The company helped develop the standard.

UK-based Proto Labs has reported the release of an investment of £5 million for expansion plans.

A contract manufacturer from Franconia produces parts on his stamping line, which many others can only produce with a costly fine cutting method. The great know-how in both in-house die making and in-house tool making makes this possible. The medium-sized company uses standard parts from Meusburger for its dies.

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.

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.

Turkey – Mould base manufacturer Tekis said it will begin 5-axis machining by November with its new processing centre, which has travels of 2,200 x 2,400 x 800 mm, and a capacity of 8,000 kg.

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The Chinese die and mould industry will meet in June at Die & Mould China. The industry, which was once known for its cheap and low quality products, has come a long way and able to compete on a global scale.

SF Moldes, a mould manufacturer in Oliveira de Azeméis in northwestern Portugal, uses software from Tebis from start to finish, relying on programs from the point of job planning to actual manufacturing.

UK - Edgecam software is playing a pivotal role in assisting a precision engineering company become a growing contributor to the niche market of supplying mould tools to the UK’s rotational moulding industry.