In this issue

The July issue of International Metalworking News- Middle East & Africa is not to be missed: packed with exclusives and tips for your metalworking needs.
First up is the LASER/WELDING section: we all know that metal fabrication is being used in a variety of industries, while the services of metal fabricators are needed by many different reasons including construction repairs and maintenance. This column offers suggestions on how to select a good supplier for your metalworks, equipped with the latest laser technologies and software ruling the industry.
Toolmakers these days focus their cutting tool development efforts on finding a balance between tool properties that will provide optimum performance in specific workpiece materials. A hard coating deposited on the surface of the tool substrate, which reinforces hot hardness improves tool life in high-temperature environments. Find out how cutting tool makers are working to engineer coatings that are thin but provide a good barrier against heat in the MATERIAL FOCUS section of this month’s issue.
A customer considering whether to replace a machine because it no longer produces the necessary quantities has two options: they can either procure a new machine, which will be expensive and take a long time to arrive, or they can choose a VDA-compliant retrofitted machine. MAG shares its expertise in retrofitting in the METAL CUTTING EQUIPMENT.
Metal finishing with hand tools is a dirty and difficult job that carries known repetitive stress injury risk. It is also a process that has proven extremely difficult to automate. The METAL FORMING & FABRICATING features a new robotic system, called the Touch Robot that is able to perform precision grinding and machining to polish, deburr, and deflash cast and forged parts.
On top of all that, there is the usual heady mix of columns, product highlights, tradeshow updates, and much more including all the news from the Middle East and Africa.

International Metalworking News - Middle East & Af Magazine Description:

International Metalworking News – Middle East & Africa is published 6x a year in English with highlights in Arabic. The magazine is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the metal forming and metal cutting industry across 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the Middle East and Africa. Also included are exclusive content and articles from Ringier's family of metalworking industry magazines covering Greater China and South East Asia, such as International Metalworking News for China, International Mold & Die Making News for China, Modern Machine Tools and International Metalworking News for Asia. The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s metalworking website (metalworking.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.