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Digitalization and Multitasking Accelerate Prototyping
Protolabs’ Mazak Integrex multitasking machines facilitate efficient automation of the prototyping company's high-mix, low-volume workload.
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Workshops for Warriors Is a Blueprint for Success
The founder of this training program for military veterans sees it as a pattern for rethinking assumptions and attitudes about the skills gap in U.S. manufacturing.
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On-Demand - Metal AM: Business Case vs. Conventional Manufacturing
With part costs, build speeds, accuracy, surface finish and material properties finally rivaling traditional manufacturing methods, 3D printing is becoming a viable alternative to casting, forging, machining and metal injection molding (MIM).
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Rotary Grinders Leave Cleaner Build Plates
While metal 3D printing saves on tools, build plate resurfacing is a bottleneck. The latest rotary grinders can provide an efficient, high-quality alternative to bandsaws or wire EDM.
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2022 Top Shops Survey Now Open
This free survey helps shops compare their KPIs to competitors. Early participants may qualify to be profiled as Top Shops honorees in 91ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÎÛ.
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Machine Monitoring Has a Lot to Learn
Supplementing CNC connections with sensors and machine learning enables predicting performance on the level of the individual part.
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3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors: The Cool Parts Show #39
Additive manufacturing achieves a large-diameter cutting tool light enough for fast, precise machining of the motor housing’s stator bore.
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Proactive Plans Beat Pandemic Problems
Manufacturing industry challenges like the skills gap only got worse with COVID-19. Proactive planning helps businesses stay afloat, pandemic or not.
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Automation Cell Outperforms CNC Machines Fourfold
An automated turnkey machining cell simplified one Utahan manufacturer’s part handling and halved its cycle times.
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Metalworking Activity Starts 2022 With Modest Boost
GBI: Metalworking reflected greater levels of activity in new orders, production and backlogs with a modest increase for January 2022.
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Do Modern CNCs Call for a New Programming Paradigm?
Complex workpieces such as AM parts present demanding toolpath challenges. But meeting the challenges reveals how much precision we’ve had all along — we just need the measurements and methods to use it.
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For Velo3D CEO, the Future of Metal AM Is Large Producers
The growing demand for metal part production via additive manufacturing will be met by producers that start small and massively scale, says Velo3D’s Benny Buller. Thus, AM will follow a different path from other part-making technologies.
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