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Medical Shop Demonstrates How To Manage Risk for ISO
The new ISO 9001:2015 standard emphasizes risk assessment. Medical shops like Protomatic with ISO 13485 certification already manage this.
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Video: Update on Hybrid Manufacturing
Greg Hyatt of DMG MORI discusses hybrid manufacturing, the strategy that combines subtractive and additive processes.
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Dispensing with the Dark and Dirty
In addition to intangible benefits, these stories demonstrate that efforts to maintain a clean, well-lit facility can directly impact manufacturing productivity.
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Device Quickly Inspects 3D Parts on the Shop Floor
Various technologies combine to realize all-around laser measurement of a complex part in a single, quick, automatic cycle.
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Video: Bar Puller for CNC Lathe
Automation doesn’t have to be intricate. This video shows a simple device for automating the operation of a CNC lathe.
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Real-World Precision Is an Active Pursuit
As with any choice of technologies, choosing between active and passive CMM scanning requires thinking beyond specification sheets and staying abreast of what’s on the market.
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Three Design Strategies for Additive Manufacturing
It’s possible to reproduce existing designs via metal additive manufacturing. But the greatest benefits come from designing intentionally with additive in mind.
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What’s Behind Door Number Three?
While most shops are producing shorter aerospace parts on five-axis machines or larger parts on gantry-type equipment, this shop found its niche somewhere in the middle thanks to an advanced profiling machining system from Mazak.
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Titan Launches Machining Tutorial Website
“Titans of CNC Academy” provides free access to tutorial videos on topics ranging from modeling and programming to vise setup to the philosophy of faster cutting.
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Remote Honing Analytics with MTConnect-Compliant Machines
Sunnen offers what it says is the first honing equipment that’s compliant to the MTConnect communication protocol.
Read MoreCNC Machining: Programming the Appropriate Rates for Your Tool
A bit of math is involved in programming the appropriate rates for a particular tool.
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What to Know About Automatic Gages
The potential for increased productivity and cost savings could justify a purchase.
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