august/september 2018 volume 23 no. 4...komm-ma kommunikation und marketing uschi hengst e.k....

August/September 2018 Volume 23 No. 4

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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018 VOLUME 23 • NO. 4

INSIDE

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Machinery & Accessories Market – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018

8 SPOTLIGHT ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN

MACHINE TOOL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION

30 NEWS – INTERNATIONAL 30 IMTS 2018 METAL CUTTING PAVILION EXHIBITORS TO EMPHASIZE CONNECTIVITY, CONTROLS, PROCESS INTEGRATION AND AUTOMATION

32 EMO HANNOVER 2019

34 COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IN AUTOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION

35 NEWS – LOCAL 36 CHINA INVESTMENT IN SA STAINLESS PLANT PUTS FOCUS ON EXPORT

37 SEIFSA WELCOMES INCREASE IN METALS AND ENGINEERING SECTOR OUTPUT

37 COEGA AMONGST THE SIX SEZS WITH APPROVED PREFERENTIAL TAX BENEFITS

38 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AT ELECTRA MINING AFRICA

38 NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

39 GLOBAL EXPERTS AT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SHOW

39 SOUTH AFRICAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR SET TO GROW

40 RESEARCH 40 CONTROLLING DRONES VIA VOICE CHANNELS

PBS Machine Tools (Pty) LtdPO Box 18422, Sunward Park, Boksburg 1470

Unit 2, 31 Seller Road, Boksburg East, 1459, South Africa

Tel: +27 11 914 3360 | Fax: 27 11 914 3366www.pbsmt.co.za | www.ercolina.co.za

THE FUTUREREPLACE OR REPAIR

AdditiveManufacturing

Five Axis Intelligent Hybrid

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Gauteng: Tel: (011) 453-5459 Fax: (011) 453-5442 Cell: 082 465 5924 (Rick) e-mail: [email protected] Town: Tel: (021) 706-0502 Fax: (021) 706-0503 Durban: (031) 700-5070 Fax: (031) 700-5077

Amada’s totally integrated approach to sheetmetalfabrication allows you to take part concept and design all the way through to finished production in a single seamless manufacturingenvironment.

The Amada Product Portfolio includes:CNC TURRET PUNCH PRESSES, CNC LASER CUTTERS,

CNC PRESSBRAKES, NC HYDRAULIC/MECHANICAL SHEARS, SOFTWARE, BANDSAWS, BANDSAW BLADES, SALES & SERVICE.

ENSIS 3015 AJ

The perfect balance of low energy usage and high speed productivity

LCG 3015 AJ

ENSIS 3015 AJENSIS 3015 AJ

Thin and thick materials can be cut at 2-kw power

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The new AE-NT servo drive turret punch press offers high performance

and reduced operating cost in one package

HS Series Press BrakeFor a wide range of products from small to

large work pieces

Hybrid Drive System

HG Series Press Brake

High speed and Accuracy for all production environments

Further evolution of a best seller

punching machine with drastic

set-up time reduction and process integration

Visit us at

Hall 5, Stand A510 - 14 September 2018

Yesterday Today

Tomorrow

Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday

AD-R Pressbrake

HD-F Series

HD-FS Smart Laser

Tube Laser

Plate Roller

Plasma Cutting Systems

Local: 08600 DURMA (38762) International: +27 11 865 4090 |[email protected] Byron 083 231 1955 | Sean 073 167 5913

Yesterday Today

Tomorrow

THE WINNING FORCE

THE WINNING FORCE

Turret Punching Machine

Guillotine Shear

MTM®

CENTRE LATHEC6236/1000 C6340/1000

CD6266C/2000 GH6266C/3000 CW61100Q/4000 CW61100Q/6000

PLATE ROLLS ESR 4.5 *1300

• 4.5mm rolling thickness• 1300mm rolling length• Cone rolling attachment

Q35Y-12 40 ton hydraulic

QA32-8B 36 ton mechanical

TURRET MILLING MACHINEX6323V

3hp variable speedTable: 1370 x 254mm

3 axis digital read out & power feedMachine vice, clamping kit & collet set

LOCKFORMERLC12DR

Pittsburgh lock former0.5 - 1.2mm

SEMI AUTOMATIC SURFACE GRINDERMY-250

Magnetic chuck : 540 x 250mmTable Travel: 560 x 260mm

SURFACE GRINDERMJ7115

Table: 152 x 304mm

RADIAL ARM DRILLSZQ3032x10 ZQ3040x14

ZQ3050X16

UNIVERSAL IRON WORKERS

CNC PLASMA CUTTER HCZ SERIES3000 * 1600 & 6000 * 2200

New CNC Plasma Cutter HCZ 3000 * 1600New CNC Plasma Cutter HCZ 6000 * 2200Includes• HP-160 Amp plasma source (25mm cutting capacity)• Dual heads plasma/flame• Heavy duty water table• Fast cam software

SEMI AUTOMATIC BANDSAWS180 - 400 CUTTING DIAMETER• Hydraulic Clamping• Coolant Pump and work lamp

HYDRAULIC GUILLOTINES QC12YSERIES 4 - 16mm• Estun E20 2 axis NC controller• Electronic backstops with ball screws• Built in oil chiller on oil tank

HYDRAULIC PRESS BRAKES WC67YSERIES: 63 - 400 TON• Estun E20 2 axis NC controller• Electronic backstops with ball screws• Built in oil chiller on oil tankUNIVERSAL IRON WORKERS

IW-90 SERIES: 36 - 90 TON• Built in laser for easy & quick punching• Built in hydraulic clamps for shearing• Oil chiller on oil tank• Dual foot pedals

PYRAMID PLATE ROLLS W11SERIES: 6-20mm

www.mtool.co.za

NOW OPEN!! MTOOL Durban 248 Bluff Road, Bluff Durban 4025Email - [email protected] | [email protected]

Contact: Carlo - 082 881-8514 | Enore - 083 544-2231 | Rynhardt - 082 909-6555

Visit us at ELECTRA MINING AFRICA 2018 Hall 9, Stand B15, 10 - 14 September 2018


SpotLight SPOTLIGHT ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN MACHINE

TOOL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION

INDUSTRY 4.0 AND THE LATEST CHALLENGES

FACING OUR INDUSTRY

A simple act on May 4th, 1776 of machining a cylinder for a steam engine was the beginning of

precision and quality manufacturing and the catalyst that introduced the 1st industrial revolution, or should we say, Industry 1.0.

At the heart of our industry today is the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 and we are pleased that there is now a national strategy to embrace it.

The Intsimbi Future Production Technologies Initiative (IFPTI) has been developed with the principals that address the 4th Industrial Revolution and encompasses initiatives that will align us with advanced, developed economies.

It is the manufacturers’ function to produce good quality, low cost, affordable products. The future of manufacturing lies in our ability to adapt to the fast changing world and, we need association on the following very important pillars namely, Interaction, Specialised Knowledge, Compliance and Representivity. Now, we have to add a 5th, Inclusivity.

This is why, during last year’s Machine Tools Africa exhibition, hosted by the MTMA, the modern era of artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics played a significant role. Task reducing technologies (AI) are at the forefront in our industry and what was seen as disruptive technology, is now an industry norm with Industry 4.0 being the current trend of automation and data exchange between manufacturing stages and technologies that significantly improve productivity.

At the Machine Tool Merchants Association our members are up to the challenge of facing the increasing demands on the resources of companies. We believe that machine tools are the backbone of all our industries. Now, there are also new technologies that enhance the ability of a machine tool that was designed primarily to do subtractive machining, namely additive manufacturing.

While the manufacturing sector, if funded correctly, could become South Africa’s powerhouse we, at the MTMA, are ready to accept the challenge backed by our suppliers’ vast knowledge and experience

in manufacturing, this would undoubtedly boost and develop South Africa’s economic position worldwide.

As we reach the fourth quarter of 2018, it seems we are already significantly down on any growth targets set last year, the knock-on effect to the economy, particularly in terms of employment, is devastating. As an association we need to and are facing these many new challenges but the real unknown is certainly the government’s ability to tackle the issues preventing growth in our economy.

Last but not least, I wish to thank not only the committee of the MTMA and all our members but more so all the other associations who assist in the advancement of our industry, especially those who develop and train the youth.

Paul Savides, Chairman MTMA.

CML MACHINE TOOLS CC ...................................................................10

CRAFT INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT (PTY) LTD .....................................10

DURMAZLAR (PTY) LTD .......................................................................10

EDM SHOP (PTY) LTD ...........................................................................10

EFAMATIC MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD .............................................12

F & H MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD ......................................................12

FIRST CUT (PTY) LTD ...........................................................................12

HARP MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD .....................................................14

HURCO SOUTH AFRICA .......................................................................14

LIBCOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (PTY) LTD ...................................14

LIND SA AUTOMATION .........................................................................16

MACHINE TOOL PROMOTIONS (PTY) LTD ............................................. 16

METAL CHIP MACHINERY....................................................................16

MJH MACHINE TOOLS CC ...................................................................16

PBS MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD ........................................................18

PUMA MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD ....................................................18

REDMAN ENGINEERING SUPPLIES CC ..............................................18

RETECON (PTY) LTD ............................................................................22

RGC ENGINEERING (PTY) LTD ............................................................22

SAMSUNG MACHINE TOOLS SA (PTY) LTD .......................................22

SKOK MACHINE TOOLS .......................................................................24

STANDARD MACHINE TOOLS CC .......................................................24

TH MACHINE TOOLS CC ......................................................................26

TOOLQUIP & ALLIED ............................................................................26

VICTOR FORTUNE (PTY) LTD ..............................................................27

W.D. HEARN MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD..........................................27

WESTERN OCEAN INVESTMENTS 12CC T/A

MAGNUM MACHINE TOOLS ................................................................28

WR WALKER & SONS CC T/A WALKER MACHINE TOOLS ...............28

MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MACHINE TOOL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION

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CMX V Series

+ Varieties of standard options and custom-design specifications available

DMG MORI has developed the CMX V Series, with the aspiration to provide robust machines that can serve for many years to a greater number of customers. The CMX V models can handle a wide range of workpieces for all kinds of fields thanks to their great versatility. The models achieve high reliability with the meticulous design to the details, realizing the new machines that serve as the foundation for vertical machining centers.

Solution-based Machine for Every Shop Floor

PRODUCTIVITY | RELIABILITY | QUALITY

CMX Series

Solution-based Machines for Every Shop

DMG MORI has developed the CMX Series, with the aspiration to provide robust ma-chines that can serve for many years to a greater number of customers. The CMX models can handle a wide range of workpieces for all kinds of fields thanks to their great versatil-ity. The models achieve high reliability with the meticulous design to the details, realising the new machines that serve as the foundation for vertical and 5 sided machining centers.

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Tel: 011 976 8600 • Fax: 011 394 2471

[email protected] • www.retecon.co.za

RETECON (PTY) LTDYour Partner in Metal Working

Cape Town: 021 555 2270/1 • Port Elizabeth: 041 453 2720 • Durban: 031 701 8149




CML MACHINE TOOLS CC

Unit no 7, 39 Michelson Street, Westwood, BoksburgPO Box 6363, Dunswart 1508Tel: (086) 142-2423Fax: (086) 553-9975e-mail: [email protected]: www.cmlmachines.co.zaKey PersonnelSales: Luis TorresAccounts: Karen

AGENCIES:Euromac • Safan Darley • Delta • Matrix Tooling

PRODUCTS:Euromac – Range of CNC punching and bending machinery • Safan Darley – Range of guillotines and servo electric press brakes

• Delta – punch press tool grinders

CRAFT INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT (PTY) LTD

L - R: Philip Thompson, Gavin Kriek and Thomas Zackey.

