeme, reports.
If the focus is on machines for the pre-production, RSA is playing a decisive part. The company is a manufacturer of sawing centers for sawing, deburring, facing and chamfering, checking, cleaning and stacking of various workpiece geometries and nearly all kinds of steel qualities and alloys. According to the company, 70 out of every 100 purchase orders for sawing centers are placed in favour of an RSA sawing center. According to the customers, this is mainly due to the optimum service in the first place, followed by a high production output as a result of short ancillary times. According to the customers, the third most important advantage is the long lifetime of the machines due to a robust construction and the modular expandability. “Our analysis on how customers can gain competitive advantages is logically leading to the competitive advantages of our products”, Rainer Schmidt comments on the feedback of the customers. Visitors to the exhibition respond extremely positively to the new developed sawing center An example of the progress in the field of the cutting technology through high performance circular saws is the new development of the RASACUT XXL, RSA presented at the Tube exhibition for the first time to a wide public. The remarks of the visitors to the exhibition give an impression of the advantages the new saw is offering to customers: “It’s really fast”. “The saw even copes with solid bars up to 170 mm diameter!”. “I’ve never seen before such a good cut surface”. “Sawing, deburring, and cleaning in one operation process is exactly what we require”. These representative reactions are not surprising. The output performance of the new RASACUT XXL is 10 times higher than the output of band saws which are normally used for this diameter range. Here are some examples. Round tube with 121 mm diameter, 11 mm wall thickness, material S355 and a fixed length of 560 mm: Output 327 pieces per hour including ancillary times.A second example: Square tube, material S235, dimensions 110 x 100 mm, wall thickness 4 mm and a fixed length of 127 mm: Output 514 pieces per hour including ancillary times. A third example: Solid bar, material 42CrMo4, with a diameter of 130 mm and a fixed length of 11,5 mm: Output 201 pieces per hour including ancillary times. RSA expects 2008 to even surpass the previous record year “The new developed sawing center RASACUT XXL will help the pre-producers to open up new methods for the sawing of solid bars not only with regard to output, but also to the cut quality. For example, forging blanks can be cut exactly to the gram”, Rainer Schmidt reports. “In this way we open up new market niches for our company, and as a result our positive development will increase further.“ For the second time in succession, RSA was able to achieve a growth in annual turnover in double figures to more than 20 million Euros in 2007. According to the company, also the first quarter 2008 has started very well – with regard to the invoiced turnover as well as the significant increase in receipt of orders. “Due to the fact that there was a smooth transition of development from the record year to the first quarter 2008, we are confident to realise our ambitious turnover planning even this year. Turnover will grow again in double figures”, the head of the company RSA describes the planned targets of his company for the current year.
The foreign demand is increasing further since RSA takes an active part in developing the market, and the domestic demand is stable on a high level. The new developed sawing center RASACUT XXL that was presented at the Tube exhibition for the first time, will open up new chances for the pre-production of tubes and solid bars up to 170 mm diameter. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Schmidt sees the upturn of his company continuing and signals further product developments. www.rsa.de
Thursday, April 17. 2008
For the last 15 months Kawi BV in Soest, the Netherlands, have been producing Duratec-XP, a specialised product primarily developed for high strength and high temperature electrical applications. The first successful application of Duratec-XP was in components for induction melting furnaces and billets heaters. The material is also particularly suitable for use as electrical insulation for arc chute applications in high-tension switchgear. Duratec-XP is a fibre-glass-reinforced calcium aluminate sheet which can be used in applications up to 7000 C, and in specialised applications even as high as 9000 C for short durations. Properties of Duratec-XP: Very high toughness, comparable with many engineering plastics Strong at high temperatures Non-brittle/flexible behaviour Electrically inert Available in large dimensions Easily machined to very close tolerances Good insulating characteristics
Kawi BV is also the acknowledged specialists in the machining of high density engineering calcium silicate and laminated densified wood (GPO3) materials. We have an extensive manufacturing installation dedicated to these products with equipment such as: Two 2,6x1,6 m flat bed 3D CNC milling machines 3 smaller milling machines 6 NC lathes Polishing/sanding machine 1 NC sawing machine 2 sawing machines 1 furnace firing to 12000 C for specialist heat treatment 1 furnace firing to 8000 C for general tempering treatments 1 low temperature curing oven for use up to 2000 C oven Various drying ovens 1 guillotine shearing machine
So as you can see, Kawi BV are fully equipped to carry out any manufacturing, machining or other processing work you may require. e hope the above is of interest to you, and we would be delighted to speak with you personally to provide further information about our unique product.www.kawi.nl
Tuesday, April 15. 2008
gaAs in 2006, the Pavilion is supported by VOA (Association for Surface Finishing of Aluminium). Here visitors find aluminium processing companies offering a wide range of aluminium refining technologies: anodising, coating, painting, chromating, electroplating, polishing as well as suppliers of measuring, testing and analytical equipment. Alutecta GmbH & Co. KG, HD Wahl GmbH, METACHEM Metall- u. Oberflächenchemie Sperzel GmbH, to name but a few occupants of the Pavilion.
