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Creating one-of-a-kind projects is all in a day’s work at Mark Lohan Kitchens, a 25-year-old kitchen and furniture company that uses modern tools to produce highly custom products without sacrificing the quality inherent to traditional craftsmanship.
Gantry-style CMM technology comes together with the PC-DMIS metrology software platform to deliver excellent accuracy results and continue a long-standing history of cooperation
Located in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, Shonan Machine is one of the country’s largest prototype makers. The business has a history going back over half a century in using methods like CNC machining, vacuuming casting and injection moulding for the automotive and electronics industries. They provide a wide range of metalworking services and are mainly engaged in the machining of jig parts for moulds and mass-produced products.
Sallegger Technologies is an engineering company that builds complex machines and plants for the automotive, electronics, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, agricultural and tobacco industries, as well as for environmental and process engineering. After 27 years of innovative solutions and persistent striving for quality, Sallegger Technologies is one of the leading companies in its sector in Austria.
The Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre uses VISI CAD/CAM software, by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, to design and manufacture ship models and propellers for a variety of applications.
More accurate manufacturing has been enabled by innovative machine tool measurement hardware and software systems
Established in 2014, Unique Measurement Services is a leading provider of services in quality measurement worldwide. The company prides itself on using advanced measuring equipment to provide high accuracy and high precision with fully automated machines. Unique Measurement Services is headquartered in Chennai, India, with offices in Coimbatore, Hosur and Bangalore.
From Poznań in Poland, B3D is a young and dynamic service provider of a full range of 3D services – from reverse engineering, 3D scanning and 3D printing to 3D modelling and rapid prototyping. The business serves both Polish and international customers in the fields of maintenance, plant servicing and quality control, especially those in plant manufacturing and tool making, injection moulding and, more recently, in the medical sector.
For more than 270 years, the name Villeroy & Boch has stood for high-quality ceramic products in the bathroom and wellness as well as dining and lifestyle segments. Founded in 1748, the company is headquartered in an old abbey in Mettlach, Germany, and has 13 production sites in Europe and Asia.
The multisensor machine OPTIV M 3.2.2 equipped with pallet mode not only offers precise and automated dimensional measurements of L’Oréal caps and bottles, but also makes it possible to develop real packaging expertise on other analysis criteria such as deformation and bottle verticality.
A state-of-the-art computer program created a unique piece of wooden artwork at Farringdon underground railway station commemorating the life of Edward Johnston – who is widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern calligraphy.
A contract producer of sheet metal components says its web shop played a major role in helping the business compensate for a downturn in automotive and mechanical engineering orders caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Founded in 1945, Sub-Zero is a leading player in the home appliances market. Over the decades, the company has developed a range of innovative products in refrigeration, wine storage, and outdoor kitchen appliances. For the new design of its Pro48/36 refrigerators, Sub-Zero innovated its fitting check process with Hexagon’s CALIPRI C14, increasing the quality and reliability of its products.
A steam train not seen since the 1960s is being rebuilt by a group of engineering enthusiasts, assisted by the metrology experts at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). With a little extra help from Hexagon’s advanced industrial laser tracker technology, the team got the measure of a mysterious discrepancy between the original drawings and the actual locomotive.
Vemec is a leading company in the development, production and processing of components for the textile machinery sectors, machine tools, marble and glass processing plants, agricultural machinery and special machinery. Based in Ardesio in the province of Bergamo in Italy, Vemec has over the years specialised in the production of large-sized welded steel parts for companies that do not have facilities for the production of these.
A combination of toolpath simulation for G-code verification, and cutting tool management, significantly improved productivity for a company specialising in machining hydraulic blocks.
ITW Chemnitz was founded in 1992 as one of the first private research institutes established in Saxony after German reunification. In 1995, the business purchased the first model of the then new optoTOP system. This predecessor of modern 3D scanners was the first system based on newly patented miniaturised projection technology, which is used in an improved form in some of Hexagon’s structured light scanners today.