1 Hamburg Road, Apex Industrial Sites, Benoni PO Box 1532, Benoni 1500Tel: (011) 845-2030 Fax: (011) 845-2041e-mail: [email protected]: www.craftmt.co.zaKey PersonnelCEO: Philip Thompson Director: Thomas Zackey

Director: Gavin KriekService & Spares Manager: Francina Molekoa

BRANCHES:Clarkson Machine Tools86 Sutton Road, Sidwell, PEPO Box 2352, North End 6056Tel: (041) 451-5851Fax: (041) 451-5960e-mail: [email protected]: www.craftmt.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Member: Eddie Harris

Craft Machine Tools Cape Town18 Cavi Courts, Killarney Gardens, Cape TownPO Box 117, Milnerton 7435Tel: (021) 557-7924Fax: (021) 671-6278Cell: (082) 449-4088e-mail: [email protected] PersonnelManaging Member: Bill Mallet

AGENCIES:Fair Friend Group (Feeler) • Winho • Haco

• Dalian Machine Tool Group

PRODUCTS:Feeler CNC lathes • Feeler CNC machining centres • Feeler CNC bridge type machining centres • Feeler CNC double column machining centres • Haco CNC punching machine • Haco CNC and conventional pressbrakes • Haco CNC and conventional guillotines • Haco Plate rolls • Kingsland iron workers • Craft bandsaws • Craft turret mills • Craft conventional press brake • Craft conventional guillotines • Craft entry-level CNC bed type mill • Craft CNC bed type mill

SERVICES:After sales service • Auctioneering • Valuations

• Bank assessments and advisory services

DURMAZLAR (PTY) LTD

Southside Industrial Park, Dame Street, Wadeville, GermistonPO Box 14919, Wadeville 1422Tel: (011) 865-4090

Fax: (086) 428-6628e-mail: [email protected]: www.durma.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Byron GueffroySales Director: Sean MoriartyServices/Spares: Antionette Gertenbach

AGENCIES:Durmazlar • Matrix • Eurostamp • Hypertherm

• Tamsan • Lantek • Precitec

PRODUCTS:Iron workers • Guillotines • Press brakes

• CNC plasma cutters • Plate and angle processing • CNC laser cutters • Used sheetmetal machinery • CNC punching machines • Plate rollers • Section rollers • Beam processing systems • Corner notchers

• Profile bending machines • Punching machines • Press brake tooling • Laser and plasma consumables • Compressors • Punches and dies for CNC punching machines

• CAD/CAM software • Laser photonics

SERVICES:Repairs • Spares • Maintenance • Training

EDM SHOP (PTY) LTD

Steven Andrews - Director

17 Aschenberg Street, Chamdor, KrugersdorpPO Box 20043, Kagiso East 1758Tel: (011) 762-5231 Fax: (011) 762-5228e-mail: [email protected]: www.edmshop.co.zaKey PersonnelDirector: Les PorterDirector: Steven Andrews

AGENCIES:Accutex • Arix • Cosmos • Frank Phoenix • Jyoti • Long Chang • Sure First • Welltec • Huron • Wele • Aristech • RADAR • Paragon

+27 (0)11 397 4050 | | | www.fhmt.co.za [email protected]

Proud Member of

F & H Machine Tools supplies top quality high-tech conventional and CNC machine tools for all sectors of the metal working industry. Quality products are reinforced by an excellent after-sales support team with comprehensive spares.

Takisawa

Harrison - AlphaColchester

Ermaksan Okuma

Kafo




PRODUCTS:EDM Machines • Wire EDM machines • Small hole drilling machines • CNC milling machines – CNC lathes • EDM accessories • Surface grinders • Plastic injection moulding machines • Rubber injection machines • Cylindrical grinding machines • Vertical lathes

EFAMATIC MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD

26 Lower Germiston Road, HeriotdalePO Box 40228, Cleveland 2022Tel: (011) 626-2720Fax: (011) 626-2966e-mail: [email protected]: www.efamatic.comKey PersonnelManaging Director: Mike FaccioProject Manager: Goran JeutecDesigner: Jonathan Summerfield

AGENCIES:Efamatic Machine Tools • Accuway Machinery Co • Yeoshi • GSK CNC Controls • Hypertherm

• Auto Grip • Baruffaldi Turrets

PRODUCTS:CNC lathes • CNC machining centres • Automation and robotics • Machine for manufacture of alloy wheels • Pipe handling and processing • Special purpose CNC machine tools • Grippers for automation • CNC plasma pipe cutters

SERVICES:Machine tool service and rebuilding

F & H MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD

3 Covora Road, Jet Park, BoksburgPO Box 169, Isando 1600Tel: (011) 397-4050Fax: (011) 397-4210e-mail: [email protected]: www.fhmt.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Vaughn Hanwith-HordenProduct Manager: Johnny PierdicaSales Manager: Richard PoalsesMarketing & Admin Manager: Vesna Fineberg

AGENCIES:600UK-600 Group • Adira • Avmax • Berardi • Bison • Breton • Bridgeport • Clausing • CMZ

• Colchester • Colchester Harrison • Cosen • Dirinler • Eckold AG • Erlo • Ermaksan • Esprit • Eumach • Gamet Bearings • Gleason

• Hardinge • Harrison • Jesco • Joemars • Kafo • Manford • Mollart • Okamoto • Okuma Corporation • Palmary • Parmigiani • Pratt Burnerd International • Proking • Proth • Quaser • Sameca • Samsys • Tachella • Takisawa • Takumi • TJR Rotary Tables • TOS Hulin • TOS Varnsdorf • TOS Trens a.s • Tsudakoma • Unisign • Wilson Tool

PRODUCTS:CNC milling machines • CNC machining centres • CNC lathes • CNC grinders • Special purpose lathes • Rolling turning lathes • Roll grinders • Hot abrasive cut-off saws • Decoilers • Slitting lines • Shipyard plate bending rolls • Shipyard roll presses

• Thread rolling machines • Gear cutting machines • Gear shaving machines • Gear hobbing machines • Automatic deburring machines • Gear tooth chamfering machines

• Dynamic gear testing machines • Shaving cutters • Rolling cutters • Diamond dressing cutters and all other tooling and accessories for the gear making industry • Boring mills

• Broaching machines • Special purpose machines • Complete turnkey projects • Presses • Saws • Radial arm drills • Milling machines • Drilling machines • Centre lathes • Heavy duty lathes • Pressbrakes

• Guillotines • Surface grinders • Internal grinders • Cylindrical grinders • Bandsaws

• Punch and shears • FMS • Metal workers • Metal forming equipment • Broaching machines • Keyseating machines • Slotters and shapers • Accessories for sheetmetal equipment • CNC bending machines • Large vertical and horizontal boring mills (with or without CNC controls) • Medium and large heavy duty centre lathes • Automotive vertical and horizontal machining centres • Gantry machining centres and manufacturing cells

• Bar feeding equipment • CNC lathes • Tapping and drilling machines • Conventional

and CNC deep hole drilling machines • Vertical machining centres with rotary pallet work changer • Large vertical machining centres • CNC piston turning machines • Hard metal finish lathes • High speed finishing machines • CNC rotary tables • Double column machining centres • Lasers • EDM machines • Broken tap remover • Bed and knee type milling machines

FIRST CUT (PTY) LTD

18 Adam Road, Benrose, JohannesburgPO Box 623, Germiston 1400Tel: (011) 614-1112 Fax: (011) 614-1121e-mail: [email protected]: www.firstcut.co.zaKey PersonnelSteve van Wyk, Gary Willis, Andrew Poole

BRANCHES:First Cut – Durban20 Suffert Street, Pinetown, DurbanPO Box 33, Pinecraft 3617Tel: (031) 701-3960Fax: (031) 701-3967Key PersonnelKeith Naidoo

First Cut – Cape TownMoodey Avenue, Epping IndustrialPO Box 57, Eppindust 7475Tel: (021) 531-3126Fax: (021) 531-3178Key PersonnelEugene Fernandez

First Cut – Port Elizabeth:34 Juta Road, Neave IndustrialPO Box 14099, Sidwell 6061Tel: (041) 453-3826Fax: (041) 453-3495Key PersonnelJohan Raubenheimer

AGENCIES:Blecher • BLM Group • Bystronic • C.M.M

• Eclipse • Everising • Jaufasa • Julia • Kanefusa • Markal • Moore & Wright • Sonnenflex • Starrett • Stienbach • Stierli Bieger • Time Savers • Voortman • Wikus

Unit 9, 30 Golden drive, Morehill, Benoni • South Africa 011 849 5600/1 - [email protected] • www.hurco.co.za

CALL 011 849 5600/1 NOW FOR MORE DETAILS

BX40i

• Max5 control, 19 inch touch-screen, colour graphics

SMALL PACKAGE

BIG PUNCH

MACHINING CENTRES TURNING CENTRES 5 AXIS DOUBLE COLUMN SUPERIOR CONTROLS

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Kessler HSK63A, 18k motorized s pindle, linear scales and CTS standard

Travels (X ,Y,Z) 1020 x 700 x 500 mm

Table Dimensions 1050 x 700 mm

Table Capacity 1000 kg

Spindle Power 47 HP (35 kW)

Max Feed (X,Y,Z) 30 M/min

Tool Changer 30 Swing Arm ATCDimensionsL x W x H

4783 x 3517 x 3150 mm

Weight 9,100 kg

CALL 011 849 5600/1 NOW FOR MORE DETAILS

BX40i

• Max5 control, 19 inch touch-screen, colour graphics Kessler HSK63A, 18k motorized spindle, linear scales and CTS standard

SMALL PACKAGE

BIG PUNCH

Max Feed (X, Y, Z) 30 M/minTool Changer 30 Swing Arm ATCDimensions 4783 x 3517 x 3150mmL x W x HWeight 9,100kg

Travels (X, Y, Z) 1020 x 700 x 500mm

Table Dimensions 1050 x 700mm

Table capacity 1000kg

Spindle Power 47 HP (35 kW)




PRODUCTS:Bandsaw machines • Circular saw machines

• Laser cutting machines • Bending machines • Roll forming lines • Coil processing lines • CNC drilling and cutting lines • CNC plate processing machines • CNC bending and punching machines • Shot blasting and painting lines • Beam welding machines • Bending and straightening machines • Laser welding • Tube mills • Bandsaw blades • Circular saw blades • Precision eng. tools

• Small saws and frames • Hand tools • Magnets • Abrasives • Tube laser • Tube cutting • Tube bending • Tube endform

SERVICES:Machine service and maintenance • Saw blade sharpening • Blade training

HARP MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD

161 Dormehl Rd, Anderbolt, Boksburg North, GautengPO Box 2698, Benoni 1500Tel: (011) 918-5138 or 083-636-6419Fax: (011) 918-5139e-mail: [email protected]: www.harp.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Seamus ThompsonSales Director: John ThompsonSales Rep: Richard ThompsonService – Export & Import Manager: Heather McCamlie

