Horn is expanding its slot broaching system with new type 117 inserts, which are suitable for internal diameters from 9 mm. The tool system is sustainable thanks to the low carbide content and has an advantageous price per cutting edge. Horn has developed a new carbide blank specifically for the 117 insert family. "Development of the new carbide blank required new approaches in production and metrology. Due to the small size of the inserts, we had to make significant adjustments in handling, fix...

Since the 2012/13 school year, the Hector Children's Academy in Tübingen has been offering around 50 courses a year for particularly gifted children. These take place outside regular lessons at primary schools in Tübingen and, in some cases, in cooperation with companies. To ensure that these children continue to receive support beyond primary school, the Hector Children's Academy in Tübingen cooperates with a number of training centres in Tübingen, including the one run by P...

At 8:59:50 pm on 9th July 2024, engineers sat tensely behind countless monitors and listened to the countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7... At exactly 9:00 pm German time, the word "Décollage" (French for "take-off") was uttered. Amidst a roaring tail of fire and huge clouds of steam, the new Ariane 6 launch vehicle lifted off into space from Kourou in French Guiana. The team in Kourou was in a celebratory mood after the first mission. But the excitement was not only there. The launch was shown on publ...

"We only need about thirteen seconds to produce a thread," says Ben Broekhuis. He is responsible for the metalcutting processes in the company Vremac, Apeldoorn, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The company is a specialist in the development and production of hydraulic cylinders. For machining an external thread on a cylinder, Vremac switched to a special milling system from Paul Horn GmbH. The result: approximately three times faster production than previously and a considerable increase in...