The Composite Centre of the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is a state-of-the-art facility for advanced composite manufacturing research and development. Based in a dedicated extension to the AMRC Factory of the Future, in Rotherham in the United Kingdom, the centre’s research is focused on manufacturing and machining composite components, including hybrid parts that combine high-performance metals and composites in a single structure.
Having recently celebrated their tenth anniversary of using CABINET VISION, he says the business couldn’t offer “anything like” the service they do, if they didn’t have the software. “It enables us to adapt and change every unit in a matter of seconds, to create something bespoke that we’ve never made before.”
LK Precision, which is situated in Skogås, near Stockholm, is expanding its measuring capacity with a new Hexagon measuring machine.
Construction Mécanique Badimon (CMB) is a family business specialised for over 30 years in the precision machining of mechanical parts of all sizes. Proudly certified to ISO 9001/EN 9100, the company has the means and the ability to produce high-quality outputs including tools, prototype parts, parts under pre-production and parts in small, medium and large series.
Because older touch probe models from some providers are no longer available or would be expensive and time-consuming to repair, Kissendorfer is converting to m&h touch probes. Their m&h IRP25.41 Chamäleon model can be adapted to the receiver systems of other manufacturers in existing machines. The ideal replacement, even when a fast remedy is required following a crash.
Measurement and calibration in the production process not only increase safety, but also allow the operator to maintain tight tolerances, avoid rework and reduce overall
production time. Through individual cycle programming for Doosan lathes, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has helped to raise production at a leading manufacturer
of cylinder liners to a whole new level for medium-speed four-stroke engine.
On large machining centres and milling machines, the probe signals must be able to overcome large distances without delay and be transmitted from the interior of workpieces. At Bomacon, touch probes with wireless data transmission by m&h are proving themselves in daily use.
For years, model and mould construction has been measuring using probes and software by m&h. Now tools are also measured in the machine using m&h laser tool setters – with significant improvements in manufacturing.
The software application NC Gage from m&h finally provides measuring functions on machines with controls from Fanuc and other Japanese manufacturers. In the past it was necessary to time-consumingly undertake inspection manually or on other machines, a process that often involved the risk of errors.
A measurement service provider in the small community of Büren an der Aare in the Swiss canton of Berne is pushing the boundaries of 3D metrology, helped by a Leitz Infinity coordinate measuring machine.
A company manufacturing industrial furnaces and ovens has switched from a flatbed router to a robotic cell designed and developed by CNC Robotics Ltd which uses a KUKA robot arm programmed with ALPHACAM and RoboDK, to cut its vital insulation material. Cutting speeds are now up to eight times faster.
A sheet metal specialist is a perfect example of how a small company can build a successful digital ecosystem, bringing its factory in line with the Industry 4.0 philosophy of Smart production.
Modellteknik has been serving Swedish manufacturers since the early 1960s, offering a range of services from 3D product design, to machining of small to large components, to inspection and verification.
Manufacturers’ analogue business processes are being converted into digital-focused “web shops,” based on the market-leading sheet metal software, RADAN.
“One of the nicest things about RADAN is that we can program tooling at the part level.” Those are the words of Scheduler and Programmer Sue Conley, of Beach Manufacturing Company (BMC).
Measurement and calibration in the production process not only increase safety, but also allow the operator to maintain tight tolerances, avoid rework and reduce overall
production time. Through individual cycle programming for Doosan lathes, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has helped to raise production at a leading manufacturer
of cylinder liners to a whole new level for medium-speed four-stroke engine.
To say that Alan Ruddock, Works Director of Daw Green Contracts Ltd., is passionate about the woodworking industry, would be an understatement.
A CLAAS mezőgazdasági gépgyártót ösztönző több mint százéves fejlesztési stratégia középpontjában az innováció állt, egészen a vállalat megalapítása óta.
A svéd fémlemez- és csőfeldolgozó vállalkozás a TubeInspect P16 érintés nélküli ellenőrző rendszer és a BendingStudio szoftver segítségével kevesebb, mint tíz másodpercre csökkentette a csőmérési ciklusidőket.