AGENCIES:SMTCL • Kingrich Industries • Waytrain • Easson Digital Readout Systems • Vertex Machine Tool Accessories • Webster & Bennett • Toptech • Yuwe International • Accurl • Baoji

PRODUCTS:Centre lathes • Radial drills • Horizontal boring mills • Turret type milling machines • Universal milling machines • Surface grinders

• Horizontal bandsaws • Floor borers • Digital readouts • Machine tool accessories • CNC vertical boring mills • CNC lathes • CNC pipe threading lathes • CNC turning and milling

centres • High speed drilling machining centres • CNC gantry drilling machines • CNC planer horizontal milling and boring machines • CNC floor type borers • CNC bed type borers • CNC vertical machining centres • CNC hydraulic guillotines • CNC hydraulic pressbrakes • CNC bed type mills • Webster & Bennett vertical boring mills • Butler Elgamills • Horizontal boring mills • Universal ironworkers • Plate rolls

• Bench lathes • Bench mills • Pedestal drills • Industrial grinders • Slotters • Plate bending machines • Cylindrical grinders • Bed type milling machines • Double column horizontal bandsaw • Double column fully automatic horizontal bandsaw

SERVICES:Sales of new and used machinery • After sales services • Repairs and maintenance

HURCO SOUTH AFRICA

Unit 9, 30 Golden Drive, BenoniPO Box 10175, The Falls 1522Tel: (011) 849-5600/1Fax: (011) 849-5602e-mail: [email protected]: www.hurco.co.za Key PersonnelRegional Manager: Christo MoolmanOffice Administrator: Roxanne Chase

AGENCIES:Hurco • Röders

PRODUCTS:CNC machining centres • Vertical and horizontal CNC centres • CNC lathes and live tool lathes • Large bridge type CNC machines • 5-Axis CNC machining centres

SERVICES:Sales, service and installation of Hurco and Röders machines

LIBCOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (PTY) LTD

16 Jasper Road, Robertsham, JohannesburgPostnet Suite No. 36, Private Bag X03, Southdale 2135Tel: (011) 022-1811/2/3 Fax: (086) 571-3320e-mail: [email protected]: www.libcor.co.zaKey PersonnelManager – Sales: John SilburnSales & Marketing: Kyle Silburn

AGENCIES:Romi • Eumega • Contour • Mello • Rong Fu • Prototrak • Ecowin • Nan Rong • Full Shine • Jenix • Erlo • Mascut • L & L • Yann Bang • Boschert • Kai FU • Millstar

• Chum Power • YLM • Spark • Yangli • Fintek • HDCNC • Tongda • TMT-CNC Machines • Baogi

PRODUCTS:Metal removal and metal forming machines

• Lathes • Engraving • CNC turning centres • Milling machines turret, universal • CNC and machining centres • Horizontal boring mills • Bandsaws • Radial and pedestal drills • Guillotines • Pressbrakes • Surface grinders • Cylindrical grinders • EDM spark eroder and wire eroder • DRO systems • Pipe benders • Bed type milling machines

• Bandsaws • Plasma cutting • Punching machines • CNC punching machines • Iron workers • Punch shear and crop machines

• Horizontal machining centres • Horizontal boring mills • Plastic-injection moulders

• Blow moulders • Granulators • Hopper dryers • Auto loaders • Chillers • CNC lathes

• Extruders • PET stretch blow machines • PET injection stretch blow machines

SERVICES:Maintenance • CNC retrofits on turret mills

Tel: (011) 864-1730 • Fax: (011) 864-1405

• Servo Roll Feeders • Straighteners• Feeders • Schnutz Precision Levellers

REEF Press Feeding

REEF Presses

CoilProcessing Lines

• e-mail: [email protected]®

With decades of experience you can rely on

Engineering & Manufacturing Co. (Pty) Ltdwww.reefeng.com

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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FOR THE METAL FORMING INDUSTRY

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COMPLETE PRESS REBUILDING, PRESS MAINTENANCE,

SPARES, SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES

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REEF Presses

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• Special Purpose




LIND SA AUTOMATION

Unit 13, Northlake Industrial, Business Park, Malcolm Moodie Crescent, Jet Park, BoksburgPO Box 10592, The Falls 1522Tel: (011) 552-8265e-mail: [email protected]: www.lindsa.comKey PersonnelOwner/Technical/New Machines: Ampie AckermannFinance/Technical/New Machines: Robin AckermannMarketing/Shipping/Consumables: Andrea Wardill

AGENCIES:OEM – Hypertherm • Agent – United ProArc

PRODUCTS:CNC plasma, laser and oxyfuel cutting machines • CNC drilling machines – table type and gantry type • Automated welding manipulators: positioners, headstock and tail stock, turning rolls, column and boom manipulators, circumferential welders, seam welders

SERVICES:Provide new CNC plasma, laser and oxyfuel cutting machines • Offer upgrades/retrofit machines • Offer welding manipulators for the light to heavy engineering industries

MACHINE TOOL PROMOTIONS (PTY) LTD

Bart Pieterse - Managing Director

10 Fraser Street, Vanderbijlpark

PO Box 1187, Vanderbijlpark 1900Tel: (016) 931-1564Fax: (016) 981-0404e-mail: [email protected]: www.mtpsa.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Bart PieterseSales Manager: Richard Gladwin

AGENCIES:Kiheung • You-Ji • FAT Haco • ZMM • Ermaksan • Emena • OMD • TOS Varnsdorf

• TOS Celakovice • Bredtmann-Girke • Neway • NUM CNC Control

PRODUCTS:CNC and conventional milling machines • Vertical and horizontal boring machines • CNC and conventional lathes • Press brakes

• Guillotines • Laser and plasma cutting machines • Turret punching machines • Plate rolling machines • Spring making equipment • Heat treatment and paint plants

• Profile bending machines • Milling heads

SERVICES:Machine retrofits – modernization of machine tools • CNC retrofits • Installation and servicing of machines• Specialized machining and fabrication • Laser calibration • Development of specialized industrial machines

METAL CHIP MACHINERY

Keith Dougans and Malcolm Moriarity

174 Galjoen Street, WadevillePO Box 17650, Randhart 1457Tel: (011) 476-7509e-mail: [email protected]: www.metalchipmachinery.co.zaKey PersonnelExternal Sales: Malcolm MoriartyInternal Sales: Keith DougansAccounts: Marc Stenri

AGENCIES:Kaltenbach • Coastone • Gnutti • Unipunch

• Microcut • Ketec • Gerardi • HSG Laser • Schiavi

PRODUCTS:Beam processing lines • Band saws • Circular saws • Plate working machines

• Electric press brakes• Hydraulic press brakes • Special purpose machines • Press brake tooling • Punching machine tooling • Machine vices • Speed increasers • Angle head laser cutting machines

SERVICES:Installation • Commissioning • Training

MJH MACHINE TOOLS CC

Unit 2, Greenview Park, 30 Nipper Road, New Germany, KZNPO Box 1785, Hillcrest 3650Tel: (031) 705-7514 Fax: (031) 705-8254e-mail: [email protected]: www.mjhmachinetools.comKey PersonnelOwner/Sales: Martin HaslamSales Manager: Ricky LazenbyAccounts Manager: Natalie Lazenby

AGENCIES:Ctek Technologies • Microcut • Matech

• Excetek • CJMT Gear Shapers • Yida • Perfect • Haixing • Akira Seiki • Cosen

• Annway

PRODUCTS:Milling machines • Machining centres • Injection moulders • CNC lathes • Wirecut EDM’s • Spark eroders • Bandsaws • Surface grinders • Gear cutters and shapers • EDM drilling machines • Annway toolholders • Miscellaneous machine spares: vices, clamp kits, coolant pumps, heat exchangers, 4th axis, EDM filters, wirecut consumables, lubrication pumps, etc.

SERVICES:CNC control training (on specific controls)

• Service and maintenance • Renishaw reverse engineering • Digitizing • After sales service

• Special machining operations research

Tel: (011) 974-7744 • Fax: (011) 974-2288www.trmsupplies.co.za

SUPPLIERS OF NEW:Pressbrakes & Guillotines (CNC & Conventional) • CNC Lathes & Machining Centres •

Full Range HVAC Equipment • Hi Def & Conventional Plasma Cutters • Band Saws

MTM®

Contact: Güenter Schmitz - Cell: 082 553 0250 Contact: Thys de Villiers - Cell: 071 362 4582

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CNC Fiber Laser Cutting Machine TF PROSeries

High Productivity • Maximum Precision • Extremely Reliable • Low Maintenance • Compact and easy to operate

• TF Pro Series CNC Fiber Laser• Laser Power 2kW – 3kW – 4kW – 5kW – 6kW – 8 kW – 10kW• Max Cutting Thickness (eg. 3kW) – MS 25mm, SS 12mm• Working Area 3015 – 4020 – 6020• Transferable Tables• IPG or SPI Fiber Laser Generator• Precitec or Szworthing Auto Focus Fiber Laser Cutting Head• Precision Gearbox• Rack + Pinion• Ballscrews + Guides• SMC Gas Control System• Cooling Unit• Schneider Electric Components• PA 8000 CNC Controller• Yaskawa Double Drive System• TAYORCAM Nesting Software• Full Enclosure

CNC Cutting Machine Department




PBS MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD

31 Seller Road, Unit 2, Boksburg East PO Box 18422, Sunward Park 1470Tel: (011) 914-3360Fax: (011) 914-3366e-mail: [email protected]: www.pbsmt.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Paul SavidesCommercial Manager: Alroy SavidesSupport Specialist: Stephen Phipps

AGENCIES:Tong-Tai (Tong-Tai Machine & Tool Co. Ltd., Taiwan) • Honor (Honor Seiki Co. Ltd., Taiwan) • APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Corporation, Taiwan) • PCI (Process Conception Ingèniere, France) • ANGER (Anger Machining GMBH, Austria) • Polygim (Polygim Machinery Co. Ltd., Taiwan) • CMS (CMS Industries, Italy) • Top-Turn (Jashico Machine Manufacture Co. Ltd., Taiwan) • Supertec (Supertec Machinery Inc., Taiwan)

• Ercolina (CML International S.p.A, Italy) • Probar (Pro-Machinery Co. Ltd., Taiwan) • Exact (Exact Machinery Co. Ltd., Taiwan)

• Nomura DS Co. Ltd. (Korea) • Daesung Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. (Korea) • Picchi S.R.L. (Italy) • Unior Special Machines (Slovenia)

• MFL Machinenfabrik (Austria) • Barload Machine Co., Ltd (Taiwan)

PRODUCTS:Additive manufacturing including AM Hybrid 5 Axis machines and Metal Powder Bed Fusion machine • Vertical and horizontal CNC lathes • Vertical and horizontal machining centres • Heavy duty and big bore lathes • Multi-tasking and Swiss-type CNC lathes • Sliding head CNC lathes • 4 & 5 Axis high speed bridge type machining centres • Conventional, CNC and heavy duty grinders

• Waterjet cutting machines • CNC flexible transfer machining centres • Linear motion high performance machining centres and production lines • Metal forming machine tools • Automated production lines • CAD/

CAM Software • Barfeeders/loaders • CNC and index type rotary tables • CNC tooling, tool holders, chucks and accessories • Special purpose machines • CNC CAM auto lathe • Rotary transfer machines • Single cut sawing machines • Layer sawing • Plate sawing • Edge milling machines • Profile milling machines • Slab milling machines

