Medical & Healthcare

In an effort to advance palletizing applications that do not require the traditional SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) system's 4-axis design, WEISS has designed an economically advanced 3-axis design solution.

Miyachi America Corp. announces it's new LMWS Laser Marking Workstation, specifically designed for benchtop operation.

Tiny medical parts, mass-produced automotive components and multiple-ton power generation parts share a common activity: inspection. Generally, inspection is seen as a nonvalue-added activity and most companies encourage the reduction of inspection time. However, because verifying that parts are made correctly is critical to maintaining profitability, inspection will never go away.

New metamaterials that 'bend' acoustic and elastic waves.

There comes a time when some chipmaking shops add wire EDMing to their repertoire. This is often done to reduce costs, because bringing what were once subcontracted, secondary EDMing operations in-house often makes good financial and logistical sense.

Software for high-efficiency roughing makes moldmaking faster, more efficient.

With the new UR3 robot, Universal Robots brings the collaborative benefits of a user-friendly robot to the table.

DP Technology Corp. announces the release its ESPRIT 2015 CAM software.

Accurately machine EDM electrodes used to produce micromolds for medical parts. A high-speed, high-precision, 3-axis micro milling machine.

I strive to start each year on a positive note, but 2015 sure hasn't taken long to throw us our first challenging management scenario. It requires immediate oversight of rapidly changing economic conditions.

I don't like bringing this up, but two key metalworking markets -- defense and energy -- are in a bit of trouble.