Software & Digital Solutions

Products • September 1, 2014

Costimator Cost Estimating Software

MTI Systems announced that three U.S. fabrication shops have chosen to implement its Costimator cost estimating software to help them increase their speed, accuracy, and consistency during their critical sales and quoting processes.

Products • September 1, 2014

NOVOsphere Cloud-Enabled Digital Tooling Data

Kennametal's NOVO digital process planning application has continued growing by supplying complete tool data (milling, turning, holemaking, tools, toolholders, spare parts, speeds and feeds, and much more) digitally, saving process planners, parts estimators, and manufacturing engineers hours of catalog lookups and process guesswork.

Products • September 1, 2014

DataPage+ 5.0 Statistical Process Control Software

Hexagon Metrology announced a new release of DataPage+ 5.0, statistical process control (SPC) software for quality assurance professionals.

Products • September 1, 2014

MANUALplus 620 Control

HEIDENHAIN has released the newest software and hardware for its contouring control for CNCs and cycle lathes, the MANUALplus 620.

Products • September 1, 2014

FlowXpert 2015 Software Suite

Flow International Corp. announced an upgrade to the FlowXpert Software Suite, FlowXpert 2015.

News • August 27, 2014

Record-setting coin mosaic supports manufacturing

On Sept. 10, the Guinness World Record for the "World's Largest Coin Mosaic" was broken during the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago. In an effort to raise awareness of the role the manufacturing industry plays in the U.S. economy and the opportunities it presents for the next generation of workers, the mosaic incorporated more than $65,000 worth of coins to represent the amount of money manufacturing contributes to the U.S. economy each second.

Articles • August 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Connecting the dots

A system to share real-time data between a lathe's CNC and bar feeder.

Articles • August 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Making the invisible visible

A tool inventory management system shows who's using what and for what purpose.

Articles • August 1, 2014 • Frank Burke

Machine monitoring morphs

Advances in software, sensors and connectivity create more choices and greater accessibility for machine monitoring.

Products • August 1, 2014

SAPHIR QD Measurement and Analysis Software

Dr. Heinrich Schneider Messtechnik presents its new measurement and analysis software SAPHIR QD and a new series of projectors.

Videos • July 21, 2014

Robotics and the Ethernet

A Rockwell Automation representative talks about the Ethernet trend based on open standards and how its potential application for many industries. The video captures a robot arm sorting and aligning pucks. Driving the automation are Stratix switches, which were jointly developed by Cisco and Rockwell Automation.

News • July 21, 2014

Hexagon acquires Vero Software

Hexagon AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has acquired CAD/CAM software provider Vero Software, Cheltenham, England. Brands in Vero Software's portfolio include Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, Edgecam, Radan, SURFCAM, VISI, and WorkNC. The company has offices in the U.K., Germany, Italy, France, Japan, U.S., Brazil, Netherlands, China, Korea, Spain and India supplying products to more than 45 countries through its wholly-owned subsidiaries and reseller network.