Software & Digital Solutions

Minimum quantity lubricationimproves productivity and tool life.

Machinists find Haimer tool lasts longer, produces more.

Get with the Program: Manufacturer turns to Vericut in hopes of avoiding "one big crash"

Machine Technology: Association strives to facilitate the transmission of machine- and production-related data both within companies and to the cloud.

Mitutoyo America Corp. announces the release of MeasurLink 9, the latest version of Mitutoyo's real-time statistical process control and data collection software.

Go from "solid to part" seamlessly. Eliminate extra steps. The newest control feature for both three and five axis machines from Hurco is the skills gap buster shops need.

ETQ announced the availability of ETQ Reliance 2019, a significant enhancement to the company's flagship offering. The latest release of ETQ Reliance 2019 includes an entirely new user interface (UI) and several enhancements that improve personalization and collaboration. The company has also packaged ETQ Reliance 2019 to make it easier and more cost-effective for customers to select from a range of bundled QMS solutions that closely match their unique quality processes and workflows.

Tooling searches should never be a time-consuming factor on any project. MachiningCloud offers a single source for instant and up-to-date tooling information from today's most popular brands.n

To model the kinematics of transmissions with power splits, which are being used in industrial applications with growing frequency, is now significantly easier using a system function in KISSsys (module SYS). The only data required is the amount of the power split: how much power is to be transferred through the different paths. The software automatically calculates the torque for every direction of the power flow.

It is time to put smarter manufacturing into production. An increase in the data and sensors available to the manufacturing industry has made it much easier to gather data on manufacturing efficiency through the internet of things. However, IoT systems tend to look at sensors at an individual level, which limits the ability to forecast anomalies across a manufacturing operation, as each sensor can measure only a specific part of the operation. To address this issue, a team of researchers has created a framework for system-level anomaly prediction in manufacturing.

The big technology platforms get all the attention these days. But the biggest tech news of 2019 may turn out to be the rise of manufacturing platforms: companies that rewrite the rules of production and product development and in the process create opportunities for local manufacturing.

A trend in manufacturing is toward tailor-made products in smaller lots with shorter delivery times. This change may lead to frequent production modifications resulting in increased machine downtime, higher production costs, product waste and the need to rework faulty products. To satisfy the customer demand behind this trend, manufacturers must move quickly to new production models. Quality assurance is the key area that information technology must support.