Using additive manufacturing beyond prototypes
Additive manufacturing technologies have enabled significant changes to the way we design complex components and create early prototypes. But the uptake of these new production methods beyond prototyping and small-scale production remains slow.
TheManufacturer.com talked...
New CNC control app for automated dressing process
Okuma, a specialist in CNC machine tools and process optimisation, working together with Dr. Kaiser Diamantwerkzeuge, has developed a new control app for CNC programs.
The Okuma Dressing App is one of the most innovative...
Amada Miyachi’s WL-300A Laser Workstation
Amada Miyachi’s WL-300A laser processing workstation, a larger version of the LMWS laser marker workstation, is designed for nanosecond pulsed fiber laser applications.
The workstation is equipped with Amada Miyachi’s LMF fiber lasers (10-70 W).
The...
RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW METHOD OF 3D PRINTING MAGNETIC CORES FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES
Researchers from the Tallinn University of Technology and the Estonian University of Life Sciences are investigating the use of 3D printing technology to produce soft magnetic cores.
Magnetic cores are pieces of magnetic material with high permeability. They’re commonly...
Vertical vs horizontal lathes
Horizontal lathes – What’s the deal?
There are horizontal lathes and there are vertical lathes. While the spindle’s axis of a vertical lathe is parallel to gravity, a horizontal lathe’s spindle is parallel with the...
