Previewed at the MACH 2018 exhibition, developing XYZ Machine Tools' Robo-Tend vertical machining centre/lathe automation solution has, it is admitted, been a more challenging task than initially thought. Now available, ...

​For two days in July, Autodesk hosted a London-based edition of Autodesk University.It provided a push to its cloud-hosted design-to-production collaborative software, Fusion 360, which it also expanded; saw its cloud- ...

​Autodesk is a $2.6bn software business that has for a few years been talking about the convergence of design and manufacturing. Rather than separate processes, this sees the two as a single continuous effort. It takes ...

While there are many individual CADCAM brands on the market, behind them are often some of the same software components. Same too for CNC systems. Two companies, the UK’s MachineWorks and Germany’s ModuleWorks, are ...

Andrew Allcock details yet another additive manufacturing process, one that supports both metal and plastic 3D printing. It uses standard metal powder and plastic granules, using the same material for both prototypes ...

Bowman Additive, part of Bowman International, is adding value to the group’s core business of bearing design and supply, innovating via plastic additive manufacturing and replacing what is traditionally a pressed metal ...

”Seen anything interesting?” That’s the question, meaning ‘what’s the buzz here?’ that all journalists ask each other at any major exhibition, most recently at the biennial EMO manufacturing technology show, held last ...

​What started out as an effort focused on making NC programming completely automatic via novel software has turned into one that has highly cost-competitive precision prismatic machining as its end game. And the ...

Why can’t NC programming for subtractive metalcutting be as easy as it is for additive manufacturing? Basically, present a 3D file to a programming system and press ‘go’. Andrew Allcock visited a company that has ...

​Andrew Allcock attended the launch of Vision Engineering’s Deep Reality Viewer (DRV) technology, a world-first development that delivers an unmatched digital stereo viewing experience

​Steed Webzell explores the theme of voice-controlled machine tools after a notable breakthrough was showcased at the IMTS exhibition in Chicago last September

It is a widely held tenet that to succeed companies must principally have access to the very latest manufacturing technology, which often these days is complemented by its supplier’s process knowledge. The big welcome ...

Castle Precision Engineering won an £80 million Rolls-Royce order last year, its largest ever contract. But the company had to travel a hard road to before that, learning a critical lesson along the way – that it was ...

Andrew Allcock explains the Ceratizit Group’s four cutting tool brands’ places in the total offer that is now brought together under the umbrella of ‘Team Cutting Tools’. He also has news of the “biggest turning ...

I write this just as the Extinction Rebellion main event in London leading up to and after Easter weekend is winding down. The environment, specifically global warming, is hitting the news headlines. Much touted is the ...

Makino and Okuma agent NCMT officially picked up its Queen’s Award for International Trade awarded in April last year at a ceremony held at its Coventry headquarters in November. But ahead of that particular accolade, ...