Editorial

 Company Pfeifer - TTI moved in early April to a new location, in a brand new building in the street Franjo Tudjman in Samoborski Novaki, which can provide more to their customers, especially in the area of training on new techniques and new tools.
Pfeifer - TTI is since recently in the new building, next to the famous restaurant Babilon, on the Stara samoborska, as the locals call the street. Although the building is brand new, Marijan Pfeifer, director of the company, is most happy because the new space allows for a much better transfer of information on new products that his company offers. 

 At the 13th International Foundrymen Conference the latest achievements in the technology of iron and non-ferrous castings were presented and an international forum for exchanging the knowledge and experience connected with casting technologies was organized.
From 16 to 17 May 2013 in Opatija was held 13th International Foundrymen Conference. The conference was held in the conference room Mimoza that belongs to the Grand Hotel 4 Opatija flowers. The main organizers of this prestigious foundrymen conference were: Faculty of Metallurgy Sisak, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium GmbH (Eschborn, Germany), Pro Ferrum GmbH (Rijeka), Elkem AS (Oslo , Norway) and Petrokemija Inc. (Kutina). Also, the organization was carried out with the support of the Univer sity of zagreb, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, Croatian Metallurgical Association, Mittel Europäische Giesserei Initiative (MEGI), Croatian Chamber of Economy, Sisak-moslovačka County and the city of Sisak. 

 We discuss with Milan Mihailovic, procurator of BTS Company, about the newly Demo center of the company in Belgrade.
BTS Company of Ljubljana, which is in operation from 1989, has begun with selling tools, and since 2000 the range has expanded into a variety of specialized machines. Today, there are shops in Ljubljana, Maribor, Zagreb and Sarajevo, and company in Belgrade. The company offers its customers complete solutions in the field of machining and robotics –the supply of quality cutting tools, consulting in the selection of machinery and equipment, servicing machines, CNC operator training ... The slogan of "Complete Solutions" presents the message that this company can offer someone who is engaged in the processing of metals literally everything he needs. Vladimir Bubanja 

 Bausch + Ströbel is now using zenon from COPA-DATA as a company-wide platform for process and information management. The globally-active specialist machine builder uses the HMI/SCADA solution for machine operation, logging operational data and the control and monitoring of individual machines and production lines for the pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic industry.
The specialist machine builder Bausch + Ströbel is now offering its customers all functionality for the control and monitoring of packaging and production processes in the pharmaceutical industry on the basis of zenon. The new zenon based HMI/SCADA application is used for lot-based recording, visualization, control and logging of all processes and all data created from production and packaging. 

 Svensk Industriautomation (SVIA) is a fast-growing automation company in Jönköping, Sweden, developing robot systems for customers in the Nordic countries, Germany, U.K., The Netherlands, and the U.S. The systems are put together to robot cells which are able to communicate with other systems in a factory for example. The core of the robot cell is SVIA’s own vision system called Pickvision, which detects exactly how a particular object is placed on a conveyor belt and thereby enables a robot to pick the object up. In simple terms, you could say that SVIA enables robots to see. This revolutionary technology has become very popular on the automation market and has enabled SVIA to double its turnover during the past few years.
“Our strength lies in the simplicity,” says Anders Mandorsson, Designer and Project Manager at SVIA. “It is very easy to tell the robot what to pick from the carrier belt, and then you are ready to go.” By using the Pickvision software, users take a picture of the object which is to be picked from the belt. The software automatically detects the shape of the object and every time this shape shows up in the camera, the robot is able to determine how to pick it up. 

 For more than a decade, company Moretto S.p.a., among other activities, produces temperature controls. The beginning was the acquisition of Bertocco and its integration into Moretto.
During the 2003 the company Moretto presented the first series of temperature control units TWS, and now has a new temperature control unit TE-KO, attractively designed heating capacities 6 to 15. There are two types of temperature control units: with water as the medium (maximum medium temperature 95 °C - designation TK W) and with oil as the medium (maximum medium temperature 150 °C - designation TK O). 

 The long-proven and efficient QuickSwitch system for in-line dimension change at the push of a button is available with immediate effect for the production of PO pipes with a diameter of up to 450 mm. For some months now, S.C. Valrom Industrie S.R.L. in Bucharest (Romania) has been producing single-, double- and three-layer PE drinking water pipes in a diameter range between 250 and 450 mm on a fully automated QuickSwitch line from KraussMaffei Berstorff. In addition to the single-screw extruders from the successful 36D series, the key components of the machine are the newly designed KM-3L RKW 75 QS pipe head, the suction belt and the calibration basket with a QuickSwitch design. The system also increases competitiveness since the producer can react flexibly, offer short delivery times and quickly perform urgent orders. 

 At the regional event Fujitsu Lifebook4Life in Trakoscan among news stood out LIFEBOOK notebooks aimed at business users.
Fujitsu in Trakošćan organized meeting of the partners, distributors and key customers, and presented business solutions and news for 2013. In the spotlight were Lifebook notebooks, designed for dynamic business users, which combine superior performance and advanced connectivity with a sleek design and light weight. "Notebooks Fujitsu Lifebook have been for several years a synonym for versatile and reliable computers," explained at the launch director of product marketing at Fujitsu Barbara D'introns. "With the new generation, which belongs to the ultranotebook segment, we are aiming for more because top technical concept does not allow compromises in design and mobility".   

 Open Innovations (OI) are an important step forward from its own development departments and joint partner projects with partners or universities because they include customers, suppliers and the wider range of companies, and even the Internet community.
To be successful, companies must be innovative and flexible to respond to the needs of today's dynamic market. Innovations that can potentially change the world are everywhere - in the minds of employees and customers, the projects at colleges and universities, research institutes. Companies require latest results of basic and practical research and therefore establish a new research partnership links. Esad Jakupović 

 The company Autogyro sells worldwide gyrocopters for private and commercial use. The manufacturer produces around 95 percent of the components. All safety-critical metal parts are produced on machine tools from Hurco.
On the small airfield of Hildesheim is the Autogyro GmbH, an innovative 100-person company, which specializes in the production of gyroplanes. »Autogyro has been around for ten years. Initially, however, we had no gyroplanes, but so-called air trikes, motorized hang gliders, "explains Judith Reichardt, Marketing Manager at Autogyro GmbH in Hildesheim. 

 ATOS Core is the specialist for 3D scanning of small to medium sized components and is equipped with the proven ATOS functions and benefits such as GOM's stereo camera setup and Blue Light Technology. The sensor forms the basis for a range of measurement tasks from simple 3D scanning up to fully automated measurement and inspection processes. GOM presented Atos Core at the Control Fair. When designing ATOS Core, GOM rewrote the book and created a completely new type of stereocamera setup. For the first time optics and electronics have been split, enabling the integration of the latest cutting-edge technology.