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Metris Releases 7-Axis Articulated Arm
Leuven:- Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) announces the launch of the 7 axis MCA (manual coordinate measuring arm) for accurate and full freedom laser scanning. With this new 7 axis articulated arm, Metris offers a complete inspection and reverse engineering solution that can be used just as easily in the metrology…
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Builder of medium to heavy duty CNC milling/boring machines, Unisign, reported more than double the number of enquiries from EMO 2007, when compared with th 2006 show
Builder of medium to heavy duty CNC milling/boring machines, Unisign in The Netherlands, reported The EMO 2007 had exceeded all of its expectations and that not only was the [...]

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Indianapolis, Indiana, November 5, 2007 - Designed to provide a greater clamping range for its customers, REGO-FIX® introduces powRgrip® PG 32, the latest expansion to the company’s powRgrip toolholding system. Unmatched in the industry, REGO-FIX’s revolutionary powRgrip PG 32 system uses a toolholder and collet to generate the highest clamping force in the industry - [...]

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UK - At EMO 2007, the Japanese machine tool manufacturer, Okuma, introduced a new way of turning tapered bores and outside diameters using its horizontal machining centers, which are available in the UK through NCMT.
Called turn-cutting, the patented technique is in contrast to the established process of revolving a component on the rotary table of [...]

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CAD (Computer-aided design)
Geometry authoring tool that involves software and sometimes special-purpose hardware. Current packages range from 2D vector based drafting systems to 3D solid and surface modellers.

CAM (Computer-aided manufacturing)
Considered as an NC programming tool wherein 3D models of components generated in CAD software are used to generate CNC code to drive numerical controlled machine [...]

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