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January 2021
ZEISS 3D Printing Precision Parts for Serial Production
For Carl Zeiss Optical Components, a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, precision matters – sometimes down to the hundredth of a millimeter. The company manufactures microscopes, multi-sensoric machines, and optical sensors for industrial measurement and quality assurance purposes.
Organizations around the world use ZEISS machines to confirm that they produce literally perfect results, every time. That means ‘reliability’ and ‘repeatability’ are words to live by at the Wangen, Germany-based company.
“The machines we produce are […]
How To Succeed in the Challenging Aerospace Manufacturing Industry
Many of the advances in CAD/CAM software can help you to meet the challenges of succeeding in aircraft component manufacturing, but it can be difficult to navigate through all of your options. Mastercam has recently provided an overview on this topic that can be very helpful if you are in the aerospace industry. In this overview you will learn:
- Some of the advances in CAD/CAM […]
December 2020
Reverse Engineering a Fishing Reel to Improve Ergonomics
Let’s take a look at how reverse engineering can be used to improve ergonomics in product design. There are times when you may have the need to improve a design, but the legacy files are not available. In this case, your best option is to scan the old part and reverse engineer the CAD file. Once you have a feature-based CAD file, you can […]
Ignite Your Manufacturing Business
Would you like an action plan for using proven CAM software technology to ignite the immediate and long term success of your manufacturing business? The makers of Mastercam have put together a white paper that uses Mastercam as a primary example of CAM software, but the same concepts can be applied to any shop using any of a variety of up-to-date CAM
software implementations. In this white paper, […]
How to Orient a 3D Scan for Machining
In this blog post, we’ll take a look at a scanned part in Geomagic Wrap and show how we can correct its orientation to prepare it for CNC machining. Very often, when we scan parts their orientation is not necessarily known. It could be skewed off plane relative to the angle that the scanner was used when the scans were taken.
By cycling […]
Mastercam Solutions for Moldmaking Productivity
Mastercam includes numerous prep tools to help moldmakers fix models quickly and cleanly, patch holes, and correct errors in CAD models. These software advancements for moldmaking ensure the mold can be used in production as quickly as possible, by reducing the occurrence of common problems that cause delays.
The primary focus is the moldmaker’s need for productivity that extends throughout the entire process, driving […]