The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has launched Merce Lab, a ceramic 3D printing plant to manufacture ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE A donut-shaped machine tool component ...

“Additive manufacturing” describes a range of technologies that convert CAD models into 3D forms, including stereolithography and fused deposition modeling, for polymers and other non-metallic ...

In the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process, metal powder is selectively melted and solidified layer by layer using a laser ...

In the early 1980s, machine tool builders added milling spindles to turning machines, and Multi-Tasking was born. Within a decade, the concept quickly progressed to machines that not only combined ...

Design For Manufacturing (DFM) approaches aim to integrate manufacturability aspects during the design stage. Most of DFM approaches usually consider only one manufacturing process, but products ...

Mazak’s Integrex i-400AM “fuses” fiber-laser sintering with full five-axis milling “Done-in-one” production Generate/clad near-net-shape features Process prismatic parts from billets or castings The ...

Just before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, my company worked with a leading U.S. footwear manufacturer as they strategically assessed the role of additive manufacturing (AM) in its future ...