• Railway sawing and drilling machines • Mobile rail milling plants • Rail axle sawing machines • Ultrasonic machining • Gantry loaders for CNC’s

SERVICES:Service and maintenance • Fixture design and robot integration • Turn key solutions

• Production lines • Machine monitoring software

PUMA MACHINE TOOLS (PTY) LTD

27 Forge Road, Spartan Industrial Township, Kempton ParkPO Box 1472, Kempton Park 1620Tel: (011) 976-8600Fax: (011) 394-2471e-mail: [email protected]: www.pumamachinetools.co.zaKey PersonnelDirector: Mike LeeManaging Director: Chris Kroeger

BRANCHES:Cape Town Unit 9, Peter Park, Montague Drive, Montague GardensPO Box 1167, Milnerton 7435Tel: (021) 555-2270/1Fax: (021) 555-2272Key PersonnelA Lachenicht

DurbanUnit 32, Ivy Park, 3 Ivy Road, PinetownPO Box 1186, Pinetown 3600Tel: (031) 701-8149 Fax: (031) 701-0313Key PersonnelD Nagel

Port Elizabeth2A Haupt Street, SidwellPO Box 414, Port Elizabeth 6000Tel: (041) 453-2720 Fax: (041) 453-6678Key PersonnelJ Strauss

AGENCIES:Doosan Machine Tools • CSM • Chevalier

• Chin Fong • Hankook • Vision Wide Tech. Co. Ltd • Citizen • Dahlih • JFY

PRODUCTS:CNC lathes (2, 3 & 4 axis, vertical and horizontal) • Machining centres (vertical and horizontal) • Barfeeders • Accessories

• Tooling • Training • Service and repair

REDMAN ENGINEERING SUPPLIES CC

Unit 4, Gate 2, Ivy Park, Ivy Road, PinetownPO Box 10032, Ashwood 3605Tel: (031) 701-4732Fax: (031) 701-4736e-mail: [email protected]: www.redmanengineering.co.zaKey PersonnelMember: Shane Redman

AGENCIES:Hartford • Aero Turn • Henco • Gosan • Chung HS WH • One CNC • Argo

PRODUCTS:CNC machining centres • CNC turning centres

• CNC lathes • Turret milling machines • CAD/CAM software systems • RedCut tungsten carbide cutters

SERVICES:Installation, commissioning, training and after-sale services of machines and CAD/CAM systems

Productive DynamicEfficient

Sole agents for TRUMPF in South Africa for over 35 years.Contact: Graham Rome

Tel: 011 976 8600 • Fax: 011 394 2471

Cape Town: 021 555 2270/1 • Port Elizabeth: 041 453 2720 • Durban: 031 701 8149

RETECON (PTY) LTDYour Partner in Metal Working

TruLaser 5030 / 5040 / 5060

Laser data TruDisk 10001

Max. output 10000 W

Max. sheet thickness

Mild steel 30 mm

Stainless steel 40 mm

Aluminum 25 mm

Copper 16 mm

Brass 13 mm

Technical Specifications

[email protected] • www.retecon.co.za

The Productive Machine

TruLaser 5000 Series:

Technical Specifications

MTM®

CELL: +27 83 384 9326 CELL: +27 83 411 6620 TEL: +27 31 700 [email protected] [email protected] FAX: +27 31 700 534159 GOODWOOD ROAD • MAHOGANY RIDGE • PINETOWN • RSA • 3610 www.magnumtools.co.za

GAUTENG: GIULIANO PALUMBO CELL: +27 82 659 0301 TEL: +27 11 437 8903/15/27 [email protected] 36 KNIGHTS ROAD, GERMISTON, 1400 SOUTH AFRICA

• 4 Axis CNC with CNC crowning• Maximum bending capacity 12mm x 3000mm mild steel

• Travels 1000mm x 510mm x 560mm• 24 Tool tool-changer• Coolant through the spindle• 15kW motor

• 4 Roll Plates with a NC Control• Maximum rolling capacity 2500mm x 10mm mild steel• Pre bending capacity 8mm mild steel

• Cutting capacity 1500mm x 3000mm x 20mm mild steel.• Production cutting 16mm mild steel

• 3000mm x 1500mm plasma cutter with a hypertherm PMX105 generator• Cutting capacity 3000mm x 1500mm x 20mm mild steel

• 8 inch hydraulic chuck• 400mm turning length• 52mm bar capacity• 11kW spindle motor

V-TOP GF1530JH x 2.5KW BAYKAL PRESS BRAKE (APHS 240T x 3100mm)

AKYAPAK AHS 2508

MAGNUM STL8 CNC LATHE

MANFORD VL1000 MACHINING CENTRE

MAGNUM TECHNO CUT

• 4 Axis CNC with CNC crowning• Maximum bending capacity 12mm x 3000mm mild steel

BAYKAL PRESS BRAKE (APHS 240T x 3100mm)

Visit us at

Hall 9, Stand B2410 - 14 September 2018

Expo Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg,

9am – 5pm Daily




RETECON (PTY) LTD

100 Plane Road, Spartan Industrial Township, Kempton ParkPO Box 1472, Kempton Park 1620Tel: (011) 976-8600 Fax: (011) 394-2471e-mail: [email protected]: www.retecon.co.zaKey PersonnelExecutive Chairman: HP NethManaging Director: C KroegerBrand Managers: Graham Rome, Marc Edwards, Franz Studer, Joe Tippel, Victor Thorpe, Patrick Pereira, Moritz Herrmann, Arno Lourens, Neels Engelbrecht

BRANCHES:Cape TownUnit 8 & 9, Peter Park, Montague Drive, Montague GardensPO Box 1167, Milnerton 7435Tel: (021) 555-2270/1 Fax: (021) 555-2272Key PersonnelBranch Manager: M Besselaar

DurbanUnit 32, Ivy Park, 3 Ivy Road, PinetownPO Box 1186, Pinetown 3600Tel: (031) 701-8149 Fax: (031) 701-0313Key PersonnelBranch Manager: D Nagel

Port Elizabeth2A Haupt Street, SidwellPO Box 414, Port Elizabeth 6000Tel: (041) 453-2720 Fax: (041) 453-6678Key PersonnelBranch Manager: J Strauss

AGENCIES:Trumpf • EFD • Kapp Niles • Agie Charmilles

• Heller • Hexagon • Schuler-Beutler • DMG MORI • TBT • Mahr • Studer • Kasto • Ficep. Further details on request.

PRODUCTS:High-speed vertical machining • Automatic

turning (vertical and horizontal) • Multi-slide automatic turning • Universal milling and boring for production • Tool and cutter grinding • Vertical and horizontal machining

• Induction hardening machines • Induction heating equipment • Deephole drilling • Punching and nibbling of sheet metal • Automatic component cleaning • Automatic sawing equipment • Roll forming and spinning machines • Hot and cold forming (forging) • Automatic punching and forming machines

• Tube bending machines • Special purpose machines • Manufacturing lines and small plant • Multi-spindle lathes • Production grinding machines (cylindrical and flat) • Laser cutting systems • CO2 lasers • Water jet cutting machines • Rotary transfer machines

• Assembly machines • Toolroom milling with 3-D digitizing • Universal milling and boring for toolroom • Automatic surface grinding • Cylindrical grinding machines (external and internal) • Deephole drilling for mould industry

• Spark erosion equipment (wire cutting and die sinking machines) • Drilling machines

• CNC lathes • Vertical machining centres • Horizontal machining centres • Cutting tools

• Tool holders • Measuring equipment • Tool pre-setting • Laser measuring • Machine calibrations • Power tools • Thread rolling

RGC ENGINEERING (PTY) LTD

26 Wynberg Road, Kew, JohannesburgPO Box 39171, Bramley 2018Tel: (011) 887-0800Fax: (011) 351-0778e-mail: lizette.gerber@ rgcengineering.co.za or [email protected]: www.rgcengineering.co.zaKey PersonnelCEO: Aurelio Grech-CumboCo-ordinator – Sales; QA; Technical & Sanas Manager: Lizette GerberManufacturing Manager: Dan Andrei

AGENCIES:Mitutyo • GOM • Marposs • Hermle • Schuler Group • Elb Schliff • JS EDM • Renishaw

• Ital Presse • Lilian •LTF • Tacchella • Samputensili • Zani • IEM

PRODUCTS:Leading importer and distributor of high-tech precision contact and optical measuring equipment, CNC machining centres and equipment • Represent leading OEM’s in Metrology and Measuring, CNC, CMMS, verniers, micrometers, scanners, reverse engineering, press tools, spline/broaches and gauging equipment • Installation, maintenance, service, calibration and training of products • In-house services, such as measuring, calibration, reverse engineering, deformation testing, quality assurance and control, maintenance and servicing of all products and equipment is available

SERVICES:Developing highest level of quality in pro-duction and services for every customer • Design and manufacture of specially produced form tools, jigs, fixtures and NC & CNC machining of high precision components

• Training, installation, SANAS calibration, ISO 2008:2015 and more

SAMSUNG MACHINE TOOLS SA (PTY) LTD

29 Barium Street, Alrode 1451Tel: 082-332-3888Fax: (011) 908-8881e-mail: [email protected]: www.smt-sa.co.zaKey PersonnelPresident: Louis StruwigSales Representative: Conrad LauscherSales Representative: Nicky de Klerk

BRANCHES:ABMTS51 Balers Way, Sunset Beach, Cape TownPO Box 55258, Sunset Beach, Cape Town 7441Tel: (021) 551-1215Key PersonnelOwner: Abie

AGENCIES:Samsung Machine Engineering Corporation (SMEC) • Nikken • S & T Dynamics • SP3

• Palbit • Llwentech • Stonic • ERI Tooling Systems • CHTEM • Fulltontech • S.C.A.M.I.

PRODUCTS:CNC Lathes • CNC machining centres • CNC

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Our Advanced machines are ideal for manufacturers with most demanding

production lines.

CNC Clear Cut’s Advanced machines deliver the highest production rate

available, with Scribing, True Bevel, True Hole & Rapid Parts technology.

A combination between our Standard & Advanced Machines, with bed sizes ranging from 4000x2000mm up to 13000x3000mm, or bigger. Extremely robust machines with a

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These machines work well in the construc-tion, energy, general fabricators, job shops,

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Industrial strength tables with bed sizes from 1300x1300mm up to 3000x1500mm. World class motion with pierce capacity of up to

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These machines are ideal for the artwork, signs and ornamentation, automotive,

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We invite you to visit our showroom, where prospects can experience CNC Clear Cut machines hands-on!

CNC Clear Cut plasma tables are designed, engineered and manufactured in South Africa. The organization develops its products according to the speci�c needs and standards of African organizations. The company’s research, structure, support system and over-all service has revolved speci�cally around plasma cutting for the past decade, which is why we are the industry leaders.

