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Lights out Output
For lights-out machining, being able to efficiently backtrack from smaller batches if something goes wrong helps identify when an error occurred.
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Finished Molds Overnight
In the highly competitive athletic footwear market, moving from concept to design to production at breathtaking speed is imperative. Fast and efficient five-axis machining is a key accelerator in this process.
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Learn What More Your Software Can Do
Consider a software audit involving the software company’s support personnel. Let them watch how you use (and don’t use) the capabilities of the product you already own.
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New Waterjet Technology Offers Micromachining Alternative
Micro Waterjet LLC offers a machine that overcomes the lack of positioning accuracy and limited cutting stream control that have historically barred waterjet from work at the micro scale.
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How to Work a Webinar
A Webinar, in case you’ve not attended one, is an online presentation—a “Web seminar”—on a topic of interest to a specific audience.
Read MoreBig Program Lined up for Micro Manufacturing Event
Many analysts predict that micro manufacturing is one of the “next big things” for the future of part production in the United States.
Read MoreQuick, What do You Think?
PCAST, the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, recently launched a Web site to gather public opinion on the Future of U.S.
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5 Axis Volumetric Error Compensation for Large Machine Tools
System simultaneously corrects tool position in multiple axes to tighten machining accuracies on large machines that cut complex shapes.
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Focus on Low Cost, High Accuracy and Short Cycle Times in the Mfr. of Orifice Meter Tubes
A low-cost automated honing system uses existing tools and protects workers.
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Free High Speed Steel Guide
The HSS Smart Guide is currently available at no cost from the International High Speed Steel Research Forum, a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing HSS technology through shared research and educational activities.
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Has Validation Visited You?
Joe Davis and his brother have been around machining for most of their lives.
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Do You Have an Automation Strategy?
Contract shop Energy Dynamics said demographics provide one of the reasons why this shop bought a robot.
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