Machine Industries

Integrated CAD/CAM Promotes Process Efficiency, Traceability High-requirement markets are not only searching for good parts — they're searching for proof of good parts. CAD/CAM software can help.   NX CAM, which is part of Siemens’ Xcelerator software and service portfolio, includes application-specific modules that simplify programming for difficult part features, such as these blisk blades. Photos courtesy of Rhinestahl Advanced Manufacturing Group Eight machining steps deep into a high-value part is a terrible place to discover an early mistake. Rhinestahl Advanced Manufacturing Group (AMG), a Mason, Ohio-based high-end manufacturer of parts for aerospace, defense, rail and more, no longer worries...

Mastercam Mill Streamlines Multiaxis Machining Process The Mastercam Mill software package includes multiaxis features, 3D enhancements and 2D high-speed toolpaths. Photo Credit: Mastercam Mastercam Mill offers expanded machining flexibility and increased speed and automation. The software package includes multiaxis features, 3D enhancements and 2D high-speed toolpaths, as well as other new enhancements intended to improve shop floor productivity. In Mastercam Mill, morph, parallel, along curve and project curve are no longer individual toolpaths. Instead, users can now find the same functionality inside the multiaxis unified toolpath, which is said to enable for more flexibility in cut pattern when programming multiaxis,...

Polygonica 3.2 Fills Critical 3D Printing Need by Accounting for Distortion MachineWorks mesh management SDK gets a serious update. MachineWorks Ltd., makers of Polygonica, announced a new version, and with it, a much-needed method to handle the distortion that invariably results when printing a part in metal. Because of uneven cooling, a 3D-printed metal part will take on a shape that’s different enough from the design to be rejected. This leads to manually measuring or scanning the distorted part, and then estimating from the measurements how to change the design shape so that when the distortion occurs, the part will...

NASCAR Has an Injury Problem. There are Engineering Solutions. NASCAR auto racing is one of the safest forms of that sport—but brain injuries are still happening. NASCAR stock-car racing has evolved from cow pasture competitions between bootleg alcohol runners into a billion-dollar national sport in the U.S. Part of its popularity is built into the nature of the sport: closed-bodied cars that allow very close racing with occasional incidental contact. That contact does produce accidents, and over the years, the governing body has added regulations to improve driver safety. The new cars used today are a major departure from the...

QINEO ArcBoT Optimum human-robot collaboration   The new QINEO ArcBoT offers an easy entry into the world of automated welding (PresseBox) (Haiger, 09/15/2022) Across all industries, companies face the increasing challenge of finding qualified manual welders. The shortage of skilled workers and increasing labour expenses make this even more difficult. At the same time, the demands on quality, flexibility and efficiency are growing continuously. New solutions are needed to ensure competitiveness. The Cobot welding system QINEO ArcBoT offers an easy entry into the world of automated welding. With the QINEO ArcBoT, users can weld even small batch sizes economically and...