Software Update Enhances Capabilities of Rotary-Axis Calibrators
Renishaw’s Carto 3.0 software for its XR20-W rotary axis calibrator enables users to quickly capture and analyze machine performance data from rotary axes.

Renishaw Opens Additive Manufacturing Demo Center in California
Situated within Ibex Engineering’s headquarters, the center allows visitors to explore, interact with and use Renishaw’s latest metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems.

Shop Works to get the Most Out of Its Five-Axis Capabilities
Vertical machining centers with rotary tables helped this Indiana job shop set itself apart, but specific machine features and additional equipment have helped it use them more efficiently to grow its business.

Managing Risk Is This Shop’s Bold Strategy
Flying S routinely makes bold moves in how it processes machined parts and pursues business growth. This boldness comes from carefully minimizing risks.

Measure 6 Degrees of Freedom from a Single Setup
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Hopper Provides Batch-to-Batch Powder Management for 3D Printing
IMTS 2018: The PowderTrace hopper from Renishaw and LPW Technology is an external powder silo option for the RenAM 500 series of AM systems.

Gaging System Measures Larger Parts with Speed, Repeatability
IMTS 2018: Renishaw’s Equator gauging system is designed for speed, repeatability and ease of use in manual or automated applications.

Renishaw Launches Additive Manufacturing Guide
The online resource is intended to help increase the use of AM in mainstream manufacturing. 

Metal AM System's Four Lasers Increase Productivity
To improve additive manufacturing productivity and lower cost per part, Renishaw has launched the RenAM 500Q.

Benefits of Scanning Touch Probes for Setups
Touch-trigger probes are commonly used to speed and simplify setups for new jobs, but scanning touch probes are valuable for these duties, too.

February 2018 Product Spotlight: Additive Manufacturing
This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on various additive manufacturing machines, software and equipment.

Apps Simplify Use of Tool Probes, Tool Setters
Renishaw has developed the GoProbe and Trigger Logic smartphone apps for users of its machine tool probing hardware.

In Hogout Machining, the CAD File Becomes Critical
To serve customers by helping them bypass casting, this shop first needs a close-enough relationship with the customer that it can count on getting good CAD data. Here is why.

How Part Data Control Will Expand and Simplify the Supply Chain
Digital rights management for manufactured part files will enable OEMs to enforce manufacturing requirements at a distance, as an alternative to in-person certification of suppliers.

What Does It Take to Succeed at Machining Hogouts?
Beyond the machining capacity, other important factors relate to the people and the understanding of the process.

Four-Laser Additive System Improves Productivity
The company is also introducing process-monitoring and high-temperature additive manufacturing technology.

Renishaw Collaborates with Identify3D on Securing AM Processes
The goal is to protect digital intellectual property, enforce production rules and provide traceability in the digital supply chain for Renishaw’s AM systems.