Betting that the worst of the pandemic will be over and travel restrictions lifted, the 2021 edition the machine tool exhibition is putting out the welcome mat to the world.
In an announcement orchestrated from Barcelona, California-based HP in June announced an expansion of its 3D printing business.
Lean thinking focuses on ways to add value without wasting resources. Benjamin Franklin captured the idea in “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” when he said, “He that idly loses five shillings worth of time, loses five shillings and might as prudently throw five shillings into the river.”
The makers of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) spent a long time in competition to reach the highest levels of repeatable measurement accuracy.
Any manufacturer operating under quality management system mandates, such as ISO9001, ISO13485, or AS9100, must at the very least maintain a measurement tool library database.
New device is for measuring diameters of ground parts.
3D Systems announced an expansion of its plastics materials portfolio.
The deburring and finishing of machined and fabricated parts is a necessary but often disregarded step in the manufacturing process.
The industry standard for 3D printing metal surfaces [without supports] is 45o, as measured from the horizontal plane. That’s what most printers are capable of achieving without supports.
3D Systems said it has achieved progress in the creation of the world’s largest, fastest most precise powder metal 3D printer.
