Rapid solidification creates mold and die tooling that is harder than heat treated components, within build times that are faster than machining. ArticlePublished: 5/15/2012
The additive process that grew out of ultrasonic welding provides an efficient way to produce complex work, including parts with embedded components and even parts made from dissimilar metals. ArticlePublished: 5/5/2012
Because the CNCs on this shop’s largest five-axis machining centers accept vector coordinates as program input instead of traditional G codes, critical jobs can be shifted readily from machine to machine. ArticlePublished: 4/12/2012
Automatic EDM wire-change capability can improve efficiency and reduce costs for high-end tool and die work, especially parts with small internal radii. ArticlePublished: 3/13/2012
Hardinge Inc. (www.hardinge.com) a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting solutions announces the release of their newest and most advanced CNC machines, the T-51 and T-65 SUPER-PRECISION® and High-Performance Turning Centers. ArticlePublished: 3/5/2012
A roundtable of machine tool suppliers reviews the advancements in machining technologies that push machining and tooling to their limits—and can kick every moldmaker’s capability up a notch. ArticlePublished: 3/1/2012