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One Week to Take Additive Manufacturing Further
A 5-day advanced course at the new Additive Manufacturing Competency Center is aimed at quickly advancing the knowledge and effectiveness of current AM users.
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New Hybrid Unites Additive Manufacturing and Grinding
A machine performing surface and profile grinding, along with milling and laser metal deposition, is believed to be the world’s first hybrid grinder.
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Video: New Customizable Consumer Car to Be Made by Additive Manufacturing
The sponsor of the upcoming Additive Manufacturing Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, has revealed the electric car that it will produce in this city.
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What Does Your Shop’s Website Say in 0.05 Second?
In an ideal world, a shop would be judged on its machining performance, not its online presence. We don’t live in an ideal world.
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You Are Already Paying for Training
Training saves cost in the form of higher efficiency and reduced rework. It’s just that the costs of not training are difficult to quantify, affecting the perception of training’s ROI.
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An alternative is the cloud. On the grounds of a major shipping hub, a new business lets manufacturers quickly obtain 3D printed parts by uploading a CAD file.
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The Extrusion Option
For the right parts, this choice might be surprisingly cost-effective. A drum pedal maker controlled cost by starting some machined components as extruded blanks instead of solid blocks.
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3D-Printed Tooling Speeds Manufacturing of Cutting Tools
Knight Carbide's insert delivery times had to wait on custom tooling, so they acquired a Mojo desktop 3D printer from Stratasys make their own. Lead times for insert carriers were shortened from weeks to just six hours.
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Employees and Automation in Harmony
For a well-known guitar maker, automation sets employees free, and product improvement engages those employees’ attention.
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Video: Robot Gripping by Granular Compression
An alternate approach to robot gripping readily conforms to the shape of many different target objects.
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Video: Vertical Machining Centers at Taylor Guitars
Equipment most of us associate with metalworking is used in this famous guitar maker’s production woodworking application.
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Multitasking Levels, MTConnect and Additive Mrf. Part of Tech Center Event
A recent open house at Mazak’s Chicago-area facility included not just various machines but also various ideas for thinking differently about machining.
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