Todd Pietila, SME Healthcare Additive Manufacturing Advisory Team, Director of Medical Sales for the Americas and EMEA, Materialise NV, speaks with Manufacturing Engineering about the profound
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PolyJet was developed by 3D printing company Objet Technologies, now owned by Stratasys. See material jetting for more information.
On a press brake, a tool called a punch is attached to an upper movable ram. As the ram goes down, it forces a sheet metal blank into a fixed
Rather than using an expensive CNC machine tool to determine cutting tool length and diameter offset values, these systems allow them to be "preset" offline, increasing productivity and
Tool crib a mess? Can't find that cutter you used last week, or you just ran out of 1/4" drills? A spreadsheet might help, but a better idea is to
It wasn't long after personal computers made their debut that bad actors began hacking into them for nefarious purposes. Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer systems, networks,
Minimizing waste in the form of overproduction, lost time, bad parts, and unnecessary movement of people and materials. Sprinkle in some continuous improvement and a sense of company-wide
Replace the hand cranks on a knee mill or engine lathe with servo motors, then connect them to a computer that provides instructions via a special programming language (G-code, typically)
Metrologic Group and Dimensional Control Systems (DCS) have merged to form a Business Unit within the Swedish Sandvik Group with Benoit Perrin as President.