Diversity grows on the periphery With FormDress, Agathon further expands the range of applications of its Evo Combi and Evo Penta grinding machines. This makes them even more versatile. Using FormDress, makes it possible to grind complex contours into the surface of...

Agathon Centering in Mold Making – even when it gets hot, it stays cool Backlash-free and rolling guide systems are increasingly pushing back the low-cost, unprecise conventional cubic flat centering in injection mold construction. But do they retain their high...

What benefits does the laser processing provide? The combination of laser roughing and grinding is the most efficient way to machine indexable inserts with tips made of superhard materials. Agathon has always insisted on this since the introduction of its Neo laser...

The JIMTOF trade fair held in Tokyo has become an international attraction for visitors. In 2016, the trade fair organizers recorded 140,000 visitors from 77 countries. This trend will continue in 2018: By the second last day of the fair, another 110,000 people had...

Punch presses for prototype construction? We haven’t quite reached that stage yet. In practical applications, however, the average lot sizes for punching have been growing ever smaller for a number of years. The increasing variety of vehicle models in the automobile...

The focus was on the Neo laser processing machine at last year's EMO, and on the technical options at GrindTec in Augsburg, while visitors to the Agathon stand at AMB 2018 in Stuttgart will learn a lot about services and Industry 4.0 solutions. This is due to the fact...

Although the focus is currently on new services and Industry 4.0 solutions, when Agathon opens its stand at AMB, it will of course be highlighting the machine business on which services and Industry 4.0 are based. Thus Agathon will be introducing its Leo Peri grinding...

Members of the Lions Club of Solothurn gathered at the Agathon AG offices on the evening of April 18th. These distinguished guests and their spouses, approximately 60 attendees, met for an social event with informative character. The company owners, Michael Merkle and...

Already one week before the start of the Chinese New Year’s celebration, the mood at Agathon in Shanghai was very good. The employees of Agathon’s sales and service in China moved into their new premises on 8 February. These are located in the same building as the...

Guiding concepts for 24/7 applications were the focus of the Agathon presentation at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen. In addition, visitors were able to find out more about flexible injection molding production with the help of concrete solutions - a new field of...

Agathon innovates: At the EMO 2017 in Hanover, Agathon will open a new chapter in the machining of superhard materials. In addition to new options for the well-known Agathon grinding centers, a completely new product line will be presented. Optimal process combination...

Agathon has presented the newest Agathon centering standard 7995 at the Die & Mold fair in Shanghai. This can not only be used to center but also to guide short strokes without play such as the ejection stroke. Roller guidance systems have met with great interest...

The market for e-mobility is growing very rapidly. The central components of the electric motor are the rotor and the stator, which are made of many individual metal sheets. The optimization of the motor efficiency requires the reduction of the sheet thickness, which...

March 2017: Passing the baton in the machine assembly. The new Dom Plus machines are side by side with last-generation Dom Semi machines. All DOM Plus models come with a pallet storage system as standard and are optionally equipped with a 180 ° rotatable loading...

Leo Peri -  Agathons smallest high-precision 4-axis grinding center for machining the periphery of indexable inserts Basic machine  - overview: ● Compact design with excellent accessibility and rooftop mounting for peripherals ● Dynamic, fully integrated 3-axis linear...

The rolling round fine centering for the individual centering of cavities and main separation planes guarantees very precise guidance and maximum load capacity already at centering start. The built-in cage positioning system allows to fully exit the preload during...