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April 2022
Moldplus Offer Major Time Savings for Mastercam Programmers
When manufacturers are looking for a powerful suite of time- and money-saving solutions, they can turn to Moldplus SA for help in reducing the time required to prepare parts, molds, or tools. Founded in 1993, it was the first company to develop integrated add-on products uniquely designed to complement the CAD tools provided by Mastercam.
The initiative to develop the successful Mastercam C-Hook SDK allowed […]
AMUG Announces Scholarship Recipients
AMUG Awards the Guy E Bourdeau Scholarship to Akila Udage
Rob Hassold, Cimquest Founder is pictured above with scholarship recipient Akila.
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has announced the recipient of its Randy Stevens Scholarship for educators in Additive Manufacturing and its Guy E Bourdeau Scholarship for students in Additive Manufacturing. The Guy E Bourdeau Scholarship is sponsored by Cimquest and recognizes students who […]
3D Printing a Sensor Part with Desktop Metal
This blog post will take a look at a part that we recently printed on the Desktop Metal Shop System and then finished machined in our CNC manufacturing lab.
The holder shown above is used to fixture multiple sensors for taking measurements in industrial equipment. It was printed in 17-4 PH stainless steel on the Shop System with a technology known as metal binder jetting. This process […]
New Formlabs Nylon 12 Glass Filled Powder 3D Printing Material
Let’s take a look at the new Formlabs Nylon 12 Glass Filled powder 3D printing material. As applications for 3D printing continue to evolve, engineers are requiring a wide palette of materials to meet their needs. And with new gaps in supply chains appearing every day, there’s an increasing demand for functional in-house production. Formlabs Nylon 12 Glass Filled on the Fuse 1 can […]
Production Metal 3D Printing – Webinars on Demand
Production Metal 3D Printing- Part 3 in the Acceleration of Metal 3D Printing Series
This is a three part webinar series, culminating with a live event in New Jersey on April 28th.
Metal Additive Manufacturing has become the hottest growth engine in the 3D printing Space. With its increased accessibility, variety of technologies, and breadth of material options, metal additive can give you an edge in highly competitive marketplaces.
In Part 3 we’ll dive deep into […]
Horizontal vs Vertical CNC Milling Machines
In any CNC milling machine, the workpiece and cutting tool move along set axes to cut out parts. How they move and in which directions is dependent on which type of machining center they are. Here are the differences between horizontal and vertical CNC machines.
Horizontal CNC Milling
A horizontal milling […]