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LITHUANIAIndustrial enterprises are employing robotsIndustrial enterprises consequently give more and out of the equipment, and the aspects of budget and more thought to the use of robotised systems. The safety. The client requested for the system to havecompany Prooftools has accumulated substantial ex- two modes of operation: fully automatic and man-perience over the years and is successfully executing ual, in case a person would need to operate it insuch projects. Recently, the company has designed certain circumstances. However, the securit­y stand-and inte­grated a complex automatic system that con- ards that are currently in place leave very few ex-sists of two CNC machines {MAZAK) and a robot ceptions when it comes to people being present inmanipulator {FANUC), and controls the processes the areas where work is done by robots. Regardless,of products handling. It is most likely the only such we had to find a solution. Among other things wesystem in the Lithuanian metalworking industry. also consulted our partn­ ers - experts from the most famous robot manufacturing company FANUC The system turned out to be worth it ROBOTICS and leading machine tool producingAccording to the head of Prooftools, Rolandas company MAZAK, that made the system we are integrating. Finally, we were able to create, designLepardinas, enterprises for which his compa- and install a full system that matched the client’sny has performed manufacturing automatization wishes, as well as the technical standards and theand implemented robotised systems, are ecstat- security requirements”, Mr. Lepardinas explained.ic to have increased the productivity, effectivenessand probability of their manufacturing processes. Double level of security system“One of our latest projects was an order from the According to the director of Prooftools, “a computer-company Scandia Steel Baltic - we automatized the ised system that controls the robot’s safety is installedprocess of loading and stacking their products by together with convertible metal partitions. Whencreating a rather intricate system that consists of two the system is in automatic mode, the partitions areCNC machines and a robotic manipulator”, said Mr. raised and the robot can freely operate the machine.Lepardinas. “After the system was implemented, the In this case, people cannot enter that particularproductivity and effectiveness of the manufacturing work area. When the system is switched to semiau-process has increased. A workload that previously re- tomatic or manual mode, the partitions are lowered,quired two people is now handled by a single robot. “ the sensors activate a supplementary safety system - the robot, by both physical and electronic means, is Challenging tasks put off limits to the areas where people are working.The team at Prooftools were presented with some Hence, a double level security system is in place”.quite difficult tasks when executing an intricate “We also had to design and manufacture specialtechnological pro­cess and installing the system. conveyers for supply and dis­charge that can ad-“We had to find a balance between the client’s re- just to various product types”, further elaborat-quests for productivity, the peculiarities of the lay- ed Lepardinas. “We were able to execute all this due to our substantial competence in the field of analytics of technological processes, togeth- er with close to two decades of experience work- ing with mechatronics and CNC machinetools.”6 | 1/2017 December www.balticmetalworking.com



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What makes company GA technology so special?! Company GA technology specializes in The other three brands, which add to theprofessional CNC machine tool supply in the area company value, are Hyundai WIA, Hermle andof Baltic states. First steps of its activity date back Gleason.already to 2010, when the company was first estab- These names represent serious machine tool man-lished with its office located in the heart of Baltics, ufacturers that offer CNC machines for differentRiga, Latvia. machining jobs and are already participants rec- ognized by most companies in the world. It ranges Today it presents a precisely defined port-folio of products that cover most of the manufac- DATRON M8Cubeturers’ need in area of CNC machining technology. from small milling/turning machines to big andAmong the names we find Hyundai WIA (South oversize machines, which require special founda-Korea), Datron (Germany), Hermle (Germany), tion and premises.Gleason (USA), Erowa (Switzerland) and others. To get more information about the team, its busi- ness values and other interesting information, One of the many segments, which GA tech- come and visit the metalworking exhibition Technology distinguishes among others, is so called Industry 2017, which takes place from 30th of No-HSM machining. It is not only favoured much by vember till 2nd of December in Kipsala Exhibitionthe company founder Mr. Gints Eglitis, but also by hall, Riga, Latvia. GA technology will have its loca-his team workers and definitely the endusers in all tion in Hall 2, Stand D6.three countries. The corresponding product that definitelystands out is DATRON, its brand name, its Ger-man culture of machine building, its tradional per-ception of quality and precision. First of all it is a manufacturer of excellenthigh speed milling machines, secondly it featuresmilling systems, where none of it has less than 30000 rpms. Speed is what matters here, the rest iscalculated accordingly! DATRON is the manufac-turer that provides closed- loop services and it isnot easy to find nowadays. Last seven years werean active promotional period of all these tech-nologies but only in recent years GA technologycompany starts realizing, that to market DATRONtakes least effort, it happens already by its naturalway.Contacts :GSM +371 26565743E-mail: [email protected]: www.gatechnology.lvOFFICE ADDRESS:A. Deglava street 26D;Zip: LV-1009,Riga, Latvia

