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LK Precision doubles measurement speed with identical Hexagon coordinate measuring machines
LK Precision, which is situated in Skogås, near Stockholm, is expanding its measuring capacity with a new Hexagon measuring machine.
Portability and flexibility for maximum time savings
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.
Delivering top levels of Swiss accuracy
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.
CNC Robot Driven By ALPHACAM Cuts High Temperature Furnace Insulation Boards
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.
Small Company’s Smart Factory With WORKPLAN and RADAN
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.
Enabling efficient reverse engineering with a portable measuring arm
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.
Web Shops Form Part of Digital Strategies
Manufacturers’ analogue business processes are being converted into digital-focused “web shops,” based on the market-leading sheet metal software, RADAN.
Different Cutting Speeds on Same RADAN Nests for Beach
“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).
Clear plus for Accuracy and Productivity
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.
Production Software Turns Designs into Reality for Daw Green Clients
To say that Alan Ruddock, Works Director of Daw Green Contracts Ltd., is passionate about the woodworking industry, would be an understatement.
A minőség aratása
A CLAAS mezőgazdasági gépgyártót ösztönző több mint százéves fejlesztési stratégia középpontjában az innováció állt, egészen a vállalat megalapítása óta.
PERCEK HELYETT MÁR CSAK MÁSODPERCEKIG TART A HATÉKONY CSŐMÉRÉS
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.
Writing The Future With RADAN and WORKPLAN
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.
ALPHACAM Macro Skates Over Cambian’s Complex Parts
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.
Process Reliability and Productivity
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.
RADAN Trials Improve Efficiency for Lasershape
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.
EDGECAM Waveform “Massive” for I & G Engineering
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.
Let's Do a Quick Calibration
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.
Batch Bending With Radan Saves Spooner A Week’s Work – Every Week
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.
3D Quality Control of Plastic Parts
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.
Measuring Away Rework
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.
Industrial Measurement with MoveInspect DPA
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.
Precisely Measured Pipes for the Whole World
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.
Processing New Materials More Precisely
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.
Better Cans Thanks To Better Data
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.
Gains in Time and Minimal Errors
By using touch-trigger probes on machining centres at KASTO, set-up times were shortened considerably with manufacturing errors greatly reduced.
Vero Provides Highest Technical Solution For QDM Specialist Polyhitech
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 Means Ups, And No Downs, For Lift Component Manufacturing
Radan CAD/CAM software ensures the design and production process of a lift component manufacturer only has ups…and no downs.
Change Means Reliability
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.
Keeping oil-hydraulic component supplier’s production cell at full flow.
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.
Alphacam Automation Saves Hours of Programming Time
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.
Process Reliability In Short Cycle Time
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.
From One Machine To Another
“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.
Gear Manufacturer by Tradition
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.
High Precision Stroke for Stroke
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.
Straightforwardly Measure and Report on 5Axes
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.
How To Start Serial Production Safely
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.
Meeting the Tightest Sealing Requirements is Top Priority
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.
Radan Nests And Bending “Vital” For KMF
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.
Radbend Begins And Ends Radan Returners Process
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 Lights The Way For V & F's Multi Bend Tooling
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.
Measurement at the Cutting Edge
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.
Manufacturing Versatility
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence helps component manufacturer deal with diverse customer demands.
Radan Fixes Best Deal For Bosch From Suppliers
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 Wins Business for STDU, Increasing Turnover by 12.5%
“Edgecam means shorter machining cycle times. And shorter machining cycles increase our productivity.”
Metrological Assets for Precision Machining
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.
A Partnership of Lasting Quality
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.
Tooled for Success
Spanish firm benefits from high accuracy, increase in productivity and reduction in mould and die manufacturing times
Shape Is All That Matters
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.
A Highly Efficient Metrology Team
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.
Greenfield Shows Radan Power to Tomorrow’s Engineers
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.
Radan Intelligent Nesting Vital For Norlec
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.
Radan “A Springboard” For 5-Axis Laser Pioneers’ Development Plans
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.
Precision Metrology for Industrial Excellence
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.
Paving the Way to Repeatability and Accuracy
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.
Alphacam Guides 5-Axis Future For Cambridge Precision
Five-axis machining is transforming the way a Cambridgeshire engineering subcontractor works.
Real-Time, In-Process Gauging of Mill-Tunned Components
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.
Surfcam Stops Totomak's Air-Cutting And Speeds Up Machining Cycle Times
Investing in Surfcam, from Vero Software, has improved a Turkish manufacturer’s cycle times by around 10 per cent, without changing any cutting conditions.
Measurement Strategy For Countering The Burden of Time
When it comes to complex gear measurement, slow processes and high programming expenditure can eat away at your patience and efficiency.
Enhanced Productivity Through Measuring on the Machine
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.
Radan Cuts It For HAL’s Laser And Punch Companies
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.
Alphacam “Thinks Like An Engineer,” Helping Holm To Develop 4-Axis Work
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.
Accurate and Time-Saving
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.
Surfcam Helps Machine Company Meet Order By Slashing Cycle Time
A Turkish company manufacturing shopfloor machines and production lines turned to Surfcam to help them meet an important order from an American corporation.
Radan Success Opens Door For Edgecam and Hexagon Measuring Arm
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.
Forced Into Success
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.
Alphacam Macro Ensures Unique Fonts on War Grave Headstones
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.
Edgecam Waveform Roughing Moves Gibbs Up a Gear
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.
Simply Reliable
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.
Process Reliability and Quality Are The Maxims
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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