Archive for February, 2009
CNC machine tools manufacturer DMG has appointed a new managing director
By admin at 26 February, 2009, 10:40 am
Richard Watkins, prior to his new post, was DNG’s key account manager for the organisation’s European aerospace initiatives, spending two years at the company as a precision engineering expert working on sales of over £75 million in areas such as power generation and medical.
CNC machine tools manufacturer DMG has appointed a new managing director in [...]
Cimatron Showcases New Versions of GibbsCAM and CimatronE at INTEC
By admin at 25 February, 2009, 10:02 am
GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, February 23, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — CIMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Cimatron Limited (Nasdaq: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for mold, device and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts, announced that it will showcase the newest versions of GibbsCAM (marketed [...]
Read More >>ProgeCAM CNC Milling Lathe Wire EDM for progeCAD IntelliCAD
By admin at 25 February, 2009, 10:01 am
The progeCAM manufacturing package including progeCAD 2009, Dolphin CNC PartMaster and the CADDIT module is priced at a combined discount of more than 10% and including the module program and support for free.
progeCAM CNC program for progeCAD 2009 has been released on CADDIT. progeCAM is an affordable CNC manufacturing package for progeCAD designers who would [...]
Boosting the productivity of a lathe operation by at least 50 percent is as
By admin at 24 February, 2009, 3:01 am
Boosting the productivity of a lathe operation by at least 50 percent is as
easy as adding a barfeeder. Such productivity gains stem from the fact that barfeeders provide a constant supply of raw part material to lathes, allow for unattended operation and lend support for machining at fast speeds.
Without barfeeders, a shop has to cut [...]
Safe Motion Seminar offers new insights into machine safety
By admin at 23 February, 2009, 6:14 am
Burlington, ON — To help industries meet the ongoing challenge of workplace safety & regulatory compliance, Bosch Rexroth Canada is offering a free Safe Motion Seminar on six occasions between February 18 & April 14, 2009. The seminar, taking place in locations across the country, will demonstrate how worker safety can be greatly enhanced with [...]
Read More >>CNC machine software PartMaker to exhibit
By admin at 20 February, 2009, 9:21 am
PartMaker has announced that it will be exhibiting its CADCAM software for CNC machine tools, lathes, turning centres and other items of precision engineering.
The company is to attend the Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS), the only event which focuses solely on production machining, to promote its self-titled software which has undergone several updates since it [...]
Swiss turning centers
By admin at 15 February, 2009, 3:59 am
In collaboration with Citizen Machinery Tech Center in Elmira, N.Y.
Hardinge Inc. has developed and now manufactures standard TF-25 OG overgrip collets for Cincom M20 and L20 lathes. Overgrip collets — also referred to as over-the-shoulder collets — are used on a pick-off spindle when it is required to clear a shoulder and grip on a [...]
Read More >>CNC Has Automated MQL Technology
By admin at 15 February, 2009, 3:55 am
ITW Rocol North America has combined SpiderCool and Accu- Lube
technologies to allow CNC machining center applications to aim the minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) nozzle at the cutting edge of multiple tools of varying lengths without operator intervention.
SpiderCool MQL systems atomize Accu-Lube lubricant within the SpiderCool nozzle assembly. Microdroplets of lubricant are then directed through an [...]
Amish Hackers
By admin at 14 February, 2009, 11:44 am
The Amish have the undeserved reputation of being luddites, of people
who refuse to employ new technology. It’s well known the strictest of
them don’t use electricity, or automobiles, but rather farm with manual
tools and ride in a horse and buggy. In any debate about the merits of
embracing new technology, the Amish stand out as offering an [...]
165 jobs Miller Electric cutting
By admin at 14 February, 2009, 4:54 am
Citing the struggling economy, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. announced Thursday it’s cutting 165 jobs, or about 12 percent of its work force of 1,400 in the Appleton area.
The company, which makes arc welding and plasma cutting equipment, blamed weak global economic conditions and a decline in demand for its products.
Miller is a subsidiary of Illinois [...]
New CNC machines announced at Rainham
By admin at 13 February, 2009, 10:21 am
Rainham Steel, an independent structural steel works in Scunthorpe, has installed two CNC machines for bandsawing as part of an expansion of its twin-line processing plant, it has been announced.
The organisation invested in precision engineering tools from Kaltenbach, selecting its KBS1301 to fit into its 100-metre long installation.
Due to the structural importance of the product [...]
Trace Software launches elecworks(TM), its brand new electrical CAD Product.
By admin at 7 February, 2009, 3:21 am
Trace Software launches elecworks(TM), its brand new electrical CAD Product. The Electrical Experience for SolidWorks.
Saint-Romain, France, January 27, 2009. Trace Software, for 20 years an innovator in CAD software development for the electrical engineering and the automation market, the maker of TraceParts, announces elecworks(TM) designed to cover the electrical and automation needs of [...]
Ward CNC all-new Takisawa Taiwan EX-322 at MACH
By admin at 1 February, 2009, 2:59 am
The Takisawa Taiwan EX-322 turning centre is the latest model in the comprehensive Takisawa Taiwan range, and it reinforces how the machines demonstrate ‘Japanese quality at Taiwanese prices’
The EX-322 – a three-axis version of the highly successful EX-122/H – boasts C axis and driven tools, and its outline specification includes a swing over the bed [...]
CNC 2-axis lathes offer versatility
By admin at 1 February, 2009, 2:56 am
CNC 2-axis turning machines, with prices starting at GBP 49,000, range from one with a 6in chuck to the largest with a 12in chuck and is also available with a driven tool turret.
Yamazaki Mazak UK will be showing the Quick Turn Nexus series of turning centres at the UK’s MACH 2008 machine tool exhibition.
the Quick [...]
CNC lathes customised for work requirements
By admin at 1 February, 2009, 2:55 am
Rigid and robust turning centres are available as 2-axis ‘turn-only’, multi-axis versions with driven tools and C-axis, or as a mill-turn centre with sub-spindle, radial tool turret and C-axis.
UK Monforts agent, Nuneaton-based Leader CNC, has introduced the Monforts RNC400 turning centre.
Not sold in the UK since 1999, the high specification range of Monforts machines is [...]
