They know it’s corny, but Terry Smith and his partner Steve Browning, owners of Hightown Engineering, like their company motto: “If spindles aren’t turning, we’re not earning." Smith says it keeps them focused every day on what’s most important. That is what they have done for 12 years now: kept spindles turning.

Missler Software and Haas Automation Europe have worked closely together on 5-axis machining.

Israel – Cimatron has released Cimatron E 12, the latest version of its integrated CAD/CAM software.

A trio of companies reports on the benefits of highly automated 3D computed tomography in component qualification and tool error correction for light metal and plastic injection moulding.

To produce moulds for glass, a Romanian company is relying on modern multi-sensor metrology. This laser scanner has cut project approval from two weeks to a day.

UK – Continental Barum, a leading tyre manufacturer based in the Czech Republic, stays ahead of the competition by meeting its promises to deliver. On the shop floor, the company counts on Vericut simulation software to avoid programming errors. By Simon Simmons.

CAD – US-based tool manufacturer Dapra has now partnered Machining-Cloud to offers its customers the company’s extensive range of indexable tools for milling – totaling 1,600 - on Machining-Cloud.

Brazil/France - Writing computer numerical control programs the old-fashioned way is a complex and time-consuming task. Now a firm of Brazilian toolmakers has switched to a standard programming language which uses macros that guide users’ choices.

The latest release of Visi from Vero Software, Visi 2018 R1, provides a wide variety of new and enhanced items of functionality for both CAD and CAM. The Mould Tool module is based on the Assembly-Ng technology.

A software package for EDM has helped a UK-based mould-making shop drastically cut the time required for electrode design and production, and the company could soon be using more products from the program’s supplier.