Software & Digital Solutions

Hexagon Metrology launched PC-DMIS 2014.1, a significant update of measurement software used for the collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data.

Weiler Corp, Cresco, Pa., a provider of power brushes, abrasives and maintenance products for surface conditioning, launched a multimillion-dollar initiative to improve customer service and enable future growth, according to the company. The investment includes a new brand identity, facility expansion, increased staffing, a revamped website and new training tools.

HEIDENHAIN announced the latest release of a PC-based metrology software solution for 2-D and 3-D measuring tasks on inspection machines.

Gibbs and Associates announced that it began including a no-cost license of VoluMill Wireframe for GibbsCAM with each new license of GibbsCAM Production Milling.

Metrology software offers unique benefits.

One of the functions of the cloud is to provide software programs to users without the hassle of actually installing it. Instead, a Web browser or small bit of software known as a client is used to share information with a group of computers or servers. These servers are housed in one of thousands of data centers around the world, facilities with security measures in place and tended by IT acolytes dedicated to the care and feeding of huge mainframes.

Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software enables process improvement.

Iscar Metals Inc. has introduced IQcloud, new software designed to streamline the front-end of cutting tool purchases by helping programmers condense the time it takes to get the cutting tool assembly into manufacturing technologies that they are using, whether that's CAD/CAM verification or tool management.

Widia, a Fort Mill, S.C.-based toolmaker, has launched its NOVO desktop and tablet application, which gives users on-demand delivery of cutting tool data and expertise for reduced product development and manufacturing lead times, according to the company. NOVO assists shop personnel in a number of intuitive ways. It can help define machining features and reduce the product set to those that can do the job, taking into account constraint requirements such as material, tolerance and machining sequence for both single tools and multi-tools.

Most manufacturers, especially those that maintain quality certifications, are required to document every process in their business. This time-consuming task reportedly just got easier with the release of Process Documentation and Training (PDT) by Global Shop Solutions.

With hyperMILL 2014, OPEN MIND Technologies AG is announcing a range of brand-new innovative features in addition to improvements to existing functions. One of these new features is the "Deformation" module in the CAD part of the software, hyperCAD-S.

A highly advanced micro-imaging software system that turns Olympus industrial microscopes into high-performance analysis tools, Olympus Stream allows users to seamlessly acquire, process, and measure images.