13/03/2020 - Oliver Hagenlocher
General instructions for dealing with the coronavirus
In order to counteract a further spread of the coronavirus, we have established the following company regulations for visitors, suppliers and external service providers:
All personal contact must be kept to a minimum. Where it is not absolutely necessary, face-to-face meetings should be avoided and replaced by telephone calls or web conferences.
This applies in particular to people who have been...
10/03/2020
When the catch phrase “lightweight design” is used for the automobile production, it typically refers to passenger cars, rarely commercial vehicles. However, there is an enormous amount of potential for weight reduction and cost savings when considering the large, heavy parts needed for the drivetrain in trucks. Recently, a supplier in North America demonstrated the possibilities and benefits...
27/02/2020 - Markus Isgro
According to the 2018 energy study of the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), with a share of 30.5% of the world’s primary energy consumption, oil remains the most important source of energy.
However, global trade restrictions complicate the extraction and importation of this “black gold”. China, for example, is required to extract its own oil in order to meet...
24/02/2020 - Markus Isgro
EMAG Receives “Outstanding Supplier” Award from Sisamex
The EMAG Group and Sisamex, a member of the Mexican Quimmco Group, have been production partners for over 20-years. At its plants in Monterrey, Sisamex produces a large variety of workpieces for trucks, agricultural and utility vehicles for many renowned manufacturers. Since 1997, Sisamex and EMAG have worked together to install a variety of EMAG machines and technologies including soft and hard...
15/01/2020 - Markus Isgro
EMAG Acquires CNC-Technik Weiss GmbH Headquartered in Neckartailfingen, Germany
The EMAG Group is expanding its technology range in the field of grinding with cylindrical grinding technology from WEISS. “We are extending our range of products in the area of high-output and high-precision cylindrical grinders with grinding technology from WEISS,” explains Dr. Guido Hegener, Managing Director of EMAG Maschinenfabrik GmbH. “Cylindrical grinding is particularly important at the...
13/01/2020 - Markus Isgro
The New EMAG Systems: EMAG provides complete turnkey solutions from a single source
The production of comprehensive manufacturing solutions from a single source is the main requirement for many mechanical engineering production planners. Typically, a general contractor would be responsible for the development of a complex line of interlinked machines with a variety of technologies. This provides the manufacturing company with two major benefits: the overall planning is easier (of...
02/12/2019 - Markus Isgro
Production System by EMAG: Lightweight Rotor Shafts Machined with End-to-End Production Systems
A large number of studies are predicting rapid growth in e-mobility. The latest sales figures confirm the trend: According to the Center of Automotive Management, sales of electric cars in China and the USA increased dramatically last year. In Germany, the market share doubled at a low level. Mechanical engineering plays a central role by developing production technologies that enable safe and...
07/11/2019 - Markus Isgro
Rotary actuators are jacks-of-all-trades: They are implemented whenever an object must be rotated or swiveled—this is necessary during the production of utility vehicles, ships, machines, power plants, and production areas. This broad range of uses defines the challenging tasks that HKS Dreh-Antriebe GmbH is facing, as it is the market-leading producer of this interesting technology. The company...
14/10/2019 - Markus Isgro
EMAG Production System: Perfecting the Finish-Machining of Turbocharger Shafts
The production of turbochargers is one of the most demanding tasks in automotive engineering: High-strength materials, precise geometric requirements, large quantities and price pressure are key challenges for OEMs and suppliers. The continual pressure to downsize in the automotive industry, paired with the increased demand for high performance parts, with smaller displacement, is putting...
09/09/2019 - Markus Isgro
Vertical turning center for shafts: 4-axis machining of rotor shafts, transmission shafts and more
The VT 200 shaft turning center delivers top performance in high-volume series shaft production.
29/08/2019 - Markus Isgro
Large components and complex geometries—in heavy machining, this combination is far from rare and is always synonymous with a high expenditure of time and rising costs. A primary reason for this is that the variety of machining processes required, from turning to gear cutting, are typically performed on different machines that are not completely linked with one another. Additionally, the variety...
23/08/2019 - Markus Isgro
EMAG LaserTec is known first and foremost for highly productive laser welding systems. The focus is indeed on the word “system”: In addition to the actual welding process, steps that occur upstream or downstream of the welding are frequently integrated as well. Proper cleaning of the workpieces prior to welding is an important process step, as this determines the resulting quality. Impurities from...
20/08/2019 - Markus Isgro
Anyone who has had a closer look at the ECM process knows that it is an innovative technology. In order to make manufacturing with PECM even more accessible, EMAG ECM, headquartered in Gaildorf, near Schwäbisch Hall in Germany, has developed a new machine—the PI 800—which boasts a modular and compact design.
12/08/2019 - Markus Isgro
Precisely timed cycles, extremely accurate heating patterns and perfect integration in the production process—the advantages that induction hardening provides propel the implementation of the process in many application areas in the automotive industry: An increasing number of drive train, steering, transmission and engine components are induction hardened. Against this background, the newly...
07/08/2019 - Markus Isgro
The success story of DUO machines from the EMAG Modular Solutions product family keeps on going. At the EMO in Hanover, EMAG will present the latest expansion stage of the DUO series, the VL 5 DUO. What can users expect from the new machine? In a nutshell: Everything is getting bigger!
06/08/2019 - Markus Isgro
Cost pressure, high quality requirements and demand for huge output volumes—extremes collide in automotive transmission manufacturing. While meeting these demands, production quantities will also projected to continue to rise in the coming years. The authors of the current “Shell Pkw-Szenarien” (Shell Automotive Scenarios) estimate that the global car fleet could more than double to 2.5 billion...
02/07/2019 - Markus Isgro
EMAG at the EMO 2019 in Hanover: The Sequel to a Successful Event Concept
What does the automotive future hold? This question is one way you could briefly summarize the motto of the EMAG Group's 2019 Technology Forum held at its headquarters this May.
The technology forum is traditionally held in the same year as the EMO trade show and offers visitors a preview of what EMAG will present at the EMO. This year, the event provided visitors with a comprehensive outlook on...
29/05/2019 - Markus Isgro
Experts advised about the revolution in the automotive industry
Buzzwords such as “e-mobility,” “autonomous driving” and “big data” outline a fundamental shift in the global automotive industry that comes with far-reaching changes to production—constituting a major challenge for the underlying mechanical engineering. Due to these changes, the “digital and electric revolution” naturally became a focus of this year’s EMAG Technology Forum held in May. “What do...
20/05/2019
EMAG wins the “Axia Best Managed Companies Award”
Strategic vision, capacity to innovate, sustainable management culture and good corporate governance—the “Axia Best Managed Companies Award” sets expectations high for participating businesses. This year, the organizers from the consulting firm Deloitte, the German weekly business news magazine “WirtschaftsWoche” and the Federation of German Industries (BDI) have awarded the distinction to the...
29/04/2019 - Markus Isgro
2019 EMAG Technology Forum: Solutions for Tomorrow’s Smart Car Production
Digitalization and e-mobility—just one of these megatrends would already be enough to unleash massive transformations in the manufacturing and machinery industries. But when both occur at the same time, what should change and how should businesses prepare? These questions will be the main focus of the 2019 EMAG Technology Forum to be held on May 15 and 16 in Salach, Germany. The event takes a...
