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1. Small Objects Of Desire! 9/23/2020

   Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machines in the UK and Ireland, has supplied 17D Ltd., a leading family-owned miniature railway manufacturing specialist, based in Matlock, Derbyshire, with a new Doosan vertical machining centre.

2. Mastercam Announces Exhibit Partnership With Haas And The American Precision Museum 9/23/2020

   CNC Software, Inc., developers of Mastercam, the world’s leading CAD/CAM software, has announced a new partnership with the American Precision Museum (APM) and Haas Automation.

3. DP Technology Introduces AI Capabilities In Its ESPRIT CAM System 9/17/2020

   The new AI engine within ESPRIT represents a fundamental change in the way CNC machine tools are driven, simplifying their programming while increasing tool life, reducing cycle times, and improving machine performance.

4. New Presetter Option Speeds Up Data Transfer To The Machine Center 9/17/2020

   The SPERONI SPI (Simple Post Interface) is the newest of BIG KAISER's Industry 4.0 upgrades to its offering of tool presetting solutions. SPI dramatically reduces the time and steps needed to transfer precise and accurate tool measurements to a machine tool.

5. monoBLOCK Excellence Factory – Digital And Automated 9/15/2020

   "Investments in innovations are the only way out of the crisis. Therefore, we are also automating and digitizing our internal value chain," says Christian Thönes, Chairman of the Executive Board of DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT.

6. Significantly Reduces Machine Development Time And Cost By Allowing Design Analysis, Testing And Performance Enhancement To Take Place Before Construction. 9/14/2020

   CNC specialist NUM has launched digital twin technology that enables machine tool manufacturers to reduce their time to market dramatically, by using powerful Industry 4.0 simulation techniques.

7. Okuma's New MCR-S Double Column Roughs And Finishes Press Dies In One Setup 9/8/2020

   Okuma America Corporation, a world-leading manufacturer of CNC machine tools, announces the debut of the new MCR-S double column machining center (DCMC). Okuma's MCR-S roughs and finishes press dies in one setup and is designed for heavy duty machining of process-intensive press dies.

8. Wall Thickness Measurement On Machine Tools Now Available For Wet Applications 9/2/2020

   Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has enhanced its ground-breaking ultrasonic probe for automated wall thickness measurement on machine tools with the launch of two new versions designed for wet machining.

9. Midwest Precision Adds More Automated Machines For Unattended ‘Lights Out’ Manufacturing Equipment, To Increase Efficiency, Shorten Lead Times, And Reduce Costs For Customers 9/1/2020

   Midwest Precision (https://www.midwestllc.com/), a Tribus Aerospace Company,(https://www.tribusaerospace.com/), recently announced the addition of two Makino A51 Horizontal Mills with 24-pallet MMC automation, accompanied by a DMG Mori CMX1100V Vertical Mill with a Versa Built Automated Loader to its Eastlake, Ohio facility.

10. Enhanced StateMonitor From HEIDENHAIN Meets Today’s Machine Control Connectivity Needs 9/1/2020

    With its new 1.3.0 software upgrade, HEIDENHAIN’s StateMonitor system offers today’s CNC manufacturers a modernized and most effective way to connect their control and PC systems. Including newly added StateMonitor options, users involved in this Industry 4.0 connected machining initiative can now more simply view data and evaluate control processes remotely and in real time.