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Machining’s Growth Makes Reports of its Death an Exaggeration

Posted On November 13, 2018 By Judy Carmein
While 3D printing continues to establish its place in manufacturing, tech-enabled CNC machining has confirmed itself as a permanent fixture.
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How Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing Combine to Accelerate Aerospace Development

Posted On October 17, 2018 By Brandon Marcus
The aerospace industry is leveraging advances in both additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies to develop more complex components, faster.
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Navy Veteran Turned ICU Nurse Redesigns the Stethoscope

Posted On August 28, 2018 By Matt Ahart
Navy veteran re-engineers the 160-year-old stethoscope design to make it more functional, comfortable, and ergonomic.
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SpaceX Hyperloop Competition Challenges Students to Design a High-Speed Pod

Posted On August 24, 2018 By China Metal Parts
SpaceX Hyperloop competition brings together engineering students from around the world with one goal in mind: to design and create a high-speed pod.
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Hybrid Manufacturing Provides New Solutions for Mold and Part Production

Posted On June 12, 2018 By Nicole Hopper
New technologies combine additive and subtractive manufacturing to increase efficiency, flexibility, and intricacy.
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Robot Designer Takes Latest Creation DUCK! Into ‘BattleBots’ Arena

Posted On June 4, 2018 By Nicole Hopper
Hal Rucker relied on quick-turn machining and sheet metal fabrication as he designed, built, and tested his latest BattleBot in just a few weeks.
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‘Democratizing’ Machine Tools with Haas Automation

Posted On November 10, 2017 By Denise Logeland
Machine tool innovator Haas Automation looks to even greater connectivity to help empower machine shops, manufacturers for the future.
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How a Finite Machining Toolset Boosts Cycle Time

Posted On October 29, 2017 By Matt Ahart
Learn why we use standardized toolsets across our CNC machining service and how it keeps manufacturing time as fast as possible.
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CNC Machining: 3-Axis vs. 5-Axis Indexed vs. 5-Axis Continuous

Posted On October 11, 2017 By Tony Holtz
5-axis indexed milling isn’t to be confused with true 5-axis machining, which allows for continuous machining of all three axes and the two rotational axes.
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Design Validation with SOLIDWORKS: CNC Machining

Posted On September 26, 2017 By Mark Rushton
How to use the SOLIDWORKS tool, DFMXpress, to check hole depths, difficult to mill features, sharp corners, deep pockets, and more.
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