Hexagon announced the acquisition of TST Tooling Software Technology. TST is the USA and Canada master distributor of VISI, Hexagon’s dedicated CAD/CAM software for the mould and die sector, and the Peps CAM programming software for laser and wire EDM machines.
The machine tools are the visible parts of a shop’s capacity, but it is hard to overstate the value and power of software tools for using that capacity effectively. Indeed, software reaches every corner of a manufacturing facility. From the ERP software in the front office, to the CAD/CAM systems that program parts and the machine monitoring programs on the shop floor, nearly every employee in a machine shop is likely to interact with some type of software program. And even those who don’t work directly with software are indirectly impacted by it.
“.nearly every employee in a machine shop is likely to interact with some type of software program. And even those who don’t work directly with software are indirectly impacted by it.”