Medical & Healthcare

Products • September 18, 2019

Hexalobe Tools for Machining Medical Screws

A drill, a milling cutter, an ultimate machining strategy with perfectly tuned parameters; this is needed, when machining medical screws made from titanium or stainless steels. Mikron Tool developed a turnkey solution, which simultaneously does the machining of hex lobular bone screws (better known as Torx) 50% faster, guaranteeing also a high degree of precision of the profile and achieving nearly burr-free results.

Articles • September 12, 2019 • Kip Hanson

Prototyping picks up speed with metal 3D printing

Today's metal powder bed printers make it possible to produce prototype and low-volume production parts from various metals.

News • September 6, 2019

Metrology service provider expands with second LK Metrology CMM

Contract inspection and reverse engineering capacity has doubled in terms of throughput, while the size of the component that can be measured has increased more than five-fold at Laser Scanning Ltd., based in Chapeltown, U.K., near Sheffield. It follows the installation of a second, larger coordinate measuring machine built by LK Metrology Ltd. at its Castle Donington, England, factory.

Articles • September 5, 2019 • Alan Richter

Easing the grind

Having a tool and cutter grinder in a machine shop provides multiple advantages.

News • September 4, 2019

Open Mind Technologies celebrates 25 years of CAM software development

Open Mind Technologies AG announced it is celebrating its 25th company anniversary this year. Founded in 1994 and growing from just 20 employees to over 300 personnel located throughout the world in sales and service subsidiaries in 15 countries, Open Mind's hyperMILL software suite is a leading CAD/CAM solution.

News • August 28, 2019

LK Metrology celebrates first anniversary as independent company

At the Control 2019 exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany, British coordinate measuring machine (CMM) manufacturer LK Metrology celebrated its first year of trading as a stand-alone company again, following its purchase at the end of March 2018 from Nikon Metrology by Angelo Muscarella, owner of Italian firm ASF Metrology. The last time LK was independently owned was prior to its takeover by former holding group Metris at the beginning of 2006.

News • August 28, 2019

When precision touches flesh and blood

To put it bluntly, everyone is much happier when they do not need products from Eberle Medizintechnik. Well, not as such. On the other hand, they are extremely welcome when it comes to minimal invasive surgery and operations. However, then they must meet the highest standards with regards to functionality, quality and sterilisation. For many years, Arno Werkzeuge has been a reliable partner servicing the requirements of Eberle with high-quality tools and a tool management system. This ensures that precision remains second nature when it is a matter of flesh and blood.

News • August 27, 2019

Laser interferometer verifies a punch laser machine fast and accurately

When Trumpf saw API's XD Laser at a trade show, the manufacturer of machine tools, laser technology, electronics and medical technology immediately recognized that it could measure the three degrees of freedom (DoF) needed for production of its TruMatic 7000 punch laser machine in a single measurement process. A subsequent demo at Trumpf's factory in Ditzingen, Germany, however, revealed more benefits than Trumpf was anticipating.

Products • August 16, 2019

Deep Reality Viewer (DRV-Z1) Microscope

Vision Engineering launches its latest, innovative flagship product, Deep Reality Viewer (DRV-Z1) microscope.

News • August 15, 2019

Bihler of America Inc. expands

(Phillipsburg, NJ) Bihler of America, a provider of complex components manufacturing and machines, recently opened a new 103,000 square foot facility.

News • August 14, 2019

Kyocera Corp. acquires SouthernCarlson Inc.

Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto) today announced that it has concluded an agreement to acquire 100% ownership of SouthernCarlson, Inc. (CEO: Kenneth D. Sweder), a U.S. distributor of tools, fasteners, packaging and facility supplies, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

News • August 14, 2019

Maximizing spindle idle-time reduction

Eliminating unnecessary interruptions to production directly affects machining cycle times, costs to complete each part from start-to-finish and, by extension, the ability to bid competitively. Getting more hours a day out of your spindle is key to optimizing this equation.