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Tooling Systems for the Factory of the Future
BAM GmbH revolutionizes the areas of individual component production and custom machinery - relying on proven tooling systems from BIG KAISER.
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ounded in 2011, BAM GmbH, based in Weiden, Bavaria, is a rapidly growing company. In the past 18 months, the number of its employees has increased from 30 to 150. This, of course, necessitates additional production equipment such as milling machines and the appropriate tooling systems.
AI-Driven Manufacturing The manufacturing and engineering industry is full of traditions, valuable experience and established conventions. However, some of these are now showing their age. "I wanted to fundamentally transform the way in which machine components are manufactured. This is why I decided to start my own business," says Marco Bauer, a specialist in business informatics and managing director of BAM GmbH, the originator of the up2parts online platform.
"Our online platform www.up2parts.com is a revolutionary milestone in the world of manufacturing,” says Marco Bauer. “Today, it is very common for parts to be designed in 3D CAD systems. Unfortunately, customers often provide the manufacturer with two-dimensional PDF drawings of their desired fit and tolerance modifications.” The manufacturer's CAM programmer then reapplies this information back into their 3D model, which can result in quality issues and discrepancies between the modifications in the 2D drawings and the original 3D models. “Furthermore, it can be extremely difficult to accurately draw modern, complex components in 2D,” says Marco Bauer. The main issue, however, is that preparing drawings and quotes costs valuable time, which equates to a loss of money for both customer and manufacturer. INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY DIGEST.COM
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