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QFS Keeps Its Customers Moving With Integrated CAD/CAM
Quickly updating tool paths to remachine die surfaces enables this shop to provide short runs of prototype formed sheet metal parts. This fast response to engineering changes and design adjustments helps its customers adhere to tightly scheduled vehicle launch programs. QFS relies on integrated CAD and CAM software to make this happen. In this case, the software of choice are PowerShape and PowerMill from Delcam.
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Refueling Manufacturing Through Storytelling
New media company Edge Factor is partnering with Purdue University and industry leaders to produce educational materials based on episodes of its shows.
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Retired Yet Inspired to Learn Machining
A retired engineer with no prior machining experience is learning how to be a machinist. His quickly increasing skillset demonstrates how new machining technology is becoming more capable and easier to pick up and apply.
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How “Nano-Onions” Help Improve Cutting Performance
Nano-scale carbon structures blended with this company’s coolant is said to provide increased tool life and overall cutting performance.
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Martin Edge is always looking for new ways to challenge himself.
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Additive Manufacturing Energizes Innovation Days
The promise of additive technology loomed large at DMG MORI's Innovation Days event, where attendees were drawn to AM and hybrid machines.
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Video: Installing a Right Angle Head on a Toolchanger
This video steps you through the process for installing a standard right-angle head on a machine’s tool changer.
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Ballbar Basics—Running around in Circles
A ballbar testing system has three main components: the ballbar, a precision magnetic mount that attaches to the machine table, and a second precision magnetic mount that attaches to the machine spindle or spindle housing.
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Mobile Metrology
When Clinkenbeard of Rockford, Illinois, decided to invest in a Romer six-axis portable metrology arm in the fall of 2013, they expected it to help ensure the quality of the parts they make. What they didn’t expect was the host of additional benefits the device would provide.
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HSM Built to Handle High-Speed Machining
Designed to handle the rigors of high-speed machining, Hurco's VMX42HSi high-speed mill offers direct-drive servos, an 18,000-rpm integral spindle and X-Y-Z travels measuring 42" × 24" × 24".
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These Coolant Videos Are Cool
Haas Automation has created a series of educational videos on proper coolant maintenance. The mix of animated graphics and how-to demos is just right (just like the mix of coolant concentrate and water should be).
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Video: Leveraging Magnets for Robot Flexibility
Need to move both round and flat workpieces with a robotic arm? Magnetic end-of-arm tooling makes it possible to handle both of these shapes interchangeably, as the video in this article demonstrates.
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