Globalization, demographic change, dynamic technology development, digitalization and permanent innovations: These megatrends have wide-reaching implications for production companies too. And micromechanics is no exception. Both in the watch/jewelry industry and in medical engineering, the objective is to achieve more flexible production with maximum quality at reduced costs.

On both days, the specialist forum focused on specific machining requirements. In his key note speech, for example, Salvatore Ragusa, Managing Director of the Swiss precision engineering company Concept CNC Design, reported on the filigree challenges in the production of watch face overlays. For medical engineers, there were presentations on flexible, intelligent production of instruments and implants, with digitalization and additive manufacturing being important topics.

Overall, industry experts found out first-hand about current trends and solutions throughout the process chain. In addition to the host, CHIRON, other leading manufacturers of machining centers, tools and peripheral devices gave concentrated presentations of their products and services for micromechanics: C. Hafner, Concept CNC Design, Espi, Haas Schleifmaschinen, HB Microtec, Hexagon, Louis Belet, Marquardt, Motorex, Solidcam, Stäubli, Tornos, Trumpf and Yerly. For anyone who wasn't able to attend in Tuttlingen on 27th-28th November, here is the conference reader where you can read all of the presentations.

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On 28th November 2019, VIST opened its doors for the annual technology day in the Croatian branch in Čakovec, about half way between the capital city Zagreb and Lake Balaton in Hungary. There, the company founder Ivan Lovrek and his team welcomed over 60 customers from Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who wanted to find out first-hand about the CHIRON and STAMA machine and service portfolio.

In addition to CHIRON and STAMA, the event was attended by other technology partners such as APODIS, who presented their product innovations and spoke about highly topical issues, such as electromobility. Guests then had the opportunity to view the exhibited machines in more detail, see the wide range of products in the CHIRON Group's interactive showroom and share experiences in one-on-one conversations.

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CHIRON UK, with headquarters in Wellesbourne, a few miles from the Shakespeare city of Stratford-on-Avon, welcomed over 450 guests from the industry to the big anniversary event. Visitors were given an insight into the portfolio of the recently acquired HK Technologies and the latest developments in turnkey solutions. The focus was on compact, high-performance machines for precision machining, such as the CHIRON DZ 15.

Whether as DZ 15 S five axis or DZ 15 W with automatic tool change: The vertical machining centers of the CHIRON 15 series have huge reserves for powerful milling performance and stand out for high precision in manufacturing.

Of particular interest to the professional visitors: the numerous configuration options with which the basic machine can be turned into an individual solution thanks to its modular design.

Focus on »Turnkey Excellence«

Martin Doyle, Managing Director of CHIRON UK, placed the focus of the event on Turnkey Excellence, on offering complete packages. Besides machines, CHIRON UK also showed Hyfore workholding, Filtermist oil filters, Blum-Novotest laser measuring systems and automation solutions from Robojob, ABB and CHIRON. Because, according to Martin Doyle: »Our customers are telling us they want more ‘lights-out manufacturing’, machines that take up a smaller footprint and twin pallet capability so they can work quicker and smarter. A good solution would be the automation CHIRON Variocell UNO.«

The managing director is convinced: »Yes, there’s a bit of uncertainty out there, but our customers realize the need to invest in new technologies in order to be competitive in the long term. With our customized solutions they can reduce cycle times, optimize lead times and look at taking on increasingly complex components.«

The expanded production team for CHIRON, STAMA, SCHERER

The more complex the requirements, the better and more stable the machining centers have to operate. With this in mind, Martin Doyle and the 122 employees in Wellesbourne see themselves as an extended production team for their customers. Therefore, LifetimeSolutions –- customer-specific packages for the lifelong support of the machines – are the focus of the CHIRON UK Service. About 20 factory-trained engineers work in the service team, who cover the entire United Kingdom and ensure that the machining centers of the CHIRON Group do a good job anywhere from Plymouth in the south of England to Aberdeen in the north of Scotland.