Inspection & Quality

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At IMTS 2024, ANCA CNC Machines is celebrating its anniversary and showing new and upgraded technologies, including its new high-precision tool grinder, the MicroX ULTRA, and the next generation of integrated manufacturing technology, AIMS Connect.

Accumold will display examples of "impossibly small and intricate parts" that it has developed for medical device OEMs over its nearly 40-year history at the upcoming MD&M South event on booth 1911, June 4-6, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

ANCA, a global leader in CNC grinding machines and automated manufacturing technologies, celebrates its 50th anniversary, displaying its latest innovations at IMTS. As a mainstay in the precision tool industry, ANCA will showcase its commitment to excellence through new products, cutting-edge technologies and exciting business events, including its popular Tool of the Year and Female Machinist of the Year awards. The anniversary showcase addresses manufacturers' needs for highest quality and lowest cost tools, plus freeing operators from repetitive and non-value-add tasks to make room for progress and creativity.

The fourth edition of the biennial and Brazilian-based Feira Internacional de Máquinas e Equipmentos, or International Machinery and Equipment Exposition, took place May 7-11 at the São Paulo Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, which is billed as the largest exhibition center in Latin America at about 85,000 sq. m (914,932 sq. ft.).

Swedish startup PaperShell has developed a cellulose fiber composite that they refer to as "wood metal" and it can be formed into flat or complex-shaped components.

General Carbide Corporation, in partnership with Westmoreland County Forum for Workforce Development; held an exclusive student tour at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Digital boring tools offer ease of use, precision and speed but do these benefits offset the cost?

A Dormer Pramet pilot project for AI-based quality inspection has been successfully launched in the production unit in Šumperk, Czechia. The company said that the project has opened the door to achieving even higher quality in its Pramet inserts.

When implementing design improvements to the ALTERA C HA, particular attention was paid to upgrading the moving bridge. The spread of the air bearings supporting the main drive leg has been widened to increase the stiffness of the bridge assembly by 17 percent overall, which is particularly beneficial during high-speed movements. Advantages to the user are considerable, as measuring uncertainty when chasing tolerances down to microns is significantly better.