PC-DMIS 2009 is the latest version of the well known CAD-based metrology software. PC-DMIS 2009 is a family of software products covering a variety of metrology hardware platforms and solutions sold under the banner of Enterprise Metrology Solutions (EMS). PC-DMIS 2009 rolls out enhanced versions of PC-DMIS CMM and PC-DMIS Vision software, and also introduces new products such as PC-DMIS Planner and PC-DMIS Reporting Suite. A brand new software “Far from being simply an incremental release (…)

Rapid News Communications Group, the organiser of TCT Live and MM Live 2009, is delighted to announce the addition of a full day’s seminar program for Digital Dentistry technologies at this year’s events. Recent years have seen impressive advances in technology suitable for dentistry and more and more laboratories are recognizing the advantages of incorporating cutting-edge techniques into the manufacturing processes of custom devices, prosthetics and cranial facial surgery. Free (…)

Just a few months from the opening date, 1,250 companies have already formalised their attendance at EMO Milano 2009, the world exhibition dedicated to the world of metalworking scheduled 5-10 October at fieramilano. The show will provide a net area of about 100,000 square meters fully summarizing the international production systems. A world class show In any case, the internationality of the event - held in Milan every six years - is witnessed by impressive attendance of international (…)

At the next EMO in Mailand, Tornos will unveil in world première its new loading system on multispindle lathe, the "chucker" in version 2009. This solution allowing customers to work with sintered, casted and forged parts will open widely the spectrum of possible parts machined on a multispindle lathe. A growing trend In some cases, using the "chucker" solution is far more interesting to machine parts. The sharp increase in the price of materials means that ways to reduce scrap to a (…)

I went to visit Applications Ultrasons in Switzerland and I learned a lot about cleaning, ultrasonic, and about what clean can mean too! You’ll be able to discover a full article on a further issue of Eurotec but for now, let’s dig into cleanliness! What do you mean by cleanliness? Mr Pastore, CEO and Mr Margaroli, Sales and Logistic manager with Applications Ultrasons are sure of one thing, cleanliness means a lot for everyone. The only important point is to share the aim. Basically, we (…)

In high precision turning, depending on the machine’s equipment, tool positions may be lacking for performing end operations. This can be the case for both spindle and counter-spindle machining. Wide product range In its product range, the Swiss manufacturer Applitec proposes tool holders that provide an answer to this problem. François Champion, Sales Manager, tells us: " These tool holders are very simple and meet a very specific demand. But they go even further, providing other benefits (…)

Over 2’000 visitors from Germany and throughout Europe, including groups from Japan, Korea, Russia, Israel, China and Thailand, attended the traditional in-house exhibition of Hermle AG in Gosheim earlier this spring. First presentation The flexible RS 4 production system RS 4 combines an industrial robot, a pallet magazine and one or even two 5-axis machining centres in a single production system. The 1000-kg transport weight of the robot is very high and offers the pre-conditions for (…)

Renowned machine tools builder in the watchmaking field for 15 years, Witech launched this year a new range of machines dedicated to produce dental prosthesis. The manufacturer doesn’t let watchmaking aside insofar as a novelty for this field of activity will be launched this year. The company aims high and is looking for agents in Germany. Ambitious aims If today Witech produces approximately 40 to 50 machines per year, Mr Meunier, Head of sales, doesn’t hide his ambitions for the future. (…)

Commercial promotion work for the 26th BIEMH, International Machine-tool Biennial (Bilbao), has begun. Scheduled to take place on May 31- June 5 next year, the event and will be marked by its crucial timing in terms of the repercussions of the economic crunch for the commercial and technological development of capital goods manufacturers. Spain works for success As joint organisers of BIEMH 2010, the Spanish Association of Machine-tool Manufacturers and the Bilbao Exhibition Centre have (…)

New Website Helps People Decide Which Metal Cutting Method is Right for Them! Hypertherm, the specialist in plasma arc metal cutting technology, today announced a new website designed to help people understand the differences between plasma and oxyfuel cutting technology so they can decide which cutting method is right for them. Added value website The website found at www.plasmavsoxyfuel.com is available in several languages and contains a series of educational articles that cover the (…)