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Euroblech Digital Innovation Summit 2020
The new digital Euroblech event aims to provide technology updates, market outlooks and new networking opportunities.
Hosted online from 27 – 30 October 2020, the...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: “Largest” 3D Printed Sculpture Installed in New Zealand
At the heartland of New Zealand Māori culture, in a land home to many famous legends and stories, a recently installed 3D printed concentric...
New appointment at Barnes Molding Solutions
The new Vice President for Transportation within the Barnes Molding Solutions strategic business unit is Jörg Czempisz.
The 55-year-old Jörg Czempisz has many years of...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: 3D printing glass
Today, additive manufacturing works with multiple different materials, yet glass is one of those materials that remains difficult to work with.
Only a few groups...
New CEO at VBN Components
Swedish VBN Components AB, known for its extremely wear and heat resistant Vibenite materials, has appointed Johan Bäckström as its new CEO.
Johan Bäckström has...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Collision avoidance of fibre laser head
Lantek has introduced Intelligent Collision Avoidance (ICA), a new and revolutionary algorithm that it has developed to minimise potential collisions.
With this development, the company...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Gore’s space cables
Wire and cable manufactured by W L Gore & Associates at its Space Centre of Excellence in Dundee and also in their Delaware plant,...
Doosan Machine Tools Enters Partnership with Titans of CNC
Doosan Machine Tools has partnered with Titans of CNC, Inc. to become the exclusive premier machine tool builder partner for Titans of CNC.
Titans of CNC is focused...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Autonomous shuttle
Some of the world’s best golfers competing in the Wales Open will be among the first professional sportspeople ever to be transported in an...
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New CEO at VBN Components
Swedish VBN Components AB, known for its extremely wear and heat resistant Vibenite materials, has appointed Johan Bäckström as its new CEO.
Johan Bäckström has...
Tuesday's marvels of engineering
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Collision avoidance of fibre laser head
Lantek has introduced Intelligent Collision Avoidance (ICA), a new and revolutionary algorithm that it has developed to minimise potential collisions.
With this development, the company...
Tuesday's marvels of engineering
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Gore’s space cables
Wire and cable manufactured by W L Gore & Associates at its Space Centre of Excellence in Dundee and also in their Delaware plant,...
MELD produces world’s largest additively manufactured aluminium cylinder
MELD Manufacturing Corporation, Christiansburg, Virginia, USA, reports that it has additively manufacturing a 3.05 m (10 ft) diameter aluminium cylinder, said to demonstrate the...
Doosan Machine Tools Enters Partnership with Titans of CNC
Doosan Machine Tools has partnered with Titans of CNC, Inc. to become the exclusive premier machine tool builder partner for Titans of CNC.
Titans of CNC is focused...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Autonomous shuttle
Some of the world’s best golfers competing in the Wales Open will be among the first professional sportspeople ever to be transported in an...
Fakuma Virtual launched
The Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing has been officially launched on its new digital trade fair platform, namely Fakuma-Virtual.
Immediately after postponing the...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Using machine learning to predict defects in 3D printed parts
A team of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and Texas A&M University have developed an innovative new approach to defect detection in 3D printed parts.
Using real-time temperature data,...
Water Abrasive Suspension for a variety of materials
With the emergence of ever newer materials, manufacturers are automatically faced with the question of how to process them.
The water abrasive suspension cutting process...
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MACHINES AND TOOLS
Re-sharpening Service for PCD Tools
Machining Tools – Now of all times, a reliable and fast service is needed to minimise costs because resources must be saved, and inventories must be kept as manageable as possible.
With its headquarter in Hanau, Germany and production sites near Chemnitz,...
Matsuura’s new machining centre
Matsuura Machinery Corporation has developed a new high speed, large capacity 5-axis vertical machining centre.
With the MAM72-52V, the maximum workpiece size is D520 mm x H400 mm with a load capacity of 300 kg per pallet: a 23 % increase...
Kennametal introduces flat bottom geometry for KenTIP FS
Kennametal has expanded its replaceable drill offering for KenTIP FS modular drill series with the new FEG insert for flat bottom hole applications.
Applicable in steel, cast iron, and stainless steels, the FEG insert eliminates end milling operations and completes...
Mitsui Seiki J Series VMC’s Thermal Sensors Maximize Accuracy
Mitsui Seiki has launched a new series of CNC vertical machining centers named the “J” series for “jig,” suitable to machine medical, optical, mold and die, and aerospace parts.
The machines are said to provide positioning accuracy and repeatability of +/- 1 micrometer. A thermal compensation system employs...
Partners
Gantry Tool Storage and Management Software
The new releases of FASTEMS LLC's Gantry Tool Storage (GTS) system and Manufacturing Management Software (MMS) are designed to deliver significant increases in manufacturing efficiency,...
Laser scanner scans 1.2 million points/sec
Exact Metrology, a comprehensive metrology service provider, released the Hexagon RS6 laser scanner, designed for high-speed and accurate scanning.
It scans up to 1.2 million...
Smart 3D Universal Inspection System Uses Deep Learning
As Industry 4.0 takes hold, industrial automation and robotics are replacing many manual tasks in manufacturing. However, when it comes to visual quality inspection,...
ABB’s RobotStudio AR App Simplifies Robot Installations
ABB’s RobotStudio augmented reality (AR) viewer allows users to visualize where and how robotic automation can fit into the manufacturing processes using a smartphone or tablet.
The app can be...
Mastercam retains top ranking worldwide
Mastercam is the most widely used CAM for the 26th year in a row.
More shops and schools invest in Mastercam than any other CAD/CAM...
Simulating 5-Axis Machining for Training
Presenting multi-axis operations in an immersive environment helps trainees and experienced machine operators to learn, understand, and practice advanced machining techniques.
Automation and CNC developer FANUC...
