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Birmingham Fastener and Anchor Bolt & Supply Announces Strategic Partnership

Fastener News Desk

Theyll leverage Birmingham Fasteners more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing space to provide reliable supply and built-to-spec parts. Theyll leverage Birmingham Fasteners more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing space to provide reliable supply and built-to-spec parts.

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Warpage Waylaid Via Simulation

Mold Making Technology

At left, the original design with two gates that ultimately led to unacceptable warp; at right, the revamped design with a single gate that met spec. In this role, he oversees operations at its nearby New Baltimore, Mich., facility which features 39 injection molding machines, as well as the Danville, Ky., plant, with 21 presses.

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What Is Design for Manufacturing? Part 1 of 4

Mold Making Technology

An example from a virtual mold design curriculum showing DFM-driven thread lead-in modifications for improved manufacturability and grinder accessibility. Source | Virtual.Mold.Design Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is the process of designing parts, components or products for ease of manufacturing to make a better product at a lower cost.

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Vertical Integration, Automation Helping 3D Printed Spine Implant Manufacturer Scale Production

Modern Machine Shop

When Tangible Solutions launched just over a decade ago, the founders anticipated that there would be demand for additive manufactured spine implants largely for their design possibilities. In fact, in many cases Marle Tangible finds that its prices are similar or even lower than conventional implants made via machining.

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Tangram Vision creates LiDAR comparison tool

Robotics Business Review

Users can compare 28 LiDAR models from leading manufacturers such as Hesai, Ouster, Quanergy, RoboSense, and Velodyne. “Some of that comes in the form of products like our calibration tools, and some in the form of open-source projects, like this new LiDAR visualizer and comparison tool.”

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Leveraging Data to Drive Manufacturing Innovation

Modern Machine Shop

If the currency of artificial intelligence (AI) is data, global manufacturer Fictiv is holding the king’s ransom. We’ve produced 30 million parts over 10 years, and when those part specifications are uploaded to Fictiv, we do a computational geometry analysis that simulates how this part will be made in the real world.

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Sifting through the Hype: A Brief Guide to Discerning Truth in Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

For the additive manufacturing industry, the largest event of the calendar year is nearly upon us as Formnext 2022 is ready to kick off November 15-18 in Frankfurt, Germany. Gartner’s Hype Cycle has made us all students of overblown trends and what they mean en route to new manufacturing realities. World’s first Is it?