Tuesday, April 15. 2008
The Dutch aluminium industry is attending again at ALUMINIUM 2008 with their traditional Holland Aluminium Pavilion in Hall 3 for the 6th edition. Over 15 companies amongst them companies like Buvo Castings, Huisman Non Ferro Metaal, Vostermans Alu Foundries or ZEELAND Metaal Handel will cover a wide range of the aluminium scope. Central meeting point is the Dutch Aluminium Centrum info desk. Interested in exhibiting? Please contact Mr Rudolf de Ruijter at artsant@euronet.nl.
Tuesday, April 15. 2008
North America produces about $40 billion in aluminum products and exports annually. Aluminum is one of the few products and industries left in North America that truly impacts every community, from physical plants and facilities to consumption of consumer goods. The pavilion is a very attractive presentation platform for the North American aluminium industry. Located close to the key-players of the industry as well as the main entrance of the show in the fully booked Hall 3 it is sponsored by the US Aluminum Association. Interested in exhibiting? Please contact Dan McAuley at dmcauley@reedexpo.com or +1-203-840-5402.
Tuesday, April 15. 2008
The Handtmann HBZ AeroCell, first horizontal machining centre for the specialist for 5-axis HSC machining centers is predestined for the machining of structural parts made of aluminium. The trend to increasing chip removal rates requires a solution with optimal chip flow: During the horizontal machining the chips fall immediately down on the ground and can be removed efficiently out of the machining room. The Aerocell was developed together with Asco and was consequently trimmed to power. Equipped with the presently most powerful spindle on the market – 110 kW – highest chip removal rates in shortest time are achieved. In one minute, 12,8 litres of the material are chipped from the raw part - which is equivalent to 35 kg solid aluminium. Besides that, speeds up to 80 m/min in all linear axis and accelerations up to 0,7G guarantee economic machining, highest performance and shortest cycle times. So far the loading and unloading for the horizontal machining was very often a problem. Handtmann act on the suggestion from the market and developed therefore a unique solution. Due to the palette changing system, which is integrated into the machine, the work pieces can be set up easily, ergonomically and with minimal required space in the horizontal position – parallel to the machining cycle.During the last machining steps in the machining room, both rugged arms of the palette changing system lead the second palette with the raw part back-to-back to the first palette that also closes the working room. After the machining process, the first palette is unlocked and pivoted from the machining room. With a turn of both palettes, the palette with the raw material is positioned and locked safely to the machine. During the machining of the material on the second palette, the first palette with the machined part is brought in the loading- and unloading position and can conveniently be set up and loaded with another raw part.At ALUMINIUM in Essen, Handtmann will be represented in Hall 4, stand B06 and will give more information about the new and innovative horizontal machining centre HBZ AeroCell. www.handtmann.de
Tuesday, April 15. 2008
Measuring fixtures cannot always be assembled exclusively from standard components. When complicated part geometry and/or special contact situations are involved custom-built workpiece adaptations are needed. Usually Witte Bleckede, manufacturer of modular fixturing system Alufix, supplies such custom-built components conventionally milled. In order to speed up manufacture of special parts Witte is taking advantage of rapid prototyping possibilities and utilizing RapidFit from Materialise. Pre-design of fixtures using standard components as far as the contact points takes place with Witte design software "Alufix Expert” then RapidFit takes care of the custom-built part supports. The geometry for the supports is calculated via Alufix Expert data. They are then materialised by laser sinter technology from a powdered basic material (thermoplastics) layer by layer. Arbitrary three-dimensional geometry can be produced, which often cannot be manufactured by conventional mechanical manufacturing processes. Thus even extremely complicated contour parts are available within a short time. If part changes occur only the special laser-sintered parts need be exchanged, and they are redesigned, supplied and mounted very quickly. www.horst-witte.de