ESTONIAWhen success and Innovation becomesynonimous...When you hear this company name “Amper engineering”, you may getthe feeling that there is some kind of activitygoing on around the elctricity and its Ohmslaws, but this time we are not close to thetruth, in other words, we are not even a bitclose. Here innovation gets born and alsopassion about engineering things anew.The company with its location in heartof Tallin presents minimum associationthat the engineers do some activity of CNCmachining and professional 3D scanning,but it is true, all that happens in here, in this Engine head part, example of how reverse engineering can workaddress! when you use both – scanner and milling system.Its owner is a dedicated person who originallyhad started it up just with 3D scanning and today and very precise. Having machining with ethanolhad coupled it with HS [hi speed] machining. Con- based liquid cooling gives you a ready milled partsidering all factors, he had fully remained loyal to without further need for washing, as well as workingthe choice of DATRON technology and particularly in the mode of high rpms ( 40.000 rpms) really de-M8 Cube machine to fullfil all his challenging ma- creases your energy costs per year. Summing it all upchining jobs that may come from the local market - if you have some ideas in mind or you need profes-and also from outside. sional assitance as to your aluminium part machining, then this is the right place to be! The future goals still remain not fully uncovered by the owner, but we are right to say that they lay their roots in the field of automotive. Since automotive industry is one of the most influential industries globally, it is evident there will be still a lot to do, especillay when motion as such wasExample of the machined moto part on machine M8Cube haunting people’s minds since theWhat else can be better when we talk about HS time of Leonardo da Vinci and we keep benefittingmachining of aluminium, brass, copper and other from these ideas every day, every single of us - justmedium hardness materials?! The idea of having look around.such High-end equipment was cherished pretty longtime ago. And finally it has come to a reality.The company’ s potential is to provide complete-ly closed loop services as to 3D scanning services,product design, reverse engineering and also proto-typing of your “craziest” ideas.What makes HS machining so special in thewhole process, is that the final result will be no longto wait. Today’s CNC technology allows you to fulfillall your capricious phantasies, and you can do it fast10 | 1/2017 December www.balticmetalworking.com

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LITHUANIAInvestments in Robot automation will help usto remain our competitiveness in the futureCompany specializes in the manufacturing of “We appreciate our customers and they trust, precision mechanical components. for this reason we strictly observe all safety andSargasas UAB gradually invested into new machines, production quality requirements.”and currently the orders placed with our companyare executed by means of multifunctional CNC turn- Company has implemented and continuouslying and 5-axis milling machine centers. This enables improves the ISO 9001 quality management systemto develop targeted activities, to execute the orders and ISO 14001 environmental management system.entrusted to us immediately and to comply with the Sargasas UAB constantly strives for new opportuni-highest quality standards. Sargasas UAB is medium ties in process optimization, improvement and dig-size company and recently they have 64 employees. itize. Not an exception was investment into Robot automation. Company is now able to manufacture parts frommany types of materials, such as carbon steel, stain-less steel, aluminum, other non-ferrous metals aswell as all types of plastic (ex-cept for PE and rubber). The parts that SargasasUAB manufactures are mostlysupplied to the following in-dustry sectors: • Scientific lasers and optics industry, • Medical devices industry, • Electronic equipment and instruments industry, • Aviation and aerospace in- dustry, • Thermal and video surveil- lance camera industry. Robodrill 5-axis www.balticmetalworking.com milling machine and Fanuc robot12 | 1/2017 December

