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What Is Design for Manufacturing? Part 1 of 4

Mold Making Technology

This “cross-functional” DFM intends to challenge the design — to look at the design at all levels — component, subsystem, system and holistic levels — to ensure the design is optimized and does not have unnecessary cost embedded in it. This is done by simplifying, optimizing and refining the product design.

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Why Shoulder Bolts Are Too Important to Ignore, Part 2

Mold Making Technology

If the function of a shoulder bolt is to limit the distance a plate or any mold component travels, it is referred to as a range bolt. Source (All images) | Injection Mold Consulting LLC If the function of a shoulder bolt is to pull a plate or any mold component, then it is called either a stripper bolt, or a puller bolt.

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Do More with Ultramodern Machines

Fabricating & Metal Work

Traditionally, manufacturers rely on measurement and compensation to control these variations, adjusting for thermal and mechanical changes during grinding. But what if there was a way to eliminate a major source of inaccuracy altogether? MTC does exactly that. Thread cresting is one of the most important tap features to get right.

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More answers on PLC projects, programming best practices

Control Engineering

See examples of how these methods can help improve quality, lower cost and ease the ability to offer custom functionalities and technologies. Fortunately, platform A has extended math functions. If not, you can simply save functions and code in a directory and import to a new project. Not all platforms have library capability.

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Port Cutting Made Simple: Machining Ports More Efficiently

Fabricating & Metal Work

Whether you are dealing with difficult materials or being challenged to hold tight tolerances on complex forms, innovations in porting tools have helped to overcome these trials. For stainless steels, it is tough to make chips, so a good geometry helps to get things dialed in. Moreover, solid carbide drills are used in these applications as well.

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Navigating Outsource Manufacturing

Trimantec

Automotive, truck, and heavy equipment. No matter the size of your operation, small or large, there are always times when outsourcing is an attractive means to an end. Outsourcing has the potential to save money in many ways. Among the advantages, it alleviates the need for you to acquire additional space and trained labor.

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Honeycutt Cuts Machining Steps; Drives More Business from Aerospace Customers

Fabricating & Metal Work

Honeycutt Manufacturing , a Mukilteo, Washington (Seattle) job shop in service to the aerospace, marine and general industrial markets, made a major investment recently in a GROB G550T 5-axis universal machining center. To say the purchase was a “game changer” would be an understatement.