The manufacturing industry is often bombarded by tech companies and consultants pushing pipedream technologies nowhere near ready for deployment in most factory settings. Despite this, the smart factory movement keeps marching on, driven by practical, down-to-earth tools that manufacturers can deploy at scale to deliver rapid ROI.
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TCI Precision Metals has announced the installation of the newest Keyence model XM-5000 handheld probe Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). Capable of high-accuracy large-area measurement, the XM-5000 is ideal for measuring and quickly verifying tolerances of its Machine-Ready Blanks.
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Under the motto ‘Let’s advance Manufacturing,’ Siemens and selected partners recently demonstrates at the Formnext 2024 exhibition how additive manufacturing (AM) is becoming an innovation enabler for industrial applications thanks to a functioning ecosystem, digitalization, and automation.
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Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division in the Americas has announced its largest partnership expansion into Canada with a new agreement with Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc.
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ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions, global leader in cutting-edge metrology and inspection technologies and software, has announced a transition to direct sales in the Canadian market for ZEISS Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), Vision Measuring Machines (VMMs), CT/X-Ray solutions, industrial light microscopes, and Surface, Form and Geometry (SF&G) products, effective January 1, 2025.
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BYK-Gardner USA, a worldwide partner of the automotive, paint, and plastics industries for quality control of color, appearance, and physical properties, has announced their own product line of cone and plate viscometers, marking a significant stride in its commitment to quality and precision.
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The agreed purchase price is based on an enterprise value of approximately EUR 20,033,000. The purchase price will be paid through the assumption of voxeljet’s liabilities and the payment of a cash component of approximately EUR 1.7m. The purchase price is subject to customary adjustments as of the closing date.
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QDMWEB QualityScan Phase II, provides users the ability to visualize and review dimensional quality data with 3D CAD on the cloud, and review and analyze corporate wide scan data in one interface.
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Bowers Group has announced the introduction of its new Figura range of Surface Form & Geometry machines, engineered to provide fast, precise measurement solutions for contour, surface roughness, and roundness.
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The use of optical free-form surfaces allows complex lens systems to be simplified and thus made more compact and weight-optimized. In addition, the use of optical freeform surfaces enables the realization of completely new functionalities. At the same time, their manufacturing process is complex and therefore time-consuming and expensive. The production of individual freeforms in small batch sizes can be carried out efficiently using a CNC machine.
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