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August 2019
More Mastercam 2020 Rollout Events Just Added
We just added two more Mastercam 2020 Rollout events so you learn all about the latest features in Mastercam 2020!
Join Wynn Frick Consulting to see how Mastercam 2020 offers faster, more efficient CNC programming, as well as process improvements for the digital age. Just a few of the programming highlights include:
- New 3D Blend Toolpath
- Hole Table
- 3D Tooling
- Filters for Inserts and Holders
- Improved […]
Xpand3D Event Gains Another Sponsor
We just signed on another event sponsor. Thank you to Hurco/Takumi for your support.
Hurco Companies, Inc., is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and has 11 divisions worldwide. Hurco has been revolutionizing the manufacturing industry since 1968 with CNC machines that leverage the power of technology to help job shops in high mix/small batch manufacturing be more productive and more profitable. Two brands of CNC machines in the Hurco […]
Keynote Speaker for Xpand3D Event Just Announced
Xpand3D is excited to announce our first keynote speaker: Ric Fulop, CEO and Co-Founder of Desktop Metal.
Ric Fulop is the CEO and co-founder of Desktop Metal, a company committed to accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with end-to-end metal 3D printing solutions. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, materials science, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make […]
HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Shorten Time to Market – Part 4
Scaling to Production in Rapid Prototyping
This is the final segment in our Rapid Prototyping series and here we will talk about scaling to production. When creating a new product, there are often two sets of designs: One set is for 3D printing prototypes while the other is for producing the part. However, most designers only think in terms of the latter.
“When you’re developing a product, at each moment of the design, it is a final […]
July 2019
Sand Casting
This article is a reprint from the Formlabs blog.
In the last segment of this casting basics, we will discuss sand casting.
In the sand casting process, a foundry worker fills containers known as mold boxes or flasks with a mixture of sand and binder, then packs sand around the pattern. The pattern is removed to leave a negative impression of the pattern behind, and molten metal is poured into the cavity.
An open-faced […]
Mastercam 2020 Analyze Entity Association
There is a new feature inside of the Analyze Entities function in Mastercam 2020 that makes it easier to figure out associations between geometry and toolpath. This new feature makes it easy to check to see how and where geometry is being used.
To illustrate, we are going to use a file that has many toolpaths and multiple machines. Most of the work has […]