Thomas Wieland is the team leader of engineering at MBFZ Toolcraft GmbH, Handelsstrasse 1, D-91166 Georgensgmuend, Germany, +49 (0) 9172 69 56 – 0, [email protected], www.toolcraft.de.
A robot can now replace a machine tool in certain applications, bringing a high level of flexibility to use different tools in the 3D space that changes the way processes and component design are viewed.