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July 2021
Optimize Your Manufacturing Process with High Efficiency Machining Training
by Harry Foxman – a reprint from (https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/lessons-from-cimquests-2021-xpand3d-event-part-one) written as a follow up to our recent xpand3D event. The author is referring to one of our presentations on High-Efficiency Machining.
This discussion examined the recent advancements in CNC tool path strategies. Understanding these advancements and how you can take advantage of them are key to growing your business. Sometimes the decision is difficult to purchase the […]
Is Metal 3D Printing Ready for Primetime?
By Joseph Castine
A reprint from https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/lessons-from-cimquests-2021-xpand3d-event-part-one
With the rapid expansion of the additive manufacturing industry, metal printing technologies continue to emerge, but this raises the question “Is Metal Printing Ready for Primetime?” The discussion by Nate Higgins (President, FreeFORM Technology), Ric Fulop (Founder/CEO, Desktop Metal), Bob Hedrick (President, CAMufacturing Solutions), Kenneth Fortier (Product Owner – Visualization and Simulation, Mastercam), and Rob Hassold […]
June 2021
Drone Customization With 3D Printing
a reprint from https://www.lubrizol.com/
Breakthrough TPU enables innovator to better serve hobbyists
In the world of manufacturing, it’s often difficult to make the numbers work when serving a niche market. When your market is a niche of a niche, the challenge becomes even greater. Yet, R3D Shifters is doing just that, successfully catering to the hobbyist sector of the non-commercial drone market. “These aren’t the people […]
Mastercam Add Solid History Function
Let’s take a look at how to use the Mastercam Add History function. Suppose you receive a complex solid model from a customer and before you can start machining it you need to address some part revisions. In our example below, we have a fit counterbore that needs to be changed from 34mm to 1.375” diameter to match the new mating part.
Selecting Your Company’s First 3D Scanner
by Harry Foxman – a reprint from https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/lessons-from-cimquests-2021-xpand3d-event-part-one
What to look for in selecting a 3D Scanner
Over the past three decades, scanning technology has advanced immensely. It is now a helpful tool to be used in reverse engineering, inspection, and 3D printing. With a large number of different types of scanners from a variety of manufacturers on the […]
Desktop Metal Qualifies 4140 Low-Alloy Steel for High-Volume Additive Manufacturing
The First Company to Qualify 4140 via Metal Binder Jetting for the Mass Production of Strong Steel Parts That Withstand High Impacts, Temperatures and Mechanical Stresses
Desktop Metal, a leader in mass production additive manufacturing (AM) solutions, today announced it has qualified the use of 4140 low-alloy steel for the Production SystemTM platform, which leverages patent-pending Single Pass JettingTM (SPJ) technology designed to achieve the fastest build speeds in the metal additive manufacturing industry. Desktop Metal […]