The integrated chip conveyor …

When talking about machining, we often estimate that producing chips is paramount, but the evacuation out of the machines and treatment of chips remain operations for which little professionals are available. At the Siams, Rimann SA, the chip processing specialist will present Novaxess universal conveyors.

I discussed with MM Eichler (Rimann) and Fouillot (Novaxess) at Simodec… the solutions I discovered are great.

Customised and…
Novaxess products approximately 300 conveyors per year. Mr. Stéphane Fouillot its director  says: “We have more than 20 years  of experience in the realization of chips conveyors. For high precision turning we offer mainly 2 models: the automatic motorized system and the economic one on which the advance is realised manually”. These conveyors are designed to be universal. Indeed, the part that is situated out of the machine is the same regardless of the type of machine on which it is adapted. Mr. Fouillot says: “We go to our customers to measure dimensions and ensure a perfect adaptation”. The bases being the same, it is even possible to start with an economic conveyor and upgrade it to the automatic version later. Another advantage, the delivery time is on the order of on month.

…modular conveyor
According to the requirements of machining, the volume of chips and the viscosity of the oil, a conveyor is indispensable, but sometimes it is necessary to have a more complete solution. Mr. Fouillot explains: “Our conveyors are adapted to the different requirements, if the customer wants a more complete solution, for example with additional filters (hydrostatic or magnetic), a high pressure group or a cooling station, the adaptation is quick and easy with add-ons”.

A “users oriented” conveyor…
The manipulations are simple for users, for example installation with wheels or the evacuation of chips with adjustable delay. It is on “details” that we know the conveyor will be very much appreciated in the workshops.
Mr. Fouillot says: “We have worked with users, for this reason, our conveyor systems include a support for the parts basket, it is very simple and much appreciated”. Another aspect that will simplify the lives of users: the filter can be installed in a draining position, this even if another filter is in working position.

… with clever uses
“Ideally the machines should be dedicated according to the types of material, for example in the watchmaking field, passing from “steel” to “gold”. On a same machine, cleaning takes time and if the chips are mixed, it is an immediate net loss for customers.” With Novaxess conveyors we offer an answer to this problem: the customer machines its steel parts with its standard Novaxess conveyor. Once it has finished, he rinses the machine and moves all the chips into the conveyor. Then he can simply remove the conveyor (on wheels), drag to its place the Novaxess “gold special” conveyor (with a special color for example) and he can immediately work without any risk of mixed chips and thus losing the precious metal” explains M. Eichler. The return of investment for an additional conveyor is quickly done.

Rimann AG – Maschinenbau
Römerstrasse West 49
CH-3296 Arch
Tél. + 41 3 Tel.2 377 35 22
Fax + 41 32 377 35 24
Info@rimann-AG.ch
www.rimann-AG.ch

I will come back on Rimann and Novaxess very soon..

LNS Group joins with Japanese Yoshida Tekko KK to maximize their global presence

Reinforcing the one-stop-shop strategy: Yoshida Tekko KK, a leader in the Japanese market for chip conveyors, coolant systems and high level filtration systems, joins the Swiss LNS Group. This strategic union allows the LNS Group to further expand in Asia, to serve its customers globally and to offer coolant system and conveyor innovations in the Asian markets.  

The headquarters of LNS Yoshida KK in Nomi, Japan.

The Swiss LNS Group acquires the assets of Yoshida Tekko KK. Founded in 1969 Yoshida Tekko KK is one of the leading companies in the Japanese machine tool industry with more than 100 employees. “Leveraging on both companies’ product portfolios, this strategic union allows us to share technologies and offer our customers a complete solution to automate and optimize their machine tools”, states Thomas Boehmer, CEO of the LNS Group. “We want to optimize the material flow and enhance productivity and efficiency for our customers from the start to the finish of the production cycle”, says Mr. Boehmer.

New company in Japan: LNS Yoshida
The acquisition gives the LNS Group a base to introduce new products into the Japanese market and serve the Japanese clients directly. As LNS is already the market leader for bar feeders in South East Asia and has production facilities in Taiwan and China, the union with Yoshida will further facilitate the Asia expansion and the implementation of the One-Stop-Shop strategy.

Step by step: LNS’ expansion to the One-Stop-Shop
With highly successful bar feeder series such as the “Express” and “Sprint”, LNS has been a world market leader for nearly 40 years.  “The acquisition of the chip conveyor company Turbo Systems Inc. in 2002 gave LNS a market leadership position for conveyors in the USA and a base for expansion in Europe. Since then, we developed the One-Stop-Shop strategy, to automate the CNC machine tools with a concentrated array of peripheral products”, explains Thomas Boehmer. The acquisition of the Italian air filtration specialist Fox IFS in 2010 and the introduction of the air filtration products to Asia was another step on this expansion track. Mr. Boehmer: “While the One-Stop-Shop is already implemented in the United States and Europe, the acquisition of Yoshida into the LNS Group allows us to realize this strategy in Asia, too.”

LNS SA
2534 Orvin
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)32 358 02 00
Fax: +41 (0)32 358 02 01
LNS@LNS-world.com
www.lns-europe.com

Savings of up to €1.5 million within 10 years!

