Although Formnext is fully online this year, it still aims be the leading international marketplace for innovations in additive manufacturing and intelligent production.
In injection moulding, many sensors are not only installed in the machine to keep the process under control. The tools and moulds also score with high-tech. In China, German technology is now ensuring micrometer precision.
According to a study, a mould making company spends an average of 600 hours per year on machine setup. This time can be significantly reduced by using a zero clamping system.
GOM announces the new software solution GOM Volume Inspect offering volume visualisation and inspection features for analysing volume data collected from any available computed tomography system.
The new Metrascan-R Black robot mounted scanner, additional models of the Cube-R 3D scanning CMM and the new digital twin environment software will resolve many manufacturers’ CMM productivity issues
Demand for rotary dies from protective facemask manufacturers “skyrocketed” following a mask shortage in Korea, as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to spread.