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The global supplier of industrial-grade optical instrumentation and precision micro finishing tools Titan Tool Supply, has announced the introduction of its Model TC-II Cathetometer.

Technology company HCL announces the addition of barrel tool support in CAM Works Version 2022. CAM Works now supports standard, conical tangent, tapered, lens and advanced user-defined barrel tools utilized in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machining operations.

Supply chain management is the integrated process-oriented planning and control of the flow of goods, information and money across the entire value and supply chain from the customer to the raw material supplier.

Once again in 2023, the trade fair year will start for Arburg with the Swiss Plastics Expo in Lucerne, Switzerland. From 17 to 19 January 2023, Arburg will be at stand C1061, hall 1, in both physical and digital. The main topics at the stand will be sustainability and digitalisation.

Software company Lantek announces the appointment of Adam Ball to develop the sales of its manufacturing solutions within the UK. He has over 20 years of experience in sheet metal machinery, including laser cutting, waterjet and bending machines, gained in senior roles in service, applications and sales.

More than half of UK manufacturers have been significantly impacted when it comes to recruitment in the last year according to a new report. The 2022 Manufacturing Agility Assessment, which was launched on day one of Smart Factory Expo in Liverpool, painted a worrying picture of labour shortages and supply chain disruption, with 69 percent citing issues with sourcing material and components.

Orders for German machine tool manufacturers have held up well so far, despite all the adverse factors. Although the growth is clearly slowing, both September and the third quarter as a whole were positive, says Dr. Wilfried Schäfer, Executive Director of the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW).

As the UK’s leading plastics exhibition and conference turns 75 in 2023, Rapid News Group, the organiser of the event, opens nominations for the Interplas 75 @ 75 — the most influential figures in the UK plastics industry during the 75-year history of the event.

International manufacturers of production technology will be presenting smart technologies for the entire value chain at EMO Hannover 2023 from 18 to 23 September 2023. The organiser now published a preliminary exhibitor list, and is satisfied with the results.

The UK’s first ever Precision Tooling Academy has been launched thanks to a partnership between In-Comm Training and Brandauer. Over one million pounds have been invested by the two strategic partners to create a commercial toolroom in the training provider’s facility in Aldridge, UK.

On Saturday 15th October, BI-MU, the biennial exhibition of machine tools, robotics, automation, digital and additive manufacturing closed its 33rd edition. Ucimu-Sistemi Per Produrre, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, and the organiser Efim report high visitor numbers and satisfied exhibitors.

Whether standard moulds, sliding core moulds, change moulds or micro moulds — Meusburger offers a comprehensive range of products. All mould bases are available from stock.

The manufacturer of plastic products Röchling Medical uses Servomold servo motor controlled unscrewing units in 8- and 16-cavity injection moulds for pharmaceutical closure caps. The patented design of the unscrewing system ensures long service lives, minimises wear, and thus gurantees high reliability and efficiency.

The new pillar with centre collar SN4331 from Strack Norma, which is used in modular tool making, was specially developed for high-speed presses to increase tool life.

With the BM, Cumsa is offering a date stamp base that allows to have engraved removable inserts, the PM, displayed on, as a single part.

To industrialise the AM technology Digital Light Processing (DLP) from single machines to factory solutions, Siemens and Genera joined forces. Siemens’ portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services will further propel the partner’s fully automated clean DLP technology.

For four days, Formnext 2022 turned host city Frankfurt into the global capital of industrial 3D printing. And this year’s exhibition was very much in tune with the times.

The manufacturer of large-scale 3D printing systems Massivit 3D Printing Technologies unveiled the new Massivit 10000-G and its flagship Massivit 10000 to the global additive manufacturing market at the recent Formnext exhibition.

The core element of additive manufacturing has always been the 3D printer. However, with so much focus being put on 3D printers, it can be easy to lose sight of the many other important sectors that make 3D printing, especially industrial additive manufacturing, possible.

