Machining

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How Additive Manufacturing Is Like (and Different from) CNC Machining

A leading machining business applies the skill of a toolmaker to using additive manufacturing effectively. The manufacturer shares application examples, as well as thoughts on the challenge and promise of this technology.

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Optimizing Mass and Material

Most machined parts have more material than necessary. This is true even after all of the cutting is finished.

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Machining for Additive Manufacturing

Even though one is “subtractive” and one is additive, CNC machining and additive manufacturing are not competitors.

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Additive Manufacturing’s Manifold Benefits

How would you make a weight-bearing manifold without machining?

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Machining

Video: Reality Redesigned and Modern Machine Shop at Rapid Event

At last week’s Rapid conference and expo in Atlanta, "The Edge Factor" producer Jeremy Bout unveiled the three winners of the reality show/design contest, “Reality Redesigned.”

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Molten Spray Moldmaking

Rapid solidification creates mold and die tooling that is harder than heat treated components, within build times that are faster than machining.

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Production

Introducing "Additive Manufacturing," a New Publication from Modern Machine Shop and MoldMaking Technology

A new quarterly supplement to both magazines focuses on the production applications of equipment that builds parts layer by layer.

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Postprocessing

Addressing the Design Issues of Rapid Manufacturing

This white paper from a manufacturer that added an in-house rapid manufacturing center describes how additive technologies both complement and differ from manufacturing processes relying on CNC machining.

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Machining

Machining From STL Files

If you think the STL file format is just a convenient means for programming rapid prototyping machines, think again. Here's how STL can work for machinists too.

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