Behind the innovations: Meltio
AMM – What was the motivation to start developing Meltio’s multi-laser head? Carlos Capel, Product Manager at Meltio – Before each development, a need is always detected, so at Meltio, a joint venture between Sicnova and Additec, we saw that there was a great opportunity to give industry the ability to manufacture metal parts at […]
Behind the innovations: Nomadtech
AMM – What was the motivation to start developing Red Fox 2? Alfonso Rodrigo, Managing Director of NomadTech – User feedback is always the driving force behind adding new products to our catalogue. Red Fox 2 has been no exception. This new CNC milling machine is the improved version of its predecessor, the Red Fox, […]
On the sofa with… Jose Luis Casal, Digital Transformation Expert
Advanced Manufacturing Barcelona – What are the main ideas of your Keynote at Advanced Manufacturing Barcelona? Jose Luis Casal – The idea is to shed some light in the face of all the information clutter around artificial intelligence, chatgpt, robotics and employment: will it take it away from us? what will become of our lives? […]
On the sofa with… Albert Concepción, President of the Industry and Energy Forum
Advanced Manufacturing Madrid – What do you think the energy landscape will be like in 10 years? Albert Concepción – How to predict the energy landscape in ten years’ time is very difficult, especially because some of the issues we have been facing, such as the war in Ukraine, have shown us that sometimes projects […]
Behind the innovations: Robert Bosch
AMM – What was the motivation to start developing the BITURBO and X-Lock System? Robert Bosch – The development of BITURBO is based on the trend of professionals using more and more battery-powered machines. Bosch’s aim was to push this trend even further by achieving the performance of a corded product with an 18-volt battery. […]
Behind the innovations: Grupo Solitium
AMM – What was the motivation to start developing the product? Grupo Solitium – This year, in the 3D division of Grupo Solitium we have incorporated two very innovative additive manufacturing systems, not so much for the technology, which is already known, but for all the application possibilities and cost savings it offers. On the […]
On the sofa with… Nerea Ordás, Co-director of the Advanced Manufacturing in Powder Metallurgy and Laser group, Ceit
Advanced Manufacturing Madrid – What is the CEFAM project that you mentioned at the congress? Nerea Ordás – CEFAM is a research project in which four centres, CATEC, AIDIMME, LORTEK and CEIT, are participating. It is a project that is funded by CDTI and we are tackling different technologies, all related to the additive manufacturing […]
Behind the innovations: Atotech
AMM – What was the motivation to start developing the Uniprep Long Life product? Atotech – Over the last decade, we have focused significantly on making our Atotech product portfolio more environmentally friendly. We are committed to reducing the use of hazardous chemicals and are at the forefront of developing less harmful processes that go […]
On the sofa with… Jon Oñativia, Head of Flexible Manufacturing Robotics de TECNALIA
Advanced Manufacturing Madrid – What’s the latest in robotics right now? Jon Oñativia – The latest in the media are the robots presented by Elon Musk, which have disappointed us a little. But well, if we think of instructional robotics, we all think of Boston Dynamics robots, robots that are capable of imitating the movement […]
On the sofa with… Daniel Cortina, Quality Director at SEAT
Advanced Manufacturing Madrid – One of the objectives of the automotive sector is to achieve a more autonomous electric car without compromising its reliability. How does the quality department participate in this process? Daniel Cortina –From the Corporate Quality area, we participate in new projects from the initial stages, providing requirements from the customer’s point […]
Behind the innovations: Composites ATE
Interview with Daniel Claret Virós CEO – ATE Barcelona Site AMM – What was the motivation to start developing the Cupra Member Box product? Daniel Claret – We set out to develop a production technology that would allow us to produce carbon fibre parts with an aesthetic finish, adaptable to high production runs. We wanted […]
On the sofa with… Emil Somekh, CEO y fundador de SolidCAM
Advanced Manufacturing Madrid – ¿Desde cuándo está presente SolidCAM en España? Emil Somekh – SolidCAM está presente en España desde hace unos 20 años. Tenemos muchos clientes a los que apoyamos con nuestros distribuidores en España. Pero últimamente hemos decidido que el mercado en España es grande y nos gustaría abrir nuestra propia filial, SolidCAM […]