GF AgieCharmilles

More technology, more precision, more automation, more productivity and more satisfaction are the heart of GF AgieCharmilles' commitment to helping customers achieve more success, and our exhibition space at EMO Milan 2009 is the place to "Experience more" of the solutions we have developed specially to enable your success today, tomorrow and beyond.

Formplast Purkert, s.r.o. focusses on the design and manufacture of injection molds, as well as the injection molding of demanding technical parts and the mounting of assemblies. In the company's own tool and mold making department, the Czech undertaking prefers to use Milling and EDM equipment from GF AgieCharmilles.

Aire Erosion Ltd., a contract EDM company using machines from GF AgieCharmilles, specializes in the manufacture of complex molds made from difficult to machine materials. Based in Leeds in Nothern England, Aire Erosion is a supplier in great demand by the high-tech sectors of the aerospace, medical, power generation, gas and oil field and automotive industries in the United Kingdom.

Leitner AG successfully uses high-speed milling machines from GF AgieCharmilles for the manufacture of surgical instruments. The instruments made of exotic materials in many cases are manufactured completely by the Swiss company and supplied to renowned medical technology firms all over the world.

As excellent price and performance ratio, quick delivery as well as constantly high quality and reliability are caracteristics of Rawela, s.r.o. in Lanskroun. The Czech company belongs to the German Weidmüller Group, and designs and makes tools for customers in the whole of Europe.

With over 30 years of experience in tool-making for household articles, food and drink industry, as well as for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, GB Precision Engineering has developed an exceptional reputation in the market-place. The English company uses GF AgieCharmilles Milling and EDM equipment to achieve precision on the workpiece, as well as economic machinen.

GF AgieCharmilles, already well-known as the world’s leading supplier of machines, automation solutions and services to the tool and mold-making industry, will unveil a completely new technology at EMO Milano 2009, scheduled Oct. 5-10, in Exhibition Area Fieramilano, Strada Statale del Sempione 28, Milan. The centerpiece of GF AgieCharmilles’ exhibition at EMO 2009 is its invitation for visitors to «Experience more» of the products and solutions that have long made GF AgieCharmilles a preferred partner.

Preventive maintenance, training opportunities, original parts and certified consumables, a customer helpline and the renowned Privilege Club form the core of GF AgieCharmilles’ Customer Services Business, proudly offering the most comprehensive service package in the industry. As part of GF AgieCharmilles’ exhibition at EMO Milano 2009, representatives of the Customer Services Business will showcase a broad range of services designed to help customers experience more success throughout the lives of their businesses.

GF AgieCharmilles’ smart machine technology brings new intelligence to Milling and EDM processes with a range of Smart Modules that support the machine operator and improve overall performance and productivity. The distinct advantages of smart technology will be spotlighted in a special smart machine

corner in GF AgieCharmilles’ booth at EMO Milan 2009.

A new GF AgieCharmilles technology offers customers an opportunity to take their competitive edge in Milling and EDM to the next level. Laser technology presents a wide spectrum of intriguing possibilities for customers who want to differentiate themselves in a highly-competitive marketplace, gain new customers and reap the benefits of an excellent price/performance ratio.

For machining operations large or small, fully, partially or not yet automated, GF AgieCharmilles Milling products position customers to experience more success than their competitors.

High performance, high precision and deep understanding

of EDM customers’ needs GF AgieCharmilles hallmark, and

these values are mirrored in three new product ranges to be

featured at EMO Milan 2009.

With two milling machines from GF AgieCharmilles, W-Technology handles nearly 50 percent of the production of its components precise to the µm. The Czech company is a manufacturer of clamping devices and supplies customers worldwide.

Small runs for medical technology, watches, machine building and special

machine building, as well as inserts for cutting tools are the core business of

KSF Feinwerktechnik. With six wire EDM machines from GF AgieCharmilles, the young Pforzheim-based company produces precision parts in the micron range in job contract work.

For over a hundred years, Prontor GmbH has been a reliable system partner for world famous undertakings. Conception, process-control design, optimizing, construction and series production on schedule are the fields of competence nowadays for medical technology, precision mechanics and lithograph optics. EDM and Milling machines from GF AgieCharmilles are used by preference at Prontor GmbH for special productions.

bomo trendline Technik GmbH developes solutions for technical injection molding. With design, tool-making, assembly and production, the Black Forest-based company is a competent producer for the automotive, medical, office supply and cosmetic branches. Milling, wire and die-sinking EDM are used

in demanding mold-making as the precision-giving production processes.

Electric discharge machining without wear is the result when the plane of action of the graphite electrode is built up a new again and again, balancing out the wear actually occurring. One is almost tempted to say, zero wear is the «Perpetuum Mobile» of wire EDM.