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Articles tagged with "cad"
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Machine components you can fabricate with an abrasive jetMany machine components formerly made with conventional machining techniques now can be made easily and cost-effectively with abrasive waterjet cutting. This article discusses some of these components. It also gives examples of abrasive waterjet-produced signs and labels that can be used to enhance your products.
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Lost in translation: Manufacturers push for standardization in the metrology arenaMetrology managers are pushing industry to standardize, so that all digital inspection devices can, in essence, speak the same language.
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Creating finger tooling for three-axis transfer presses: A step-by-step approachDesigning finger tooling that will work effectively with a transfer press die is now easier with the advent of modular, off-the-shelf finger tooling components. Through computer-aided design, stampers can minimize trail-and-error adjustments and reconfigure finger tools or modify die components to make part transfer possible.
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From the CAD station to the production floor: Modern programming methods for modern tube bending machinesConventional tube bending data, regardless of format, is entered manually and therefore susceptible to errors. A modern approach involves using a CAD system to generate a STEP file, which the CAD program exports directly to the bending machine. This method is fast and eliminates errors. The drawback is that such a system requires additional database management efforts.
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Gauging difficult parts at the press brake: It's easier than you might thinkGone are the days when engineers and draftsmen slaved for hours over drafting boards with a pencil and slide rule in hand (does anyone remember slide rules?). Today we've moved beyond slide rules and even beyond hand-held calculators to personal computers and mainframes to do much, if not all, of our design work. CAD and CAM software has made this possible.
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A trek in product design change and laser cutting: How a manufacturer takes its bicycles from concept to customerTREK Bicycles uses new CAM software to laser-cut high-performance bicycle frame tubing.
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Laser system saves damaged military parts from the scrap heap: Process limits heat-affected zone to repair delicate componentsAt military installations across the country, repair personnel struggle to stretch the life spans of vital pieces of equipment. Sometimes welding can extend the life of damaged components in aircraft, tanks, and other military vehicles. But in some cases, high–temperature welding processes do more harm than good, warping and weakening delicate metal components. Previously such components would be classified as irreparable and replaced with pricey new parts.
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