Software company, Solid CAM UK, announced the arrival of its new CV5-500, from Machine Tool Partner Yamazaki Mazak UK, at its Technology Centre based in Barnsley. The high-accuracy Machining Centre is said to be an invaluable addition to the centre, in demonstrating the power of Simultaneous 5-Axis Technology.

Introducing one nanometre axis resolution, Anca’s new MX7 Ultra mach can maintain a performance of less than +/- 0.002 mm line form accuracy of any profile which includes ballnose and corner radius endmills.

In its quarterly release for Q3 2022, machine engineering company DMG Mori is reporting strong figures. In a difficult market environment order intake in the 3rd quarter was at 664.9 million euros only slightly below the record level of the previous year. As of 30 September 2022, the company achieved a new all-time high in order intake.

High-tech company Trumpf presented it figures for the fiscal year 2021/22: Sales revenue increases by 20.5 percent to 4.2 billion euros, order intake rose by 42.1 percent to 5.6 billion euros. Despite the overall economic situation, the number of employees worldwide increased by nearly 2,000 to 16,554.

Software manufacturer Cadenas announces to the next level of innovation with the new online platform 3Dfindit.com, where engineers can find billions of 3D CAD, CAE and BIM models within more than 5,000 relevant product catalogues. 3Dfindit.com is replacing Part-Community, the previous portal for CAD and BIM downloads.

The Hypermill CAD/CAM suite from Open Mind is a highly regarded end-to-end complete solution in the mould and die industry, as it also covers aspects such as electrode manufacturing and wire EDM. It is now the introduction of the function — 5-axis radial machining — to take center stage.

Software company, Solid CAM UK, announced the arrival of its new CV5-500, from Machine Tool Partner Yamazaki Mazak UK, at its Technology Centre based in Barnsley. The high-accuracy Machining Centre is said to be an invaluable addition to the centre, in demonstrating the power of Simultaneous 5-Axis Technology.

Technology company HCL announces the addition of barrel tool support in CAM Works Version 2022. CAM Works now supports standard, conical tangent, tapered, lens and advanced user-defined barrel tools utilized in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machining operations.

With the introduction of a Mould Tag on technically demanding products, Hasco offers its customers an intelligent digital solution that represents significant added value for selected mould units.

Oerlikon HRS Flow has developed special hot runner solutions for PCR compounds. Their application possibilities are demonstrated by two examples realised in practice — a fruit crate and a garbage can for composting organic household waste.

Hot runner specialist Günther has developed an app for its new smart control technology. The app ensures intuitive operation of temperature control units for hot runners and helps increase resource efficiency in injection moulding operations.

At Gulfood Manufacturing 2022 in Dubai, Husky showcased its latest technologies, solutions and services engineered to enable regional food and beverage packaging producers to achieve world-class levels of growth, sustainability, flexibility, differentiation, and stability.

NSK has developed a new type of ball screw that exhibits reduced motion errors to deliver higher surface finish quality for machine tools used in mould and die machining and other surface-critical applications. By eliminating or reducing the time needed for secondary burnishing or polishing applications, the new ball screw also contributes to higher productivity, while simultaneously reducing the amount of drive torque to save energy.

With the new HU3, HU5 and HU7 geometries, Walter is completing its range of indexable turning inserts for heavy-duty roughing operations. The ‘H’ designation is for the negative, single-sided and therefore highly stable inserts, standing for ‘Heavy (Roughing)’, while the ‘U’ refers to their universal use. Each of the three new geometries has specific features making them suitable for different applications.

Bloom in Box is a family-run toolmaker serving the needs of different industries. All product lines are produced from recycled materials and are manufactured in-house at the Lancashire, UK, facility with support from Tamworth cutting tool manufacturer Industrial Tooling Corporation.

Tooling manufacturer Horn highlights one of its customers that is saving costs by not only turning a drive shaft on a multi-tasking CNC lathe but also milling a spline in the same set-up, an operation that was previously subcontracted out.