International Metalworking News for Asia

Here’s what you can expect to find in this month’s International Metalworking News for Asia (IMNA). Enterprise Close-up features Reishauer’s Chairman of the Board Markus Wehrle. He has consolidated the company’s leading position in gear grinding, and has further expanded Reishauer’s presence across the globe. Without having a mechanical engineering background himself, Wehrle has nevertheless conceived and executed a series of crucial reforms, which have helped to set the benchmarks in this specific industry. Dialogue section presents Alexander Kliegl, Managing Director of DKSH Vietnam's Business Unit Technology. IMNA had a chance to interview Kliegl, during the Hurco and DKSH collaborative open house in Ho Chi Minh City. He talked about the newly opened precision machinery showroom in Binh Chanh district, its partnership with Hurco as well as the newly opened demonstration laboratory. Renishaw appears in our pages this month. Witness a bi-directional laser calibration run on just one linear axis of a CNC mill conjures up a completely different image. A short 1 m axis can typically take 30 to 60 minutes as the machine axis moves in 10 mm increments and stops to pause and settle before the laser interferometer takes a reading. If you are grappling with Industry 4.0 and how it can improve your company’s competitiveness, take a moment to read this issue’s Software & Control section. Learn how Industry 4.0 facilitates the vision and execution of a “Smart Factory” where cyber-physical systems monitor physical processes, create a virtual copy of the physical world, and make decentralised decisions. Other notable feature article is the “Light weight auto design” on page 24. In a joint project, EDAG Engineering GmbH, Laser Zentrum Nord, Concept Laser GmbH and the BLM Group, presented the bionically optimised spaceframe produced by hybrid manufacturing to highlight a new way in which a bodywork concept that is adaptable and can be manufactured flexibly can be produced in order to make the increasing range of different vehicles manageable thanks to the large number of different drives and load stages. Of course, there’s plenty more stories and technical articles aside from those mentioned. Take a moment to read IMNA’s latest print issue or download your copy on iTunes and Play Store. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and like our page on Facebook.