How Does FFF Metal Printing Differ From DMLS? December 21, 2019 Kevin Smith, senior commercial application engineer at Markforged, explains how the Markforged Metal X 3D printing process works, for starters. He also gets into how FFF metal printing differs from DMLS and other processes. And he goes over materials that can be printed on the Metal X, as well as the applications that are best suited for metal 3D printing.
Using Advanced Cutting Tool Technology to Improve Productivity November 13, 2019 Cutting tool technology continues to advance, and manufacturers can take advantage of a wide range of new cutting tool products. In this episode, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Tim Easton, National Sales Manager for NTK Cutting Tools.
Building a Multigenerational Manufacturing Workforce November 8, 2019 Today's workforce is changing and workers stretch across four different generations. Chris Mahar, associate editor of Manufacturing Engineering, talks with Denise Ball, Workforce Education Specialist at Tooling U-SME, about how manufacturers can succeed in this new environment. Offering tips on how to attract and retain new generations of workers without alienating more experienced employees and their contributions.
Velo3D Exec on Releasing Parts From the Build Plate November 1, 2019 Velo3D’s Will Hastings talks about the ultimate in “support free:” FreeFloating.
What EMAG Showed at Westec 2019 October 23, 2019 EMAG USA CEO Peter Loetzner reviews all that EMAG displayed at Westec 2019
Siemens Exec Lays Out Value of Digitization May 6, 2019 At the AeroDef conference in Long Beach, Calif., Daniel Martinez of Siemens Digital Industries patiently describes how OEMs and supply chain members that haven’t yet taken up digitization move into it now.
Learning Best Practices Of Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing With Stratasys Direct October 9, 2019 Andrew Carter, Senior Manufacturing Engineer for Stratasys Direct, the 3D printing manufacturing services company talks with Bruce Morey, Senior Technical Editor for Manufacturing Engineering magazine about the context and current best practices of metal-based additive manufacturing.
Better Chips: Machine Tool Automation (Hint: It’s not Robots) March 19, 2019 Ryan Hegman, National Sales Manager, Caron Engineering Inc, talks with Chris Mahar, Associate Editor of Manufacturing Magazine, about how software and sensors can improve CNC machine tool life and performance.
How Changes in Manufacturing Operations Lead to Changes in Tooling July 2, 2019 There have been important changes at manufacturing companies, and that has led to changes in how they approach tooling and workholding.
How Monitoring Equipment Improves Stamping Equipment Operations December 30, 2019 Keeping stamping equipment operating at peak efficiency is vital for fabricating shops. In this podcast, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Joe Bortolameolli, product manager for Marposs, about why the use of monitoring systems on stamping equipment is useful and necessary, how the Brankamp monitoring system from Marposs works, its availability on OEM equipment and as a retrofit solution, and the key production issues monitoring equipment is able to identify.
