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Tooling Update
Partners in Robotic Fastener Installation
Robot and machine-vision-system integrator Clear Automation, Southington, CT, has partnered with PennEngineering, manufacturer of the Pemserter fastener- installation press, to market the newly developed Robotic Pemserter installation system. Included are input and output conveyors, and a Fanuc robot to move the workpiece in and out of the press. PennEngineering: 215/766-8853; www.pemnet.com
Future Products Adds Precision Surface Grinder
A new Amada Wasino Techster-D3 surface grinder (www.amadawasino.com) has landed on the shop floor of the metal punch facility of Future Products, Cadillac, MI. The three-axis CNC grinder employs the four-side grinding process for workpieces to 6.6 by 6.6 by 0.75 in.
Future Products manufactures pre- cision die tooling and machined com- ponents.
Future Products: 800/237-5754; www.future-products.com
FTI, Missler Partner to Improve Blank-Shape Development Software
Forming Technologies Inc., Burlington, Ontario, Canada, will provide its blank- shape-development technology to French software provider Missler Software (www.topsolid.com). As a result, users of Missler’s TopSolid’Progress blank-shape- development software will enjoy improved blank-shape accuracy, thanks to use of FTI’s Coupled Hybrid Inverse solver. The solver, say company officials, optimizes simu- lation of shift in the neutral axis and more accurately represents real-world forming conditions in local flanging operation. Forming Technologies Inc.: www.forming.com
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