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.

For a UK producer of carbon-fibre reinforced parts, adding CAD/CAM programs and a 5-axis machining unit has helped drive profits, reduced production time and expanded the business into even more sectors.

Germany – Using a Stratasys Fortus 3D Production System, France-based Volvo Trucks has reduced turnaround times of certain assembly line manufacturing tools from 36 days to two days while reducing tooling costs.

UK - Renishaw's Head of Communications Chris Pockett puts it in a nutshell: "We are always restless, always investing in the future." The precision engineering company has been experiencing serious growth over the last few years and on 21 July revealed some of its innovative products which will make their European trade show debut at EMO 2015 in Milan.

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