Archive for the 'CNC Machines' Category

RIBS - the First Retrofittable System for Automating Press Brakes

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

RIBS - Robotically Integrated Bending Solution - from Automated Concepts is the first retrofittable system that brings a robot into coordinated motion with any brand of CNC hydraulic press brake. With RIBS, users don’t have to replace all their equipment in order to update and automated the sheet metal bending processes.
RIBS - Robotically Integrated Bending […]

Metrolosys v9.5 On-Machine CNC Inspection Software Now AIMS-Enabled

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Metrolosys v9.5 On-Machine CNC Inspection Software Now AIMS-Enabled
Breakthrough Inspection Software Converts Machine Tools into Coordinate
Measuring Machines
Chino Hills, California - December 6, 2005 - Shadow Automation, Inc.
announced today the release of Metrolosys 9.5, its newest software
version that integrates the AIMS Metrology Kernel (The Boeing Company,
St. Louis, MO and Metronor Group, Oslo, Norway). Shadow Automation is an
early […]

Haas CNC Racing Closes on Land in Kannapolis Gateway Business Park

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Haas CNC Racing Closes on Land in Kannapolis Gateway Business Park; Gateway Park Now Full, an Economic Development Success for the City of Kannapolis
Haas CNC Racing, which fields a NASCAR NEXTEL cup team, will begin construction early in 2006 on a new 140,000 square foot facility in Kannapolis after agreeing to a contract with the […]

Beckhoff Introduces Control Panels Designed for CNC Control

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Beckhoff Introduces Control Panels Designed for CNC Control
Designed specifically for use in the machine tool industry, Beckhoff has announced the new CP6842-xxxx and CP7842-xxxx Control Panels. For universal application as operator interfaces, the two different machine Control Panels are available for simple and efficient machine operation.
The panels’ U-shaped arrangement of the control keys matches that […]

Second CNC machine for 5 Star

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Second CNC machine for 5 Star

UK - Cambridgeshire based flightcase manufacturer 5 Star has taken delivery of its second CNC Machining Centre. Again, 5 Star chose the Thermwood Corp of Indiana, USA to supply the CNC Machining Centre, which joins the company’s already installed Thermwood Model 40 which has been in use for over six […]