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Developing new numerical tools to boost the application of digital twins

The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland is one of Switzerland’s leading universities of applied sciences and arts. Its broad range of degree programmes, hands-on teaching concept, innovative and applicationoriented research and global network make FHNW a diversified and appealing educational institution, a soughtafter partner to industry and an attractive employer in northwestern Switzerland.

"Learning by doing" with simple and precise tools

The Gorge de Loup (GDL) apprenticeship workshop was created in 1949 on the initiative of Père Neyret, then head of the Boisard Production Schools. This private, non-contractual technical training establishment with free tuition is located in the centre of Lyon and trains young people from the age of 15 in the trades of production mechanics: turning, milling, fitting and numerical control.

Simulating Assemblies: “Valuable Function” for Nuclear AMRC

Being able to import completed NX assemblies into G-Code simulation software is proving to be a valuable time-saver for the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Ganando Medallas Olimpicas con Leica Absolute Escaner LAS y LAS-XL

La vela y el piragüismo son dos de los deportes que más medallas olímpicas han dado a España a lo largo de la historia. Para lograr estos éxitos deportivos son necesarios grandes atletas, pero también mucha investigación para conseguir mejorar los resultados.

ALPHACAM Ensures GB Kent’s Brush With Success

A company widely recognised as the world’s finest brush manufacturer produces its handles on a custom-built CNC machine tool, which is one of only two in the world, and programmed by ALPHACAM software. 

Coming Together for Greater Accuracy

Scanditronix Magnet AB in Vislanda, Sweden produces specialised coils and magnets with the highest accuracy and reliability. In the company’s large modern premises, approximately 30 employees develop and manufacture electromagnets for particle accelerators. 

Visualise This! Design and Inspection Go Hand-in-Hand

Visual thinkers have always stoked the flames of invention. John Pawloski of Jewelers Machinists Co. Inc. (North Babylon, NY) comes from a long line of illustrious inventors.  A distant grandfather was issued the 80thpatent in the United States signed by President Andrew Jackson (see patent).

Sensor Solutions for Increased Measuring Accuracy and Flexibility

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH is one of the world’s leading companies in the home appliances sector. The company’s aim is to improve the quality of life and the consumer is at the center of all of BSH’s developments. In user experience labs set up specifically for this purpose, BSH repeatedly puts prototypes - in all phases of development - and finished products through their paces in real-life conditions.

Volumen cortado y pulido óptimamente de piedras preciosas "en bruto"

Cortado y pulido de piedras preciosas: un oficio de larga tradición que implica un profundo conocimiento sobre la conversión de las piedras preciosas en bruto en piezas únicas de joyería.  El uso de una tecnología de escaneado tridimensional permite un aprovechamiento mejor de la piedra preciosa en bruto para convertirla en la piedra preciosa perfectamente cortada y pulida.

La nueva vida de un antiguo emblema de radiador

Ford, Rolls Royce, Daimler y Benz son solo una pequeña selección de los nombres ilustres de los inicios de la fabricación de automóviles. En la actualidad, en todo el mundo existen amantes de los coches a quienes les gustaría mantener y restaurar los coches clásicos que quedan, algunos de ellos de más de 100 años de antigüedad. Pero preservar el buen estado de estos valiosos coches antiguos tiene un inconveniente: Durante los últimos años, se ha hecho cada vez más difícil satisfacer la demanda de las piezas de repuesto totalmente funcionales.

Alphacam Programs UK’s Only Pro Evolution 5-Axis Twin Head Machine for ercol

After taking their first steps in 5-axis machining, a high-end, top quality furniture manufacturer quickly realised it was their best way forward, and also invested in a machine with two 5-axis heads, which is the first one of its kind in the UK.

Alphacam “Provides The Line Of Least Resistance” For Solid Timber Specialist, Woodbase Joiners

The combination of Alphacam’s parametric function and its ability to drive 5-axis routers is the way forward for a company focusing on high end solid timber joinery.

MEDICIÓN Y ENSAMBLAJE DE DOS GRANDES TELESCOPIOS EN EL CÍRCULO POLAR ÁRTICO

La tecnología avanzada de Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence participa en un ambicioso e innovador proyecto que se está llevando a cabo en el Círculo Polar Ártico, en territorio noruego. Asturfeito, cliente de Hexagon MI en España desde hace más de un lustro, lidera el proyecto mediante el cual se están instalando dos grandes radiotelescopios de 13,5 metros de diámetro en uno de los extremos de nuestro planeta para observar el universo que nos rodea. Para realizar la medición y posterior ensamblaje de este trabajo se han apoyado en un Leica Absolute Tracker AT402.

Matthew Marsden's Error-Free and Speedy Process with Cabinet Vision

“Cabinet Vision speeds up our process and has completely eliminated errors from it.”

Those are the words of Matthew Marsden, whose company, Matthew Marsden Furniture, only began using the software in 2016, and quickly became advanced users at a high level. 

