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Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

Part quantities range from 50 pieces to 40,000, and typically fall into the medical or semiconductor industries, with some parts for the chemical industry and the occasional bobbin for electronics in the aerospace industry. This range of clients has helped the shop weather downturns in any one market.

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Innovation With the Additive Advantage

Additive Manufacturing

AM delivers agility, consolidation and savings on lead-times, costs and resources. Northrop Grumman continues to innovate using AM and has helped facilitate this transformation across several platform-types, ranging from radio frequency sensors, engines, hypersonic weapons and aerospace structures. 3D Printing in Action.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Case Studies of 2023

Mold Making Technology

The results: The impact and benefits achieved by implementing the solution, including quantifiable metrics like cost savings, reduced lead times, improved quality, etc. A solution: The technology, process, or strategy implemented to address the problem. Read the full article.

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New Gear Grinding Technology and Precision Express Service Program from Weiler Abrasives

Fabricating & Metal Work

Weiler Abrasives has launched its new Precision Express program that cuts lead times for gear grinding wheels from months to days. We know not having the right gear grinding wheel can lead to extensive lead times, quality issues and idle machines.

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Divide By Zero Redefines Large Format 3D Printing With The Launch Of The All New AION NX 3D Printer

Dinesh Mishra

Divide by Zero Technologies (DBZ), one of India’s leading 3D Printer manufacturers, has launched AION NX, the next frontier in large format hybrid 3D printing. AION NX addresses the needs of pattern and mould makers, large component manufacturers of automobile, defence, aerospace, and innovators in the Research & Development sectors.

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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software

Modern Machine Shop

Total cycle time for the canister parts is now about an hour, while order lead times and scrap rates are reduced by eliminating additional machining operations, and cutting out the now unneeded outsourced and internal processes such as tumble finishing and rinsing. “It’s ridiculously helpful.

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5 Trends in 3D Printed Injection Mold Tooling

Mold Making Technology

But while reduced cycle times and improved part quality resulting from cooling advances were once the primary reason that AM made its way into moldmaking, 3D printing is now also being used to make molds for different reasons — including cost, lead time and feature complexity as I saw at this year’s Plastics Technology Expo, or PTXPO.