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IMTS 2024 is Open for Registration, Offers Solutions for All Manufacturers

“Inspiring the Extraordinary” sets the theme for IMTS 2024, with a wide breadth and depth of technologies and service offerings that reflect the trends and needs of the manufacturing industry.

Tech Roundup: Making Sure Your Moldmaking Needs Are Met

This month’s roundup features products, processes and services involved with additive manufacturing, maintenance and repair, mold components and more. To learn more about the products, read on.

Dual Gripper System Reduces Part Loading Time by 40-50%

The United Grinding versaLoad machine loader is designed to deliver maximum machine tending versatility in a compact footprint for high-mix, low-volume workload shops.

Grinding Equipment Realize Strong Productivity Gains for Moldmakers

New technologies from United Grinding’s brand companies, Walter, Blohm and Studer can aid mold and die customers with their grinding needs.

United Grinding Precision Summit to Feature 16 Machines, Technical Sessions

The first ever Precision Summit is happening in Miamisburg, Ohio on May 24-25, 2023.

Entry-Level Cylindrical Grinding Machine

The Studer S100 is suitable for grinding geometrically defined basic forms and contours for a wide range of parts, all of which can be generated with the machine’s interpolating axes.

Technology Roundup: New/Improved Technologies You Don't Want to Miss

With all the technology joining the market, moldmaking is a versatile, ever-evolving industry. As such, this technology roundup has no specific theme — it features a variety of products for applications and solutions across the industry.

United Grinding Announces Support for the Reshoring Initiative

According to the Reshoring Initiative, the rate of reshoring job announcements has grown from 10,000 per year in 2010 to 350,000 per year in 2022.

Metalworking Commodities for Your Next-Gen Molds

Featured in this month's technology roundup are products, processes and services that revolve around metalworking. Also highlighted is software, automation and more.

Noncontact Tactile Measurement Tool Advances Moldmaking Equipment

The Laser Contour Check from Walter, a brand of United Grinding, combines a blue laser and intelligent measuring system to accurately measure tool parameters on grinding and eroding machines.

Maintaining a Competitive Edge: EDM, Automation and Machining Technology Roundup

This month’s technology roundup features products, processes and services relating to EDM, automation and machining. For example, jig grinding for large molds, scheduling automation software, cobot integration, die sinker EDM and much more.

Cylindrical Grinding System Extends Into Mold and Die Machining

United Grinding’s Studer brand unveils the S36 concept, featuring precise, reproducible cooling capabilities and a large grinding wheel for enhanced punch and die speeds.

IMTS 2022 in a Flash

With this still being the month of IMTS, I thought I’d highlight some of the technology mold builders have expressed growing interest in and are actively investigating, and what was on the show floor.

Cylindrical Grinder Shows Off High Precision

The United Grinding Studer S131r cylindrical ID-radius grinding machine targets tough ID grinding operations and a range of hard-to-machine materials. See the machine at IMTS 2022.

External Loader Heightens Part-Loading Automation for Radius ID Grinders

The United Grinding Studer roboLoad system used on the Studer S121, S131 and S141 can operate without any programming knowledge and offers enough room for workpieces manually loaded on six trays.

C.O.R.E. from United Grinding Group is Nominated for UX Design Award 2022

The intuitive digital solution has been selected from a pool of 300 submissions for its outstanding user and customer experience.

Machine Rebuild Service Offers Older Walter Helitronic Power Series Retrofit Option

United Grinding Rebuild Department gives customers the option to replace original gantry beam-type loaders with faster, more productive FANUC LR Mate 200i robots.

Creep Feed Grinder Provides Exceptional Grinding Productivity

With rigidity, power and speed, the Blohm Profimat XT from United Grinding excels at machining large parts with high stock-removal requirements.

Tool Grinding Machine Excels at Complex Tool Production

The Walter Helitronic Power 400 offers precise, flexible tool production from United Grinding. A Tool Studio software heightens accuracy with a 3D simulation of parts.

Digital Solutions Service Suite Strengthens Industry 4.0 Manufacturing

The United Grinding Digital Solutions modular service suite features solutions including remote service, service monitor, production monitor, customer cockpit and IT security.

Five-Axis Grinding Center Delivers Flexible Workpiece Processing

United Grinding’s latest product, Mägerle MFP 30, maintains emulsion and oil coolant capabilities and has an integrated tool changer.

Two-in-One Grinding and Eroding Machine for Cutting Tool Production and Resharpening

The Walter Helitronic Raptor Diamond achieves short cycle times, improved performance and is particularly well-suited for shops that do not require automatic tool support systems or automatic grinding wheel/electrode changers.

Cylindrical Grinding Machines Offer High Precision and Accuracy

United Grindings’ Studer S41 and S131R cylindrical grinding machines are well suited for manufacturing dies and general grinding applications respectively.

Automated 3D Optical CNC Measuring Machine Targets High Precision and Challenging Applications

The Walter Helideck 3D is United Grindings’ latest non-contact 4-axis machine that generates 3D models of tools and production parts for the most demanding of industries.

Not the Same Old Grind

A recent press event showcased United Grinding’s wide range of machines available for mold manufacturing whether the mold builder needs perfectly polished radii for food and beverage applications or the multi-axis flexibility for highly precise mold threads.

Traveling-Column Grinding Center Excels in Modern Production Environments

United Grinding’s 5-axis, space-saving Blohm PROFIMAT MC provides capabilities for modern production environments.

Universal Cylindrical Grinding Machine Grinds Versatile Workpiece Lengths

United Grinding North America Inc.’s Studer S33 offers a host of machining features, including graphical StuderPictogramming and optional fully flexible automation.

Internal Cylindrical Grinders Designed for High Production

United Grinding offers a full 360-degree range of Studer internal cylindrical grinding machines.

UNITED GRINDING Rebuilds New Productivity Life Into 45,000-Hour Machine

After 14 years in service, a Studer S40 grinding machine that had over 45,000 hours of run time now produces precision components to tolerances it achieved when brand new.

Noteworthy News: Mark Your Calendars!

Mark your calendars now for these upcoming networking and education opportunities that promise to provide technical presentations and demonstrations, peer-to-peer discussions and more that you definitely won’t want to miss.

UNITED GRINDING North America Announces Key Leadership Team Promotions

As part of its continued efforts to provide customers with the highest level of service, United Grinding North America has announced several organizational changes and promotions.

2018 Technology Review and Sourcing Guide: Machining

MoldMaking Technology’s annual Technology Review and Sourcing Guide is an accurate, comprehensive, easy-to-read and easy-to-use use guide for researching today’s technology, equipment, products and services. The year’s latest moldmaking product developments within mold engineering/design, build and maintenance/repair are broken down into 10 sections, including machining.

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