Portable Metrology Helps Ensure Safety and Fairness at the Tour de France

Rapid, Accurate Frame Validation Made Possible with ROMER Bike Measurement System.

Edgecam Makes Food Industry Scrolling Kits A Piece Of Cake

A long-established Newbury-based engineering subcontractor has invested in a DMC machining centre and Edgecam software in order to win long-term new business from a food company. Engineering Solutions & Supply Ltd were asked to manufacture complete kits of tooling to ensure that glass jars were in the right position at the right time on a conveyor system, to be filled with food products. It included feed scrolls and the associated base plates, base clamps, star heels and centre guides.

Bajo alta presión: Stein-Moser ajusta los sistemas de corte por chorro de agua con Laser Tracker

La calidad lo es todo en Stein-Moser, un fabricante de máquinas de corte por chorro de agua. Esta es la razón por la cual utilizan un Leica Absolute Tracker para el montaje y verificación de las máquinas.

El brazo de medición ROMER Absolute Arm garantiza la máxima calidad en tranvías modernos

Solaris es el embajador de la industria polaca y destaca como su símbolo inconfundible; además, es pionero en su sector y lo conocen hoy en día millones de polacos que viajan en transporte público. Esta empresa fabrica modernos autobuses y trolebuses; recientemente, ha realizado también inversiones en la fabricación de tranvías. Los autobuses de Solaris no son solo conocidos por los polacos, sino también por los habitantes de 24 países de Europa y de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. El símbolo de Solaris (un perro salchicha de color verde) representa las características más importantes de sus productos: longitud, piso bajo y carácter ecológico. El sistema empleado para garantizar la máxima calidad de los elementos que componen los tranvías de Solaris es el brazo de medición de Hexagon Metrology: ROMER Absolute Arm.

Retro But Fit

How can existing machines be kept up to current standards against the background of increasing quality assurance requirements? The solution is a retrofit. Thöni Manufacturing GmbH shows you how. Almost two decades old, its coordinate measuring machine recently made the grade on an improvement course thanks to a modernisation package from Hexagon Metrology.

Lifelong Absolute Accuracy For Industrial Robots

High speed tracking is one of the most stringent requirements for robot control, machine guidance and Metrology Assisted Assembly. Robot calibration, accuracy improvement of drilling machines or automation of wingto-body assembly are just some examples of machine control applications of Leica Laser Trackers.

Las máquinas de medición de coordenadas 3D garantizan la forma y la función de las griferías de baño.

En Turquía es habitual relajarse en el Hammam. Las japonesas y los japoneses se refrescan en el Ofuro. En las revistas del hogar aparece cada vez más como un oasis de paz personal. Estamos hablando del baño.

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Burr-Free First Time

Company Vorwerk check mould inserts and slides while still clamped on the machine tool using m&h’s touch probes and 3D Form Inspect software. A mould manufactured this way, with two sets of ten slides, was burr-free first time and released for volume production after the very first sample.

Calidad asequible para todos

Mediante la implementación de un servidor de licencias para su software de medición de m&h, Geberit ha estandarizado la aplicación en 3 plantas en 2 países. Esto ha permitido tener disponibles las mismas funciones para todos los involucrados. El objetivo era armonizar el equipamiento de fabricación en todas las plantas, hacer un mayor uso de las licencias en todo el grupo y reducir los gastos de mantenimiento y actualizaciones.

High-precision inspection for the European Extremely Large Telescope E-ELT

The race is on for who will manufacture 1,000 mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Cranfield University in the UK has begun work on producing seven of the mirror segments for ‘the world’s biggest eye on the sky’ with the aid of high accuracy measurement systems from Hexagon Metrology. Built by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) the E-ELT, a ground-based telescope, will be 42m in diameter and made up of 1,000 hexagonal segments, each 1.5m wide and just 5cm thick. The E-ELT is four to five times larger and will gather 15 times more light than the largest optical telescopes operating today.

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National Measurement Institute and Britain's Largest Applied Physics Organisation

Established at the turn of the twentieth century, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been at the forefront of some of the world’s most important scientific breakthroughs including the development of radar and the automatic computer engine. Distinguished scientists such as Louis Essen, the inventor of the atomic clock, and Alan Turing, the computer science pioneer and Enigma machine codebreaker, spent parts of their careers working on projects at the NPL.

Portable Measuring Arm Helps Krayer GmbH Comply With ISO9001 Standards

The picturesque Lake Constance, located near the rim of the Alpine region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is home to Krayer GmbH, a middle-sized company of about 50 employees specializing in the production of 3D forming parts. The company has a rich history, dating back to 1884, when Franz-Joseph Krayer founded a modest fabrication shop in the lakeside town of Langenargen. The business has weathered two world wars and the turbulent hyper-inflation times in-between, only to see its pressing equipment completely confiscated by the allied occupying forces right after the end of WWII. However, the company rose from the ashes and expanded, quickly making up the losses.