Mold Making Technology

MAY 2, 2023

Initially, that involved 3D printing metal tool components, details and geometries that would otherwise need to be EDM’d. Solution: Using an EOS DMLS printer and MS1 powder, an insert was printed on a stainless build plate, and pre-plumbed to connect extensive conformal cooling channels to the mold’s cooling system.

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Cycle time 3D printing Additive manufacturing Supply Chain 98

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This helps manufacturers automate programming by applying their own standard CNC programming, inspection path methods, tools and program templates, and ensures that correct revisions of parts are programmed and measured on the shop floor, creating one source of data for the digital manufacturing process. Courtesy: DMG Mori, Siemens.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Function 3D printing Additive manufacturing 52

Robotics Business Review

MAY 1, 2024

Recently, Tormach introduced its new 1500MX CNC mill that can be operated with the ZA6 industrial robot via the company’s free and open source PathPilot ® control software. While the cost, cycle-time, and quality benefits are many, truly lights-out production has historically been limited to large manufacturers.

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Prototype  Robotics Robotics Rapid prototyping 79

Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 19, 2023

Additive Manufacturing Metal 3D Printing Series Introduces Industrial Speed, Performance for Mold Production Photo Credit: Xact Metal Aiming to bring affordable metal 3D printing to small- to medium-sized companies and decentralize metal 3D printing, Xact Metal announces the launch of the XM300G series of affordable mid-size metal 3D printers.

3D printing 98

3D printing Control Algorithm Function Aerospace 98

Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

End-to-End Conformal Cooling Design, Production for Faster Cycle Times, Boosted Part Quality. Cooling is a critical process for plastic injection molds, affecting both cycle time and final part quality, Cimatron notes, but is especially challenging for complex parts when using traditional drilling and milling methods.

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3D printing Cycle time Automation Additive manufacturing 98

Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

Like other 3D printing technologies, AM offers higher design freedom than machining or forming metals, plastics or composites themselves, easily printing geometries that are impossible or extremely costly to achieve with conventional manufacturing technologies. For injection molds, PCS Co. Photo Credit: PCS Co. Fraser, Mich.,

Composites 52

Composites 3D printing Cycle time Lead Time 52

21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A good strategy is to source products and materials from more than one supplier and spread them out over different countries and locales to minimize production delays. An alternative is a business could look at additive manufacturing to 3D print parts and supplies it needs onsite. Image credit: Panumas Yanuthai/Shutterstock.

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Supply Chain Bottleneck 3D printing Warehousing 52

Automation Mag

JANUARY 8, 2024

Morris also lists medical/lab processes, CNC machining, 3D printing and cobot applications as growth areas for motion control. Typically, electrically-driven actuators are used when no air source is available, the application requires more than two positions or you require dynamic control of speed or force,” he explains.

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Robotics Robotics Function Automotive 62

Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

milling, hobbing and grinding) in one machine and systems that use a sub-spindle or multiple axes to machine parts in a single setup to reduce cycle time and minimize geometric and shape defects. .” As examples, Wigington cites turning centers that combine multiple operations (e.g.,

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Supply Chain 3D printing Warehousing 52