A contract to supply metal bread baskets for the Eiffel Tower’s restaurant was the catalyst for a laser cutting company to invest in RADAN sheetmetal CAD/CAM software.
A company specialising in complex components for products such as skate parks and aircraft flight simulators, has saved hundreds of hours of programming time with a bespoke macro written for its ALPHACAM software.
Probes with infrared data transmission, laser tool measuring systems and measurement software, all from m&h, ensure Kinzingen-based Rothe’s process reliability and that machining centre output is accurate. The result is a clear increase in productivity and considerably less reworking.
A sheet metal subcontractor has recently switched over to RADAN to drive its fleet of four laser cutters and two water jets, after an intensive three months of development, trials, tests and training.
An engineering subcontractor recently moved all its CAM programming across to EDGECAM after Seco Tooling provided them with support solutions to specific issues on complex components.
The contract manufacturer SHW Bearbeitungstechnik GmbH has equipped its machining and turning/milling machines with radio-wave touch probes by m&h and regularly calibrates the machine tables with it. That provides accuracy, and the probes save set-up times and allow for an accelerated and secure production of mostly large and complex cast parts.
A specially-written computer program which can import dozens of components into a press brake bending system at once, is saving a sheet metal manufacturer a full week’s work, every week.
The Wirthwein AG, a well-known German manufacturer of plastic components for the automotive, railway, electronics and home appliances industries as well as for medical science products, employs an AICON StereoScan in order to process the recorded 3D data of their components for evaluations with respect to geometry, shape and position tolerances and CAD comparisons.
By measuring workpieces, while still clamped on the machine, ACTech has eliminated sources of error and drastically reduced reworking of close tolerance parts. Now 12 machines have been equipped with touch probes and software from m&h.
Deutsche Bahn's vehicle maintenance is conducted at 15 sites assigned to different product areas. The plant in Bremen, which belongs to the product area of diesel multiple units, is among others responsible for restoring the bogies and wheel sets of the vehicles.
Piping lengths up to 24 meters with outside diameter up to 2 meters – components with such enormous size belong to the core business of Bilfinger Piping Technologies GmbH in Dortmund, Germany. The great challenge: the tubes must comply with maximum requirements in thermally highly stressed modern power stations and plants all over the world. Therefore, exact dimensional accuracy is indispensable. This is inspected now with MoveInspect from AICON.
5AX Performance GmbH specialises in processing fibre composites, Inconel and other modern materials precisely and economically with more process reliability. PCD tools, which are measured without contact in the tool setter, are the primary starting point for high precision and surface quality of composite materials. They are measured in the spindle at a nominal speed with m&h/Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence laser tool measuring systems.
KarT sp. z o.o. was founded by Włodzimierz Kardasz in 1983 as a company offering metalworking services to regional entrepreneurs. Over the years, the commitment of the owner and professionalism of the employees have established the company as a reliable, recommendable supplier.
By using touch-trigger probes on machining centres at KASTO, set-up times were shortened considerably with manufacturing errors greatly reduced.
A Quick Delivery Mould (QDM) specialist says Draft Analysis is an important time saver for their business, and has played a major contribution towards meeting customers’ increasingly faster turnaround demands.
Radan CAD/CAM software ensures the design and production process of a lift component manufacturer only has ups…and no downs.
Rather than carrying out costly repairs on a probe that was originally supplied with the machine, Kaltner simply replaced the defective probe with one made by Hexagon/ m&h. Thanks to its chameleon-like ability, the new probe communicates with the other manufacturer’s receivers and has been working accurately and problem-free since its installation.
Formed in 2002, 3B FLUID POWER SRL started as a contract inspection firm, working mainly with aerodynamic components. Gradually the company has moved into other industries, and now operates across the agricultural, aerospace and automotive sectors as well. The products manufactured at the site in Novellara, Italy, are primarily oil-hydraulic control units in cast iron or aluminium, but the company also produces some plastic parts such as oil filters.
