Swedish VBN Components 3D prints wear-resistant alloys with the brand name Vibenite, which noticeably enhance the lifetime and performance of components. In 2018 the company won the ”Innovation of the Year” award in its county for “The World’s Hardest Steel” and clients can be found globally. Until now, VBN’s products have only been used in industrial applications, but now they have also come into royal use.

Digitisation efforts in metal cutting manufacturing tend to come from machine, control or software providers. This time, a tool manufacturer is presenting new approaches to process optimisation: Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme offers acoustic inline quality control and an associated cloud platform.

The supplier of standard parts, Strack Norma, will be showcasing its extensive range of innovative and standardised solutions for the mould and die industry at Moulding Expo in Stuttgart from 13-16 June 2023. Visitors to the trade fair can obtain advice on the new products and the range in Hall 1, Stand I56.

3D printed components were manufactured by CRP USA for the Portland State Aerospace Society’s Oresat0 Cube Sat, Oregon’s first satellite, deployed into low earth orbit in March 2021 and successfully operating since then. A turnstile antenna assembly, a star tracker camera lens and sensor assembly, and a battery assembly were all 3D printed out of Windform LX 3.0.

To simplify 3D CAD design for mould and die making customers, Meusburger offers standardised colour codes. Each colour represents a clearly defined tolerance, and work can be done directly from the 3D model.

One of the UK’s leading digital transformation specialists has added an important feature to its augmented reality solution Vuforia, which will support and simplify visual inspection on shop floors.

The inventor of the first ever handheld self-positioning 3D laser scanner, Creaform, announced the addition of the Handyscan Black-Elite Limited to the Handyscan 3D-Black series lineup. These upgraded 3D scanners deliver twelve microns accuracy, setting a new industry standard for handheld devices.

ALD Vacuum Technologies has developed a new plant design called E-Build for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (E-PBF) additive manufacturing. Learn how this technology addresses the limitations of conventional manufacturing methods by offering greater design freedom and efficiency in material processing.

In May 2023, the new Center for the Engineering of Smart Product Service Systems (Zess) was opened in Bochum, Germany. A new Lunovu rLMD system, which was recently put into operation, plays an important role there.

April has come to an end and it is time to finally summarise what the standard parts specialist Hasco has added to its portfolio in recent months.