‘Tool Control’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release SV-1000 increases two-stroke engines' power output from Sunnen Products Company, which we summarised at the time by saying "Sunnen has introduced the SV-1000 vertical CNC honing machine, which allows manufacturers of outdoor power equipment to improve the durability and power output of small two-stroke engines.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Inventor Fusion Technology speeds time to market from Autodesk: "Autodesk is offering a free download of its Inventor Fusion Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs. ".
 
In July 2009, we covered the news from National Instruments - take a look at NI develops controller for wireless testing which says: "National Instruments has introduced the NI PXIe-8108 high-performance embedded controller, which features an Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 processor.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Trumpf, Trumpf's machinery sales buck downturn, as well as Makino machining centres cut titanium faster from NCMT, and Adept offers UEIPAC in UK and Ireland from Adept Scientific.
 

Latest stories...
Lambert fits Schmitt AEMS into Bryant grinder (July 2009)

Lambert recently won an order to rebuild a Bryant grinding machine for Revolvo, a midlands-based manufacturer of large and split bearings.

Insert drills raise fabricator's throughput (July 2009)

By using AMEC's T-A holders with TiAlN and TiN inserts a steel fabricator has improved manufacturing throughput by 25% and has increased tool life by a factor of 10 over the original tooling.

Festo and V-viz team up to promote vision systems (July 2009)

Festo UK has entered into a strategic partnership with V-viz, a specialist machine vision company, to promote the use of intelligent vision systems in automation.

Brewery machine uses Visionpro guidance system (July 2009)

A machine at the Grolsch brewery in the Netherlands relies on Cognex Visionpro, which guides the grippers that are programmed to rotate and align the bottles so that they have optimum visibility.

Fixed-vicinity RFID reader has 50cm range (July 2009)

GAO RFID Asset Tracking has released the compact Model 213002 13.56MHz fixed-vicinity RFID reader.

ITC aluminium milling cutter quickly clears swarf (July 2009)

ITC Tooling has extended the 3041 Cyber Series of three-fluted end mills to incorporate a radius on all diameter sizes.

Endress+Hauser to show tank gauging solutions (July 2009)

Endress+Hauser will present a range of complete repeatable tank gauging solutions at the TSA conference and exhibition (Area 14) on 24 September in Coventry, UK.

Vetafab launches upgraded Lexican software (July 2009)

Vetafab Software is releasing an updated version of Lexican, a Windows application.

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Further reading
  • Machine tool control cables take high loads

    Machiner tool control cables take high loads Energy chain manufacturer, igus, has introduced machine tool control cables for dynamic applications with high cycle rates under high loads.
  • Machine tool control range exhibited

    Heidenhain's exhibits at the UK's Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2008 show will include CNC for milling, turning, drilling and boring applications and DROs for lathes, millers and grinders.
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