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It’s said that life is a marathon, not a sprint. For automotive manufacturers
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Dear Industry Expert,
It’s said that life is a marathon, not a sprint. For automotive manufacturers, longer lasting tooling solutions are integral to more profitable production — but, often, manufacturers see little reason to change their existing tool set-up. |
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Benefits of longer lasting tooling solutions
Unpredictable tool life is one of the biggest threats in mass automotive production, particularly as its operations are so highly-automated and use some of the world's most advanced robotics and automation systems. Downtime is time-consuming, disrupts production and is also expensive, so it goes without saying that tool failures should be avoided at all costs.In some instances, manufacturers set the tool change interval to less than the maximum tool life. This approach is normally preferred because material variations in automotive components are minimal. More... |
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Thailand sets its sights on local OEMs
Ms. Sonklin Ploymee, Executive Director, Industrial Linkage Development Division, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) said that Thailand's automotive industry produces various vehicles, as well as supporting industries making the country the top ten global vehicle production with majority of export. On a regional level, Thailand is a potential hub of Asia, the largest car manufacturer and possesses the strongest automotive cluster in South East Asia. More...
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State-of-the-art laser process measuring technology for precision machining
Finishing processes on grinding machines often demand exacting tolerances in relation to dimension, form and position accuracies, as well as highly accurate surface qualities. Often companies have empirical values available to fulfil these requirements. However, with small lot sizes in particular process evaluation on the machine is desirable, as intermediate measurement on external measuring machines and the resulting corrections prolong the processing time for part machining. More...
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Renovo lauded for edge-centrica automotive software platform
Today's car manufacturers have major software-centric challenges — self-driving, electrification, over-the-air updates — that require continuous iteration driven by a perpetual supply of real-world data, and yet no way exists to move these massive data sets from the vehicles to the cloud. Renovo's platform leverages the vehicle's built-in edge computing power to refine the raw data into compact and economical insights. More...
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VisIC, AB collaborate on battery development for electric drive systems
VisIC Technologies Ltd., a global leader in gallium nitride (GaN) devices for automotive high-voltage applications, is pleased to announce its collaboration with AB Mikroelektronik GmbH, a major player in automotive battery disconnect switches to develop a D³GaN based high voltage solid-state battery disconnect switch with Fast Short Circuit Detection (FSCD) for future e-mobility to fulfill the functional safety requirements. More...
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Turning instead of grinding
The diamond tool manufacturer in Hanau achieved a technological breakthrough in machining hardened steels with a hardness starting from 58-60 Rockwell (HRc). The development of new CBN cutting materials like the types B610 and B600 used by LACH DIAMANT met the demand of the automotive and component industry for a cutting material with long-term stability for the turning of hardened steels – and this with highest surface qualities of e.g. Ra 0,1 µm.
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Enhancing production abilities with proven manufacturing platform
The acquisition of India-based Miranda Tools, a manufacturer of High-Speed Steel (HSS) and solid carbide cutting tools enhances Dormer Pramet’s production capabilities with a proven manufacturing platform and further strengthens the company’s round tools offer for the general engineering, automotive component manufacturing and MRO (Maintenance Repair Operation) industries. To learn more about the acquisition, IMNA interviewed Stefan Steenstrup, president of Dormer Pramet.
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