Reusable respirators
Companies partner against COVID-19 to develop reusable metal filters for respirators.
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Threading exotic metals
Picking the threading process for difficult-to-machine materials can be hard.
The allure of aluminum
Effectively milling aluminum requires balancing all elements of a cutting tool.
Quick Ship Metal 3D Printing Services
Quick Ship parts will be 3D printed at ExOne's metal production facility outside Pittsburgh, which has been binder jetting metal parts for more than two decades. It's home to a fleet of more than two dozen metal 3D printers producing parts for prototype, low-volume, and serial production projects.
Future-proof a shop with high-speed machines and brass
Global competition and high demand for everything from electronics to new transportation infrastructure have propelled manufacturing to rapid advances in productivity not only to keep pace but reduce cost per part and maintain competitiveness.
Illuminating aluminum demos
Presented as a video supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering's July 2020 article that addresses the need for part manufacturers to work with toolmakers to learn about the wide range of tool options available today, "Illuminating Aluminum" offers two machining demonstrations from LMT Onsrud LP, Waukegan, Illinois, and RobbJack Corp., Lincoln, California.
ABS and ASA Advanced Materials
Both versatile and impact-resistant, BigRep's new ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) is perfectly suited for mobility applications and a variety of end-use consumer appliances. Weather- and UV-resistant, BigRep's new ASA (Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate) material is a robust, engineering-grade filament with high mechanical resistance, low shrinkage and superior layer adhesion, while also showing a greater heat resistance than even ABS.
Making the grade
When selecting the right tungsten-carbide grade, you need the full picture.
Aluminum F357
The foundry-grade aluminum alloy, suitable for the laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) process, enables 3D printing of parts that have traditionally been manufactured using casting practices. There are other Aluminum alloys that are more commonly used in metal additive manufacturing, such as AlSi10Mg, but Aluminum F357 can be anodized and shares characteristics with A356, a widely used casting alloy.n
With carbide inserts, the choices are hard and tough
Toolmaker expertise can help shops find the right balance for optimal productivity.
Bringing the circular ecomony to the factory floor
How old is your mobile phone? If you're thinking about your current device, it's likely that you change it every couple of years following the release of a fancy new upgrade. In reality, mobile telephones as old as the brick-like, antennae inventions of the 1980s probably remain in landfills. With many of our planet's environmental issues linked to human consumption, it's time to rethink our "take-make-dispose" economy.
Diamond-Coated Wear Parts
Lach Diamond offers many ways to use diamonds as wear protection and to profit from its superior hardness.