Faro Among Fastest-Growing US Tech Firms
Faro Technologies Inc., the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, has been named to Forbes magazine’s list of “America’s 25 Fastest-Growing Tech ...
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Exhibitors Rushing to Join AMB 2008
It might have been expected that the first AMB International Exhibition for Metal Working to be held at the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre would be popular. But no one quite expected this: Messe Stut...
Mastercam Software Used Exclusively at World Skills 2007
Mastercam, the world’s number one CAM software package according to CIMdata Inc., was used exclusively in the manufacturing challenges that were contested at the World Skills 2007 event in Japan...
Outlook: German Industry Growth to Continue
The German machine tool sector remains optimistic, says the VDW, the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association. The branch forecasts a further 10% growth in production for 2008, following on the...
Mould Exhibition will open on 26th, Feb., in Ningbo
The 4th China Mould Town (Ningbo) Exhibition will be held in Ningbo International Exhibition Center 26th-29th, Feb. business invitation has finished, and the 1500 booths have been reserved. There are ...
Shangyu,Zhejiang—New Tech in Mould Industry Has Caused The Attention of U.S. and Japan
Zhejiang Huatong Holding Corporation, located in Shangyu, has put its core technology on plastic mould of auto car into practice, and gained great success. Now it is the leader of China’s auto i...
Solvay reports “record” EURO 1.2bn profit
REBIT across plastics increased 8% despite unfavourable exchange rates. Solvay has reported record operating results of €1.2bn for 2007 across all of its sectors – chemicals, plastic...
Painting done in plastics injection mould
Plastics injection moulding machine builder has developed an inmould painting process for producing LFI parts with high-gloss surfaces KraussMaffei is offering an Inmould Painting process for producin...
Haas Teaching Centres Come to Europe
In the few months since US-based Haas Automation launched its European Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC) programme at EMO 2007, the HTEC team operating out of the Haas Automation Europe offices i...
Sescoi’s WorkNC Is No. 1 in Japan Again
The Japanese daily newspaper Nikkan Kogyo, which specializes in business and industrial affairs, has found that WorkNC from Sescoi was the most widely used computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system in...
D-M-E Forms Strategic Alliance in Fulda
D-M-E Europe C.V.B.A. has entered into a strategic alliance with Fulda Flachstahl Bearbeitungs GmbH & Co. KG (FFB), a newly formed company that recently acquired D-M-E’s manufacturing facili...
Breakthrough Products at SolidWorks World
A revolutionary cancer treatment device, next-generation snowboard bindings, a sort of exoskeleton to help the paralyzed walk, a solar-powered trash compactor, and “robots for the masses” ...
Mid-May Matsuura Open House in UK
The UK branch of Matsuura will hold its first open house of 2008 on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of May at its Leicestershire headquarters. At this event, three new Matsuura multipallet machine tools will...
Berlin Event to Focus on Investment in China
China, the fastest-growing trading nation in the world, is currently thought to be tendering more than 300 industrial projects valued in excess of €20 billion. That country is looking to European...
Iron ore costs may increase 65%
Japanese and South Korean steel manufacturers have agreed to a 65 percent jump in iron ore prices under term contracts for the 12 months from April. Although Baosteel, which represents Chinese steelma...
Rapid Prototyping — Selective Laser Sintering – SLS
The SLS?process creates three dimensional objects, layer by layer, from powdered materials with heat generated by a CO2 laser. The part is built inside of a cylinder that contains a moveable platform,...
Laminated Object Manufacturing – LOM
The LOM process builds layered, three-dimensional objects by stacking and fusing thin layers of paper that are trimmed to shape using a CO2 Laser. Essential to this process are software algorithms tha...
Rapid Prototyping — 3D Printing (3DP)
3D Printing, a patented MIT process, refers to the process of using an ink-jet print head to lay down a liquid adhesive on a layer of powder, binding the powder particles together. First, a thin distr...
Rapid Manufacturing — Rapid Prototyping
Rapid prototyping (a.k.a. Desktop Manufacturing, Solid Free-form Manufacturing or Solid Free-form Fabrication) consists of various manufacturing processes by which a solid physical model of a part is ...
Plastics Comparison & Selection Guide
Plastics Selection Chart Common Name Properties Uses Common Forms Cost Rigid PVC (poly vinyl chloride) Wide range of colors. Stiff, hard. Tough at room temperature. Can be used outdoors if suitably st...