Investment It allows us to run system during whole night” – ex- plained Mr. Rimantas Šileikis “We have decided to invest into additional 5 axismachine with robot for automated machine tend- This was only first step for Sargasas UAB bying. We choose Fanuc Robodrill machine because developing automation system into production.it was best solution for us to have 24000rpm spindle Company strategy is to continue investments in au-for aluminum parts. But this time, after long esti- tomation and such way ensure the company com-mations, we invested into robot automation as well. petitiveness in the market.And now I can confirm to you, that we are satisfiedwith our decision” – said Mr. Rimantas Šileikis, Mr. Rimantas Šileikis, said: “After one year inCEO. use, we see that robot tending is cost-effective in- vestment, we can ensure productivity. I think in the Company easily found few young operators future will be less operators, but all of them will befrom existing team who wanted to add new machine with high qualification and well paid”.and robot to their responsibility. New man powerwas not needed, because Robot cell is very flexible, System was delivered and installed more thanonly small programing needed to setup robot from one year ago by company Machine Tool Center UAB.smallest part to the biggest possible part. There are no matrix preprograming, whichcould limit the amount of billets. Two belt convey-ors are used for logistics of billets and ready parts.System have camera vision to identify the blankmaterial location. “Our customers’ requirementsare very different, batch starts from 30-50 pcs up to500-600 pcs. Depending on part size we can run upto 200 pcs batch without any operator interruption.THE FACTORY AUTOMATION COMPANYFor all your machining needsFANUC machines deliver highly productive solutions for almost every application.FANUC CNCs provide repeatable motion control while FANUC servomotors respondquickly, carrying out commands with extreme precision.FANUC ROBOSHOT FANUC ROBOCUT FANUC ROBODRILL [email protected] High-precision High-precision refMM0717 WWW.FANUC.EUElectric CNC Injection CNC Wire-Cut Electric Compact CNCMoulding Machines Discharge Machines Machining Centres

3D PRINTING: THE DYNAMICSOF THE INDUSTRIAL CHANGESJonas Bunevičius „Engine combustion chamber “Dragon V2” for space- craft “SpaceX” printed by using a 3D printer.“Verslo klasė” 2017 Nr. 5 (171) “Reuters” photographComputer technologies have been a matter of in- which then become so popular that they simply and terest of researchers and engineers during the undoubtedly lead the humanity to a new stage ofWorld War II already. However, the true potential progress.of these technologies was successfully revealed onlyin the end of the 20th century, more precisely, in the Technology dating back to decades1980s and the 1990s. 3D printing is often presented as an object pro- duction method based on using the layering tech- Changed priorities of the countries in the be- nique. It was first mentioned in Japan in 1980, butginning of the 21st century clearly untied hands only on the patent level and a completely differentfor even bigger investments in the areas of research term was used. The term “stereolithography” wasand technologies. Consequently, ongoing modern- not only presented in the USA in the middle of theizations of various industries by using customized same decade, but it came along with the first 3Dcomputer systems have eventually become a com- printer as well.mon phenomenon. Interestingly that, besides stereolithography, there are at least fourteen other 3D printing meth- 3D printing promises major changes to business ods. Thus, even though 3D printing is often pre-in industry and production. Sensing this in Lithu- sented as a futuristic idea, it has actually existed forania is quite difficult yet, but the world has already decades and it has been continuously under devel-started showing appreciation for the benefits of this opment for over thirty years. It is hard to justify slowtechnology. This is a very significant event, because progress in the contemporary business, but in casenow 3D printers are capable to transfer the idea of of 3D printing his sounds rather convincing.mass production, which gained popularity in the be- We should admit that 3D printing is a highlyginning of the 20th century thanks to Henry Ford, complex technology. It has been a long time whento many industries. Only this time it is focussed on scientists and engineers have been able to conveyunique production rather than standardized and fast their ideas in the form of a patent, however theirproduction. practical implementation faces the challenges posed by other areas. The very first 3D printers probably Is it not a strange coincidence? New productionmethods emerge in the beginning of the century,14 | 1/2017 December www.balticmetalworking.com

