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Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

Mold Making Technology

That led to many aerospace companies knocking on Linear’s door, asking to observe the machine running, since the only other company with an EOS metal additive printer was another aerospace competitor. Performance results regarding cycle time reduction with conformal cooling have proven to be as good as or better than predictions.

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Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

Part quantities range from 50 pieces to 40,000, and typically fall into the medical or semiconductor industries, with some parts for the chemical industry and the occasional bobbin for electronics in the aerospace industry. This range of clients has helped the shop weather downturns in any one market.

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GrayMatter raises $45M Series B to ease robot programming for manufacturers

Robotics Business Review

SK Gupta, Ariyan Kabir, and Brual Shah founded GrayMatter Robotics in 2020. GrayMatter said its proprietary GMR-AI technology enables robots to self-program and adapt to high-mix, high-variability manufacturing environments, providing consistent quality and reducing cycle times. million sq. about 700,000 sq.

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Innovation With the Additive Advantage

Additive Manufacturing

Northrop Grumman continues to innovate using AM and has helped facilitate this transformation across several platform-types, ranging from radio frequency sensors, engines, hypersonic weapons and aerospace structures. 3D Printing in Action. SOURCE: Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman has also advanced AM applications to space.

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Should Blisk Machining be in Your Growth Plan?

Modern Machine Shop

Over the past year, many manufacturers have eyed the recovering aerospace market as one potential avenue for expansion and diversification. Rising Demand for New Aircraft and MRO While commercial aerospace took a significant hit in 2020, the resilience of the defense sector helped to blunt some of the impact.

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Advanced Tool Paths, Simple Implementation

Modern Machine Shop

Advanced CAM programming techniques can make significant differences in the cycle times and costs of jobs, but creating tool paths with these techniques has historically been a time-consuming process, limiting their use to mid- and high-volume parts.

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Using Jaws as Grippers Enables Flexible, Low-Cost Automation

Modern Machine Shop

A chance encounter with VersaBuilt Automation about an automated door opener turned into a longer meeting about the company’s Mill Automation System (MAS), and in September 2020, Yarur purchased an MAS for less money than he would have paid for a traditional robot several years beforehand.