Asia Pacific Metalworking Equipment News - Displaying items by tag: China Excess Capacity

China’s Coal And Steel Sector Rocked By Layoffs

The Chinese government revealed plans to cut 1.8 million coal and steel jobs in the latest bid to curb the excess capacity.

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Market Outlook 2016: Through The Looking Glass

Industry players and analysts give their expert opinion on emerging trends at the metalworking front and the manufacturing sector for 2016 and beyond. By Syed Shah.

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Italy Takes Aim At Southeast Asia

Not satisfied with their endeavours in China, Italian machine builders are now casting their sights on Southeast Asia. By Joson Ng

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Machining Exotic Materials: How To Get It Right

APMEN spoke with two machining experts to see how they are handling the machining and fabrication of exotic materials. By Joson Ng

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Gear Cutting: Investigating The Potential Of Process Integration

Process integration presents a number of benefits for gear manufacturing but it does not mean all should jump right into it. By Uli Kaiser, business development manager (Southeast Asia), the Emag Group

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Machine Upgrades Can Be Simple

Trunnions turn the tables on wasteful setups, allowing one actuator manufacturer to crank up productivity, hit part tolerances and eliminate WIP. By Jeff Drum, contributing writer

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Total Machining With Turn/Mill Spindle

Blurring the line between milling and turning machines can help Asian manufacturers cut down on cost and increase their productivity. By Joson Ng

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Case Study: Quicker Returns With Smart Systems

Good toolholding systems and planning can improve ROI on new machines. Contributed by Erica Lee, marketing communications & Andrew Sim, engineering (machine investment), Sandvik Coromant

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Cost Down, Production Up

At the fore, high speed milling of aluminium parts for the aerospace industry. By Reuven Shapir, Iscar Industry Manager for the Aerospace Marketing Division.

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Making New Impressions

Ricky Payling, application specialist at Dormer Pramet, outlines the growth of stainless steel, how the cutting tool industry has evolved to machine the material, as well as providing a summary of some of its most common grades.

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The Future Of Aerospace Manufacturing: Flying Forward

The civil aerospace is currently experiencing unprecedented demand for new aircraft, with both Boeing and Airbus predicting a need for well over 30,000 new passenger and dedicated freighter aircraft in the next twenty years. Peter Dickin shares his thoughts.

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Precise Measurements In Record Times

What are the benefits when coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are used simultaneously as gear measuring centres? By Sea Chiahui, regional stationary product manager at Hexagon

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Machining Centres:Measurement Made Easy

Model and mould-maker Sammer, located in Eugendorf near Salzburg, Austria, is mostly engaged in the production of moulds for the automotive industry, including cylinder heads, crankcases and transmission housings. By Winfried Weiland, head of marketing, Blum-Novotest GmbH.

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Put A Stamp On Sheet Metal Processing

Augustine Quek looks at the technologies that are available in today’s world of stamping.

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Getting The Right Punch

The concept of punching designates a slitting process in which a sheet is severed in one stroke while shapes such as round holes are created in the part, and external contours are cut with single strokes. Punching specialist Trumpf takes a swing at explaining the methodologies and innovations of punching.

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Fibre Laser Reaching Out To Medium Sheet Thicknesses

We see how fibre laser cutting technology is a meaningful extension to existing CO2 laser cutting systems. By Oliver Hergt, editor corporate communications, Bystronic Group

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