Germany — Creaform has joined the partner network of the German Association of Pattern and Mould Making (BVMF) on 1 January 2022. The company expects the membership to lead to an exchange with its members in order to establish the topic of certified and portable 3D scanning as an innovative tool for pattern and mould making.

UK — PTC and Schaeffler have announced a new alliance that will see the global automotive and industrial supplier standardise PTC solutions to deploy an integrated, end-to-end IT landscape.

The latest update of the Solidworks database from Hasco is an exclusive tool with around 100 further products and the entire range of K standard mould units.

At Mach 2022 in Birmingham, Lantek will be demonstrating how manufacturers can automate and control the whole of their business, by analysing their machinery and customer KPIs by digitising their factory.

According to Mastercam, Multiaxis machining can dramatically increase a shop’s competitiveness. Multiaxis is an add-on for Mastercam Mill 3D, Router 3D, Mill-Turn, and Mastercam for Solidworks.

What happens when three specialists go wild in their field of expertise can be seen on a workpiece for tool and mould making. A project developed for an online seminar demonstrates the know-how and the successful cooperation. The clamping specialist Schunk, the programming professionals from Open Mind and the tool experts from Horn were on board. New approaches met proven technologies.

With Mold Wizard, Siemens offers a special application for the support of mould design in the injection moulding sector. In order to improve the availability of standard parts, leading companies in the supply of mould components cooperated to further improve this tool.

Blackmore Precision Engineering has invested in some of the very latest advanced manufacturing equipment to produce complex tight tolerance components within demanding timescales. Helping the company achieve its promised delivery is Vericut CNC simulation and optimisation software.

Computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) software introduced by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides the digital tools needed to prepare 3D-printed components for manufacturing using powder bed fusion (PBF) technologies.

CAD/CAM innovator Cambrio announced the new release of Gibbs CAM 2022. The latest developments see further emphasis on end-user productivity in all areas of the product.