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The Downloadable Metal 3D Printer

Modern Machine Shop

To illustrate the power of a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printing system that is open source, Venkata Karthik Nadimpalli passes a magnet over a sleeve of metal filings held over a solid, 3D printed block of steel. It is likely the most widely used additive manufacturing process for metal part production.

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Nidec DED Metal AM Printer Features Large Build Envelope

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Nidec Machine Tool Corp. ’s LAMDA5000 is its most expansive directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing (AM) machine to date. It also offers advanced process control. Nidec Machine Tool Corp.’s

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Automation Can Have a Big Impact for Small Manufacturers

Modern Machine Shop

It uses inspection data gathered from inside the cell to update tool offsets and variables, maintaining process control as it runs. Finally, we have a story from Athena Manufacturing. Then, a feature from Modern Machine Shop Editor-in-Chief Brent Donaldson illustrates Renishaw Central, a closed-loop machining cell.

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CSIRO to assist automated system innovators with an enhanced development platform

Manufacturer's Monthly

Pertinent examples of robotics, autonomy and AI in the manufacturing and logistics context are autonomous ground or aerial vehicles, intelligent assistive cobotics, and AI-assisted machine and process controls. Some in the manufacturing industry will be familiar with ROS and its current version ROS2. What is ROS?

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WAAM3D Releases WAAMCtrl® v2 at TCT360

MEM

WAAM3D, the global leader in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM®), has announced the v2 release of its signature WAAMCtrl® software at TCT360. WAAMCtrl serves as more than just a digital platform for collecting comprehensive process and system data for quality control purposes. of funding, and grant number 53610).

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Renishaw Announces Passing of Co-Founder, Sir David McMurtry

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Renishaw Renishaw has announced the passing of Sir David McMurtry, the company’s co-founder and non-executive director. He had invented the probe the previous year to solve measurement problems faced in the manufacture of the Olympus engines that powered the Concorde supersonic aircraft.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

Additive Manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing. Cooling is a critical process for plastic injection molds, affecting both cycle time and final part quality, Cimatron notes, but is especially challenging for complex parts when using traditional drilling and milling methods. 1, 2022 to Nov. 28, 2022): Cutting Tools.