‘Quality Control’

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Start with the news release Modelmaker expands 3D printing with Objet Alaris30 from Objet Geometries, which we summarised at the time by saying "Crawley Creatures, a specialist in animatronics, robotics, prosthetics and model making, has installed an Objet Alaris30 3D printer from Object Geometries to expand its prototyping capacity.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Schaublin CNC turning centre for medical machining from Schaublin Machine Tools: "Schaublin Machines has announced that Clada Medical and Alta Science have selected the 102TM CNC turning centre for intricate micro-machining.".
 
In March 2010, we covered the news from FDB Panel Fittings - take a look at Snap-Line compression latch enables IP65 sealing which says: "FDB Panel Fittings has launched the Snap-Line compression latch, which combines quick snap-in design and planetary roller cam motion, enabling soft compression of door gaskets from 10-20mm.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Auma, Auma brochure supports SA range of actuators, as well as Data and report capture systems for food companies from Loma Systems, and Bearing gantry system uses Renishaw encoder from Renishaw.
 

Latest stories...
Muffle ovens are capable of temperatures to 760C (March 2010)

Lucifer Furnaces has shipped two dual-chamber atmosphere muffle ovens to a customer for the purpose of heat-treating superconducting wire used in medical, pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

434/PWR analyser uncovers energy waste (March 2010)

Fluke has introduced the 434/PWR power analyser designed to make energy analysis easy for electricians, field service engineers and maintenance technicians.

Floyd to present tooling for sliding-head machines (March 2010)

On stand 5281 at Mach 2010, Floyd Automatic Tooling will be demonstrating its ability to supply a wide and specialised range of tooling to users of sliding-head turning centres.

Paragon software helps Linde optimise gas routing (March 2010)

Advanced logistics software from Paragon Software Systems is enabling The Linde Group to optimise the routing and scheduling of thousands of gas deliveries across the world.

Mill-turn centre features three-station changer (March 2010)

Okuma's mill-turn centre combines the power of a 45kW CNC lathe with that of a 37kW machining centre capable of removing 610cm3/min of S45C steel using a f100 face mill.

Briggs supplies fleet management for food company (March 2010)

Briggs Equipment has secured a major contract after demonstrating how it could reduce costs for a supplier of fresh produce.

WNT shows tool-vending system at MACH 2010 (March 2010)

WNT will launch several cutting tool products, unveil its latest catalogue and promote its Tool-O-Mat tool-vending system at the MACH 2010 exhibition.

Micro Metalsmiths develops model engine prototype (March 2010)

Micro Metalsmiths has developed a rapid prototype of a model engine for Ripmax.

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