Manufacturers of wire harnesses will soon be faced with new quality requirements. Find out how using digital twins can ensure vertical and horizontal traceability of products.

Germany – Doosan said it has used state-of-the art linear motor and direct drive technology for its FM 200/5AX Linear 5-axis machining centre.

Water Jet Sweden offers water-jet cutting systems for ultra-high precision in high-density materials.

Many manufacturing companies are expanding their product portfolios and service offerings in order to attract a broader customer base. This gives production companies greater independence from sectors such as the automotive or aerospace industries. Medical technology is an example of such market expansion, although it does present a wide range of challenges.

The third Deburring Expo, which took place early October, registered, among various positive notes, quality leads and valuable visitor discussions and enquiries for happy exhibitors, following on its success two years ago.

Polymer printing specialist Stratasys announced the continued expansion of the Grab CAD Software Partner Program with new partners Oqton and Riven. Oqton is a cloud-based manufacturing operating system company based in Ghent, Belgium; and Riven provides 3D reality intelligence for digital manufacturing, based in Berkeley, USA.

Germany — With quality products all around the machine tool, Haimer evolved from a small job shop to an innovative Global Player within 45 years. Thanks to continuous growth the family-owned company established itself as a leader for shrinking and balancing technology as well as for tool holding and as a leading supplier of presetting technology.

Keyence has further extended its portfolio of precision measurement technologies with a new, high-accuracy image dimension measurement system.

Germany — The new trade fair for grinding technology, Grindinghub, is set to premiere from 17 to 22 May in Stuttgart. The organisers, VDW and Messe Stuttgart, announced that more than 320 big-name exhibitors from 23 countries have signed up for the first event.

When automating machine tools, the focus is usually on loading and unloading workpieces. The increasing spectrum of variants, however, calls for flexible solutions from the building set in order to be able to adapt the automation quickly to the altered tasks.