Alden Tool Co. expands its presence in medical tools via precision grinding.
Laser scanners and structured white light scanners for metrology are advancing at the same time that customer are demanding major improvements. As a result, scanning technologies are making rapid progress.
New features mean more choices in cutting with inserts
On paper, it should have been smooth sailing. When Fairbanks Morse installed a robotic welding cell at its Beloit, Wis. headquarters, the goal was to increase output of the massive marine propulsion systems they manufacture.
The new GOM ScanCobot is advertised as an affordable mobile measuring station that combines a fully automated collaborative robot with ATOS blue light 3D scanners for accurate and repeatable measurement results of small to medium-sized parts.
Some trends in machining remain constant. Machine speeds continue to increase. Difficult-to-cut materials are used more frequently.
Mitutoyo Corp. and Kitov Systems Ltd. have signed a partnership agreement that will enable Mitutoyo to integrate Kitov’s technologies across its metrology solutions.
A team including two generations of one manufacturing family, and their blockchain-enabled mobile 3D printing lab, won a Gold Medal in a recent military advanced manufacturing competition.
SMW Autoblok has introduced the TX Series 3-jaw pull-down chucks featuring repeatability of up to 4 µm (0.00015”) and precise, self-centering accuracy for heavy duty metal cutting applications.
Siemens Digital Industries Software and EOS North America announced said they expanded a partnership aimed at increasing the adoption of industrial 3D printing.