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Assembly and Joining - Page 11
- From The Additive Report
Saab tests hatch 3D-printed for the exterior of a fighter jet
- Apr 16, 2021
- News Release
Saab has successfully field-tested the first part 3D-printed for the exterior of its Gripen fighter jet. The trial was conducted to test how additive manufacturing could be used during battle to repair damaged parts. Because no 3D model of the original hatch exists, the one on the test aircraft was...
- From The Additive Report
Five simple digital applications that are changing manufacturing
- Apr 12, 2021
- Article
A NIST project manager focused on advanced manufacturing technology offers five recommendations for companies interested in ‘going digital.’
- From The Additive Report
Ingersoll 3D-prints a 22-ft. tool for making helicopter blades in 75 hours
- Apr 5, 2021
- News Release
Bell Textron Inc. and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. partnered to additively manufacture a 22-ft.-long vacuum trim tool used to make rotor blades for helicopters. The tool was produced at Ingersoll’s Rockford, Ill., facility on the company’s large-format MasterPrint, a gantry-style hybrid machine...
- From The Welder
Magnatech QX800 weld head from Morgan Industrial Tech includes quick-exchange collets
- Mar 31, 2021
- Product Release
Morgan Industrial Technology offers the Magnatech QX800 weld head for fusion welding. The orbital weld head comes in the same sizes as the previous 800 series but has new features including quick-exchange collets, a 30% weight reduction, switch panel, and enhanced weld head cooling. The collets can...
- From The Fabricator
Appreciating the history of Lockheed’s Skunk Works program
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 28, 2021
- Blog Post
The Overcrest podcast, which Detroit metal fabricator Josh Welton has appeared on as a guest, takes a deep dive into the history of Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, Skunk Works, and some of the advanced aircrafts it developed and manufactured.
- From The Additive Report
Robotic 3D printing system builds large, lightweight structures in free-space
- By Holly B. Martin
- Mar 23, 2021
- Article
Branch Technology’s C-Fab 3D printing process combines industrial robots, powerful algorithms, and the company’s Freeform extrusion technology to build lightweight, one-piece structures up to 35 ft. long.
- From The Welder
T. J. Snow offers certification, calibration services for resistance welding equipment
- Mar 15, 2021
- News Release
T. J. Snow Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., has launched a calibration and certification program for resistance welding machinery, regardless of brand or type. The program includes a detailed inspection of a plant’s resistance welding machines using specialized test instruments. Tests include checking...
- From The Welder
AWS opens registration for Certified Resistance Welding Technician exam prep sessions
- Mar 11, 2021
- News Release
AWS’s newest certification credential, the Certified Resistance Welding Technician (CRWT), co-developed by AWS and Resistance Welding Manufacturing Alliance (RWMA), provides a benchmark to evaluate resistance welding personnel and separates the qualified from the untested. The CRWT exam tests the...
- From The Additive Report
Atlanta 3D printing company purchases the assets of Voodoo Manufacturing
- Mar 10, 2021
- News Release
3D Printing Tech announced in March that it had purchased critical assets of Voodoo Manufacturing, a Brooklyn, N.Y., 3D printing service bureau that shut its doors last August. According to a press release, the acquisition will let the Georgia business continue to offer cost-effective printing...
- From The Welder
Bluco launches Engineering Design Services
- Mar 2, 2021
- News Release
Bluco Corp., Naperville, Ill., has established its Engineering Design Services (EDS) to provide users of its modular fixturing systems with the ability to contract for customized fixture designs. “Bluco’s design process has always started with the customer providing us with CAD models for...
- From The Welder
Amada Weld Tech’s CD-A1000A capacitive discharge welder features dual-pulse output
- Feb 26, 2021
- Product Release
Amada Weld Tech Inc. has released the CD-A1000A, a 1,000-Ws capacitive discharge welder for battery tab welding, honeycomb tacking, and welding of conductive terminals. The unit is automation-ready and features dual-pulse output with control and monitoring of both pulses. The dual-pulse function...
- From The Additive Report
Navy school takes delivery of Xerox’s first liquid-metal printer
- Feb 18, 2021
- News Release
Xerox and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) have formed a strategic collaboration focused on advancing additive manufacturing, a technology that the Navy believes has the potential to dramatically transform the way the military supplies its forward-deployed forces. As part of a CRADA...
- From The Welder
WSI MFDC resistance welder includes fast rise time transformer
- Feb 17, 2021
- Product Release
Weld Systems Integrators Inc. has introduced the FRT-MFDC (fast rise time, mid-frequency direct current) press-type resistance welder. The machine is designed for welding applications that require short weld times and high welding current. According to the manufacturer, the machine offers reduced...
- From The Additive Report
GE Research wins $14 million contract to 3D-print device that pulls water from air
- Feb 11, 2021
- News Release
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Atmospheric Water Extraction program awarded GE Research a $14.3 million contract to build the prototype of a device capable of providing 150 troops their daily ration of potable water while significantly reducing the cost and logistics of...
- From The Fabricator
Metal sculpture artist finds a niche in found objects
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 5, 2021
- Article
Working in a large scale is nothing new to metal sculptor Joseph Gagnepain, a dyed-in-the-wool artist who attended the Chicago Academy for the Arts and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He found a niche in working with found objects when he assembled a sculpture almost entirely from cast-off bicycles, and since then he has branched out to incorporate all manner of found objects, almost always working on a big scale.
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In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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