Optical CMM cuts inspection time by 265 min
An optical co-ordinate measuring machine has reduced the inspection time for checking large steam turbine ‘buckets’ from 280 min to 15 min. Toshiba GE Turbine Components (TGTC) joint ventu...
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Probe tests PCBs without using fixtures
Aeroflex’s stand-alone Flying Probe System perform high-speed, high-accuracy fixtureless test using by combining the latest in flying probe hardware technology with innovative software. Aeroflex...
Demand grows for customised tooling
A large increase in demand from European aircraft component suppliers for customised metal cutting tools is reported by ATI Stellram, particularly for machining nickel and titanium alloys. ATI Stellra...
Annual Turnover of Mould Industry in 2007 Exceeded RMB 60 Billion
From the very beginning until now, China mould industry has had a history of more than half a century. From the 20th century, Chinese government had paid much attention to mould industry, and proposed...
Student Wins Third Mastercam Contest
The winner of the third annual Innovator of the Future (IOF) contest for the 2007-2008 school year is Bernie Sievers, a student in the Advanced Manufacturing Programme at Vincennes University in Vince...
Hermle House Exhibition Breaks Records
More than 2,000 visitors from Germany and the rest of Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia, Israel, China, and Thailand recently attended the latest traditional in-house exhibition of products from Maschinenf...
European User Groups Like Actify Product
Actify, the market-leading supplier of digital design communication solutions with more than 500 manufacturing companies as customers and 8,000 licenses on active maintenance, has introduced a securit...
Sandvik Coromant Now ISTMA Global Partner
Sandvik Coromant has been named a member of the Global Partner Programme of the International Special Tooling & Machining Association (ISTMA). The company is the first cutting tool supplier to par...
Asiamold: Entree to an Economic Hotbed
Asiamold 2008, the Chinese international trade fair for mould making and tooling, design, and application development, is coming to Guangzhou (Canton) in Guangdong Province this September. As the show...
Haas Opens Tech Centre in Belgium
Haas Automation Europe’s latest Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC) opened May 15 at the Vrij Technisch Instituut (VTI) Sint-Lucas, Oudenaarde, in eastern Belgium. The new facility brings the...
Oil Driving UK Industrial Price Increases
Following analysis of the results of its May 2008 Industrial Trends Survey, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warned that the price of UK manufactured goods would rise steeply in coming mont...
Software raises CMM measurements speed
Wilcox Associates at IMTS will be showing its PC-DMIS 4.3 3D CMM software giving dramatic improvements in measurement speed and support for probes and vision measurement. Wilcox Associates will be int...
Beware of hearing overprotection in factories
The risks of overprotection are very real when dealing with hearing conservation, for example, a worker may not hear the warning signal of a truck or piece of heavy equipment. Hearing protectors are u...
Maintenance management software updated
Maintenance Connection releases version 3.5 of Facility Maintenance and Asset Management Software with a powerful feature enabling users view their KPI values over time. Maintenance Connection has rel...
All-electric injection moulder has 1g
An all-electric injection moulding machine, producing parts of a shot weight under 1g at a running cost of 0.6kW/h, has solved a problem in making complex push cap tops. Ricoh UK Products purchase of ...
CAM system reduces set-up time from 1h
UK injection mould maker reported that since using Edgecam CAM system for NC part programming, it had reduced downtime by 30-50%, and cut machine set-up from 1h to 3 min. Kavia Moulded Products said i...
Second CNC tool measuring machine added
A second CNC tool measuring machine will help unplug an inspection bottleneck at a tool maker created by increased customer demand for documented inspection reports. Specialist tooling manufacturer an...
Automation control system increases
To help system designers and manufacturers comply with forthcoming Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Festo has released a diverse range of pneumatics safety technology. Festo has released a diverse rang...
Optimize Barrel Temperatures For Barrier Screws
Extruder operators often don’t compare the barrel-zone temperatures to the recommended processing temperature for the resin being run. It isn’t uncommon to see extruder barrel-temperature ...
High speed horizontal machining centre
At IMTS, MAG Hueller Hille will demonstrate a high speed, horizontal machining centre with axis travels of 90m/min and a B-axis speed of 80 rev/min. At the USA’s IMTS 2008 machine tool show, MAG...