Machining
Siemens Expands U.S. Additive Manufacturing Research, Development Initiatives
The company plans to leverage its motion control, automation hardware, digitalization software and technology capabilities at its Charlotte Advanced Technology Collaboration Hub (CATCH) to serve as an ecosystem platform for machine builders, machine users and additive design engineers.
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Rapid Fusion’s CNC Milling Tool Enables Hybrid Manufacturing
The high-performance electro spindle provides precision milling and postprocessing of polymer 3D prints.
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Semiconductors, Tungsten, AM Affordability and More from Formnext 2024: AM Radio #56
The trade show included increased applications for the semiconductor market, machine launches and technology advances aimed at cost cutting, plenty of LFAM and more. Listen to our conversation on Formnext 2024.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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