Automated machining takes a step forward with Module Works’ latest software release, which adds geometry-based toolpath optimisation, physics-based feed control and GPU-accelerated simulation. The update also expands shopfloor programming and standardised data exchange to improve efficiency and connectivity across manufacturing workflows.

Ency Software has released version 2.8 of Ency, its CAD/CAM system, and Ency Robot. This release brings faster toolpath calculation, more flexible background verification, improved simulation behavior, and a set of practical usability and stability updates.

At Mach 2026, Solidcam UK showed how integrated CAM is expanding beyond programming efficiency alone. With advances in 5-axis machining, sliding-head applications, I-Machining, paperless production workflows and intelligent programming support, the company focused on helping manufacturers increase productivity, reduce complexity and strengthen process reliability across the shopfloor.

Machining transparency and workflow stability are the focus of Ency Software’s version 2.9 update for Ency and Ency Robot. The release adds new operation statistics, expanded machining report options and updated license administration, while also improving usability for multi-axis, lathe and cladding operations and resolving more than 180 issues across simulation, toolpath calculation, data import and reporting.

GPU-based simulation allows users to review large machining jobs more quickly. Solidcam 2026 integrates Machine Works GPU to generate in-process stock models in seconds, helping programmers check selected stages before running a full simulation.

Combining hard turning with internal and external grinding in a single setup can shorten machining times and eliminate reclamping errors. Emag’s VL 100 GT applies this approach to hardened components up to 100 mm in diameter, with integrated loading and in-process measurement.

CAD/CAM specialist Ency Software is now part of Factory of the Future, a cross-industry initiative in the Netherlands that brings together technology companies across the manufacturing chain and demonstrates how existing production can be transformed into a connected digital system.

Bringing production and technical support together could help plastics processors secure faster service and reduce downtime. Mold-Masters has consolidated three Indian locations into a new 12,350 m² facility in Coimbatore, expanding hot runner manufacturing, global engineering support and regional aftermarket services.

Berg Spanntechnik is optimizing its production operations with Haimer’s Microset VIO linear tool presetter. The system delivers precise measurement results and enables a continuous flow of data.

At HIN Feinmechanik, precision does not end at the machine table. Faced with growing demands on accuracy, process reliability and programming speed, the company shifted control upstream into CAM preparation — reducing collisions, manual rework and scrap before cutting even begins.