mach previews www.mach2008.com
Our MACH2008 previews began in February’s
MACHWorld special publication which went out to MACH
2006 visitors, and potential visitors for this year’s event.
They continue in this issue and into our April show issue,
when there will be special extended sections on exhibitors
specialising in tooling & workholding, software & controls,
and quality control & inspection equipment. In addition our website carries full and detailed
versions of all the ‘briefs’ that appear on our MACH2008 preview pages - just go to
www.mwponline.com and click on the MACH2008 tile on the right hand side of the home page,
and you’ll be directed to a full listing of all MACH previews in alphabetical order.
And don’t forget - all exhibitors showing new products or services at MACH 2008
will be identified in the exhibition catalogue, will displaying the New at MACH
logo on their stands - and can be identified by the logo against their listing on the
MACH website www.mach2008.com
mach 2008 briefs
We present a series of exhibitor ‘snapshots’
- for full details of their offerings
go to www.mwponline.com
Blum NovoTest
(measurement equipment): Stand 5150
Measurement specialist Blum launches the TC76-N touch
probe for turning centres and round work applications.
www.blum-novotest
Castrol UK
(metalworking fluids): Stand 5479
Castrol (UK) Industrial Lubricants & Services will present its
latest products, offers and services aimed at ‘unlocking
value’ in manufacturing processes.
www.castrol.com/industrial
MAG Cincinnati
(machining centres): Stand 5336
Cincinnati machines will sit alongside products from MAG
Industrial Automation Systems sister companies MAG
Fadal, MAG Huller Hiller and MAG Boehringer.
www.cinmach.co.uk
CMS Group
(machining centres): Stand 5588
Italian manufacturer CMS will present Antares, a new 5axis,
high-speed machining centre for machining nonferrous
materials within a 2,600 by 1,500 by 1,200 mm
working envelope. www.cms.it
Dalian
(machining and turning centres):
Stands 5128, 5130, 5136
MACH marks the official UK roll-out of the Dalian range,
the culmination of a successful commercial partnership
between 600 Group, and China’s largest machine tools
manufacturer, DMTG. www.600dmtg.com
As well as showing its latest range of sensor solutions, Balluff will have two dedicated
focus areas for IO-Link and Industrial RFID.
Balluff
(network communications): Stand 5530
IO-LINK, the latest sensor and actuator communication
development from Balluff, is an open standard interface that
is simple to use, quick and easy to install and compatible with existing field bus platforms such as
PROFIBUS and DeviceNet. Further benefits include advanced diagnostics and low cost, standard 3core
cabling, which can even be used for analogue applications.
The exhibition stand will have a fully functioning tool pre-setter that will enable Balluff
product specialists to demonstrate the benefits of RFID in tool management applications,
answer visitor questions on the principles of RFID and discuss other applications where it can
be used. Balluff Ltd, a subsidiary of Balluff GmbH & Co, of Neuhausen, Germany,
manufactures a wide range of inductive, optical, capacitive and magnetic sensors as well as
linear position transducers and Industrial RFID systems.
Balluff products for OEM and factory floor solutions are used to control, regulate, automate,
assemble, position, and monitor manufacturing, assembly, and packaging sequences for
industries including metalworking, automotive, plastics, material handling, wood processing,
aerospace, electrical, and electronics. www.balluff.com
Berger Tools’ Standard Machine Elements range, now consolidated into
one catalogue, will be distributed for the first time at MACH.
Berger Tools
(machine elements): Stand 4818
BERGER Tools Ltd is introducing its new catalogue detailing the company’s complete Standard
Machine Elements range. The compilation is a joint venture between Ganter Griff and Berger Tools
Ltd. The Standard Machine Elements range has now been consolidated into a single, easy reference
catalogue that will be distributed for the first time at the exhibition.
Berger Tools will also reveal the new KE series gas spring for nitrogen cylinders. The KE series
comes with SKUDO (patent pending) sealed piston, increasing the life of the spring.
For Mould Makers Berger Tools offers mould products such as mould ejector pins/ pillars and
bushes. New mould tools - compatible with all major industry standards - will also be introduced
at the exhibition. For added reassurance in the quality of its service and products, Berger Tools is
accredited in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001:2000 (formerly BS5750 Part 2).
www.berger-tools.co.uk
18 MWP march 2008
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