+27 12 541 0552+27 12 941 1505 [email protected]

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vertical lathes • CNC horizontal boring mills • Gear cutting • Barfeeders • Cutting tools • PCD tooling • CNC rotary tables

SERVICES:Full service back-up

SKOK MACHINE TOOLS

Brian Wright – Sales Director

29 Loper Avenue, Aeroport, Spartan Ext. 2PO Box 12080, Edleen 1625Tel: (011) 392-3710 Fax: (011) 392-3711/2e-mail: [email protected]: www.skok.comKey PersonnelSales Director: Brian WrightSales Manager: Jeff BurrowsGeneral Manager: Benjamin Cole

BRANCHES:Skok NatalTel: (031) 709-3718 Fax: (031) 709-3718

Skok Port Elizabeth26A Mangold Street, Port ElizabethPO Box 1866, Port Elizabeth 6000Tel: (041) 363-8525/35Fax: (041) 363-8536

AGENCIES:Johnford • Goodway • Mega • Hostek • Ocean Beam Lines • Eisle • Golden Sun • Vertex • Kyocera • Nicolas Correa • Sanco

• Equiptop • Ocean Machinery

PRODUCTS:Production machinery for metal cutting and metal forming • High speed vertical and horizontal CNC lathes and single- and double column CNC machining centres • Universal milling and boring • Tool and cutter grinding for toolroom and production • Deep hole drilling, punching and forming of sheetmetal

• Automatic sawing machines • Tube bending • Surface grinding • Cylindrical grinding • Slotting – manual and CNC • Beam lines • NC rotary tables

SERVICES:Special suppliers to the general engineering, automotive and structural steel fabrication industry throughout South Africa and beyond

STANDARD MACHINE TOOLS cc

John Sierra – Managing Director

179 Haring Street, Wadeville Ext. 2PO Box 14478, Wadeville 1422Tel: (011) 824-0949/54/57Fax: (011) 824-0990e-mail: [email protected]: www.stdmt.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: John Sierra

BRANCHES & AGENTS:Willow Machine cc2 Riana Street, Rock Drift, White RiverPO Box 749, White River 1240Tel: (013) 758-1516 Fax: (013) 758-1031Key PersonnelRobbie van Niekerk

Plover TradingTel: (011) 682-3284 Fax: (011) 425-1677Key PersonnelMaurice Swain

Bolt & Engineering DistributorsWeb: www.bolteng.co.za

GautengPO Box 14190127 Snapper Road, Wadeville 1422Tel: (011) 824-7500/6Fax: (011) 827-2314

Platinum ProvincePO Box 4260

8 Kgwebo Street, Mabe Business Park, Rustenburg 0300Tel: (014) 597-7500 Fax: (014) 594-2181

SteelpoortPO Box 274, Steelpoort Indust.Unit 1, Tweefontein Road, Steelpoort 1133Tel: (013) 230-3820 Fax: (013) 230-3824

NorthwestPO Box 2289, 22 Meteor Road, Uraniaville, Klerksdorp 2570Tel: (018) 469-6300 Fax: (018) 469-1628

MiddelburgSuite MW 582, Private Bag X 1838, Middelburg 1050, c/o Koets & Meyer, MiddelburgTel: (013) 243-3499 Fax: (013) 243-4699

LimpopoPO Box 4260, Rustenburg 0300c/o Maggie & Pieter Grobbelaar Str.,Onverwacht 0557Tel: (014) 763-6717 Fax: (014) 763-6244

Free StatePO Box 352015 Neser Street, Dagbreek, Welkom 9460Tel: (057) 353-2758 Fax: (057) 353-4389

MpumalangaPO Box 253, 1905 Essex Street,Industrial Park, Evander 2280Tel: (017) 632-2400 Fax: (017) 632-1765

BloemfonteinPO Box 3520, Welkom 946028 Fritz Stockenstrom Street, New East End, BloemfonteinTel: (051) 432-8791Fax: (051) 432-1803

PolokwaneGateway Park Unit 6 & 7, c/o Kalsiet & Veldspaat Street, Magna Via, PolokwaneTel: (015) 298-8870Fax: (015) 298-9096

AGENCIES:Standard • ACL • TAH • Shining 3D • Bison

• Standard E-Tech • TonTech CNC • Yunnan • Standard DRO • Dalian Lathes • Kunming • Everox • Marox • Elephant • DMTG • Sieg

Lifting and Transport Equipment

THE PERFECT SOLUTION

Tel: (011) 678-0092WAK TRADING (PTY) LTDGround Floor Fairland House, 193 Smit Street, Fairland 2195E-mail: [email protected]

Simple and safe operation, standard range for loads up to 100 metric tons, special designs for specific lifting and transport problems made to order, sturdy castors for any application, adjustable and steerable

castor - trolleys for transport in workshop facilities, revolving transport trolleys.

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Drills •GMACC • Linmal • JSEDM • Farman Grinders • HDCNC • Q: Qhar • SMTW • Align Feed • Waytrain • Weida • Shanchai

• Huhot • Spark Lathes •Sigmanest • Teli • Fushan • Innovative • Yangzhou • Tarang • Sawking • Taihe • Proth • Michelin • Arc • Vertex • Megamill & Megaturn • Holdwell • My-Day • Liang • Sparks • Seig • WDG • Dalian Fedia • Guillini • Teli • Chen-Long • Lie Shin • Haidao

PRODUCTS:Automatic bandsaws • Manual bandsaws • Vertical bandsaws • Guillotines – hydraulic and mechanical • Jenny machines • Box and pan folders • Circle cutters • Pressbrakes

• Slotting machines • Pedestal grinders • Radial drills • Pedestal drills • Tool and cutter grinders • D-Bit grinders • Surface grinders • Cylindrical grinders • Centre lathes • Turret milling machines • Universal milling machines • Bed type milling machines

• CNC milling machines • Spark eroders • Wire cut • Toolpost grinders • Cut-off saws

• Eccentric presses • Universal iron workers • Mill drills • Slotting attachments • Feed motors • Read out systems • Toolposts • Boring heads • Machine vices • Full range of machine tool accessories • CNC bandsaws

• CNC pressbrakes • CNC guillotines • CNC spark erorders • CNC wire cut machines

• CNC milling machines • CNC vertical lathes • CNC bridge type and very large type machining centres • Drill grinders • CNC plate Rolls • Heavy duty centre lathes

• Heavy duty vertical lathe • 3D Scanners for reverse engineering • Floor borers

TH MACHINE TOOLS CC

102 Chopin Street, Melodie A/Holdings, HartbeespoortPO Box 536, Hartbeespoort 0216Tel: (012) 259-1375/0122

Fax: (086) 636-5111e-mail: [email protected]: www.thmachinetools.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Christo HugoGeneral Manager: Nico HugoAdmin Manager: Carina Cronjé

PRODUCTS:Bending press – hydraulic horizontal • Boring mill – horizontal • Circle cutter •CNC plasma • CNC fiber laser • Compressor – piston / screw

• Copy attachment • Cropper – hydraulic / manual / mechanical • Decoiler • Drilling machine – belt / geared head / magnetic / radial arm • Engraving machine • Flame cutter

– straight line cutter • Folder – box & pan / straight • Forklift – electrical • Grinder – bench / blade sharpener / centreless / cylindrical / internal & facing / pedestal / surface / tool & cutter / toolpost / wheel forming attachment • Guillotine – foot / hand / hydraulic / motorised

• Jenny – motorised / manual • Lathe – centre / CNC / turret • Lifting equipment • Lockformer

• Milling machine – CNC / mill & drill / side & face / toolroom / turret / universal / vertical • Nibbler • Notching machine – air / foot / hand / hydraulic • Phase converter / transformer • Pipe bender – hydraulic / mandrel / manual • Plasma – CNC / inverter • Plate roll – hydraulic / manual / motorised • Polisher • Power pack

• Press – arbor / eccentric C-frame / eccentric H-frame / fly / hydraulic / hydraulic C-frame / hydraulic H-frame / press-press spotting • Pressbrake – hydraulic / hydraulic universal • Profile cutter • Punching machine – hydraulic

• Sandblasting • Sander – belt / disk • Saw – circular / horizontal bandsaw / powersaw / vertical bandsaw • Section bender – hydraulic / motorised • Slotting attachment • Slotting machine • Spark eroder • Thread cutting • Threading machine • Welding – arc / butt /mig / multi-process / spot / tig • Wire cutter

• Woodworking

SERVICES:Spares, service back-up, transport and rigging

TOOLQUIP & ALLIED

Head Office:Cnr. Main Reef Road, & Press Avenue Crown Mines, JohannesburgPO Box 5629, Johannesburg 2000Tel: 0860 255433 / 0860 ALLIEDTel: (011) 370-2727Fax: (011) 370-2700e-mail: [email protected]: www.toolquip.co.zaKey PersonnelManaging Director: Chris RileyDirectors: Sbu Qholosha, Azel le Roux and Wandy NtlangulaExecutives: Steve Turner and Peter Hughes

BRANCHES:Durban:51 Suffert Street, PinetownTel: 087-285-3524Fax: (031) 702-1695Key PersonnelManager: Steve Turner

Rustenberg:Unit 1, Mabe Business Park, Delta Road, Waterval East Ext 4, Rustenburg Tel: (014) 592-3004/11/1618Fax: (014) 592-2985Key PersonnelManager: Carlo van Eeden

Port Elizabeth:5 Wren Street, Sidwell, Port ElizabethPO Box 21315, Port Elizabeth 6001Tel: (041) 451-1010Fax: (041) 451-1013Key PersonnelManager: Sieraagh Nordien

Cape Town:Unit A6, Maitland Park, Voortrekker Road,MaitlandPO Box 687, Goodwood 7459Tel: (021) 492-1462Fax: (021) 492-2188Key PersonnelManager: Mark Burn

Middelburg:Unit B6, Nungu Retail Park, Cnr Samora Machelle & Spring Road, MiddelburgTel: (013) 246-1273/1377Key PersonnelManager: Sameer Kader

Pietermaritzburg – Brazier’s Mechanical13 Owen Street, PietermaritzburgPO Box 392, Pietermaritzburg 3200Tel: (033) 342-1513Fax: (033) 342-8492e-mail: [email protected]

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web: www.toolquip.co.zaKey PersonnelManager: Steve Turner

AGENCIES:Albrecht • Alco • Alesa • Align • Amco • AMF • Autoblok • Baty • Beck • Bermec • Big • Bordignon • Brecht • Bruckner • Caball

• Carmex • Cemp • Chevalier • Cogsdill • Cosen • Cuter • Cyclematic • CZ • D.C. • Darex • Dayton • Doall • Dold • Egana • Eminent • Eppinger • Erix • Eron • ETM

• Exact • Farman • Fu-Ho • Fuji • Geka • H.T.C. • Hakhoret • Hanita • Hassay Savage

• Ifanger • Illix • Jarrer • Jetton • Jin Yea • JJ Toas • Kinik • Klenk • Korl • Korloy • Laing Wal • Locline • Mago • Magtron • Marpol • Marquart • Marul • Mastertask • Max Keller • Mitutoyo • Mohawk • MPE • Multifix • Nachi

• Narex • Newall • Noga • Novonox/Kipp • Nuair • Pilana • Pinnacle • Pinzbohr • Porta

• Proex • P.T.G. • Renishaw • Renz • Rexon • Rigibore • Robertson • Rong-Fu • Saim • Sassex • Saw King • Selter • Skoda • SMP

• Strands • Sunnex • Swordfish • Takam • TA Master • Thomas • Toshiba • Ultra • Valcut • Vallorbe • Vincenzi • Walker Hagou

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NewsInternationalIMTS 2018 METAL CUTTING PAVILION EXHIBITORS TO EMPHASIZE CONNECTIVITY, CONTROLS, PROCESS INTEGRATION AND AUTOMATION

First came smart phones, then intelligent cars and houses. Now, visitors to the Metal Cutting Pavilion at IMTS 2018 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, can experience the explosive productivity growth possible with smart,

connected machining centers.

