Ward CNC's Applications Engineer Andrew Davis being trained on the TT1100GC by Mr. Ota from Takisawa Japan. (Ward CNC)
Machining

Automation ready turning centres

Now available from stock from TW Ward CNC Machinery is the Takisawa TT1100GC twin-spindle turning centre and the single-spindle TCC1100GA. The Takisawa TT1100GC is a gantry loaded machine that has been designed to take productivity, precision and performance to a new level while the flexible TCC1100GA features a very small footprint.

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Umati (universal machine technology interface) is a community of the machine building industries and their customers for the promotion and adoption of open, standardized interfaces based on OPC UA. (Public Domain)
Industry 4.0

Common language protocol connects machines and people

Germany — The trade fair business has been hit hard during the past months. For more than a year most of us were obliged to stay at home, organize work from our home offices and stop travelling around the world for business trips. What could be more compelling in these times than a Global Production Language to connect not only machinery but people as well?

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