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Shanghai Meridian Magnesium Products faced major challenges in their die casting manufacturing workflows. With an escalating demand for 3D measurements of large-sized casting surfaces, the company’s traditional CMM equipment and measurement techniques were no longer sustainable.
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The article overviews standard surface roughness options for CNC machining and their application (from 3.2 to 0.4 μm Ra).
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Composite metal foam could make aircraft wings or armor simultaneously stronger and lighter. An advanced material, the properties of composite metal foam (CMF) indeed make it attractive for a wide range of applications.
SCARA robots, known for their high speed and precision, are ideal for tasks requiring fast and accurate horizontal movements, such as assembly and packaging
In a change of policy, the UK Government announced at the beginning of August 2023 that UK businesses may now continue indefinitely to use the CE (Conformite Europeenne, or European Conformity) mark on the majority of their goods intended for the UK market.
The production of printed electronics represents a transformative approach to manufacturing electronic devices. But it is difficult and time and space consuming to sinter/cure printed electronics using conventional methods. Learn how laser sintering helps, saving time, energy, equipment space, etc?
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Perovskite-based (PSC) and organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells are promising solar technologies. Adhesives play a crucial role offering not only mechanical stability but also environmental protection. This article focuses on the various types of adhesives used in the encapsulation of OPV or PSC cells.
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Adding Industry-4.0 capabilities to existing machines allows smart manufacturers to monitor equipment status, notify critical events, and connect to cloud-based dashboards – achieving process optimization with a cost-effective innovation strategy.
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Finland's largest 3D printing workshop is at Espoo's Aalto University School of Arts and Design, where a total of 35 UltiMaker 3D printers (UltiMaker 2+Connect and UltiMaker S7 ) are in use. In the 3D printing industry, such a unit is called a "farm".
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New whitepaper: How Augmented Reality is redefining product development.
This article discusses the processes, pros and cons, and the differences between two of these two – subtractive and additive manufacturing.
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What is CNC turning? This digital manufacturing technology, different from CNC milling in a few important ways, is used to make rounded or cylindrical parts with a high level of precision.
LLMs and GenAI lower barriers to accessing intelligence, shifting AI systems to be built and controlled by domain experts. In the future, organizations can use large scale LLM models instead of building custom machine learning models, impacting sectors like manufacturing and supply chain partners.
If you’re using a general-purpose actuator for an application, various factors might affect your choice. These include your application’s requirements for speed, accuracy, repeatability and force, as well as the complexity of the actuator’s design and the environments in which you want to use it.
SmartZavod’s automated hybrid technology combines polymer additive manufacturing and CNC machining for high-quality functional parts.
