With new mate­ri­als, processes and require­ments, the chal­lenges in grind­ing are also evolv­ing. This is why WEMA Glauchau is con­tin­u­ously expand­ing the capa­bil­i­ties of its WOTAN® grind­ing machines.

Our expe­ri­ence in high-pre­ci­sion metal machin­ing down to the sub­mi­cron range pro­vides the basis for new appli­ca­tions in pre­ci­sion engi­neer­ing, optics, robot­ics and other high-tech indus­tries such as (Aero)Space – includ­ing the machin­ing of Advanced Mate­ri­als such as tech­ni­cal ceram­ics and fused quartz.

Together with Vibro­Cut GmbH, we are expand­ing the capa­bil­i­ties of our grind­ing machines with Ultra­sonic tech­nol­ogy. Ultra­sonic-assisted machin­ing reduces process forces and tool wear, enabling par­tic­u­larly gen­tle, pre­cise and process-reli­able machin­ing of demand­ing mate­ri­als and geometries. 

Addi­tional capa­bil­i­ties for smaller, high-pre­ci­sion com­po­nents fur­ther extend the WOTAN® port­fo­lio, together with the high flex­i­bil­ity of WOTAN® tech­nolo­gies for chang­ing appli­ca­tions and small batch sizes. With WOP™ Touch, machin­ing pro­grams can be cre­ated with­out con­ven­tional CNC pro­gram­ming; in the optional 3D mod­ule, STEP files can be imported directly and machin­ing sur­faces selected. Closed Door Machin­ing also allows mul­ti­ple machin­ing oper­a­tions to be com­bined in a sin­gle setup. 

At the W3+ Fair 2026 in Jena, we pre­sented these capa­bil­i­ties for the first time to a spe­cial­ist audi­ence from pho­ton­ics, optics, pre­ci­sion engi­neer­ing and other high-tech indus­tries. Together with Stöckel Werk­zeug­maschinen and in exchange with our Ultra­sonic part­ner Vibro­Cut, the focus was on spe­cific appli­ca­tions, new mate­ri­als and the ques­tion of how pre­ci­sion machin­ing can be made more flex­i­ble, effi­cient and gen­tle on the material. 

The dis­cus­sions at the trade fair demon­strated the wide range of require­ments across these indus­tries – and the poten­tial they offer for the fur­ther devel­op­ment of WOTAN® tech­nolo­gies.