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The Arrival of Low-Cost Metal AM?
Systems just introduced promise to lower the price of entry for 3D printing metal parts.
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Video: Additive Manufacturing Is a Logistics Solution
UPS discusses its use of cloud-networked 3D printers to provide part-making near the point of end use.
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Video: Are You a Top Shop?
If you are or if you aspire to be a top shop, come to our conference September 5-7 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Complete "Reality Redesigned" Student Manufacturing Competition Series Now Streaming Online
The live competition created by Edge Factor involves junior high and high school students meeting challenges in engineering and manufacturing. Representatives from Mastercam, NIMS and MMS judge the competition. Watch the entire series for free.
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Old Machines Are Also Automation Candidates: 40-Year-Old Machine Adapted into Unattended System
Integrating an automatic positioner with a formerly manual jig borer brings increased efficiency to secondary operations.
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Machining and Fabrication Teams are Different—Here Is How to Manage Them
The leaders of a company providing both job-shop-type machining and fabrication of custom structures describe how they respect both of these teams and how they bring them both together. ISO certification has proven to be one valuable factor.
Read MoreTheory and Practice of the Shop Visit
There is certain information that can only come from standing in the facility.
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Tooling Is the Underappreciated AM Application
One of the significant impacts of industrial 3D printing will be its aid to conventional production.
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Walmart Event Invites Manufacturers to Pitch U.S.-Made Products
The June 28 event offers meetings with Walmart buyers. This is part of the company’s promise to purchase $250 billion more in products made domestically.
Read MoreKeep an Eye on AI
Big data is just the beginning. In the future, optimizing the system will be a function of the system itself.
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Identifying and Overcoming Skill Vulnerabilities in Staffing
This shop tracks cross-training as a performance metric. Management sees how many employees are fully capable of running each different type of machine tool. The data have helped the shop improve in this area, particularly since employees see the very same data as well.
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High-Productivity End Mills Made Possible Due to Tech of Penn Plant
Seco Tools cites the Stabilizer 2.0 end mill as an example of the type of product it is able to manufacture because of the grinding technology that has been part of the improvement of its Niagara Cutter facility.
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