Modern Machine Shop News
Surfware Opens Demo, Training Center
Surfware, developer of SurfCAM Velocity CAD/CAM systems, has opened a new demo and training center in Camarillo, California. The facility will serve many functions, including a role as a multimedia center where live demonstrations of the company’s TrueMill and SurfCAM software will be filmed and made available via the Surfware Web site, YouTube and other communication outlets. Live Webcasts broadcast from the center will allow viewers worldwide to see demonstrations of TrueMill in high speed titanium cutting applications on a Haas machine.
Read MoreSoftware Developer Solicits Customer Input
In coordination with the upcoming release of its Vericut 7 machine simulation software, CGTech (Irvine, California) has scheduled 17 North American Vericut User’s Exchange (VUE) events in 2009. In addition to an introduction to new features and tips and tricks for improving efficiency, the events will provide attendees with an opportunity to express ideas about the future direction to the software. After the events, one attendee from North America will be selected at random to win 2 days of on-site training and consulting for his or her company.
Read MoreNew Entity Aims To Reach America’s Future “Tinkerers”
The Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation (NBTF) has partnered with the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) to create a new organization dedicated to inspiring America’s youth to consider careers in manufacturing. The charitable entity, dubbed Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, the Foundation of the Fabricator’s and Manufacturer’s Association, International, will be based in Rockford, Illinois, which also houses the FMA headquarters. The new entity offers grants to non-profit organizations and educational institutions that introduce young people to manufacturing careers; provides funding to organizations that start or expand youth manufacturing camps; and issues scholarships to students pursuing manufacturing careers at colleges and trade schools.
Read MoreHaimer Brings Technology To Prospective Customers
Rather than requiring customers to visit its showroom, Haimer USA (Villa Park, Illinois) is using a new demonstration vehicle to bring its showroom to its customers. Mounted on the chassis of the GMC Top Kick C4500 diesel is a 6-by-10-foot traveling showcase that features the company’s latest shrink-fit toolholders, tool-balancing machines and other products. According to the company, conservative estimates show that 30 to 35 percent of potential customers who see a demonstration on the truck actually make purchases.
Read MoreEvent To Showcase Latest Grinding Technology
As many as 2,500 people are expected to attend the Shleifring Grinding Symposium 2009 from May 6 through 8 at the Trade Fair Center Thun Expo in Thun, Switzerland. Organized by the Schleifring Group, the symposium will showcase new products from member companies and offer technology demonstrations designed to help visitors increase production and quality during precision machining. These practical demonstrations will be supplemented by specialized lectures in which leading industry experts will present the latest trends in research and development.
Read MoreYearly Conference Offers Hands-On CAD/CAM Training
DP Technology (Camarillo, California) announces the next edition of the Esprit World Conference. Scheduled for May 12 through 15 in San Diego, California, the annual event offers a suite of product training courses, business presentations and networking opportunities for the company’s Esprit CAD/CAM software user community. The conference will mark the public introduction of the latest versions of the software, including Esprit 2010, Esprit Mold v11 and Esprit SMINNC v2.
Read MoreOpen House Highlights Machine Tool Offerings
DMG America will conduct a 4-day open house from April 21 to 24 at its Chicago Technology Center in Itasca, Illinois, located just west of the city near O’Hare airport. The center is the company’s North American headquarters and houses an 11,500-square-foot showroom as well as 130 sales, customer service, application engineering, technical support and corporate management personnel. From 9 a.
Read MoreInstitute Offers Machine Training, Counseling
Recently opened on a 146-acre campus adjacent to Florence-Darlington Technical College in Florence, South Carolina, the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT) provides local industry with advanced machine tool training. SiMT offers engineering, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping and 3D virtual reality services as well as workforce development and business process training. Housed within the facility is the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC), which provides machine tool systems training for the southeastern United States.
Read MoreKitagawa Continues Educational Outreach Efforts
While the lack of young people coming into manufacturing industries has been a concern for years, the situation has yet to improve, says Bill Graham, marketing manager for Kitagawa-NorthTech. Mr. Graham believes the industry as a whole needs to better support teachers who are interested in teaching technical skills and dispelling myths about manufacturing.
Read MoreMachine Demos Set To Tour U.S.
Methods Machine Tools will host a series of Kiwa-Japan “Demo Days” at Methods Technology Centers throughout the United States this spring. Via live machining and technical sessions, the events will focus on how Kiwa machining solutions can impact a shop’s business by increasing productivity and profits in a difficult economy. The sessions begin March 31 at the Method’s facility in Sudbury, Massachusetts and wrap up June 16 at the company’s Golden, Colorado Technical Center.
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