Software & Digital Solutions

For a guy like me who remembers when a landline telephone was the only way for an individual to share information immediately over long distances, today's world of infinite connectedness still has an otherworldly, "Alice in Wonderland" feel to it.

Using simulation software to optimize multiple-axis machining.

GF Machining Solutions unveils the Transformer automation cell at IMTS 2014.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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