With this slogan H2O presents its smart alternative to manage spent cooling lubricant emulsions. Yes it’s marketing but the facts are there. Let’s see how that’s possible (by the way, you can discover this “secret” at EMO on hall 7, booth B55).

Many metal processing companies are disposing of spent cooling lubricant emulsions or industrial process waste water at high cost. They are not always aware of possible savings of up to €1.5 million within 10 years (according to H20 figures). When processing in house the amount to be disposed of and the cost related thereto can be reduced by a minimum of 95 %. Depending on the composition of the spent emulsion it can even be turned into recyclable material.

Simple and efficient solution
Vacuum distillation systems extract most of the water contained in spent cooling lubricant emulsions and leave a little evaporation residue only, which can either be recycled or disposed of with waste management companies. Compared to other processing methods vacuum distillation has proven to be the most reliable and feasible one. In most cases even replacing of other processing methods by vacuum distillation is paid for within shortly. Vacudest® vacuum distillation systems work extremely feasible and optimise the possible savings.

Environment friendly
Many technical features ensure lowest energy consumption and lowest evaporation residues, reducing amounts to be disposed of and costs related thereto. Thus Vacudest® vacuum distillation systems are setting benchmarks regarding operation cost.
Due to the integrated ClearCat® technology treated water is so clean, that it can directly be reinjected into the production process; without any post treatment. Thus companies can take advantage of high savings and besides create a zero liquid discharge production, saving fresh water resources and protecting environment.

At  EMO in Hannover (hall 7, booth B55, appointments under www.vacudest.com/emo.htm) interested companies will be able to  gather information about H2Os modern process water treatment systems. Possible savings for visitors can be determined easily.

H2O GmbH
process water engineering
Brigitte Schwarz
Marketing Manager
Wiesenstrasse 32
79585 Steinen/ Germany
Tel. +49 7627 9239-302
Fax +49 7627 9239-103
brigitte.schwarz@h2o-gmbh.com

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EMO Hannover: new LNS bar feeders

At the machine tool world exhibition EMO in Hannover from 19 to 24 September 2011, the LNS Group will introduce innovative bar feeders to the market. The successor of the Express 332 series will combine the best elements of the Sprint and Express series and convince with improved rigidity and flexibility.

“We redesigned the Express 332 from the ground up, but kept its philosophy and all the features that made this bar feeder so successful”, says Carlos Muniz, LNS Global Product Manager Bar Feed (picture, the version to be replaced). Other CE compliant bar feeders that will be available right after EMO are the Alpha ST 320 S2 and the entry level solution Alpha SL 65 S.

Innovative & ecological
LNS presents new chip disposal and coolant management systems. To ptimize productivity and reduce energy consumption, LNS, the Swiss Group introduces the innovative chip conveyor Turbo MH250 and the high pressure coolant system PowerStream VP.

Smart: Turbo MH250
The patent pending Turbo MH250 chip conveyor is unique on the CCM market: “There is no comparative product”, says Jamie Towers, Global Product Manager CCM. Unlike most of the other conveyors, the Turbo MH250 operates with only one motor and belt, filtering all chip types and shapes as well as all kind of materials. The energy consumption has been cut down by 50%, making it one of the most environment friendly filtering conveyors on the market.  Due to its versatility, ease of maintenance, energy efficiency and the reduction of down times, the Turbo MH250 is a very cost-effective solution.

New high pressure coolant system
Another LNS innovation launched on the market is the PowerStream VP high pressure coolant system (HPC). “With the PowerStream VP, we complete our HPC product range and reinforce LNS’ position as the One-Stop-Shop for the machine tool industry”, explains Towers. Optimizing productivity, cutting energy consumption and increasing user friendliness were the key targets while developing the PowerStream VP. The innovative plug-and-play unit allows programmable variable pressure outputs, making the product highly flexible and energy efficient. By constantly monitoring the pressure output and regulating the speed of the motor, the PowerStream VP only uses the minimum amount of power to reach the desired pressure. Towers: “The system does not create excess flow which wastes energy and creates excess heat. In tests, customers were able to reduce energy consumption by more than 70%.”

More information www.LNS-group.com

Recent news about LNS

• January 11, 2011 - LNS Group takes over Italian oil mist collector specialist Fox IFS
• October 12, 2010 – LNS showcases versatile chip conveyor Turbo MH500

Recent articles about LNS
Eurotec 374 (February 2011) - Expanding the one-stop-shop

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LNS Group takes over Italian oil mist collector specialist Fox IFS

Expanding the One-Stop-Shop: The Swiss LNS Group, world market leader for machine-tool peripherals, purchases the Italian company Fox IFS. The company with headquarters in Azzano San Paolo in the Lombardy region is specialized in producing industrial air filtration systems including oil mist collectors.

The Swiss LNS Group, world leader in bar feeding, takes over the Italian company Fox IFS.

