Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Within additive manufacturing, there is a big focus on part and application qualification. This takes time and requires a collaborative effort amongst OEMs, users, and research institutes. In March of 2020, the Department of the Navy published Marine Corps Order 4700.4 related to the Additive Manufacturing Policy.

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 28, 2022

Combining cutting-edge technology with additive manufacturing redefines the limits set within traditional manufacturing and delivers innovation in places you might not expect. Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3D printing, is an innovative process where objects are created one layer at a time.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 20, 2022

Australia’s movement toward the fourth industrial revolution has been seen as a difficulty due to a lack of manufacturing bases, visible in competing countries. It disclosed Australia was producing two thirds more manufacturing output than it consumes, making it an underdeveloped and expensive industry. Case studies.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2023

TM25S provides a keen eye in the factory In a very different example of industrial digitalization, electronics manufacturer Quanta is inspecting the quality of its products using the TM25S , an AI-enabled robot from its subsidiary, Techman Robot.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Over the past year, many manufacturers have eyed the recovering aerospace market as one potential avenue for expansion and diversification. In particular, companies with the right mix of experience and capabilities may find significant opportunity in the realm of blisk manufacturing. Click to view full-size image.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that Ather Energy, one of India’s foremost electric motorcycle brands, has expanded its adoption of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to help the company reduce its design and engineering cycle time, improve product quality and achieve faster time to market.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 5, 2022

Formula Tooling designs and manufactures high-precision Class 101 medical molds like this one with 192 individual cores. Photo Credit, all images: Formula Tooling Since 2020, Formula Tooling has built more than 90 molds, growing revenue to over $10 million in 2021. Formula Tooling’s Managing Director Ruediger W.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 22, 2024

.” And incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) operators can do much more, including using AI in part design to determine how to make a part in the most profitable way — sometimes even going from subtractive to additive manufacturing, if they have that capability. Here are some of the highlights.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There’s no need for clock synchronous application operation, because it’s a very simple application.The cycle times, ver roughly, are tens of millisecond. This also is not synchronized via a clock because it’s single axis and maybe not required, but the cycle times are a little more stringent.

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MEM

APRIL 28, 2023

Software company Senseye’s True Cost Of Downtime 2022 report reveals unplanned downtime costs manufacturers at least 50% more today than it did in the period 2019 to 2020. But as well as the productivity gains made through chip control, the team also wanted to help manufacturers machine more complex and innovative shapes.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Noah says he’s worked in the shop since he was a small kid, and bought the company from his father in 2022 after assuming leadership duties in 2020. At the same time, the shop makes time to serve local customers who may not otherwise have access to nearby job shops with the expertise to develop solutions for their needs.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

PACON’s strenuous adherence to quality standards enables it to manufacture mission-critical parts, such as the housing for the MOXIE experiment box on NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. As such, the shop has standardized on five-axis machines and common workholding — as was covered in the 2020 Top Shops article.

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MEM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Formerly known as PK Engineering and traditionally a supplier to laboratories and the instrumentation, aerospace and process industries, the company rebranded as NuMachine in 2020 as it looked to break into the automotive and electric vehicle sector.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 20, 2023

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based shop has fostered a close relationship with VersaBuilt Robotics , leveraging the automation OEM’s technology to improve revenue and maintain the shop’s reputation as a quick-turn manufacturer. Fixturing the order of 5,000 wedge locks took longer than normal due to the parts’ small sizes.

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Additive Manufacturing

MAY 19, 2023

In addition to today’s announcement, the company is providing further detail related to its previously announced initiative in February 2023 to improve manufacturing efficiencies in its European metal printer operations. This approach should improve cycle time from development to production while improving operating efficiencies.

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Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

SLM Press Release – SLM enters into Investment Agreement with Nikon to further enhance SLM’s leadership position in Additive Manufacturing Nikon to launch all cash public takeover offer for SLM at EUR 20 per share, representing a premium of 75% to the undisturbed closing price as of September 1 st 2022 Key shareholders Elliott, ENA and Hans J.

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Automation Mag

JULY 29, 2024

“Innovative Automation started in 1989 with three founding partners and grew over the years by providing custom automation integration services, primarily to Tier 1 automotive manufacturers,” says Michael Lalonde, co-owner and president of both Innovative Automation and RoboTape.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 19, 2024

To ensure it remains globally competitive now and in the future, Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. Photo Credit: Hermle AG Founded in 1975, moldmaker Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. used for larger workpieces, they wanted to incorporate them in the new manufacturing cells.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To ensure it remains globally competitive now and in the future, Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. Photo Credit: Hermle AG Founded in 1975, moldmaker Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. used for larger workpieces, they wanted to incorporate them in the new manufacturing cells.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

West Ohio Tool , a second-generation custom tooling manufacturer based out of Russell Point, Ohio, learned this lesson during a leadership transition in early 2020 and has thrived since. By early 2020, she was officially CEO, with her husband Rea coming on as president to help fulfill some of Kaci’s father’s duties.

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The integration of CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing) became more prevalent, streamlining the design-to-production workflows. The use of simulation software enables operators to visualize machining processes before execution, thereby reducing errors and setup times.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 6, 2023

Today, Quality Mold remains a privately held plastic injection mold manufacturing company, operating in a 16,000-square-foot facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, just a few miles from Interstates I-90 and I-79, that employs more than 30 trained professionals. We mainly produce Class 101 tooling for the medical, consumer and automotive industries.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 2, 2024

From 2017 to 2020, we focused on rebuilding customer confidence and then transitioning out 60% of the machines. They left in 1997 to pursue other moldmaking opportunities, returning in 2017 and purchasing the business in 2020. It has been a multistage process,” says Dan Gouge, vice president of sales. ” D ynamic Tool Corp.

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