“The conversations at IMTS have changed from spindle speeds and traverse rates to how to deliver pertinent information so job shops and manufacturers can better manage their assets,” says Marlow Knabach, Executive VP, National Engineering, DMG MORI USA. “To start the conversation, exhibitors in the Metal Cutting Pavilion at IMTS will demonstrate smart machines with the ability to monitor critical elements, such as spindle bearing temperature, spindle vibration, ball screw temperature, coolant level and tool wear to identify potential sources of downtime before they occur.”

“Lean companies need smarter approaches, and connecting with the exhibitors in the Metal Cutting Pavilion at IMTS 2018 will help them develop new strategies for more efficient part manufacturing,” says Peter R. Eelman, Vice President – Exhibitions & Business Development at AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, which owns and produces IMTS.

In addition to connectivity, Eelman says that technology highlights from the Metal Cutting Pavilion exhibitors at IMTS 2018 include more collaboration between CNC and automation providers, more process integration to create multi-tasking machines and more powerful software and user-friendly CNC controls.

Information for Everyone

Achieving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) rates greater than 80 percent in job shops, is a greater challenge compared to higher volume manufacturing. Traditionally, job shops could not take advantage of software-based systems for automation and process monitoring or Ethernet- based communication protocols because the cost and complexity were too prohibitive.

“Communication protocols and software-based systems process monitoring enable considerable cost and time reductions in total system operation,” says Paul Gray, Ph.D., Manager for Path Planning, Front-end Design and R&D at Hurco. “Smaller job shops and those with high-mix, low volume parts who attend IMTS 2018 will find that the benefits of intelligent machining and automation are within their reach.”

Knabach adds that, “the return on investment for machine monitoring is so pronounced that I would challenge anyone if they could not obtain a return on investment within one year.” ROI happens quickly because monitoring usually reveals an OEE much lower than expected. “Understanding utilization rates, causes of common alarms and premature tool wear and so much more are available with a connection, especially since the growth of devices compliant with the MTConnect standard.” For companies who are not prepared for a cloud-based operation or cannot do so because of industry regulations (e.g., defense contractors), he notes that connected machines, devices and systems can operate entirely behind a company firewall.

Automation & CNC Integration

In addition to Industry 4.0 machine and device monitoring demonstrations (likely numbering in the hundreds at IMTS 2018), exhibitors will show how enhanced data exchange is essential for intelligent manufacturing. One example would include a CNC, a robot for automated part loading/unloading and a CMM, all connected to create a closed-loop system that automatically updates tool offsets. Easy part change-over is another.

“Automation integration used to be more expensive and difficult because you had simple I/O connections and needed to reprogram a PLC when changing parts,” says Gray. “CNC manufacturers and automation providers have been working together to provide seamless integration between the CNC control and the robot control. With software systems talking with each other over an Ethernet connection, users can now bundle all aspects of the job together. We’ve created a new level of flexibility and simplicity in part change-over in production cells.”

Hurco will showcase a 3-axis machining center in their automation quadrant. The VM10i features a small footprint

with a large work cube. No other mill packs as much productivity into such an efficiently designed package. The VM10i offers a maximum load capacity of 1,499 lbs. and will

partner with a collaborative robot to create personalized brass coins for booth visitors.

DMG MORI will showcase a CNC universal milling

machine, the DMU 50 3rd Generation, which

offers a maximum load capacity of 551 lbs. and will

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Hurco will demonstrate automation integration as part of its 50th anniversary celebration at IMTS 2018. A collaborative robot will 3D scan visitors’ faces, generate a solid model from that data to create a tool path and then either a 5-axis CNC will cut the head from cylindrical aluminium stock or a 3-axis CNC will cut the form into a brass coin. Both CNCs will be connected to fully automated robot systems that are coordinated by a centralized job management system.

Process Integration

Like automation, process integration continues to fuel the technology needed to remove manual intervention to drive up OEE rates. Lathes and mills have morphed into a single machine platform, the mill turn.

“Machine manufacturers are now adding more capabilities. Examples to look for at IMTS include 5-axis CNCs that can also gear hob, gear skive and grind,” says Knabach.

“By incorporating inspection software and a touch probe, the machine can confirm part profile before removing it from the machine, eliminating the need to re-orient the part if it requires additional processing. By reducing the number of times a part is handled and fixtured, process integration inherently increases part accuracy and improves OEE.”

These multi-tasking machines work well for companies that have limited floor space and for those who don’t need a dedicated gear hobbing/skiving machine, such as R&D or MRO centers and job shops serving the transportation industry.

Controls

CNC and control manufacturers all want to improve the customer experience, and the ways to achieve that are as nearly as diverse as the exhibitors in the Metal Cutting Pavilion. AMT’s Eelman says that, “the manufacturing industry is now being influenced by software experts who bring new perspectives. More commonly, entering G-code is being replaced by importing and editing the digital model, while graphically intensive controls engage younger generations as they enter the workforce.”

“Innovations at IMTS 2018 include solid model import, a technology that directly imports 3D CAD models to the CNC control,” says Gray.

“Users don’t have to punch in numbers or scroll through screens. They just click on

Focusing on automation, a collaborative robot will scan visitors’ faces and generate tool paths for Hurco’s 5-axis VMX30Ui to cut a 3D head from cylindrical aluminum.

The VMX30Ui trunnion table machining center will be connected to a fully automated robot coordinated by a centralized job management system.

In the age of digitization, DMG MORI will bring to IMTS the CELOS Ecosystem which includes 26 CELOS apps for tooling, machine configuration and digital interaction in the workshop available. With CELOS, customers

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the parts of the CAD model that they want to cut and solid model import automatically creates the data blocks. It drastically reduces programming time.”

Gray notes that editing part features can now be as simple as selecting the geometry on a touch screen and the corresponding code (NC) or data block (conversational) automatically appears without the user wasting time searching through lines of code to find what they need to edit.

Knabach adds that, “today’s HMIs engage the operator by presenting information that is relevant to the operation of the machine at a specific point and time. Multi-touch monitors feature icons, while a series of apps help operators prepare, optimize and process production jobs – and of course, manufacturers continue to develop new apps.”

Knabach also reinforces Gray’s earlier message, saying, “machine manufacturers now design controls so that they connect with higher-level enterprise and other production systems via standards such as MTConnect. Holistic integration of CNCs into the rest of the organization is now our standard approach so that we can harness the advantages of Industry 4.0.”

Eelman says that staying current with new metal cutting technology has a much broader focus at IMTS 2018. “The CNC still forms the heart of machining, but users that want high utilization rates will evaluate CNCs in the context of a digitally connected production cell that includes automation, CMMs, enterprise systems and other devices. With the Metal Cutting Pavilion and nine other technology pavilions at IMTS 2018, visitors have an unmatched opportunity to evaluate all these new technologies in one place.”


NewsInternationalEMO HANNOVER 2019 IN THE STARTING BLOCKS

The starting shot has been fired for EMO Hannover 2019. The invitation and registration documents for the world’s leading metalworking trade fair are currently being sent out to around 60 countries. “We contact almost

every company in the world that does international business and that has some connection with the manufacture of machine tools, tools, components, software and automation for industrial production,” says Carl Martin Welcker, General Commissioner of EMO Hannover 2019. From 16 to 21 September 2019, EMO Hannover will once again be providing a platform for innovative solutions, industrial applications and future technologies in the field of metalworking. “It includes the entire international production technology value chain, covering everything from cut-to-length machines to cylinder saws. That’s exactly what makes it so attractive,” said Welcker, describing the advantages of the event.

Around 2,200 exhibitors are expected, well over half of them from outside Germany. According to the organisers, EMO exhibitors have responded well to the early bird discount, which runs until October 15 this year. “Not only does it provide planning security, it’s also a great offer – especially for companies with large stands,” explained Welcker.

Smart technologies driving production

The theme of EMO Hannover 2019 will be Smart technologies driving tomorrow’s production! This shifts the focus onto the development and implementation of new Industry 4.0 functions. The special IoT in Production show, for example, will be presenting a range of solutions – from individual machines up to cloud-based systems. The theme will also be highlighted in a new area for individual control technology, software and automation technology exhibitors.

EMO Hannover – traditionally the largest innovation platform in the industry – will, however, also be showcasing the latest developments in the full range of metalworking machining processes, from additive manufacturing through to metal cutting. “Beyond networking and software-controlled production processes, the industry is still very

much about metalworking hardware; workpieces still have to be processed in the conventional way to create an end product. EMO Hannover will also be showcasing the full spectrum of equipment,” explained Welcker. It is aimed at international customers from the entire metalworking and processing industry such as the automotive and parts supply, mechanical and plant

engineering, electrical and aerospace industries, plus fields such as medical technology and many others. Hannover will be the hotspot for all of these in September 2019.

In addition to the wide range of exhibitors, EMO Hannover also offers a wealth of special events, forums and conferences staged by EMO organiser VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken –

Carl Martin Welcker, CEO and President of Alfred H. Schütte GmbH in Cologne,

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NewsInternationalCOMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IN AUTOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION – BMW GROUP USES X-RAY MEASUREMENTS FOR VEHICLE ANALYSIS

The BMW Group has introduced computer tomography (CT) into prototype development, production and analysis – a first in the automotive industry. Thanks to this technology, the full range of vehicles, from MINI to Rolls-Royce,

can now be quality-controlled even in the early stages of development. Scans are performed by four robots which move around the outside of the prototype to produce several thousand cross-sectional images. These are then used for detailed examinations of innovations, new materials and bonding technologies. Until now, vehicles have had to be dismantled for analysis, but CT allows checks to be carried out with the vehicle completely intact. The new X-ray system is based in the BMW Group Pilot Plant in the Research & Innovation Centre (FIZ) in Munich, at the intersection between Development and Production.

Udo Hänle, head of Production Integration and Pilot Plant, “the use of this state-of-the-art computer tomography system is a major step forward for us as it will help us to improve the quality of our products even further. We can now analyse our prototypes in minute detail without having to dismantle them first. The new system allows us to examine our vehicles in a way that wouldn’t be possible with conventional, static computer tomography systems. Ultimately, this will enable us to integrate new technologies into a series vehicles even faster.”

Analysis of internal structures

Michael Koch, head of Material and Process Analysis, adds, “we’ve been using CT and X- ray scans to check vehicle parts for many years, but this latest system takes quality assurance to an entirely new level. We can now analyse our vehicles right down to micro-metre level.”

This degree of detail is required for a range of reasons, for instance to check welds and punch screw connections, and to verify body condition before and after painting, where extreme temperatures can affect adhesive bonds. Findings from the scan are then used as a basis for making targeted modifications to series production.

The scan itself is performed by four coordinated robots. Once the vehicle is in position in the system, the robots move around it. Working in pairs, they send X-rays through it and across to their counterparts. The data they collect is then put through a specially developed computer program that calculates a multi-layered, three-dimensional image. This forms the basis for a detailed analysis of the internal workings of the vehicle, offering information on objects as small as 100 micro-metres – approximately the width of a human hair.

Engineers are currently carrying out research to establish how far Artificial Intelligence might be used to evaluate findings. By processing large amounts of data, the software can learn the many different patterns that occur, link individual items of data and gradually evaluate findings automatically.

Two years of development work

BMW Group engineers and the Fraunhofer Development Centre for X-Ray Technology (EZRT) spent two years developing the new system, which is the only one of its kind in the automotive industry.

