Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Beryllium stock is about 10 times as expensive as aluminum, McKay says. To avoid scrap, the company makes test parts out of aluminum to prove out machining processes and programs before embarking on a beryllium version. Today, the shop primarily works on aerospace and defense parts, especially satellite structures and components.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 2, 2023

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. Dedicated port form tools that are typically brazed on carbide would need to be taken out of the tool holder once the tool is used to life.

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Donlouco

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most parts will require some form of finish to protect them from the environment or to improve the appearance or performance of the part in service. The type of finish best suited to the part depends on what the part is made from. The most common finishes for parts and components include plating, galvanising, painting, and dipping.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Panel arrays on satellites must be folded down into compact forms in order to pack them into a relatively narrow rocket, and only unfurled to form large flat surfaces once the rocket has blasted into outer space. It’s thought that the first origami solar array was packed into a Japanese spacecraft that launched in 1995.

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E&T

MAY 12, 2023

The devil is not as black as he is painted. Particularly if the ‘devil’ is French and is better known as ‘le diable’. We came close to cancelling this trip only days before it was due to start. France was being reportedly paralysed by protests against President Macron’s pension reform. And I was not alone.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While the full specs will not be announced until tomorrow, the 3D effect was demonstrated in film clips and a mobile game. While the full specs will not be announced until tomorrow, the 3D effect was demonstrated in film clips and a mobile game.

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Dinesh Mishra

MAY 22, 2024

Electric cycle in their modern form have been around at least a couple of decades and so have had time to evolve and manufacturers have had time not only to produce better motors and batteries but also a very wide range of different electric cycle designs. To many, electric cycle is a new concept and the world around us is also learning.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 5, 2025

Nevertheless, he quickly familiarized himself with the industry, leveraging his leadership experience (and the technical expertise of his father, MSP’s previous president) to modernize the shop’s equipment and software. The shop now sports an expanded range of capabilities while proving much more efficient.

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Fastener News Desk

MARCH 29, 2024

But if manufacturers design with it in mind, they can come up with this hybrid system that takes advantage of all forms of manufacturing. Although Würth Industry does many other things as well, the Germany-based parent company got its start in fasteners and is the world leader in that field.

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Trimantec

JANUARY 22, 2020

A form of outsource manufacturing, contract manufacturers will either produce complete assemblies for a brand name supplier (private label manufacturing) or sub-assemblies. No matter the size of your operation, small or large, there are always times when outsourcing is an attractive means to an end. Outsource Manufacturing and Its Subsets.

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E&T

APRIL 18, 2023

When it comes to Bluetooth earbuds, we're living in a bountiful era where the cost of manufacturing has plummeted and the essential core tech spec is by now well understood and easily replicated. It's become increasingly difficult to make a bad product. Equally, it's a bamboozling time to be a consumer. Here's your USP. And that they do.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 14, 2023

Automation application insights System integrators can play a key role in improving automation applications by providing their expertise from past projects to show different perspectives. Developing a thorough automation response based on the data collected and using that data to help inform the next course of action is the best approach.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 1, 2024

Software for Die Design and Forming Simulation Booth E-135800: Stampack includes both shell and solid solvers making it extremely fast and very accurate. Brookfield, WI) are experts who provide software for die design and forming simulation for the manufacturing industry. Accurate Die Design Software, Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, with so many options on the market, discovering what is right for a particular shop can be a challenge. MoldMaking Technology is here to help with this latest cutting tools technology roundup. Every month, MMT provides readers with a technology roundup detailing some of the latest innovations and upgrades. Photo Credit: Greenleaf Corp.

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DO Supply

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

This made them ideal for applications where maintaining a fixed position is critical, such as holding a camera or laser steady during a scanning operation. His centrifugal governor, for example, was an early form of mechanical feedback control, automatically adjusting the flow of steam to stabilize engine speed.

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