lacked both computer calculation resources and Considering such trends, analysts’ favourablesoftware potential and most likely they did not have outlook in respect of growth of the value of thea supply of materials suitable for production of 3D 3D printing market should come as no surprise.objects. In other words, the development of the idea We wish to believe such outlook. According toof 3D printing was hampered by limited progress in “Gartner”, a total of almost half a million 3D printersresearch and technology areas needed for coopera- have been sold last year, which means that the scopetion for a long time. of sales has increased more than twice within just a year. Companies developing 3D printers also report Nevertheless, it seems that all the pieces have continuous growth of income and improving salesfell into the right places at last. Apparently, the rev- figures. This perfectly explains why analysts have fi-olutionary idea, that has been in incubation for dec- nally decided to associate exponential outlook withades, and early registration of patents for 3D print- the growth of a linearly developing market.ing methods happened at the best time. To cut a longstory short, expiry of some patents has lit a green Interestingly that Corporation “Hewlett-Pack-light for manufacturers of 3D printers. It goes with- ard”, which undergoes some changes, also plans onout saying that a warm place never stays empty for reviving their business by investing in 3D printing.long, thus there were plenty of volunteers eager to The first developed 3D printers patented by “Hewl-enter a relatively new and promising market. ett-Packard”, purchasing of companies engaged in Linear dependence is replaced with the 3D printing on a periodical basis, new partnershipsexponential one and idea to develop a versatile 3D printing ecosys- tem within time. These plans are ambitious, but they The technology, which has been in incubation for move forward fast. The first testing and productiondecades, met business only in 2009, when the FDM laboratory for 3D printing materials opened its doors(Fused Deposition Modelling) 3D printing method in the USA this year and serves as a perfect examplewas finally released from the clutches of patent. This that “Hewlett-Packard” does not just give promiseswas enough to cause the prices of the first 3D print- in vain. The Corporation perfectly understands theers developed for commercial purposes to go down potential for 3D printing, whereas many years offrom hundreds of thousands of Euros to thousands business experience allow making strong-mindedand sometimes even to hundreds of Euros over a pe- decisions.riod of several years. This is not an illusion, this is reality Dozens more 3D printing patents expired over As 3D printers get cheaper, there are more andthe next six years. This list also includes the SLS (Se- more of those, who would like to take advantage oflective Laser Sintering) method, which, unlike FDM, this. Increasing printing speed and the possibility toenables using not only plastic for printing of 3D ob- use the materials designed for production rationallyjects but also metal, glass, or even ceramic materials. and practically without incurring any losses make this matter even more attractive. Despite that pro- We should admit that the prices of technically jects implemented behind closed doors are contrarysophisticated 3D printers do not drop as fast. Nev- to the vision of a common ecosystem, they still areertheless, the industrial 3D printer based on the SLSmethod for less than one hundred thousand Eu-ros presented by the French in 2016 was a pleasantsurprise for many people. Naturally, not everybodyfinds such pricing attractive. It will probably take along time before we are able to place the most ad-vanced 3D printers at schools or homes, but thebusiness sector is already prepared to accept thischallenge. Titanic spinal vertebra charac- teristic of a meshstructure, which is covered with bonematerial over time. “Reuters” photographwww.balticmetalworking.com December 1/2017 | 15

