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Throwback Thursday: Jig Grinding, EDM or High-Speed Milling?
By examining the advantages, limitations, features and applications jig grinding has compared to EDM and high-speed milling, you will arm yourself with the information you need to make the right decision when it comes to purchasing your next machine tool.
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Benefits and Obstacles to Metal 3D Printing
If you are looking to explore the ways that additive technologies can be implemented in an industrial setting, add the Additive Manufacturing Conference 2016, presented by Additive Manufacturing Magazine, to your IMTS agenda.
Read MoreVenting in Action
A dynamic (versus static) mold-venting valve helps resolve the most common effects of poor cavity venting.
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A Different Approach to Mold Venting
Alternative venting valves can help overcome standard mold venting limitations and improve mold performance.
WatchMilling in Slow Motion
Rough milling operations can take hours on large components and typically remove more than half the raw material by volume. Selecting the proper machining method for the component and machine tool creates a successful and stable system. The use of plunge roughing, commonly referred to as plunge milling, has grown recently as cutting tools that can handle the tough requirements of this machining method have become more readily available.
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A Powerful Technology Combination
Producing lightweight plastic parts with high surface quality takes the right blend of mold technology and molding process.
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Take the Plunge: Drill vs. Mill
Strategic operation planning and cutting tool system optimization can make plunge roughing a productive, stable choice for high-volume material removal.
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Strategic Machining
Combining what they know with what they have allows these makers of investment casting molds to optimize the cutting of complex contours.
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Can You Prove It?
IMC can. Technology and processes I saw during my visit proved to me that they are still living up to their motto that if you take care of your customers and give them the best products at an affordable price, you’re going to do well.
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Throwback Thursday: The Multi Approach
I consider myself quite the multitasker. Someone who is able to focus on multiple projects with equal efficiency. Well, most of the time anyway. But when it comes to mold manufacturing, multitasking can take the shop's operations to a whole new level ... every time. This look-back at our archives features an article that breaks down the barriers to multitasking and explains how it can optimize both production and profit in milling and high-speed cutting operations.
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