Plymouth-based company Tooltech manufactures tooling for the aerospace and power generation sectors, producing injection moulds and all the fixturing that goes alongside that. In the past the company hat a lot of surface finish problems and there were a lot of collisions. This is why the Devon manufacturer opted for CAM software from Open Mind Technologies.

The surface finish of moulds is crucial, because it has a major impact on the quality of the articles produced and on the lifetime of a tool. ECP is a unique method that ensures smooth surfaces. PMM Moldes from Portugal makes this technology available to other mould makers as well.

When it started offering ready-to-install 3D printed plastic and metal components to its customers, the job shop Klaus Stöcker metal processing initially utilized manual post processing methods. Because of the growing demand and stricter requirements of the post processing operation, the company purchased the automated systems S1 for de-powdering and M1 for the surface smoothing and homogenization from AM Solutions.

Brush deburring is one of the most flexible and sometimes most economical methods of mechanical deburring technology. It offers manufacturers and processors of metal and polymer semi-finished products and components the opportunity to remove burrs, round off edges and remove flakes.

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.

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.

Set up in 2012 to deliver precision tooling to companies in the north of England, Go Tools is a specialist manufacturer of precision diecast dies and injection mould tools for a multitude of industry sectors. The company has now invested in high-end machine tools from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG).

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.

Into its fifth year, Anca announced the winners of the Tool of the Year competition at the international trade show IMTS. For the first time, a Mexican company could win the prestigious award.

The focus of XJet's trade fair presence at Formnext 2022 is on demonstrating how manufacturers can achieve automated, environmentally-friendly and scalable additive production of high-definition metal and ceramic parts.