Since a couple of days, the leading trade fair for metal working – the EMO Hannover – has opened it’s doors. Obviously each exhibitor aims to attract the trade fair’s visitors to its stand using every form of media imaginable. The goal of the whole event, and we don’t need to beat around the bush here, is to have as many good conversations with visitors as possible – in order to ultimately make a sale … whether it’s indexable inserts for metal machining, or in our case, high-tech grinding centers for manufacturing indexable inserts.
The Multigrind® CA for the real complete machining of inserts in a single clamping step – even in a fully automated process, if so desired. Photo: HAAS, 2011.
Emo means “I buy”
By the way, the little word “emo” comes from the Latin “emere,” which means “to purchase, to win someone over.” Which brings us back to our topic. Everyone wants to sell something at the EMO (Exposition Mondiale de la Machine Outil), including, of course, our colleagues at other grinding machine manufacturers. And to do so, many of them really lay it on thick in their advertising. I recently got the chance to read another ad from one of these grinding machine manufacturers. The ad boasted about complete tool machining. Which sounds interesting at first, if it really were true complete machining. But it isn’t.
Blank in, insert out, that’s what complete machining is all about
When you come to the EMO in Hannover (the HAAS booth is located in Hall 6, Booth F28), we’ll show you the first grinding machine in the world which you can use to completely grind inserts with HAAS precision in a fully automated process with one clamping step. Thanks to the special kinematics of our Multigrind®CA, our designers and software experts achieved a real breakthrough in the production of carbide inserts. This is how easy complete machining is with a HAAS grinding machine:
Step 1: Grinding the periphery
Step 2: Grind the profile
Step 3: Grind the chip surface
Step 4: Remove the finished insert while looking at it in amazement
We’d love to show you all the other things you can do with our grinding software and grinding machines at the EMO in Hanover or at our headquarters in Trossingen, South Germany.
Congratulations and New Joy
The Chinese “Year of the Metal Rabbit” begins on February 3. We’d like to wish all our customers and business partners a happy, healthy, and of course successful new year! They say that in the year of the metal rabbit, it’s easier to earn money and people are more open to compromises and sound arguments during this time. So we’re looking forward to seeing what the new year brings.
恭喜发财！· Wishing for wealth and acquiring treasures. · via www.wikipedia.de
It goes without saying that we are really going to push ourselves in the year of the metal rabbit! We want to work constructively with our users (which is another thing that’s supposed to be easier in the year of the metal rabbit) to always develop the best grinding process possible. And to do so, we have the right grinding machines and above all, decades of experience and expertise. For example, thanks to our grinding machines we have been the global leader in the field of knee implants for many years.
A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step
Last year we took an important step on the way to China by participating in the Fifth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association (COA 2010), which was held from November 11–14, 2010, in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. Together with colleagues from our Chinese partner Harve-All, our Market Manager Asia Xu, Ying manned the HAAS booth in Chengdu. She had numerous interesting conversations there, and even brought back a couple of pictures from the congress.
CIMT, Beijing, the Second Step
After receiving so much positive feedback regarding our grinding machines in Chengdu, we decided to participate in the CIMT in Beijing from April 11–16, 2011. This will be our first time at the China International Machine Tool Show. You can find us in Hall E4 at Booth C210. We look forward to seeing you! And if you can’t wait that long, don’t hesitate to contact Ms. Xu and request information about our grinding machines in Chinese.
南甜北咸，东辣西酸 · Salty in the North, Sweet in the East, Mild in the South, and Spicy in the West
四川麻婆豆腐。摄影：Todd Fast（美国 · A Spicy Meal Satisfies Three Hungers.
Mapo Doufu from Sichuan
First work, then pleasure, that’s what we say here in Germany. Which is why I now have to get something about food off my chest. So I once read that the best cuisine in the world isn’t French, but Chinese. Well, I can’t really say whether there is a “best cuisine in the world.” But I can tell you that Chinese cuisine (and above all, that in Sichuan) tastes delicious. I particularly like Mapo Doufu, because I really love spicy food. So if you want an excellent recipe for Mapo Doufo, let me know in the comments. I look forward to hearing from you.
恭祝各位新春愉快！
I wish all of you a nice Chinese New Year’s holiday!
