Software

What to Know about Torque Motors

Torque motors are commonly used in indexing tables on machine tools. This succinct article helps you evaluate this and other applications in which power transmission for rotation calls for the advantages of a torque motor.

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Digital Thread Boosts Data-Driven Manufacturing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is initiating a project to demonstrate how a standardized 3D model of a product can integrate and streamline production from initial design through final inspection in a continuous, coherent data-driven process.

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CAD/CAM

Design Software Promotes Efficiency

Dassault Systemes’ Solidworks 2015 version includes simplified geometry creation tools, faster simulation analysis and an updated graphical interface, all said to enable users to design more efficiently.

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CAD/CAM

Geometric Modeling Software Simplifies Complex Modeling

Version 27.1 of Siemens PLM Software’s Parasolid software is said to simplify complex modeling tasks that previously required multiple steps into single operations, promoting efficiency.

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Motion Controller for Multi-Axis Applications

FANUC America’s Power Motion i-Model A motion controller for high-performance, multi-axis, general motion applications supports as many as 32 axes.

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Machine-to-Cloud Appliance Delivers Energy Management Data

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, in collaboration with ILS Technology, a Telit company, offers the e-Factory IoT Gateway, a machine-to-cloud (M2C) industrial appliance for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

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CAD/CAM

CAM Software Extends Support for Multitasking Machines

PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam PLC, releases the 2015 version of its PartMaker CAM software for programming CNC mills, lathes, wire EDMs, turn-mill machines and Swiss-type lathes.

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The Foundry's Way Forward

An established supplier of short-run castings just opened and staffed a new, fully equipped, in-house CNC machine shop. Taking ownership of machining will improve the company’s range of services to customers as well as its quality control.

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Standardized CNC Improves Production of Power-Generation Equipment

Voith Hydro standardized the majority of its machines with a CNC platform from Siemens Industry Inc. to help machine a variety of large, complex parts.

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Toolholders

ISO 13399—A Key Step Toward Data-Driven Manufacturing

Decisions about the cutting tools used in machining operations are arguably among the most important in modern manufacturing.

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