Since its inception in 1970, AW Precision has continuously grown and evolved. The Rugby-based company is undertaking a course of continuous investment, and this has seen the manufacturer recently purchase its second Chevalier Smart-B818 III surface grinding centre from Dugard.

Large copper components can now be processed on 3D printers from Trumpf as easily as common 3D printing materials such as stainless steel. The high-tech company has equipped its largest 3D printer, the Tru-Print 5000, with the green laser for the first time for this purpose.

Kurt Kern founded his company of the same name in 1962. Today, Kern Microtechnik, Eschenlohe, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-precision machining centres. But when and how did decisive developments come about and where is the company heading in the future? The majority owners and managing directors Simon Eickholt and Sebastian Guggenmos provide insights.

Additive Manufacturing company Desktop Metal has qualified the use of IN625 for the Studio System, a turnkey metal 3D printing platform that offers customers the easiest way to print high-performance metal parts in low volumes for pre-production and end-use applications.

At the AMB trade fair, German software manufacturer Schott Systeme will demonstrate the performance enhancements of version 3.10 of their Pictures by PC-CAD/CAM software.

At the Stuttgart Messe from the 13th to the 17th September, workholding experts Hainbuch will be returning to the AMB exhibition to demonstrate a host of new and established workholding technology. On Booth 1E10, the workholding specialists will be introducing their latest innovations.

The latests CAD/CAM solutions from Tebis are focusing on manufacturing speed and improved efficiency. The complete CAD/CAM provider sees these factors as critical for the future business success of the production machining and die and mould manufacturing industry.

Plymouth-based company Tooltech manufactures tooling for the aerospace and power generation sectors, producing injection moulds and all the fixturing that goes alongside that. In the past the company hat a lot of surface finish problems and there were a lot of collisions. This is why the Devon manufacturer opted for CAM software from Open Mind Technologies.

The core competence of RSD Polytec includes the machining of tools for lens systems. The company has recently been using new EPDBEH ball end mills for fine finishing. Now, only a single cutting tool is needed to mill even a large reflective surface with virtually no wear.

With the global launch of the new Addforce brand from Tungaloy, the cutting tool manufacturer has introduced its new Tungrec DX110 Series of PCD insert grades for unrivalled performance when machining aluminium alloy components.