Editorial

 This year, 17th in order, SASO Fair was held in Split, Žnjan, from 24 to 28 October 2012.
SASO is the fair that brings together a range of international specialized fairs: Civil construction fair, Wood industry fair, Metal industry fair, Tool and Equipment fair, Small Business and Entrepreneurship fair, Electrical engineering, Power Suppy and Telecommunications fair, and Ecology fair. This year's event brought together 1927 exhibitors from 11 countries. "SASO is the fair which always shows the trends in the economy. This year shows the upward trend of exhibitors from the sectors of renewable energy sources by 2.5 times compared to last year's SASO fair 2011, said Bogdan Saric, director of SASO fair. 

 In the last week of November, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, marked and celebrated 93rd birthday by holding a number of events. The crowning event was a festive meeting of the Faculty Council.
In the period of 27 to 30 November in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FMENA), University of Zagreb, activities were held as part of the traditional celebration of Day of the Faculty, during which the FMENA further opens to the public and shows what are students and researchers at the Faculty dealing with, their obtained results and the course of a student and scientific "life" at the FMENA. Dr. sc. Damir Godec 

 More than 150,000 people visited the great exhibition of robots, that was held from 24 September to 15 October and organized by the Centre for the Promotion of Science (CPN) and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade, with the desire to answer the question of how far we are from the future.
Centre for Promotion of Science in collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, organized the first scientific-popular festival fully dedicated to robots. Event called "Days of Future - Robotics" was held in the city centre, in the gallery of the department store "Belgrade" in Knez Mihailova 5. Visitors were able to see more than 25 types of robots for different purposes and from different parts of the world. 

 COPA-DATA is the technological leader for ergonomic and highly-dynamic process solutions. The company, founded in 1987, develops the software zenon for HMI/SCADA, dynamic production reporting and integrated PLC systems at its headquarters in Austria.
zenon is sold through its own offices in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as partners and distributors throughout the world. Customers benefit from local contact persons and local support thanks to a decentralized corporate structure
Users have access to speakers and technical support in their environment. COPA-DATA as an independent company responds quickly and adapts to your preferences and needs, constantly shaping new standards for usability and shapes the direction of the market. 

 In October in Riga, ATEC Engineering opened the door of its company to business partners and representatives of companies engaged in plastics injection moulding. The content of the program was divided into three parts: The efficiency, accuracy and reliability - guest lecturer from business partner of Hahn Automation, Production economy by controlling the temperature, and the Baltic Plastics Academy.
ATEC Engineering company is relatively unknown in this part of Europe, therefore, a short presentation is needed. ATEC Engineering was established at the beginning of this century, as a company that represents machines and accessories for plastics injection moulding. It emerged from the company ATEC, manufacturer of injection moulded plastic products since the early nineties, with three manufacturing units located in Latvia, Sweden and Russia, and the fifty of injection molding machines. 

 From 27 to 30 November 2012 in halls 8.0, 9.0 and 11.0, the fair centre in Frankfurt hosted for the nineteenth time the world's largest fair for mouldmaking, tooling and additive technologies. Visited by more than 55,000 visitors, who were able to tour the exhibition halls of 1050 exhibitors from 34 countries around the world. A special theme of this year's fair was the jewellery industry, whose exhibits were present at a number of exhibitions, primarily in Hall 11.0, which was given the name "House of creation". Country-partner of the Euromold 2012 was Austria.
This year's Euromold, with specialized themes for toolmaking and product development has presented to visitors almost everything that can be shown in these segments of production engineering, which has consolidated its leadership as a specialist trade fair for these areas.
Ovogodišnji sajam EuroMold tematikama specijaliziranim za alatničarstvo i razvoj proizvoda prikazao je posjetiteljima gotovo sve što se može pokazati u tim segmentima proizvodnog strojarstva, čime je učvrstio vodeći položaj specijaliziranog sajma za ta područja.   

 To reduce the effect of increasing mobility for about seven billion people, scientists shape the technologies that will increase the efficiency of public and individual transport on land, water and air.
There are seven billion people living on Earth and each year there are 80 million more. People are also becoming more and more connected, and moving closer. Simultaneously with the increase in population, demands for efficient solutions for mobility increase as well. This is particularly true for the railroad, which shape the new software concepts of control, optimization of the schedule, new vehicles and the modernization of railways. To reduce the effect of increasing mobility, the researchers are developing products and solutions that will increase the efficiency of public and individual transport. Esad Jakupović 

 Shaping sculptures, statues or pots of different shapes throughout history to date has not significantly changed. Sculptor takes the piece, which is usually of soft or harder materials, such as clay, wood, copper or marble, and begins to form. He slowly and steadily achieves a form that is intended with various tools. Masterful works of the great sculptors, whom we admire today, were produced this way. Since time in history has not played such role as it does today, statue or earthen pot with many details was beeing sculpted very long. And in the case of errors or repairs, the procedure lasted even longer. 

 Full surface 3-D measurements facilitate pattern making and provide numerous benefi ts to foundries. Optical measurements are not only relevant for the inspection of castings. Integrating optical measuring systems
also improves process security in almost all stages of the production process. These systems cut production times and costs, enabling shorter lead times and reduced reject rates. Whereas companies initially often mainly
concentrate on the dimensional validation of castings, optical measuring systems can also be used to support and accelerate operations in almost all areas, from pattern and tool making, mould and core making through to first article inspection and optimization of CNC machining. General application of optical metrology in casting process chain thereby improves overall cost efficiency. 

 Zero point clamping systems on the machine create a single, reliable and accurate subsystem. This enables a flexible application of the means of production, shorter preparation time and increase of machine availability.
"Time saving in preparing is just one of the arguments for the zero point clamping system," says Robert Hartmann, head of production of the company Stark-Spannsysteme in Austrian plant in Götzis. "Adaptability and even small series and unexpected orders management are often more important," he adds. First, time saving is calculated:"Clamping of five products in one change lasts for 20 minutes. Without zero pount clamping system, mounting change would require 100 minutes, or five times as long. This means an additional 420 hours a year on the machine. "With this quick change of tools and devices and with the optimal machine occupancy, we manage to nearly double the average machine availability.