In the opinion of Hurco Europe, one of the exhibitors at this year’s Southern Manufacturing & Electronics exhibition, held from 7th to 9th February 2023 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, the show certainly delivered in terms of visitor footfall and customer enquiries.

Following a recent partnership agreement, the full range of Mate Precision Technologies’ high precision zero-point fixturing is exclusively available in the UK from workholding and machining efficiency specialist, Leader Chuck International.

With the new rotary index table from LK Metrology, the speed with which someone can inspect a component using a portable, multi-axis measuring arm is increased by up to 40 percent. Instead of the part being static, the Freedom Index Table can be rotated to facilitate the inspection of all areas of a component.

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.

There are three major challenges that need to be mastered in 2023: securing supply chains, achieving climate neutrality and countering the shortage of skilled workers. Find out how these hurdles affect the product creation process and thus designers and developers, and which technologies support them in overcoming them.

With Kelch's modular concept, companies receive individual support in setting up and expanding their Smart Factory. The so-called Smart Factory Services are tailored to the needs of machining companies and consist of modules that can be combined individually.

Software manufacturer Cadenas announces to the next level of innovation with the new online platform 3Dfindit.com, where engineers can find billions of 3D CAD, CAE and BIM models within more than 5,000 relevant product catalogues. 3Dfindit.com is replacing Part-Community, the previous portal for CAD and BIM downloads.

Software developer Module Works announces the 2022.12 release of its digital manufacturing software components with new and enhanced features across the company’s entire CAD/CAM/CNC portfolio, including a new deburring preview, new cycles for rotary and turn milling, multi-regions for fused deposition modeling, and simulation and post processing for U-Axis turning operations.

The Hypermill CAD/CAM suite from Open Mind is a highly regarded end-to-end complete solution in the mould and die industry, as it also covers aspects such as electrode manufacturing and wire EDM. It is now the introduction of the function — 5-axis radial machining — to take center stage.

CAD/CAM expert Machine Works announced the availability of Polygonica 3.2, a substantial upgrade from previous versions. Polygonica is a component software library for working with polygon meshes that helps companies in a range of industrial markets solve complex 2D and 3D geometrical problems.