Germany –Skantek is the main supplier for coolant nozzles for CNC machines to large tooling distribution groups and CNC machines manufacturers in Germany.

US /Europe – US-based CNC machine tool manufacturer, Haas Automation, will use the upcoming AMB 2016 exhibition in Stuttgart to present an ‘advance sight’ of a new Y-axis CNC turning centre, as well as a prototype of a newly developed compact mill for micro-machining, and two new CNC rotary tables.

DPS Software, IT system house with focus on digital solutions for the manufacturing industry, presents itself at the Intec 2019 with three main topics: Design solutions with Solidworks CAD and production-related solutions in CAD, manufacturing software CAM using SolidCAM as well as the simulation of factories and manufacturing plants with Visual Components.

At the Automatica show in Munich, the software and equipment manufacturers worked together to show the feasibility of robot machining with the production of a wooden miniature Kuka-robot model at the Fraunhofer IPA booth and a bicycle component at the Robotmaster booth.

The RigiMill high-speed machining centre from Swedish manufacturer Modig holds the world record for high-speed milling. The Y and Z axes of the RigiMill feature twin drives with cooled HMD ball screws from NSK. Axial bearings and roller guide-ways for the axes are also supplied by NSK.

CNC Software, Inc., producers of Mastercam CAD/CAM software, announces a 3-axis and 4-axis milling post processor that will unleash the highest productivity on Sinumerik-controlled machine tools.

Hard times for foundries: The boom of 3D metal printing is threatening their market shares for metal-cast components. They need to modernise their production processes.

Die-sinking systems from ONA serve for modification and repair of very large moulds and for fine-sparking of high-precision small moulds.

The focus on detail and consistency is what led Rudd Macnamara to Keyence systems. Detailed here is how the investment helped their business.

How do computer-aided modelling and computer-aided manufacturing work? Here's what people should know about the basics.