A leading manufacturer of point of sale and display equipment is looking to expand its range of CNC machining capabilities, and says Alphacam Advanced Router, from Vero Software, is integral to its plans.
Inside a 45-second cycle time, a precision part is not only finish turned but it is also checked for correct positioning using an m&h touch probe.
“The first time is always the hardest”. This phrase particularly rings true when you begin to use automated measuring technology. What you really need is a skilled partner and a measuring system that is easy to use. With Hexagon Metrology and the TIGO SF measuring machine, contract manufacturer Köppel AG, from Berneck, Switzerland, gets both.
Experience, specialisation, product customisation – these are the three mainstays of BP Riduttori, a family-owned company based in the province of Venice. A small company but one with great technical expertise, for years many renowned companies in the transport, railway and pharmaceutical industries have relied on BP Riduttori to supply a vast array of gears and gear teeth.
Leaving a lasting impression, and imprint, across multiple industries is the goal of BRUDERER AG in Frasnacht, Switzerland. The Leitz PMM-G Coordinate Measuring Machine supports the machine building company with high-precision measurements at automatic stamping presses manufactured with a high degree of precision.
By measuring its milled workpieces using touch probes and the software 3D Form Inspect from m&h, the fixture manufacturer Dörr has not only removed a production bottleneck, but also a source of errors. His customers value the quick delivery of workpieces with a measuring report based on measurements made directly on the machine.
For the companies in the Eindhoven region in Holland it goes without saying that they have their own clean room. That also applies to Mevi, a company specialising in processes, prototype and test series. For its quality assurance, the family-owned company swears by its Leitz PMM-C 8.10.6 made by Hexagon Metrology.
Creating the best quality products with a perfect seal is the goal of valve manufacturer müller co-ax ag in Forchtenberg, Germany. When the company developed its Quadax® butterfly valves for the regulation and control of different media in the most extreme applications, it needed a new and highly-accurate co-ordinate measuring machine. Installation of the DEA Global Advantage 20.33.15 from Hexagon Metrology has helped the company to reach its goals.
Manufacturing components for such diverse products as premium class aircraft seating, coffee vending machines and electrical distribution boards, the UK’s largest sheetmetal subcontractor says specialist CAM software is vital to nest a range of parts for several customers on the same sheet.
Laser cutting on a fully automated Bystronic Fiber 3kw machine driven by Radan, now takes precedence over punching, for a leading manufacturer of sheet metal welfare units for construction site and road workers.
Radan, the powerful CAD/CAM software for sheet metal applications, is lighting the way for an engineering subcontractor to carry out small bends as part of the cutting process on their punch press. V & F Sheet Metal Co. Ltd. manufacture millions of components every year – a number of which involve small bends that can be handled with multi-bend tooling installed on a Trumpf 3000R and programmed with Radan.
When it comes to high-precision measurement in a three-shift operation, slow processes and laborious conventional measuring technology can strain patience, effectiveness and efficiency. With a quantum leap in measuring technology, the traditional Swabian company Stihl has now significantly accelerated the quality testing of crankshafts and connecting rods at their main factory in Waiblingen, Germany.
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence helps component manufacturer deal with diverse customer demands.
One of the world’s leading IoT companies uses Radan software in a pilot project to ensure it gets the best deal from suppliers who produce its sheetmetal components.
“Edgecam means shorter machining cycle times. And shorter machining cycles increase our productivity.”
MPEB is part of the LLEDO Industries Group and has specialised in the precision machining of mechanical parts and equipment since 1989, notably in the aeronautics, nuclear, optical, medical and microelectronics industries.
Velan is one of the world’s largest industrial valve manufacturers and is acknowledged as a flag bearer for quality and innovation. Founded in 1950, it continues to draw on its technical prowess and cutting-edge innovation to design exceptionally robust fixtures that meet the critical requirements of the power generation, chemical and petrochemical products, petrol and gas, pulp and paper, mining, cryogenics and shipbuilding industries.