Philipp Janello, project manager at the BMW Group, explains: “Working with X-ray specialists and plant engineers, we were able to enhance the software of the test system with the help of comprehensive test measurements carried out on the vehicle body.” The result is a customized system that meets the requirements of the BMW Group.


NewsLocalFRANK THOMPSON – A TRUE ICON IN SOUTH AFRICA’S MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY

20 December 1937 to 18 July 2018

True legend and icon in South Africa’s Machine Tool Industry Frank Thompson has died at the age of 80,

following a dreadful sickness.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Frank made the decision way back in 1962 to immigrate to South Africa, which also started something of a flood of Thompsons to South Africa, many of whom also found their niche in the machine tool industry.

On arriving in South Africa, Frank joined Broderick Engineering as a Machine Tool Fitter before moving to Benoni to take up employment in machine tool maintenance and tool making.

After a few years at Parkin Machine Tools, during which time Frank rose to both a Director and Shareholder of the company, he decided it was time the family set something up and joined his brother Fred in forming F. Thompson Machinery in 1971. Over the following years the brothers developed the company as one of the leaders in the used machine tool industry.

By 1983, his two younger brothers, Philip and John, had become an integral part of F. Thompson Machinery and Frank took the decision to sell his portion to the brothers and form his own company, Harp Machine Tools.

As his other interests, among cycling, golf and horse racing, were taking up much of his time, Frank started off Harp on a very small scale. However, machinery was still much in his blood, and he found himself becoming more and more involved in the business. He once said, “it was not until my son Seamus joined me in the machine tool business that Harp really took off.”

After spending six months training in England with reputable companies Axe and Status and Wickman Exector, Seamus returned to South Africa and together with Frank they set about establishing Harp Machine Tools as one of the largest stockists of used machine tools in the country.

They both agreed to buy and sell only quality machines and not run of the mill stuff so prevalent in the used machine tool industry of that time. The company stocked some of the larger type machines, such as 80mm to 180mm horizontal boring mills, Webster and Bennets 36" to 120" vertical boring machines, large capacity guillotines ranging from 10mm to 20mm and 3m to 8m lathes. However, they also stocked smaller capacity machines, making them a truly one-stop-shop for the

engineering industry.

While initially only dealing in used machinery, Harp eventually ventured into importing new machinery. The company became

sole agents for the Kingrich range of machinery manufactured in Taiwan and soon also introduced the Harp SMTCL and Accurl brand name to the South African Market. Harp Machine Tools also represents manufacturers, such as Vertex, Easson, Sahinler, Toptech and the Baoji Machine Tool Group of China.

Frank’s name is synonymous with the local used and new machine tool industry. He was a founder member of UMTMA and has served the body as Chairman, Secretary and Committee Member since its inception and until it closed down in 2016.


NewsLocalCHINA INVESTMENT IN SA STAINLESS PLANT PUTS FOCUS ON EXPORT

Responding to the recent news of investment into a $10-billion metallurgical complex development

in Limpopo’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by Chinese investors, the Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) has announced it welcomes any and all beneficiation of South Africa’s raw materials, particularly chromite.

However, it was quick to state that it was rather in the downstream manufacturing and conversion of primary stainless steel products to finished products where the potential for significant job growth and value lies in kickstarting the country’s economic growth. Sassda Director John Tarboton says, “we salute government initiatives to grow the stainless steel industry in South Africa, however, it needs to be part of an integrated global value chain if it seeks to boost the economy in any meaningful way. Our industry is calling for beneficiation which will directly impact both jobs and the bottom line. In reality, there is no room for additional supply into the local market.”

Sassda, which heads up the stainless steel industry in South Africa focusses on promoting the sustainable growth and development of the industry, with their main emphasis on stainless steel conversion within the South African economy.

Currently, the stainless steel industry employs 114 000 people and is worth around R40-billion

to the South African economy from the primary production of stainless steel through to finished products, handling 500 000 tons per annum (tpa) in steel sheets, plates and coils. South Africa imports a further 40 000 tpa of which 150 000 tpa is consumed and 390 000 tpa exported.

It is in the conversion of primary products to finished products where most jobs and value are created, with between three and five employees needed per tonne of primary product converted per year, depending on the industry. Peak consumption of stainless steel primary product in South Africa was in 2014, when 200 000 tonnes were locally consumed.

South Africa and Zimbabwe own 85% of the world’s chromite reserves (the key ingredient for stainless steel production) and 70% of the world’s chromium is used in the production of stainless steel. South Africa also has about 80% of the world’s manganese reserves which is used in some stainless steel grades. According to Tarboton, it has long been the vision that South Africa maximise its beneficiation of chromite to stainless steel to move down the value chain and create local employment, together with the call for an export tax on chromite ore to support chromium beneficiation.

Process technologies for ferrochromium, nickel pig iron (NPI) and stainless steel are developing at a rapid pace around the use

of backward integration into the mines to reduce energy consumption and create 4-in-1 stainless steel mills. These technologies are reducing stainless steel production costs dramatically, while competitor products such as aluminium are seeing production costs rising above inflation (including in China) due to the rise in electricity costs. It is expected that this trend of stainless steel becoming cheaper will support the current global stainless steel growth rates of around 6% in the foreseeable future with the possibility of stainless steel production migrating to the mines in support of these new technologies in backward integration.

Together with Zimbabwe’s recently signed Memorandum of Understanding for a feasibility study for a stainless steel plant; South Africa’s proposed Musina Makhada SEZ plant is set to produce stainless steel to be further processed in China; however concerns remain regarding logistics and transport costs for its export.

According to Tarboton, “we have a globally competitive stainless steel producer in South Africa and they export about three quarters of their production. Any new stainless steel producer would have to be export driven. Currently, beneficiation would make the biggest economic impact to our industry, along with that of employment.”

Sassda Director, John Tarboton.

A MILLION JOBS IN MANUFACTURING BY 2027 – A REALISTIC PLAN OR A PIPEDREAM?

Can South Africa’s manufacturing sector create a million jobs by 2027 amidst a stagnant economy and

the much-anticipated fourth industrial revolution, which is likely to result in further mechanization within the sector and a possible influx of imported goods from China as it seeks new markets following the current trade war with the US?

This question will take centre stage at the 2018 Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba, which will take place at the IDC Conference Centre in Sandton on 20-21 September. Deliberating on this question and

SEIFSA Chief Executive Officer Kaizer Nyatsumba.


SEIFSA WELCOMES INCREASE IN METALS AND ENGINEERING SECTOR OUTPUT

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) welcomes a second

consecutive increase in output of the metals and engineering (M&E) cluster in two months, SEIFSA Economist Marique Kruger said.

Speaking after the release of the latest preliminary seasonally-adjusted data, Kruger said the increase in production in June, which follows a similar upward trend in May, is welcome, despite lingering concerns about the possibility of a lower-than-expected contribution of the broader manufacturing sector to gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of the year.

“The data, released by Statistics South Africa, captures an increase in output in the sub-industry, in line with the broader manufacturing sector, which also increased by 0,7% in June 2018 when compared with June 2017. After adjusting for the sectoral weights, the data indicated that production in M&E sub-sectors increased by 4,1% in June 2018 on a year-on-year basis and by 2,4% on a month-on-month basis,” Kruger said.

She said notwithstanding the general increase in gross output, concerns remain that the contribution of the cluster and the broader manufacturing to GDP is still negligible because of proportionately higher intermediate input prices and production costs, including fuel and energy costs.

Kruger said input prices can be very volatile because of factors affecting supply, including the unpredictable exchange rate. Moreover, the demand for intermediate input tends to be more price inelastic, with overall demand remaining about the same whether input prices increase or decrease. She said this made it easier for suppliers to pass on frequent price increases to producers or buyers since their demand remained more or less the same, thereby accounting for the

volatility in input prices.

She said the rapid depreciation of the rand-dollar exchange rate also increased the price of imported intermediary inputs and adversely affected the M&E cluster’s contribution to GDP.

Nevertheless, Kruger said the improvement in gross output augurs well for local producers, amidst escalating trade war rhetoric as the US and China continue to exchange threats of further tariff increases.

“The expectation is for the positive output trend to continue in July 2018 in line with an improving domestic manufacturing index, which rose to 51,5 in July from 47,9 in June, signaling an expansion in local production activities. The improvement in the local manufacturing purchasing managers’ index to an expansionary territory aligns with the global manufacturing index, which continues to perform well at 52,7, remaining above the neutral 50-point mark for a sixth consecutive month,” she said. A positive local output growth trajectory – which is consistent with global trends – bodes well for the M&E cluster, said Kruger.

SEIFSA Economist Marique Kruger.

suggesting ways to make a million jobs target achievable will be Manufacturing Circle CEO Philippa Rodseth, SEIFSA Chief Economist Michael Ade, Highveld Structural Mill CEO Johan Burger and Department of Economic Development Deputy Director-General Zeph Nhleko.

Last year, the Manufacturing Circle launched its Map to A Million New Jobs in a Decade plan, with the organization’s chairman André de Ruyter saying at the time: “If manufacturing can expand to 30% of GDP, between 800 000 and 1.1 million direct jobs can be created, with 5 to 8 times that number

in indirect jobs,” he added. “Our Map to a Million puts forward detailed proposals to deliver a million jobs in manufacturing in the next decade.”

In the past two decades, the manufacturing sector has shed half a million jobs. At just under 13%, it contributes less than half to GDP than is appropriate for South Africa’s stage of development.

“The Map to a million is an initiative we strongly support as a Federation representing companies operating in the metals and engineering cluster, which forms part of the broader manufacturing sector. We believe that,

similar to mining and agriculture sectors, manufacturing is one of the backbones of South Africa’s economy. We are of the view that it is of paramount importance that South Africa reindustrializes and restores its manufacturing sector to its former glory, in the interest of economic growth and employment creation.

“It is, therefore, against this backdrop that we felt it was important to use the platform provided by the Indaba to critically review the initiative and find ways of ensuring that it succeeds,” SEIFSA Chief Executive Officer Kaizer Nyatsumba said.

COEGA AMONGST THE SIX SEZS WITH APPROVED PREFERENTIAL TAX BENEFITS

Following the promulgation of the Special Economic Zone Act in 2014 (SEZ Act of 2014) which then saw

proclamation for commencement on the 9th of February 2016, the Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene approved the six SEZs preferential tax treatment status in terms of section 12R of the Income Tax Act (“s12R”).

“The Coega SEZ being amongst the six SEZs with an approved status provides a long awaited relief for the qualifying companies operating within the SEZ,” says, Dr Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC Unit Head Brand, Marketing and Communication.

The incentives, will also serve as good news for some of Coega’s largest foreign investors, including First Automotive Works (FAW) valued at R600 million and BAIC SA with an investment value of R11 billion, which recently launched their vehicle assembly manu facturing plant at the Coega SEZ.

“The announcement by the minister goes a long way in wetting investor appetite and adds to the attractiveness of various SEZ’s. As the CDC, the incentives continue to expand the capacity of Coega SEZ to invest in more innovative measures in enabling growth,” concludes Vilakazi.

Dr Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC Unit Head

Brand, Marketing and Communication.


NewsLocalNEW TECHNOLOGIES AT ELECTRA MINING AFRICATaking place from 10-14 September at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg, leading players in the mining, manufacturing, electrical and power industries are looking forward to engaging with visitors and sharing information on their latest products, services and solutions.

