Software & Digital Solutions

JETCAM announced new versions of its entire range of core applications, which also includes CrossTrack for Sheet Metal and new iOS/Android apps. The releases herald JETCAM's continuing move into total automation and Industry 4.0 support for the sheet metal and composite manufacturing sectors.

DataCAD Software & Services GmbH, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, a supplier of technical software solutions throughout Europe, has joined BobCAD-CAM Inc., Clearwater, Fla., as a value-added reseller.

Global Shop Solutions Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, is celebrating 20 years of technological innovations for enterprise resource planning software under the leadership of Chris Okamuro, vice president and chief technology officer.

OptoForce announced that it has completely rewritten its core software, resulting in new capabilities and automation tasks not previously available for Universal Robots industrial robots. The new developments also feature much greater speed for integration on many industrial robotic functions.

For all practical purposes, says Bob Warfield of CNCCookbook.com, manual machinists always use conventional milling and CNC machinists always use climb milling. "Most of us do one or the other, and seldom change," he observed, but is that right?"

MachineWorks Ltd. is offering solutions for solving difficult 3D scanning problems such as complex hole filling in a point cloud of the 3D object. 3D scanners often produce 3D models with missing regions or with holes. Polygonica polygonal modeling software engine's latest function addresses hole filling by recapturing the original geometry of the 3D data thanks to clever geometry manipulation.

The Nikon Laser Radar combined with Metrologic Group's software suite, Silma X4 i-Robot and Metrolog X4 i-Robot, provides a flexible and accurate 3D metrology solution, designed for shop floor coordinate measuring machine-quality measurements in short time cycles. This single, intuitive software suite controls both the Laser Radar and the robot, thus simplifying part measurement programming and inspection.

Machine maintenance goes soft(ware).The stakes are much higher today for machine maintenance. Shops must be more proactive, and aim to optimize every operational aspect of their CNC equipment.

Nearly 100 percent of the solid-carbide tool assortment is suitable for reconditioning, according to Sandvik Coromant Co. Once a solid-carbide tool has been reconditioned three times and is no longer a candidate for reconditioning, it can be recycled.

The Up! App quickly connects people who need machine tool service with trusted service providers, including OEMs, distributors and third-party companies.

Seco Tools AB, Fagersta, Sweden, and MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif., are partnering to provide Seco Tools product data in the cloud.

2018 marks the 35th anniversary of CNC Software Inc., Tolland, Conn., the developer of Mastercam CAD/CAM software.