wiredinUSA April 2012

Nagform determines the forming sequence for cold, warm or hot forged parts. It utilizes forming rules and design logic to create alternative ways of forming a part. Reusable sequence design templates can be created for part families such as hex bolts, rivets and spark plugs. The program also provides an efficient method of creating tool drawings. All the forging progression designs and tool drawings can be exported into any 2D drawing package. The software also automatically generates 3D SolidWorks drawings and STEP files of all Nagform part models, forging sequence designs and default tooling.

Series 6000 is designed for high density routing of signals for intelligence and secure communications systems. To satisfy these demanding applications, the Series 6000 extends the proven performance of Polatis’ DirectLight ® technology, including very low insertion loss, compact size, low power draw and fast switching speeds, to a larger matrix size at competitive pricing. The modular design of the Series 6000 allows both symmetric (NxN) and asymmetric (MxN) matrix configurations as well as a customer-configurable option allowing any-to-any fiber connections. Production shipments will begin in the second quarter of 2012.

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Nagform is now available in four versions: Starter, Lie, Complete and Nagforge for the hot forging industry.

All-optical matrix switch Polatis Inc has launched its new Series 6000 Optical Matrix Switch - a fully non- blocking, all-optical singlemode fiber cross-connect for up to 192x192 fiber ports with less than 1dB typical optical loss. The Series 6000 doubles the maximum matrix size previously available from Polatis and is based on Polatis’ patented Direct- Light ® optical switch technology.

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wiredInUSA - April 2012

wiredInUSA - April 2012