The LNS Group is expanding: The world market leader in bar feeding with headquarters in Orvin (Switzerland) takes over the Italian company Fox IFS. The company from the Lombardy region develops, manufactures and markets industrial air filtration systems. “The purchase of Fox IFS allows us to expand our product range and therefore further strengthen our market position as the machine tool industry’s one-stop-shop. The acquisition also provides a further entry into green technologies that complements our existing coolant filtration systems in bringing environmentally conscious solutions to our customers”, explains LNS CEO Thomas Boehmer. “The take-over also permits additional R&D investment in mist collector solutions to bring innovative products to the market.”

One-stop-shop
The Swiss LNS Group, founded in 1973, is an international company with seven production facilities and 600 employees around the world. With successful bar feeder series like Express, Sprint and Alpha, LNS has become the world leader in bar feeding. In addition to that, LNS offers chip disposal and coolant management systems (CCM). “The oil mist collectors developed by Fox IFS complement the LNS product range. We can offer machine tool peripherals for the whole production cycle – from bar feeding, coolant management and mist collectors all the way to chip disposal systems”, states Boehmer.

Factory in Italy – worldwide growth
LNS will continue to manufacture in the existing factory in Azzano San Paolo in the Italian Lombardy region. “We will also continue to work with the currently employed specialists. The small structure with twelve employees makes it easy to integrate the company into the LNS Group”, reports Boehmer. The goal is to leverage the growth of the Fox IFS product line around the world.

LNS SA
2534 Orvin
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)32 358 02 00
Fax: +41 (0)32 358 02 01
LNS@LNS-world.com
www.lns-europe.com

Value chips? Easy!

When machining parts is finished, the process of added value for the company is not. Indeed, chips soaked with oil and sludge can generate high value. Rather than pay to get rid of those bulky and hazardous waste, it is possible to value and sell them. Meeting with M. Eichler, director of Rimann AG, provider of comprehensive solutions for chip processing.

With the Brikstar system, chips make money!

At Prodex, Rimann will present the whole value chain of chip processing, i.e. automatic drain off system, Aryma centrifugal separator, chip aspirator and conveyor, chip press, new lamellar centrifugation device. The aim? Separate oil from chips (and water if working with water soluble solution) and value the solid and liquid residues.

Briquette to value chips
Depending on material and amount of mixed oil, chips can be very flammable, their management and transport can indeed be dangerous. The briquetting is a solution that completely removes this disadvantage. This operation reduces storage place by a factor up to 30 and is favorable for the ecological balance of transport. It values waste since it is possible to better sell them. M. Eichler says: “Treatments and briquetting solutions are almost always tailor-made, crushers and presses are adapted according to the material and type of chips. Our systems can be fitted with fire protection devices, thus, compacting operation risks are managed”.

The most expensive? A machine that does not work!
Chips valuing solution allows users to earn money, M. Eichler says: “ROI is variable, and many customers have paid their installation in a few months”. Other costs can also be reduced significantly. Indeed, time required for handling operations is lost for the machine working time. For this reason, Rimann SA offers solutions ahead of the actual chip processing, automatic drain off and suction systems, manual or automatic.

Broad know-how available
With more than 4’000 treatment systems in duty in Europe, Rimann makes available an extraordinary knowledge base to its customers to find the solution that exactly matches their needs.
To be seen in Prodex, Basel, Hall 1, stand E41.

Rimann Maschinenbau AG
Romerstrasse West 49
CH-3296 Arch
Such. + 41 (0) 32 377 35 22
Fax + 41 (0) 32 377 35 24
Info@rimann-AG.ch
www.rimann-AG.ch

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Such precious metal…

The problem of swarf management is a familiar one and in the case of precious metals the constraints are even greater than for standard materials. With the value of gold at more than 42,000 CHF per kilo and maximum waste tolerance  at no more than 2 per cent, producers are having to find ever more sophisticated solutions to recover as much of the material as possible to avoid paying for “waste”.

While swarf management is by no means a source of value added in production runs, the operation can quickly become costly and fraught with problems. Rimann SA specialises in supplying global solutions for recovering precious metals, notably for the watchmaking sector.

What about the swarf?
The global solution that Rimann SA offers allows you to clean the swarf without using solvents, which always present a hazard for operator health, and without using inflammable products, which are an explosion hazard. The process begins with conventional centrifuging, after which the swarf is washed in detergent in a closed circuit. The swarf is then dried. The net weight of the precious metal is recovered. Rimann offers a complete, fully integrated system for centrifuging and washing. The centrifuging time can be set using a timer and is identical to the time for rinsing, which can follow on like a second process. The “oil” recipient is monitored by means of a probe to prevent it overflowing: if it is full, the centrifuge stops. Ease-of-use and reliable operation are guaranteed. The type of centrifuging and washing depends on the quantity and type of swarf to be processed. Numerous parameters need to be taken into account and Rimann is a partner of choice when it comes to swarf management.

But swarf management is only one part, there is also added value in every other aspect of “post-production” processes…
We will deepen these aspects in our next issue.

Rimann AG
Maschinenbau
Römerstrasse West 49
CH – 3296 Arch
Tel.+41 (0)32 377 35 22
Fax+41 (0)32 377 35 24
info@rimann-ag.ch
www.rimann-ag.ch