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Saving Your Mastercam Operations Libraries

By |2024-01-22T08:14:56-05:00January 22nd, 2024|Categories: Mastercam|

Your shop’s intellectual labor is valuable. Protect it. By saving your best practices in a digital database, you streamline your production process and ensure that your hard work won’t be forgotten or lost. One of the best ways to do this is by employing your CAD/CAM software’s operations library. Mastercam’s Operations Library is a virtual catalog of your previously defined machining strategies: combinations of your toolpaths, tooling, and related parameters. Every strategy within the library [...]

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Advantages of Additive Manufacturing Repair

By |2024-01-19T08:57:44-05:00January 19th, 2024|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Meltio|

The manufacturing industry has witnessed a revolutionary transformation with the advent of additive manufacturing, which has introduced innovative production solutions. In the field of repairs, additive manufacturing, particularly with Wire-DED systems, presents numerous notable advantages compared to conventional repair methods. Cost-Effectiveness: Repairing parts using additive manufacturing can be highly cost-effective. Traditional repairs often involve manual processes which can be time-consuming and expensive. Moreover, DED systems, as Meltio’s technology, allow for precise repairs by adding material [...]

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Metal 3D Printing Parts is Easy

By |2024-01-17T08:27:23-05:00January 17th, 2024|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Desktop Metal|

Join Desktop Metal's team of experts for a walkthrough of the metal 3D printing process while reviewing operational information like safety procedures and waste requirements to gain a better understanding of how easy 3D printing a variety of metals can be. Webinar Details: Date: January 23rd, 2024 Time: 11:00 AM EST Metal 3D printing is a transformational technology – enabling otherwise impossible turnaround times, complex geometries, and production efficiency. Yet, popular metal additive technologies often [...]

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Chaining Direction Options – Mastercam 2024

By |2024-01-15T14:46:21-05:00January 15th, 2024|Categories: 2 Minute Tuesdays, CQTV, Mastercam 2024, Mastercam 2024, Mastercam Video Series|Tags: , |

Chaining Direction Options | 2 Minute Tuesday - Mastercam 2024 In this week’s 2 Minute Tuesday, we examine a new enhancement added to Mastercam 2024's Chaining Manager which assists in editing the toolpath’s selected chains.

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Are You Taking Advantage of Mastercam OptiRough?

By |2024-01-15T08:33:03-05:00January 15th, 2024|Categories: Mastercam|

Mastercam OptiRough: The Roughing Solution You Might Be Overlooking Mastercam OptiRough is an advanced roughing strategy powered by Dynamic Motion technology, which is designed to optimize cutting approaches. The way Dynamic Toolpaths works is by monitoring every aspect of machining in real-time; it is constantly calculating the best feeds and angles to run parts the fastest and safest way possible. The only downside to OptiRough is that not every programmer knows about it, and some [...]

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Formlabs 3D Printers Shape Blockbuster Movie Props

By |2024-01-12T08:55:01-05:00January 12th, 2024|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, FormLabs|

Did you know that Formlabs 3D printers have played a major role in bringing some of your favorite movies and TV shows to life? We often underestimate the hard work and talent behind the scenes, where dedicated individuals combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing to bring props to life. From the epic Marvel Cinematic Universe to the far, far away galaxies of Star Wars, and even the creepy Upside Down from Stranger [...]

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Using Control X in the Dental Industry

By |2024-01-08T08:41:05-05:00January 8th, 2024|Categories: Metrology Minute|

Planned vs. Achieved Results from Dental Aligners While most Control X users are inspecting mechanical parts by comparing the manufactured results to the nominal CAD model, there are many other uses for Control X, such as in the dental industry. We will explore some of the benefits of using Control X in the dental industry in this post. For example, companies that manufacture aligners have methods and algorithms in place for predicting what the final [...]

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