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Prgramming progress
Machinery reviews CAM related investment and benefits at a satellite maker, a medical appliance maker and a vacuum moulding company |
24/04/2008
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Control patrol
One fact is certain about CNC and DRO systems: development continues apace. Machinery catches up with latest tweaks and innovations. |
06/03/2008
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MACH 2008 preview
MACH, the UK's bienniel manufacturing technology event, will be held at Birmingham's NEC from Monday 21 April through to Friday 25 April.
This is Machinery's first preview of the upcoming exhibition. |
13/02/2008
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Emerging strategy
CADCAM group Planit announced that it had returned to private ownership at the end of last year. Machinery reveals what has been happening since then. |
03/01/2008
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Informed engineering
Glasgow-based Castle Precision Engineering is run by a man who is part of an entrepreneurial family with an enviable record of success. IT is a crucial element. |
12/12/2007
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Have CAM, will machine
When Midland Aerospace of Nottingham invested in a 5-axis DMG machining centre in 2005, the company turned to Open Mind and its hyperMILL CADCAM software to support the new investment.
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23/10/2007
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Pushing the right buttons
Shopfloor programming remains popular and most CNC makers are continually improving in this area. |
23/08/2007
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CADCAM cornucopia
With several acquisitions and company developments over recent years, Delcam has a greater breadth of CAM applications with greater distribution and global presence associated benefits. At an event in Germany in June, Delcam set out to detail the company and latest developments ahead of the EMO exhibition in Hanover in September. |
04/08/2007
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5-axis success factors
Some 50 delegates attended Machinery’s 5-axis seminar last month at the Heritage Motor Centre. Machine tools, CNC, tooling, workholding, programming, program simulation and user experience, all formed part of the day, which took in nine presentations in total. |
24/07/2007
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Program, nest...quote
Well known by sheet metal and plate workers for its nesting software, Lantek is broadening its offerings to include manufacturing management software, with an emphasis on accurate quotations |
12/06/2007
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Energetic market
The renewable energy, power generation, oil and gas industries today offer considerable opportunity for UK manufacturers. The UK is blessed with an abundance of natural energy resources, including large, unexplored reserves of oil, gas and coal. Also, thanks to our long coastline and exposure to wind, wave and tidal power, the UK has Europe’s richest renewable energy resource. All of which makes oil and gas, power generation and renewable energy hugely important to the country’s economy – in 2002, it was estimated that 264,000 jobs (source DTI) in the UK depended directly or indirectly on the oil and gas industry alone.
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23/05/2007
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Clever New Controls
Latest developments in CNC and DRO get the once over from the Machinery team. |
19/04/2007
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Divide and conquer CAM system for Swiss autos
Delcam's PartMaker CAM software is focused on the programming of CNC sliding-head lathes. It has a distinctive approach, referred to in shorthand as one of 'divide and conquer'. |
11/04/2007
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Make it right; make it simple
Two ex-Renishaw employees have set up GS Productivity Solutions Ltd to drive up UK firms’ productivity and quality, and deliver a competitive edge. But ‘Make it simple’ is the mantra. |
29/11/2006
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The end of big CADCAM?
Each year, market analyst CIMdata publishes a review of the CAM market in its NC Software and Related Services Market Assessment. The 2005 report showed that, in the 10 years up to 2004, the three major suppliers of high-end, CAD-integrated CAM systems, Dassault, UGS and PTC, saw their combined market share fall from almost half of the total to less than one third. In contrast, many CAM-focused suppliers saw their market share increase, in particular Delcam, which is now firmly established as the world’s leading specialist supplier of NC software and services. |
06/10/2006
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You have data: use it
There is a host of data contained within a CNC control system that can provide important information on machine tool performance, the cutting process, and the part being machined. This data can be used for all sorts of production control and management information, says Seiki Systems, Brighton. |
04/10/2006
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The world of Planit
The UK now has a powerful design and manufacturing software player whose products are targeted at the SME - £40 million turnover Planit Holdings (see box item). For five years now, the company has been busy collecting small, typically owner-managed CAM companies. |
03/10/2006
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Knowledge-based CAM
Operations-based CAM; Process-based CAM; and Feature-based CAM. What are the differences and what does feature-based CAM in particular offer? |
30/08/2006
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Even better control
The very electronic heart of a machine tool, the CNC unit, is, perhaps, often taken for granted. But technology developments continue, while CNC suppliers see renewed interest in retrofitting in the UK market. |
26/08/2006
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A friendlier face
An EU research project aims to make increasingly complex CNC machinery more intelligent, easier to use and maintain, and so boost productivity. The project is nearing completion with an end date of June next year. |
12/08/2006
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Simulated benefits
Want to be sure your CNC program/machine/tool/fixture combination will run error-free and in an optimised fashion? Then you should simulate the process with a package like Vericut. Machinery explains. |
11/08/2006
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Getting the measure of it
Newall Measurement Systems is a low profile UK company with a global reach. It's technology marks it out from the crowd and new developments continue to do so. |
05/05/2006
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New strategies for speed
Delcam's PowerMILL 7.0 offers several major boosts to programming and machining efficiency. Machinery takes an in-depth look and explains all. |
05/05/2006
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A move towards end-users
Coinciding with a move to new premises in Northampton, GE Fanuc is putting renewed focus on end-user services, including retrifitting |
14/04/2006
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Modern mould machining
Newer techniques like high-speed and 5-axis machining can make
companies more competitive. At the same time, better machine tools, fitted with faster controllers, using the latest cutters and programmed with modern CAM systems, can perform much more reliably and consistently. Coupled with the ability to simulate toolpaths on the computer before they are sent to the machine tool, these advances allow high-confidence machining, and high-quality results can be virtually guaranteed with minimal need for machine supervision. |
31/03/2006
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