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Veterinary Medicine Adopts 3D Metal Printing
The durability and strength of metal, coupled with a nimble approach to product development and reduced lead times, are driving the widespread adoption of metal additive manufacturing for orthopedic care and prosthetics. Here is one example where 3D metal printing recently proved to be a truly lifesaving process.
A Sticky Situation: Four Mistakes in Oil Mist Extraction
Coolants and lubricating fluids are essential to metalworking operations. But if they are allowed to accumulate in the air, they can become a significant health and safety hazard. What can you do to minimize your risks?
How Accurate Probing Makes Machining More Precise
Probes can shorten cycle time and improve part quality by reducing the opportunity for human error that results in scrap. Here are some tips to help operators use probes to make their machining processes more precise and efficient.
Before You Automate That Welding Operation
No shop can benefit from welding automation if the operation simply consists of moving a bottleneck from one department into another. To avoid missing out on the overall productivity and efficiency a robotic weld cell can deliver, these four challenges must be addressed before automating the welding operation.
Fulfilling Modern Micromachining Demands on a Legacy Machine
Looking for a creative way to achieve the requested specifications for a potentially lucrative micromachining job without having to invest in a very expensive specialized machine tool? A spindle speeder may be your best – and only – way to secure the deal.
Three Common Questions Concerning Laser Welding in Sheet Metal Fabrication
Many sheet metal fabrication shops still hesitate to invest in laser welding. They are missing out on the numerous competitive advantages and opportunities that it offers over conventional welding processes. Here are some insights that they need to know.
What’s the True Cost of Clean Air?
You know the price of your ventilation or dust collection equipment, but do you really understand all of the ongoing expenses involved in maintaining indoor air quality for your shop? Time for a sanity check.
NextGen Spaceframe Combines Lightweight Construction and Flexibility
A functionally integrated, bionically optimized vehicle structure offers new potential for lightweight construction and greater manufacturing flexibility of automobiles.
New Wage and Hour Regulations Will Make It Harder to Claim Overtime Exemption
Your shop only has a few months to prepare for the new government regulations that require employers to increase salary levels or pay overtime to millions of employees who are presently ineligible for such premium payments. Here are some insights into the challenges they may present that should be addressed without delay.
Managing the Perfect Storm
As automation and IT enter more prominently into plant operations, the education that the manufacturing segment of our society provides for our current and future workforce will impact the viability of industry in America for generations to come.
Are You Ready for the Industrial Internet of Things?
Is your shop still stuck reacting to customer problems that have already happened? The power of smart manufacturing can make you more competitive by unleashing actionable CMM measurement data that alerts you and your customer at the same time that something has happened – so that you can respond proactively.
Rethinking Automation: The Birth of Circular Manufacturing
Aluminum car body parts made from old cars. Laptops made of plastic from old laptops. Chemicals leased out, recovered, and leased again. Don’t miss the new business opportunities for manufacturers that lie hidden inside the circular economics being created by connecting automation with the technology of the Internet of Things.
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