able to attract investors’ attention. the first ones to “tame” 3D printers. They are used It would seem that things worked out very well, for making prototypes and vehicle parts, howevertherefore now, as we observe the achievements in 3D printing has been consistently preparing the ve-the field of 3D printing, we are already able to si- hicle industry for even bigger challenges. It seemsmultaneously apply this methodology for industrial that “Ford”, “Mercedes-Benz”, “Audi”, and BWM arepurposes. The market does exactly that. Respective ready for them. The latest investments and procure-market sectors are already enjoying the added value ments indicate that these manufacturers are activegained from 3D printing. Others plan on using the in terms of their interest shown to application ofadvantages of 3D printers in the near future. plastic, metal, and 3D printing for daily mass pro- Taking this into consideration, it is easy making duction of vehicles.a list of industries where 3D printing would gradu-ally give more advantage: 5) Military industry. The experiments conduct- 1) Medicine. Things, which used to be possible ed by the US military allow assuming that the mili-only in fiction movies not long ago, are gradually be- tary industry would need help from 3D printers incoming daily routine of this industry. Skull prosthe- the future as well. “Solid Concepts” presented a ful-sis, hearing aids, production of spinal vertebrae or ly-functional analogue of pistol “Colt 1911” printedrib implants by using 3D printing have already be- by using a 3D printer in 2013. Finally, after a rathercome a reality. Medical specialists are already talk- long period of silence, this spring the US militarying about printed blood vessels, bones, heart valve spoke about a grenade launcher made within justand expect to use 3D bio-printers for reproduction 75 hours by using a 3D printer. Nobody could stayof burnt skin. Naturally experiments with animals indifferent to this experiment because typically pro-are still more common. Nevertheless, researchers duction of a grenade launcher costs tenths of thou-claim that five or ten years from now 3D printers sands of Dollars and it takes months.would become a typical attribute at every hospital. 2) Interior and design. Hand-made products 6) Clothing and jewellery. Jewellery made byare unique, but the time input spent on production using a 3D printer is becoming a daily element,is difficult to define. Meanwhile there are no shapes however, printed clothing sounds like a very futur-too complicated for a 3D printer, the only thing istic idea. It is interesting that 3D printing enablesneeded for making them is designers’ imagination using unconventional materials for making clothes.and computer drawings. 3D printing will definitely Application of cinematic refinements, special plas-give a futuristic advantage to the area of interior and tic, and a 3D printer enables “Nervous System”design. Moreover, there are no limits as it comes to designing dresses, which flow and move as if theyobjects, which could be printed, starting with furni- have been made of an actual fabric, meanwhile thisture or cutlery and ending with vases, light fixtures, spring an Australian designer spoke about clothesor simply decorations of an unconventional design. printed of rubber. By the way, dresses made by using 3) Construction industry. This industry requir- a 3D printer were even demonstrated during a beau-ing precision and due diligence is ready for some ty pageant in Albania in the end of the last year.changes. Using 3D printers enables drastic reductionof not only the time needed for construction or cost 7) Food industry. Life on Mars is a subject thatof work but also expenditure on account of build- writers and directors find to be very interesting. Fly-ing materials. 3D printing has been used for con- ing people to the Red Planet is not only a part ofstruction of ten five-floor buildings in China back in NASA’s plans, because the ambitious Elon Musk also2014, meanwhile an innovative office was printed in has such plans. Whereas long trips to space are hardDubai and it has opened its doors in spring 2016. In to imagine without a 3D printer, the food industryMadrid pedestrians are already walking on the first has to prepare to face these challenges in advance.printed bridge built by using specifically designed Chocolate or jelly candy made by using a 3D printerconcrete, while in Amsterdam this method would have not received much attention from the conquer-be used for “building” the first in the world metal ors of Mars just yet, however, printed pizzas havebridge for pedestrians by the end of this year. caught the attention of NASA right away followed 4) Vehicles. Vehicle manufacturers were among by an investment amounting to 1 million US Dol- lars. 8) Aviation and spacecrafts. Manufacturers of aircraft parts are intensively looking for ways, which16 | 1/2017 December www.balticmetalworking.com

would enable them to optimize fuel consumption An innovative office in Dubai printed byof jet engines. The aviation industry plans on over- using a 3D printer. “Reuters” photograph.coming these challenges by using 3D printers. Forinstance, “GE Aviation” is getting ready to apply instruments. 3D printers already are a useful tool inprinted fuel injection nozzles for the next genera- designing musical instruments, whereas using com-tion “Boeing” and “Airbus” aircrafts, whereas the at- puter calculations and 3D printing would make ittempts to print huge metal structures by the Chinese possible to generate even more intense and precisecould help with considerable reduction of aircraft sounds with some instruments in future. The US re-weight in future. E. Musk is the main initiator of the searches have perfectly demonstrated this potentialidea that 3D printing could be applied for produc- on a xylophone several years ago.tion of parts for spacecrafts as well. Universal interest promises success 9) Footwear. There are several reasons why 3D 3D printing actually has enough potential forprinters caught the attention of footwear manufac- changing the established stereotypes of productionturers. This production method is faster and allows in the industry. The abundance of practical exam-considering production of custom-made footwear. ples indicates that truly a lot has been done over aAn athlete from Jamaica partnered with “Nike” and short period of time. In this case reasons to believedecided to take part in this unusual experiment success of 3D printers include not only the fact thatduring the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. “Adidas” has different industries are eager to test their advantag-demonstrated their own achievements in 3D print- es, but researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs ofing recently when they presented their first limit- different nationalities work on this as well. Successed-edition batch of running shoes for sale. is probably driven by the general interest, however 3D printing is definitely no revolution. It looks more 10) Musical instruments. 3D printing helps in like evolution. It is evolution, which proves our, ascreating a futuristic design of traditional musical in- Homo Sapiens, ability to grasp new processes instruments. An electric violin designed by the French pursuit of even better future.designer has become the first witness of these chang-es. Interestingly 3D printing still has many innova-tions under development for the industry of musicalwww.balticmetalworking.com December 1/2017 | 17

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