Tuesday, April 15. 2008
In order to satisfy the increasing demand for a simple, economical and at the same time modular fixturing system, Witte Bleckede has developed a new product: Aluquick.Patented Aluquick unites the advantages of simple extruded profiles with the long established hole grid technology of Witte fixturing classic Alufix. Aluquick goes far beyond the advantages of conventional extruded profiles, because users can mount and position individual components both infinitely in grooves and repeatably in grid. Assembly is simplified and additionally speeded up with the help of new connection technology. Aluquick profiles, which are compatible with Alufix Classic and other Witte systems, are available in grid sizes 40 and 50mm. The grid on all sides offers almost unlimited design possibilities. The variety of configurations is backed up by different types of column and strut versions, which are available up to a length of six meters. A further advantage of Aluquick is weight savings of up to 40 per cent compared with Alufix fixtures which are already lighter and easier to handle than conventional fixtures. Depending on user application Aluquick is available as sets of modular components or as a complete fixture. The grid base plates are manufactured up to sizes of 10 x 2.5 meters. Set items are anodized black making Aluquick suitable for both CMM and non-contact (so called white-light) measuring applications. www.horst-witte.de
Friday, March 28. 2008
New Orleans is always worth a trip- now even more with TMS taking place there a great opportunity to combine the city of Jazz with meeting some customers. Knowing most of the exhibitors already from ALUMINIUM in Essen it was a good opportunity to listen to their market activities. Additionally many companies were interested in learning more about our concept for the primary pavilion at the upcoming ALUMINIUM 2008 and our newly launched event in the Middle East, ALUMINIUM Dubai. After all these interesting conversations I enjoyed the evening downtown in the french quarter with my american colleagues Dan and Geoff.Ulrike
Monday, March 17. 2008
Two weeks ago ALUMINIUM INDIA took place for the first time in Mumbai. The exhibition, the Alcastek conference as well as the exhibitor reception, held on the first show day, offered participating companies a wide range of gaining new business contacts, learning from the experts as well as experiencing the Indian culture and hospitality.
Monday, March 17. 2008
March 6th, the sponsors of the 6th European Aluminium Award met in Dusseldorf to discuss the new marketing and communication concept. Designers, developers, engineers etc. are invited to submit their innovation. By applying online the product innovations can be published on the website with 24 hours. Please visit the website www.aluminium-award.eu/2008 to see which companies have already applied.
Monday, March 17. 2008
The ALUMINIUM Team visited the EUROGUSS show in Nuremberg. It was a good experience to get an impression of the actual innovations in this sector. We had interesting conversations with companies who already confirmed their participation at the ALUMINIUM 2008 and informed them about the current status. In addition we introduced the show concept to companies who have aluminium in their product range. The Foundry Pavilion as well as the casting segment within ALUMINIUM 2008 was of great interest during our conversations. By the way: the traditional Nürnberger sausages tasted very well. Best regards Jessica
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