CNC Software, Inc. and Sandvik Coromant have announced that they will be working together to integrate the Adveon Tool Library with Mastercam. Adveon will help Mastercam users to further improve machining productivity and security, and save time during machine set-up. By reducing the engineer’s input, both consistency and quality of data are improved. CNC Software’s Mastercam is the world’s most widely used CAD/CAM software, providing solutions from the simplest to the most complex design (…)

Vero Software is rolling out a new high speed 3D viewer which directly displays and evaluates 3D CAD files without the need for the original CAD application. PartXplore can open the native files of Edgecam, VISI and WorkNC, with further brands in the Vero portfolio expected to follow suit in 2016 R2. PartXplore has been created to efficiently import and analyse all file types and sizes at high speed. It often takes less than half the time to open a file compared to the original CAD (…)

BIG KAISER, a leader in premium high-precision tooling systems and solutions for the aerospace, automotive, energy, medical and watch-making industries, today announced its new Fullcut Mills. There are two versions: FCM for profiling and FCR for ramping. The FCR and FCM Fullcut Mills are indexable insert endmills that deliver excellent cutting performance for demanding milling applications. They are available in many types and for every machine spindle, and are particularly well-suited to (…)

At the Plastics & Rubber Vietnam, which takes place in Ho Chi Minh City from 1 to 3 March 2016, Arburg will present an efficient production solution based on a hybrid Allrounder from the high-performance Hidrive series, thus placing the focus on the packaging industry. The high-speed Allrounder 570 H in the “Packaging” version will demonstrate the cost-effective production of drinks bottle closures. "With a hybrid Allrounder 570 H in the “Packaging” version, we will be presenting an (…)

Many customers visited the UNITED GRINDING Group at the world’s largest machine tool trade fair. In parallel with the EXPO world exhibition the largest trade fair for machine tools, EMO, took place in October 2015 in Milan, Italy. Under the slogan "Let’s build the Future", 1600 compa-nies from 42 countries presented visitors with new and proven products from the world of metalworking. The UNITED GRINDING Group presented 15 machines on its exhibition stand, including three world (…)

The CECIMO General Assembly that took place in Brussels on 3 December 2015 confirmed: • The European machine tool production will record 23.3 billion euros in 2015, increasing by 2% from the year before; • The machine tool consumption in Europe will be growing 4% this year to 14.2 billion euros; • The conceptual framework of the Ecodesign Directive is unsuitable, not feasible and not desirable for complex industrial goods. • CECIMO will be the voice of additive manufacturing in Europe. (…)

In the recently published QS World University Rankings 2015/2016, five out of the top 10 universities are already customers of the 3D printer manufacturer Nanoscribe. Not only Harvard University, but also the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Oxford as well as Imperial College London are among the elite users of the high-precision systems for microfabrication. ETH Zurich, which has already purchased a second Nanoscribe system this year, succeeded in (…)

Following successful tests with high-strength alloys, Schuler is developing hot forming of aluminum sheet for serial production. As an alternative lightweight material, aluminum becomes increasingly attractive to the automotive industry due to its high strength at low specific weight. High-strength aluminum alloys offer great weight-saving potential for car bodies. The newly developed technology of hot forming of aluminum sheet enables the forming of complex part shapes. High-strength (…)

The Komet Group is continually working to further develop its range of tools, which will afford the user even greater gains in terms of productivity. The results of the latest efforts are a choice of two new centring points for the Komet Kub Centron Powerline core bit drill which, with its multiple cutting edges, enables high feed rates and, as a result, short production times. The points that have been available until now are standard carbide points, which can be used universally. (…)

The interest shown by Asian suppliers of grinding technology is growing visibly. More and more companies from China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan see the GrindTec as the perfect platform for the presentation of their products. And the amount of space they need for their stands is also growing. The large manufacturers from Germany, Italy and Switzerland also require more space for their stands, which are becoming more and more elaborate. At present the project management has received about 470 (…)