Spanish firm benefits from high accuracy, increase in productivity and reduction in mould and die manufacturing times
When a global hydraulics expert needed to bring tube production to a new site, Hexagon’s Tube Inspection System was a key part of the perfect solution.
To run efficiently, machines require optimised throughput times and freedom from bottlenecks. As a part of quality assurance, this means optimising setup and measuring times and, in particular, reducing the programming time for measuring programs which enable the 3D coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to operate as efficiently.
Specialist CAD/CAM and logistics software from Radan is helping the largest sheet metal subcontractor in the South West of England to compete effectively with manufacturers in Eastern Europe and the Far East.
One of the UK’s largest sheet metal subcontractors says the Project Nesting function in the world’s most powerful sheet metal CAD/CAM software, Radan, is essential for keeping the company competitive.
The only sheetmetal subcontractor in the Irish Republic to offer 5-axis laser cutting, is using Radan’s specialist Radm-ax module as a springboard to becoming more design-focused.
The benchmark on the French market for sheet metalworking and tube bending and an expert in working with aluminium, galvanised steel and stainless steel, the Poncin Metal Group provides a wide range of services and solutions, from prototyping to large-scale production.
Every gear manufacturing company welcomes growth, but it comes with challenges. They include investing in new equipment to meet capacity, hiring skilled operators if necessary and even finding space to locate the machine.
Five-axis machining is transforming the way a Cambridgeshire engineering subcontractor works.
A new, hard-wired, touch probing system has been introduced by m&h UK, Nottingham, that allows sliding-head CNC lathe users to measure turned and milled features quickly on every component after machining, while it is still in the counter spindle and before ejection. It is believed to be the first real-time, in-process quality control system for 100 per cent inspection of critical dimensions on sliding-head lathes.
Investing in Surfcam, from Vero Software, has improved a Turkish manufacturer’s cycle times by around 10 per cent, without changing any cutting conditions.
When it comes to complex gear measurement, slow processes and high programming expenditure can eat away at your patience and efficiency.
Cubings and pilot series motors for the motor industry, certified aviation parts and scaled wind tunnel models require micron precision. With m&h 3D Form Inspect, Deharde in Varel monitors precision, even on free form surfaces, while components are still clamped on the machine.
Having one software package covering two different cutting technologies was top of the agenda when an engineering subcontractor specialising in CNC punching bought a company which focused on laser cutting.
Shipping around 1,200 different types of parts in a year, an engineering subcontractor says its CAD/CAM software is vital in ensuring a wide range of complex components meets customers’ speedy turn-around requirements, irrespective of whether the production run is large or small.
Time savings, more accuracy and considerably higher process reliability needn‘t be mutually exclusive. The IRP40.40-LF touch probe by m&h with THERMO-LOCK® technology has ensured Feinmechanik Leipold noticeably better efficiency.
A Turkish company manufacturing shopfloor machines and production lines turned to Surfcam to help them meet an important order from an American corporation.
A closed digital loop involving Radan and Edgecam, from Vero Software, ensures that special solution machines for the automotive and textile industries meet ISO 9001 certification.
The repair of a defective probe was rejected, resulting in the selection of m&h, part of the Hexagon Group, as a new supplier. This was a stroke of luck, as it considerably reduced costs and the famous Swiss precision and reliability now rules.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission uses a special macro from Alphacam as part of its responsibility for ensuring that 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth armed forces who died in both world wars, are remembered through headstones and stone memorial panels.
One of the UK’s leading gear technology specialists saved an “astonishing” 45 hours – a complete week’s milling production time – on a batch of 30 gears manufactured in hardened tool steel using Edgecam’s Waveform Roughing Strategy.
Large turning/milling centres with a large number of machine components are the metier of Weingärtner Maschinenbau. Radio-wave touch probes from m&h check the accuracy of the machining operations.
With their own in-house developed grinding machines, for tool maker Paul Horn of Tübingen, in-process on the machine measuring is a key function to ensure precision and efficiency of automated operations. The m&h 41.00-PP production touch probes continuously resist persistent coolant showers and grinding dust abrasion.
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