30-taper vertical machining centre (VMC) manufacturer Brother, Japan, has introduced a new 5-axis model with a swivelling rotary table, the Speedio U500Xd1. Despite having a nominal footprint of just 1.5 x 2 metres, it is capable of multi-face machining of components up to 500 mm diameter by 270 mm high and weighing up to 100 kg.

In the opinion of Hurco Europe, one of the exhibitors at this year’s Southern Manufacturing & Electronics exhibition, held from 7th to 9th February 2023 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, the show certainly delivered in terms of visitor footfall and customer enquiries.

Holistic digitalisation is only possible if the administration (top floor) is connected to manufacturing (shop floor). We show how the individual systems are connected both horizontally and vertically by means of IIoT and interoperability.

Instead of having to inspect large components in two steps, GT Tooling invested in a portable arm with a reach of two metres. The Freedom arm from LK Metrology provides accurate results when the company is measuring dimensions to general drawing tolerances of ± 0.1 mm and accelerates the inspection process at the same time.

The developer of Vericut verification, simulation and optimisation software, CG Tech, has expanded its team of sales professionals in response to growing customer demand.

Founded almost 40 years ago, Travelling Wire was a business that needed updating, until Richard Weller bought the company just over six years ago. The change of ownership has brought a completely new lease of life to the company, and it has invested heavily — especially in Mitsubishi spark and wire EDM machines.

There are three major challenges that need to be mastered in 2023: securing supply chains, achieving climate neutrality and countering the shortage of skilled workers. Find out how these hurdles affect the product creation process and thus designers and developers, and which technologies support them in overcoming them.

Software developer Module Works announces the 2022.12 release of its digital manufacturing software components with new and enhanced features across the company’s entire CAD/CAM/CNC portfolio, including a new deburring preview, new cycles for rotary and turn milling, multi-regions for fused deposition modeling, and simulation and post processing for U-Axis turning operations.

At an official ceremony in November 2022, Mitsubishi Electric celebrated the expansion of its European Service Centre in Ratingen, Germany. The reason for the expansion was the integration of service for Mitsubishi Electric robots into the Mitsubishi Electric CNC service organisation.

Tooling manufacturer Horn highlights one of its customers that is saving costs by not only turning a drive shaft on a multi-tasking CNC lathe but also milling a spline in the same set-up, an operation that was previously subcontracted out.