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Subscription Service for 3D Fixture Modeling Software

Renishaw's FixtureBuilder 3D fixture-modeling software is now available via a new subscription service. Customers can take advantage of a complimentary 12-month subscription to this highly accessible fixture-planning software when they purchase qualifying metrology fixturing products or bundles. The user-friendly software allows quick creation and documentation of advanced CAD-based metrology fixturing set-ups for repeatable and productive part inspection. Users have access to the full catalog of Renishaw metrology fixturing components when des...

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Directed Energy Deposition AM System

Nidec Machine Tool America LLC offers the LAMDA directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing (AM) system. The LAMDA200 features advanced quality measures. Operators can observe recorded images offline and adjust feedback parameters and also record the melt pool image for quality traceability. A feedback control is used to stabilize the melt pool states. The in-situ monitoring feedback system helps ensure automation and optimization of the process parameter-especially useful for complex shapes. An in-process feedback function ...

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Nikon Purchases Avonix Imaging

Nikon Americas Inc, the U.S. subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, has purchased the U.S. company Avonix Imaging, which since 2015 has been a strategic X-ray computed tomography (CT) equipment manufacturing partner to Nikon Industrial Metrology Business Unit (IMBU). As a long-established imaging inspection services provider that uses systems from Nikon for both X-ray/CT 3D and 2D inspection, Avonix has a wealth of technical expertise using X-rays to investigate the interior as well as the exterior of industrial components. Much of this knowledge...

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Gas Connect Console for XPR Cutting Systems

Hypertherm Associates offers the CorePlus gas connect console for XPR X-Definition cutting systems. The CorePlus gas connect console is positioned between the current Core and Vented Water Injection (VWI) consoles and introduces argon gas capability for customers that primarily cut mild steel. The gas console offers all Core console capabilities plus argon marking and an increase in piercing thickness with argon-assist enhanced piercing capability. "With the introduction of argon gas, customers gain valuable capabilities from their...

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Stationary Analyzer for High-End Metal Analysis

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments offers the SPECTROLAB S LAS02 high-end arc/spark OES metal analyzer for process control and research applications. It is designed to provide fast measurements, high throughput, low limits of detection, long uptime and future-proof flexibility. The SPECTROLAB S LAS02 features proprietary CMOS+T technology to identify and measure, with high accuracy and precision, all elements in incoming, in production and outgoing materials as well as in researching new materials. The analyzer is suited for primary and seconda...

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Production Planning Software

INFORM North America, a provider of AI-based optimization software that facilitates improved decision making, processes and resource management, has added a new module to its production planning tool, FELIOS. The Liveplanner module provides real-time planning support that enables the combining of short-term manual rescheduling on the shop floor with global production planning. It supplements the automatic detailed planning of FELIOS, an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system used by mechanical and plant engineers for optimizing their...

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