MAG Cincinnati Introduces Industry's Highest Output Horizontal 5-axis Profiler for Aluminum Aerospace Components. New HyperMach H4000 features high-performance simultaneous 5-axis contouring, 2 x 4 meter part capacity, cell-ready design, and ergonomics. (14398)
MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining, introducing industry's highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 x 4 meters. Designed especially for high-throughput, precision machining of next-generation aircraft components, the new HyperMach H4000 adapts proven modular components from the company's advanced high-speed vertical profiler family.

Managing Time-Series Data for Predictive Analysis and Preventative Maintenance By Stephen Johnston (14390)
Manufacturing facilities can live or die by the upkeep of their machinery, which means constant monitoring of wear and tear is vital to maintaining an efficient operation. Equipment can now be outfitted with sensors that relay massive amounts of performance-related data. Such data, if managed and analyzed properly, can provide a goldmine of information.

CCE's EnSuite Delivers Support for Point Cloud Files (14387)
CCE, a provider of CAD/CAM data translation and viewer products, has announced that EnSuite Version 2 - its multi-CAD viewing, translation and productivity software - has been upgraded to support point cloud files. EnSuite Version 2 can be used to import point cloud files in .xyz and .csv files that are typically produced on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), laser scanner, or other inspection equipment.

Industry's First Real Time, High Power CO2 Laser Beam Profiler. New At-Line Beam Monitoring System Handles Large Beams at High Powers in Real Time, Up to 48 Images/Sec (14381)
Ophir-Spiricon, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, announces the II-VI-CO2-58 Industrial Laser Beam Analyzer. The II-VI-CO2-58 is a laser beam profiling system that enables the quantitative measurement and viewing of high power CO2 beams. The system diagnoses faults quickly, in real-time, and corrects issues related to beam stability, alignment, tuning, and optimization.

Rockwell Automation To Acquire Incuity Software (14339)
MILWAUKEE, -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Incuity Software, Inc., a privately held company that is a leading supplier of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) software. Incuity's software provides real-time intelligence for business decision support to improve operations and reduce production waste by providing valuable management insight into a company's operations. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Backlit Conveyor Speeds Visual Gaging Of Automotive Parts (14335)
A custom integrator of turnkey automated inspection machines for quality control, Cincinnati Automation "saw the light" — adopting a new LED backlit conveyor to convert automotive part gaging from a step-by-step to continuous process, more than tripling throughput.

MachineToolModels.com Webpage Published! It is cheaper to crash pixels than parts. (14316)
reThink Engineering, Inc., a value added reseller of CAD/CAM software, published the webpage www.machinetoolmodels.com. This page allows users of GibbsCAM machine simulation software to purchase computer models of machine tools. Each model is configured to run inside the GibbsCAM application. reThink Engineering has worked with a number of machine tool builders and distributors to gather data about machine tools. Launched with 20 machine models, new models will be added each week. Current models include 3-, 4- and 5-axis mills as well as 2- axis lathes and multi-axis lathes. Manufacturers include Doosan, Haas, Hardinge, Mazak and Okuma, among others. Pricing for the models vary with machine complexity. reThink Engineering’s objective is to provide high quality models at prices below the cost of internal development.

Physical Prototypes: A Necessary Step or Needless Bottleneck? (14291)
Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined.

Kiva Systems uses SolidWorks Software to Revolutionize the Warehouse with Robots (14289)
Kiva Systems Inc. is using SolidWorks 3D CAD software to revolutionize the concept of the warehouse with the company #65533; system of autonomous orange robots that speed around distribution centers deftly picking goods for shipping.

Turning New Ideas Into Jobs (14280)
The growing popularity of business incubators may play a key role in breeding new positions for the manufacturing industry