Machining
Does Manufacturing Need Additive?
If a subtractive manufacturing operation is going smoothly, AM need not replace it. So what is AM good for, and why do we need it in the first place?
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Cutting Tool Maker Succeeding With 3D Printed Carbide for Oil/Gas and Other Applications
Powders, parts and products are different ways the company is advancing with AM. Carbide and tools are separate areas of success.
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Prototyping Is More Than Printing: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
We hear from students who carried out other steps, beyond the 3D printing, that went into evaluating a complex metal AM component.
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Mold Shop Evaluates Mantle Process for 3D Printing Steel Injection Molds
According to tests performed by Westminster Tool, Mantle’s 3D printing materials behave similarly to traditional steels and hold up well during molding, making them easy to incorporate into existing moldmaking processes.
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Airtech’s Dahltram Resins Qualified for Use on All CEAD AM Flexbot Platforms
The AM Flexbot is one of CEAD’s AM solutions, using Comau robots directly controlled by Siemens Sinumerik. It offers an option to combine 3D printing and milling into one automated process.
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3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors: The Cool Parts Show #39
Additive manufacturing achieves a large-diameter cutting tool light enough for fast, precise machining of the motor housing’s stator bore.
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10 Ways Additive Manufacturing Reshapes a Production Facility (Forget What You Know About Factories)
Sintavia’s purpose-built facility for powder bed fusion of aircraft components illustrates fundamental ways the plant is different when 3D printing is the operation.
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Pulsed Electrochemical Machining as Postprocessing for AM
Pulsed electrochemical machining is a production metal AM-ready form of postprocessing with short cycle times and long tool life.
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Inside a Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing Facility: AM Radio #7
This large medical manufacturer added metal 3D printing to its wide range of machining processes, and has since grown its AM division to include 30 printers. On this episode of AM Radio, we discuss how metal AM operates at such a large scale.
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Rapid Metal Parts Removal With EDM Network Inc.'s New EDM
According to EDM Network Inc., the Fast Wire EDM is capable of cutting speeds that are two to three times faster than traditional wire EDMs.
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