The requirements for shaft machining have changed significantly in recent years. Increasing variant diversity combined with decreasing batches present manufacturing companies with new challenges. With the VTC 100 GT EMAG is presenting a machine in which the turning, grinding, drilling and milling processes using a combined lifetool. In the following interview, Marina Manger, Technical Sales at the Grinding business unit, explains how this technology integration makes production more efficient and what concrete benefits users can derive from it.
Vertical pick-up turning machines are indispensable in modern manufacturing. These machines often produce in three-shift operation and are already highly optimized for specific production requirements. But how can additional increases in performance be achieved with such highly developed manufacturing systems? Jürgen Maier, Head of the Turning Business Unit at EMAG, deals with this question. In the following interview, you will learn how productivity can be further increased by direct loading into the work spindle of a vertical turning machine using a robot.
The brake disc is one of the most important safety-relevant components in passenger and commercial vehicles. The production of brake discs is, therefore, a demanding field of application that requires the highest precision. At the same time, cost pressures are very high and changing production batches must pass through the production lines with high productivity and short set-up times. As a specialist in the machining of brake discs, EMAG has already implemented numerous customized turnkey solutions in close cooperation with customers operating worldwide. In the following interview with Dominic Grimminger, expert for brake disc production systems at EMAG, we learn more about the challenges and solutions in this field of application.