New to the Atos 5 product line of measuring machines from industrial 3D coordinate metrology, 3D computed tomography and 3D testing specialist GOM is the Atos 5 for Airfoil.
852 exhibitors (2018: 632) made Messe Frankfurt the stage for the fields of application of additive manufacturing. The move to the modern exhibition halls 11 and 12 has thus proved its worth.
A toolmaker and injection moulder was tasked with developing a medical device; and then designing and machining a complex steel mould tool with around 30 components, to produce it.
At Formnext 2019, Fraunhofer IWS presented a shielding gas nozzle called “Coaxshield” and a light scanner for laser powder build-welding called “Lisec”.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is tackling the issue of 3D-printing large components economically by using a new process called Hybrid AM.
Cads Additive, developer of intuitive high-performance software solutions for industrial applications, has just announced a collaboration with Machine Works, working with the latter's Polygonica mesh manipulation.