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Aerospace

Can Transparency Bring More Efficient Sourcing?

A resource that aims to be free for machine shops asks detailed capability information so parts can be matched to producers, and OEMs can target RFQs to shops that are ready to run the work.

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Automation

AI Chip Flushing Keeps the Lights Out

Swiveling, camera-guided coolant nozzles solve a CNC machining automation problem that is ideal for artificial intelligence (AI).

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Additive Manufacturing to the Rescue — Again

AM is the perfect candidate to solve production problems that began during the pandemic.

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CNC Tech Talks

Improve CNC Programs With User-Defined G, M Codes

CNC operators can program user-defined G and M codes to call custom macros and improve upon or replace existing codes, which can in turn improve production.

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Differential Gaging: 2 Big Benefits for In-Process Part Control

Differential gaging offers benefits like reducing operator influence and enabling quick in-process checks.

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CNC Tech Talks

5 G-Code Tips for Increasing CNC Efficiency

Optimizing G code is a low-cost way to improve CNC efficiency without sacrificing usability and safety.

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Measurement

How to Improve Comparator Stand Performance for Gaging

Adding digital display systems and high-precision probes to comparator stands brings new functionality and pitfalls. The right setup can minimize errors.

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How This Motorcycle Startup Will Succeed With U.S. Production

Land Moto is the founder’s second motorcycle company. The first time, production was in China. This time, several factors help advance the effort to produce a low-cost bike in the United States. One of these is the way electrification opens doors to suppliers.

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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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Machine Monitoring Has a Lot to Learn

Supplementing CNC connections with sensors and machine learning enables predicting performance on the level of the individual part.

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Do Modern CNCs Call for a New Programming Paradigm?

Complex workpieces such as AM parts present demanding toolpath challenges. But meeting the challenges reveals how much precision we’ve had all along — we just need the measurements and methods to use it.

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Updated Definition Makes Way for AM Part Production

Additive manufacturing is finding its footing, and a new standard definition in ISO/ASTM 52900:2021 shows that AM is for more than prototyping. 

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