Machining
AM Sister Brand Modern Machine Shop Names 2022 Top Shops Honorees
Modern Machine Shop’s annual awards recognize excellence in manufacturing.
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Fast Wire EDM Machines Remove 3D-Printed Metal Parts From Large Build Plates
IMTS 2022: EDM Network’s mid-sized, four-axis Fast Wire EDM machine is said to provide three to four times faster cutting power.
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Thinking “Inside Out” and “Outside In”
The mindset for additive flips subtractive thinking inside out.
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Registration Open for Modern Machine Shops’ Top Shop Event at IMTS 2022
This half-day workshop’s technical program and peer-to-peer discussion are designed to deliver practical solutions and business strategies that complement the variety of cutting-edge technologies on display at IMTS.
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How Does Heat Treating Affect Machining Considerations for a Metal 3D Printed Part?
This picture of part distortion in additive manufacturing illustrates the kind of effects that part design or machining stock allowances need to anticipate.
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AM 101: Additive Manufacturing Materials
In processes like machining, the material is a known quantity. A part starts as a block of material, or perhaps a forging or casting. Its form changes in the machining process, but its inherent material properties are already set. In additive manufacturing, however, the material properties are being established alongside the geometry of the part.
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Five Digital Manufacturing Trends Reflected in 3D Printing and Machining: AM Radio #20
As the digitization of machining accelerates, it’s seeing more crossover with its innately digital relative, additive manufacturing. On this episode of AM Radio, Julia Hider and Matt Danford discuss common themes in machining and 3D printing.
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View From My Shop: 3D Printing and Postprocessing With Tangible Solutions
Collaboration between Tangible Solutions’ additive and machining departments simplifies their work. Learn more in this episode of The View From My Shop.
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3D Printed Metal Component for CNC Machining Center: The Cool Parts Show #47
Machine tool maker DMG MORI improved this coolant delivery adapter by making the part through additive manufacturing instead of machining. One of the viewer-chosen winners of The Cool Parts Showcase.
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Lightweight Components: A Paradox When Machining
Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.
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