Machining

Metal

Phillips Corp. and Laserline Combine Technologies for Hybrid Laser Powder System

The system features diode lasers, which are well suited for precise and energy-efficient material processing.

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DED

Video: Robot Machining Will Complement Robot DED

Robots can do additive manufacturing. Can they do hybrid manufacturing? Precision milling of metal using a robot offers this promise.

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Heat treating

Voxel Innovations Relocates to New, Expanded Facility

The pulsed electrochemical machining (PECM) provider is using this expansion to upgrade its production capabilities as well as its laboratory, testing equipment and metrology equipment.

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Software

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Improves Debarking Knife Tip Strength and Production Efficiency

Nicholson Manufacturing chose the Mastercam APlus specialized add-on to unlock hybrid manufacturing for making its debarker knife tips, enabling it to add durable layers to the wear surfaces of the tips to make them more resilient while also making the production process more efficient.

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WAAM

Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Aid One Another and Work Together

DED parts made by a machine tool provider illustrate various ways the strategic consideration of either metal 3D printing or machining helps the other process.

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Video: For 3D Printed Aircraft Structure, Machining Aids Fatigue Strength

Machining is a valuable complement to directed energy deposition, says Big Metal Additive. Topology-optimized aircraft parts illustrate the improvement in part performance from machining as the part is being built.

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Production

How 3D Printing Aids Sustainability for Semiconductor Equipment: The Cool Parts Show Bonus

Hittech worked with its customer to replace fully machined semiconductor trays with trays made via DED by Norsk Titanium. The result is dramatic savings in tool consumption and material waste.

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IMTS

3D Printing for Job Shops: Part of Elevate Job Shops Series at IMTS

A half-day workshop at the International Manufacturing Technology Show helps job shops explore the many potential ways 3D printing technologies support and enhance machining.

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Machining

6 Ways Additive Affects Machining

Machining is part of additive manufacturing, but the problems, pacing and possibilities of machining are all affected by their interaction with AM. Here are some of the ways machining changes when metal 3D printing is one of its drivers. 

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Sustainability

Machine Tool Drawbar Made With Additive Manufacturing Saves DMG MORI 90% Lead Time and 67% CO2 Emission

A new production process for the multimetal drawbar replaces an outsourced plating step with directed energy deposition, performing this DED along with roughing, finishing and grinding on a single machine.

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