Many new products will be unveiled and visitors will also have the opportunity to watch live product

demonstrations, engage with technical experts and participate in the daily free-to-attend seminars, as well as enter lucky draws and competitions.

“Over 850 local and international exhibitors will be showcasing their latest innovations at this year’s Electra Mining Africa,” says Gary Corin, Managing Director of Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery, organisers of the show. “It will be a highly informative and interactive environment.”

“These new technologies are influencing the way we do business and it’s imperative that those in the industry keep up-to-date with these trends,” explains Corin. “It’s the way to ensure their businesses keep future-fit and that they don’t get left behind. We need to know where Industry 4.0 is taking us, and we need to know how the new products and machinery on the market can optimise our

production and increase profits. We provide that knowledge and learning environment at Electra Mining Africa and it’s enhanced even further with the addition of the co-located industry conferences and the free-to-attend daily seminars. Many of our exhibitors will also have knowledge-sharing presentations on their stands.”

New at this year’s show, each day will focus on a different theme. “Day one will centre on the future of skills development and one of the highlights at Electra Mining Africa will be the Skills Development Area, developed in partnership with the Artisan Training Institute and the South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC),” says event director, Charlene Hefer.

“Taking place in Hall 8, this will be a fully functional workshop where learners will be demonstrating the skills that they learn at the Artisan Training Institute,” Hefer explains.

“Artisans visiting Electra Mining Africa can test their skills against the highest standards of

industry – and could win a prize.”

Top new products will be the focus on day two whereas on day three, visitors will be part of the Local is Lekker South Africa day

– a day to celebrate Electra Mining Africa’s local heritage. Safety takes the spotlight on the fourth day, whereas diversity takes centre stage on the final day of the show, celebrating the diverse reach of Electra Mining Africa which has been showcasing the future of mining, manufacturing, electrical and power since 1972.

Further knowledge and learning will be central to the daily free-to-attend seminars, hosted by the South African Institute of Mechanical Engineers (SAIMechE). Leading experts will be presenting highly informative topics that align with the five daily themes.

Top industry speakers will be presenting at the conferences hosted by the foremost industry associations SAIMM, LEEASA and WiMSA, which will be taking place alongside Electra Mining Africa.

For further information and online visitor registration, visit www.electramining.co.za

Gary Corin, Managing Director of Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery.

NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

In the face of growing international competition in Sub-Saharan Africa, South African-based companies need to take a long-term strategic view of the region and how best

to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the industrial and energy evolution that is taking place, combined with increasing urbanization in many African countries. Infrastructure development is viewed as a crucial ingredient to foster growth and productivity in the region.

Many businesses think of countries or regions in Africa as single-driver opportunities, which when buoyant, offer great short-term opportunities, but when depressed, signal the time to leave. But Sub-Saharan Africa’s mining and energy belts that were initial drivers of development have opened up support for infrastructure opportunities that offer growth prospects in the longer term.

Africa is urbanizing at breakneck speeds, which means the need for infrastructure such as bypasses, bridges, new highways and new technologies need to be deployed in congested areas where traditional methods cannot work. The total population in

the continent is projected to reach almost 2.5 billion people by 2050 with about 55% living in urban areas. This is a significant increase given that less than 10% of Africa’s population resided in urban areas in 1950. Most of the increase in urban population is taking place in small- and medium-sized cities. The growth of existing villages and towns is also transforming rural landscapes into urban areas.

This evolution of infrastructure and the underlying drivers will be highlighted at the Infrastructure Africa 2018 conference on 9th and 10th October 2018 at the Sandton Convention Centre. With discussions on specific project development opportunities from infrastructure players operating on the ground, the Infrastructure Africa Business Forum offers businesses the opportunity to set their regional strategies for long-term growth. Sub-Saharan countries, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia, will feature a host of infrastructure project development opportunities at the event, with a desire to grow the private sector participation in their respective projects.


GLOBAL EXPERTS AT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SHOW

The 4th industrial revolution is not science fiction. Experts from across the globe will affirm the reality, scope

and scale of technological advancement world-wide at the inaugural African Advanced Manufacturing and Composites Show in South Africa from November 7-9.

Headlining the seminar speaker line-up for the Show are German-based light-weighting giants Dr Michael Effing – Chairman of the Board, Composites Germany and Dr Michael Emonts, CEO of the Aachen Centre for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) of RWTH Aachen University.

Addressing aspects of industry 4.0 and its potential to disrupt or change the normal course of business are Disruptas Founder

Dr Harry Teifel, Mesopartner Director Dr Shawn Cunningham, and Makerspace Foundation CEO Steve Gray.

Key note addresses and panel discussions will be incorporated into four half day seminars addressing the themes Strategy And Policy, Additive Manufacturing (3d printing), Automation and AI, Future Production Technologies, and Composites Materials of The Future.

South African Composites Cluster MD, Andy Radford, formerly an industrialist at the CSIR is the visionary behind the Show, which he says is “an essential stepping stone to uniting the country’s stakeholders around a common vision.”

SOUTH AFRICAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR SET TO GROW

Dr Michael Emonts, CEO of the Aachen Centre for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) of RWTH Aachen

University.

If recent investments in the manu facturing industry are indicative of the trend going forwards, then the future is looking bright for this often beleaguered market sector. In

addition, the South African government recently announced that it was embarking on an offensive to attract $100-billion (approximately R1.3-trillion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) over the next five years to bolster the local economy.

Charlene Hefer, portfolio director for Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery, says that a number of notable manufacturing plant projects have created a sense of hope for the country, including the R50-million Automotive Industry Centre (AIDC) mega-development in Rosslyn near Pretoria. Fuchs Lubricants South Africa also recently opened its R125-million grease plant expansion in Isando and Russian rolling stock manufacturer Transmasholding (TMH) launched a R500-million investment in a South African manufacturing facility through its subsidiary TMH Africa.

Not only does the manufacturing industry in the country provide income and job opportunities to those people directly employed in the sector, but furthermore it has high economic multipliers in its linkages to upstream production sectors (mining and agriculture) and downstream sectors, including services.

Recognizing the importance of promoting local manufacturing to other countries, Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery, in association with the South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC), is launching the Local Southern African Manufacturing Expo (LME) in Johannesburg between 21 and 23 May 2019.

Endorsed by the Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura, LME will provide an interactive, educational and practical platform for local manufacturing businesses to showcase their capabilities to a captive target audience. Significantly, AREI (Association of Representatives for the Electronics Industry) is partnering with LME 2019 to provide both its members and the industry with added value.

“The Advanced Manufacturing sector is highly fragmented in South Africa. Many associations and industry bodies promote advanced manufacturing but generally there is a lack of integration and awareness of even our own capabilities, which are substantial,’’ Radford said.

The Show to be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, features the four seminars and the Third International Conference on Composites, Bio-composites and Nano-composites which run concurrently with a two day exhibition, demonstrations, factory tours and the first national awards for advanced manufacturing.

“While manufacturing remains an essential part of South Africa’s economy – contributing around 19% of GDP, our efforts towards Advanced Manufacturing in South Africa are highly fragmented, but we do have significant pockets of excellence,’’ Radford said.

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the traffic burden and reducing CO2 emissions. Drones would also make delivery routes considerably shorter and cut the time it takes for parcels to arrive. In the event of a fire, drones could fly ahead of firefighters and send them images of the situation at the site. There are many more probable scenarios for putting drones to work. But there are still a few hurdles to cross before drones can be rolled-out for large-scale commercial use. A secure communication to control and determine their location remains a challenge. Today’s drones are typically controlled by regular remote control. The limited range of this solution, however, severely restricts the scope of where drones can be used. An alternative possibility would be to exchange information using data channels of the mobile network. But this option also has its flaws which, as things stand, rule out reliable, commercial use on a large scale. These channels are not designed to offer a constant, real-time connection; instead they provide a temporary connection sufficient for transferring data packets, to upload a website, for example. This means the connection is subject to frequent interruptions. What’s more, there’s a risk of network overload when the data channels are used in busy city centers or at major events. Another solution would be to set up a drone-specific infrastructure for controllers to communicate with the

devices. But in addition to the complexity and expense this would involve, the radio resources required for this endeavor are scarce. The available frequency ranges are often plagued by disruptions and capacity overloads, making a solution of this kind neither a safe, secure nor economically feasible option.

Experts from Fraunhofer HHI, however, have developed a solution that is stable, affordable, not limited in range and essentially, ready to go: controlling drones using the voice channels in mobile networks. “A major advantage is that – unlike the data connections

– the voice channels are available almost everywhere and they’re highly reliable, too,” explains Tom Piechotta, research associate at Fraunhofer HHI. “Even in areas where there is only a limited data connection, or even none at all, there is usually still network coverage for voice channels.” An additional benefit is the near absence of any extra costs involved, because no new infrastructure or special contracts with network providers to prioritize data connections are required. A simple audio connection is all that is needed

– as already exists with every prepaid sim card.

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Drone control works on the basis of two-way communication: controllers on the ground transmit commands to the device and the device returns information on its position, altitude or battery status. “Relatively speaking, the control commands and positioning information are fairly small amounts of data, but they must nevertheless be transmitted reliably,” says Piechotta. “We convert the commands into audio signals, in much the same way as modems used to. A small module on the drone then translates the audio signal back into a command. Transmitting the information in this way is extremely favorable given that it works in real-time and is highly resilient to failures and connection disruptions. Another advantage is that no new radio standards or infra-structure are required; the requisite technology is already available today – all over the world.” Since the information is transmitted via standard mobile networks, a connection to the drone can be established at almost any point on earth – it’s no different to making a long-distance phone call.

Future-proof control in real time

But how can you control a drone when it is out of sight, perhaps even on the other side of the world? The drone’s location can be visualized using an online map service such as Google Maps. Also shown on the map are the drone’s position and altitude, which the device transmits in real-time. Another option is to install sensors on the drone to detect and avoid unexpected obstacles, such as other drones, helicopters, or cranes. Drones can be controlled either by an operator on the ground, or by using transmitting waypoints. The latter option is particularly appealing for applications such as parcel delivery.

“With our system we rarely come across any dead spots. If a network is down, the connection switches to another mobile communications standard, from LTE to GSM or UMTS, for example. If the connection is lost, the drone has an automatic call-back function that activates almost immediately,” explains Piechotta. “Another advantage of the technology is that it’s one hundred percent future-proof. Mobile communications standards come and go – but voice channels are a permanent feature. Mobile networks will always provide voice channels and, as long as this remains the case, the system we propose is a reliable and affordable alternative to conventional data connections.” In other words, it’s now possible to communicate with drones anywhere, at any time.

The future is airborne. Drones may soon become the key to relieving the burden of traffic on our streets,

optimizing deliveries and improving the safety and efficiency of firefighting. But there are still a few hurdles to cross before the technology reaches the maturity required for large-scale commercial roll-out. In particular, a suitable communication system to control and determine their location remains a challenge. Drone communications must be stable and widely available, should cost as little as possible and work reliably even when out of sight. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, HHI in Berlin have found a solution: call a drone.

Drone technology holds great promise. In the foreseeable future drones could replace delivery vehicles on the roads, in turn relieving

Robust real-time control. Thanks to communication via conventional voice channels, the technology can be used

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The control module of the Fraunhofer HHI is light and compact and therefore hardly

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