At Midest, I discovered an excellent book about how to design parts for moulding. This yellow book is part of the well-known "Something for Dummies" series and has been published in collaboration between the publisher and proto labs, the worldwide specialist for on-line injection moulding and parts machining. Meeting with Bernard Faure, proto labs’ commercial director for France. The concept of proto labs is to provide real parts within very short deadlines. By real parts we mean parts in (…)

Delcam has added new probing capabilities in the 2013 version of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software. The ability to incorporate probing sequences into CAM programs makes it easier to undertake unsupervised production operations by allowing automated checks to be carried out before, during and after machining. Probing sequences can now be included within CAM programs from FeatureCAM. Probing paths can be generated for five feature types: pockets, obstructed pockets and webs; inside (…)

It has been on the market for ten years and was presented in a new guise at AMB Stuttgart – the enhanced CT960 universal internal grinding machine from Studer. The all-rounder with four spindles for complex grinding tasks has received revolutionary innovations in the area of the B-axis and the grinding spindle turret – for even greater precision and speed. For every internal cylindrical grinding application Studer has the optimal machine – primarily for use in machine tools and toolmaking as (…)

NUM announces two new brushless servomotor ranges for CNC machinery applications which provide major savings by eliminating the need for a separate encoder cable. Machine builders can now use a single drive-to-motor cable for each motion axis, thereby reducing cabling, speeding installation/commissioning, and improving system performance. NUM estimates that for a typical high-end CNC machine installation involving 20 meters cable lengths, the new technology can reduce total motor cabling (…)

Next spring the Medical Cluster, RMS Foundation and inspire will organise the conference [MEET THE EXPERT] Implants. This event will take place on April 22-23, 2013 at the Congress Centre Kursaal Interlaken. The goal of the conference is to offer a platform for discussion and knowledge transfer between individuals active in the implant field. In addition to keynote lectures, short presentations (15 min.) of current projects from select companies will be given and discussed. To ensure a (…)

Turning Days™ offers turned parts manufacturers an information platform for all turned parts needs. From the exhibiting machine manufacturer and tool and material distributor through to recycling, a trade fair, together with its accompanying workshops, has emerged that is precisely aligned with the target group of the branch. Make turning double sure In addition to the trade fair in Villingen-Schwenningen Turning Days™ will be launched in 2013 at a second venue in Dortmund. Turning Days (…)

At the start of 2010 Tornos launched the EvoDeco 16 machine. This turning machine, designed to replace the famous Deco 13a, with its four independent tool systems, has slotted seamlessly into the technical parts market. In early 2013, the manufacturer will deliver the first of these machines equipped with a B axis. To find out more, we met with Philippe Charles, product manager for Tornos. Perfectly integrated into the secondary operation process, this tool system, equipped with 3 powered (…)

Production engineering solutions required by many leading Swiss watch-makers are installed in their CNC machines when they buy them. Bumotec, based in the tiny Swiss village of Sâles just a few miles from the Prealp mountains, pride themselves on not simply producing standard machines. Almost every one they supply has been trialled by manufacturing the customer’s parts on it, and comes complete with the Alphacam CNC programs for those parts. All Bumotec machines are adapted to provide (…)

Ehn & Land is one of the most successful sales organisation in Scandinavia in the field of microtechnology and high precision machining. Since 2012 the CEO, Ulf Karaker, wanted to broaden his horizon and has successfully created a new sister company, Ehn & Land Asia Pacific (and another one in 2006: Ehn & Land international based in Switzerland). The 1950’s family owned company has built its success on their motto: “Our customers’ success is our success”. Mr. Karaker says: “We (…)

Free from Sandvik Coromant, the new Drilling App for iPhones is designed to offer a quick and easy way for machine shops to calculate cycle times and costs for all drilling and tapping operations. Available now for iPhones from App Store With efficiency more important than ever in fast moving machine shop environments, there is now a virtually instant method of discovering how long drilling cycles will take, and how much they will cost. Of benefit to engineers, programmers and machinists (…)