At this year’s IMTS Show, Verisurf Software is demonstrating a universal approach to measurement and inspection. The company’s software provides measurement and inspection workflows with inspection plans that can be created once and used across the manufacturing enterprise on any portable or fixed CMM.

Desktop Metal expands its global partnership with Solidcam to four new countries, expanding reach for Shop System and Studio System metal additive manufacturing printers. New demo sites are underway. The partnership will begin with a CNC + AM campaign at the upcoming IMTS in Chicago.

As the die & mould sector often involves one-offs and small series, standard tools are preferred here. In view of the almost infinite variety of geometry and design, users shy away from stocking a large and accordingly cost-intensive range of tool types. CAM programming is thus tasked with processing pending machining jobs using the stock of tools on hand. Compromises are often made at the expense of machine running times.

Industry 4.0 — a term that has fallen more often in recent years than most other. At leading trade fairs such as the Hannover Messe, the topic has been playing a central role for a long time. But what does industry 4.0 actually mean? We explain the concept.

At IMTS, Machine Works will be displaying the latest releases of the Machine Works SDK for CNC Simulation and Polygonica mesh modelling SDK for additive manufacturing.

Simulation systems of CNC functionalities by means of control models are widely used. When they reach their limits, simulations based on the real CNC core can provide help. But how are the required application data implemented in the simulation scenario?

At the AMB trade fair, German software manufacturer Schott Systeme will demonstrate the performance enhancements of version 3.10 of their Pictures by PC-CAD/CAM software.

Injection moulding tools with difficult demoulding techniques are a speciality of the Warburg/Germany based mould maker, FB Mold Design. They successfully tackle this demanding job with the help of standard mould components and hot runner technology from Hasco.

At one time or another, everyone has been shocked by how expensive 3D-printed components can be. Hopes were high that the 'new' technology would also halve the cost of the requested parts. Find out how the high prices come about and how you can reduce them.

Highest-level toolmaking, plastics technology and assembly from a single source — that’ s what Werkzeugbau und Kunststofftechnik Mayweg offers. The company has three locations, 250 employees and 33 million euros in sales, and a fully automated milling and electrical-discharge-machining cell from Exeron that helps meet even the highest customer requirements for precision, speed and economy.