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The CHIRON Group's April OPEN HOUSE 2026 Highlights Live Machining, Automation, More

Working together with 36 partner companies to bring technologies to life, foster dialogue, and showcase concrete application possibilities, The CHIRON Group hosted its annual OPEN HOUSE event at its headquarters in Tuttlingen, Germany.  The CHIRON Group supports the automotive industry, mechanical engineering, medical and precision technology, aerospace and tool manufacturing with its CNC-controlled, vertical milling and milling-turning machining centers as well as turnkey and automation solutions.

The annual event included themed and color-coded areas: Automation, Medical & Precision, Service Excellence, and Exclusive Outlet—allowing guests to obtain targeted information in the areas relevant to them.

Where Automation Meets Machining Excellence

The OPEN HOUSE focused on the blending of machining excellence and intelligent automation. Highly productive machines operated in real time on industry-standard workpieces, demonstrating how greater productivity, flexibility, and autonomy can be achieved in manufacturing.

The new Variocell SYSTEM with Gantry Bot in the Automation Area, for example, showed what this interaction looks like in practice. On an FZ 19 S mill turn, portal automation demonstrated its strengths when handling a workpiece of cast rotary table housing for mechanical engineering: loading from above, a freely accessible working area and greater reach than a standard robot. The solution unfolds its full potential in scaled applications – for example, when loading and unloading multiple, and even different, production centers,

Three new variants for automated micromachining with the Micro5 XL were also presented: the Variocell PICK&PLACE, Variocell PALLET and Variocell UNO. They cover a wide range of automation tasks – from linear loading and unloading of raw and finished parts to the handling of pallets to robot handling of workpieces and additional process steps.

The MT 715 two+ impressively demonstrated how sophisticated components can be produced efficiently on one machine – instead of spread over several – in live operation. The versatile machine with integrated memory for up to 176 tools produced a ring with a wall only 1.5 mm thick and an eccentric holding device from a cylinder weighing 50 kg. The superalloy used is extremely resistant to damage and requires a precisely coordinated machining strategy of milling and turning for short, process-reliable chips – a challenge that the MT 715 two+ masters confidently and efficiently with its outstanding performance and robustness.

All Partners at One Address – All in the Process

A central feature of the event which focused on holistic manufacturing concepts was the partner exhibition; the 36 companies presented their specific expertise in many cases in the real production process or in the environment of machining centers and automation solutions. The spectrum ranged beyond tools to include clamping and measuring technology, automation, digital applications and CAM strategies.

In the other thematic areas of OPEN HOUSE 2026, the experts of the CHIRON Group provided information on how processes can be further optimized, machines can be operated in the long term and existing systems can be modernized economically.

"The clear conclusion after three intensive days: OPEN HOUSE 2026 was a complete success," said Matthias Rapp, Vice President Global Marketing of the CHIRON Group. "We not only showed technologies, but also discussed concrete solutions together with our guests and developed perspectives for their production. The direct exchange in the environment of running machines makes the difference – this is where approaches are created that can be directly transferred into practice."

Save the Date: OPEN HOUSE 2027

The CHIRON Group will continue the event next year – as a compact platform for exchange of ideas, innovation, and impulses for optimized manufacturing. Stay tuned for the exact date reveal.

The recap video with the best moments and highlights of the OPEN HOUSE 2026 can be found

here.

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