Machining
Can Additive Manufacturing Increase Milling Feed Rates?
With PCD tooling, yes it can. The diamond cutting edges demand a large number of flutes to realize their full effectiveness. Traditional methods for making cutter bodies limit the number of flutes, but 3D printing is delivering tools with higher flute density and other enhancements as well.
Read More
Postprocessing Composite Tooling: Machining, Coating or Combination Strategy?
A project testing the surface finishing options for composite tooling reveals insight about machining and coating strategies.
Read More
High-Speed Milling Meets Powder-Bed Additive Manufacturing
A hybrid machining center from Sodick integrates high-speed machining with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS).
Read More
Webinar: Additive Manufacturing Needs Machining—How Should They Work Together?
Register for the free webinar by the Consortium for Advanced Hybrid Manufacturing—Integrating Technologies (CAM-IT) to be held November 30 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Read More
Successful Prints Require Feedback Before They Go to the Machine
DFAM is unlike designing for subtractive machining or injection molding, and requires acute understanding of the machine, process and materials involved.
Read More
Drilling Jig an Example of How 3D Printing Assists Machining
A machine shop benefits from 3D printing as a means of efficiently making custom hardware to aid both the process and the machines.
Read More
At IMTS, Methods 3D to Place AM in the Midst of Machine Tools
Machining demos will show additive parts postprocessed on CNC machines, and a high-speed 3D printing system will show fully automated production. “This is a manufacturing technology,” says company COO.
Read More
Additive for Fixturing, Machine Tool Components
Additive manufacturing is being used for more than prototyping these days. Here are two examples of how a machine shop might leverage this technology.
Read More
Additive Manufacturing and CNC Machining: Separate Together? Hear the Recorded Webinar
A maker of CNC machine tools and a maker of AM technology come together to describe integrating additive and subtractive into an efficient process for production.
Read More
Integrating Additive Without Inhibiting Machining
Can AM be added to a CNC machine tool while keeping the machine’s cutting capabilities fully intact?
Read More
