Vendor Spotlight: Xact Metal
Vendor Spotlight: Xact Metal In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we journey to Xact Metal's headquarters to meet their team and explore their facility. (2 Minute Tuesday Version) Full version coming soon...
Increasing CNC Turning Tool Life with Mastercam 2024
This blog post will show you how to increase the life of your roughing CNC turning tools in Mastercam 2024. In this example, we created a standard lathe rough toolpath with very simple math. We used .1” depth of cut and set our stock to zero. When we backplotted the toolpath, we got equally spaced cuts every .2” on the diameter, just as expected. Our first cut was at 1.8” and the second was at 1.6” [...]
UltiMaker S Series 3D Printers Provide More Printing With Less Waiting
UltiMaker S Series 3D Printers Just Got a Massive Boost – Now Printing up to Twice as Fast! With UltiMaker S series 3D printers, you can achieve print success rates of over 95% at even faster speeds. Isn't it time to accelerate your print speed – without compromising your print success? Learn how to realize these improvements for yourself. Check out this deep-dive article into all the optimizations. How to Double Your 3D Printing Speed [...]
Formlabs Introduces New BioMed Elastic 3D Printing Resins
Formlabs recently announced two new 3D printing resins materials for direct 3D printing of elastomeric, biocompatible medical devices and models. BioMed Flex 80A Resin and BioMed Elastic 50A Resin further expand 3D printing possibilities in medical device and medical component manufacturing as well as at the point of care in hospitals and in medical service bureaus. NEW! 3D Printing BioMed Elastic 50A Resin Soft, elastic, medical-grade material Suitable for applications requiring: Comfort Biocompatibility Transparency [...]
Mastercam – Zip2Go – Mastercam 2024
Mastercam – Zip2Go - Mastercam 2024 In this week’s 2 Minute Tuesday, we will examine what a Zip2Go is, how it aids the user, and how to create one. A Zip2Go or Z2G file is a file created by Mastercam’s Zip2Go wizard.
New 3D Printing Materials and Hardware From Formlabs
New 3D Printing Materials Capabilities Unlock Manufacturing Possibilities Though Formlabs has been at the forefront of hardware development for over a decade by bringing industrial power to an accessible price point with the Form Series SLA printers and Fuse Series SLS printers, our materials development team has matched the pace of innovation by developing over 40 proprietary materials and unlocking new applications for every industry. With their two new SLA resin materials, Silicone 40A Resin [...]
Join Our Exclusive Metal Additive Manufacturing Webinar
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Metal Additive Manufacturing webinar, where we delve deep into the world of metal additive manufacturing, featuring industry experts from Desktop Metal, Meltio, and Xact Metal. This is a golden opportunity to gain valuable insights into the latest trends, groundbreaking technologies, and the ever-evolving landscape of metal 3D printing. Date: October 26th, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT Metal Additive Manufacturing Webinar Agenda Highlights Explore [...]
Control X – Measure Functions
In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we will show you many of the different measure functions that can be used in Control X Professional.