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How Manufacturing Data Can Save the World
Digital spaces rooted in real-world sensor data help scale big ideas and move humanity toward a more sustainable, autonomous future.
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Additive Mindset Can Aid Machinists
The mindset for additive flips subtractive thinking inside out.
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What Are the Limits to Make-to-Order Manufacturing?
Automated storage and retrieval system maker Modula produces a product with 2,000 parts and hundreds of variations that has to be completed within a customer’s site. Here is a picture of what is possible in making a product tailored to the customer.
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When to Use Custom Macros With a CAM System
Custom macros can offer benefits even when using a CAM system to prepare programs – but must be implemented with the right considerations.
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Using Topology Optimization to Lightweight: A Paradox for Machining
Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.
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What Should Machinists Know About In-Machine Probing?
In-machine probing doesn’t reach the power of CMMs but can still be useful for pre- and mid-process control, as well as for “rough screening” of parts.
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The CNC Reveals its Secrets
Machine monitoring becomes a platform for predictive maintenance without requiring extra sensors.
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New Ways We Cover the Choices and Challenges of Machining
Recently added: a new resource for machining-related process challenges, and a new video series appreciating the distinctiveness of different shops.
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When Manufacturers Should Use 3D Measurement for Surface Finishing
Two-dimensional (2D) surface profiling systems are the standard for quality assurance in manufacturing, but some applications demand 3D measurement systems.
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5 Things CNC Operators Must Know About Sizing Adjustments
For CNC operators, sizing adjustment is an essential skill. Keep these points in mind when training new CNC users.
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How to Tackle Tough Angled Pocket Milling With Two Tools
Milling a deep pocket with a tight corner radius comes with unique challenges, but using both a flat bottom drill and a necked-down finishing tool can help.
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Is Additive Freeing Designers or Aiding Manufacturers?
A shift toward maximizing AM benefits for manufacturers, not only product designers and process engineers, will help AM take off.
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