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moldmakingtechnology.com 67 Laser Trackers with Mobile Device Control Enable Portablity Faro will exhibit its Vantage S and Vantage E laser trackers, which offer mobile device control and portability for efficiency and ease of use in part and assembly inspection, machine installa- tion, metrology-guided alignment, and reverse engineering. The company will also feature its RemoteControlsTM work- flow, which is said to simplify operations such as target acquisition and accuracy checks, and eliminate locking onto the laser beam with simple gestures. Faro Technologies Inc. / faro.com / Booths 2319, 1809 Collaborative Robots Load, Unload Machines Without Need for Barriers FANUC America will demonstrate machine load/unload with its CR-7iA table- top size collaborative robot equipped with iRVision. During the demonstration, the robot will pick up a part and load it into a lathe's chuck, then remove the part from the chuck and place it back onto a part tray, showing how a col- laborative robot can be used for machine tool loading and unloading. The cell will have area scanners running at full speed when the operator is outside of the cell. The CR-7iA, CR-7iA/L, CR-4iA and larger CR-35iA collaborative robots are equipped with highly sensitive contact detection, enabling them to share workstations with people and perform more strenuous tasks or repetitive operations without industrial safety barriers, the company says. The CR-7iA offers a 717-mm reach and 7-kg payload; the CR-7iA/L offers the same payload with a 911=mm reach; and the CR-4iA has a 550-mm reach and 4-kg payload. The design for the compact collaborative robots is based on the LR Mate-series of mini material-handling robots and they are said to be ideal for small part sorting and assembly, inspection, machine tending and part delivery. FANUC America Corp. / fanucamerica.com / Booth 803 Simulation Software Reduces Debugging, Improves Cycle Times Spring Technologies will demonstrate its NCSIMUL Solutions simulation soft- ware, highlighting the NCSIMUL Machine and NCSIMUL 4CAM modules. The 2017 version of the software is designed to provide ease of use, flexibility and auto- mation for manufacturers to move toward Industry 4.0. New features include new probing strategies, support for turning after milling which enables one- click NC machine turnaround, cutting tool management with 3D definitions, one-click project update, project export and import, automatic performance analysis, and automatic graphic detection of machining risk zones and less- than-optimal cutting conditions. NCSIMUL Machine is designed to provide realistic CNC simulation of the machining process. Users can simulate, verify, optimize and review programs based on the characteristics of the machine tools. Three-dimensional graphics help prevent machining crashes while algorithms and embedded process- based knowledge optimize cutting conditions. The software provides machin- ing verification in three steps: investigating and correcting coding errors, simulating to locate collisions and correct motion errors, and validating the part cut and result. The company says that the software can reduce debugging time, improve cycle times and process optimization efficiencies and prevent spindle collisions, tool breakage and scrap. Spring has also optimized its 4CAM add-on module so that it is more effi- cient and supports best practices with existing CAM products. The new version is designed to be a reliable, flexible, secured and automated tool for selecting which production resources to deploy. SPRING Technologies Inc. / ncsimul.com / Booth 2538 Various Shop Management, Monitoring Software, Hardware on Display Shop Floor Automations (SFA) will display software and hardware solutions intended to help manufacturers increase productivity, OEE and profits without buying new machines or downsizing their workforce in order to afford upgrades. The company's USB-to-CNC hardware options, such as the portable USB Connect and WiFi USB Connect, enable connecting machines to Ethernet- and wireless- enabled devices. Predator DNC software enables users to control and secure thousands of CNC programs. The company also offers graphical job scheduling products enabling live changes to production schedules and real-time jobs lists. Shop Floor Automations / shopfloorautomations.com / Booth 1935