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| Keep On Turning! |
Turning and milling continue to undergo new transformations to keep up with the winds of change. By Michael E Neumann |
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| 5 Axis Technology: Sharpening The Blade |
Efficient blade manufacturing is made easy with 5-axis technology. By Ralph Schiffler, for DMG |
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| Profiting With Competitive Sustainable Machining Technology |
Sustainability has found its way to machining, increasing productivity and reducing cost at the same time. By Liu Peiling, principal research engineer, SIMTech |
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| Metal Injection Moulding: Metal Malleability |
An innovative way for manufacturing metallic parts, MIM brings cost reduction and also new ways to approach certain materials. By Liang Chee Hoo, serior manager, technology, Advanced Materials Technologies |
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| Sensors: Electro-Sensitive Protection Of Hazardous Points |
Press operations have been made safer with the myriad of sensors that keep the 'worst case scenario' at bay. By Andreas Sixt, product manager, Sick |
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| Transforming Your Machining Centre Into A CMM |
The ability to carry out on-machine measurements has benefits that go beyond financial savings. By Ettor Chiosi, product manager, Marposs SpA |
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| The Magic Touch |
Combining the scanning systems with intelligent controllers allow better performance of measuring probes under difficult conditions. By Dietrich Imkamp, head of product management (bridge-type machines) and Karl Scheppele, head of sensor development, Carl Zeiss |
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| 3D Technologies: Adding A New Dimension To Product Life |
Improved design, timesavings and the ability to detect design flaws are just a few reasons to integrate 3D printing into product development lifecycle, By Winnie Chu, channel and marketing manager, Objet Geometries Asia Pacific |
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| Medical Industry: Machining For MEDTEC |
Manufacturing parts for medical devices is literally a matter of life and death, placing utmost importance on accuracy. By Gerald Musy, service manager, Tornos Asia and Philippe Charles, market segment manager (MEDTEC), Tornos |
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| Boosting Efficiency In Medical Device Manufacturing |
Using Delcam's PartMaker CAM software has given a medical device maker the ability to complex, high-quality medical parts efficiently. By Peter Dickin, macketing manager, Delcam |
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| Medical Devices: Meeting Expectations |
The manufacturing fraternity must match the continuous R&D in medical devices in order to enqual the dynamic growth in the medical industry. By David Zola, chief technical officer, non-rotating and hole making tools and Yair Selek, medical industry project manager, Iscar |
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| Medical Industry: Light Them Up! |
Laser assisted applications have emerged as an alternative for manufacturing parts for the medical sector. Contributed by CK Chan, marketing department, IDI Laser Services |
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| Titanium Machining: Rewarding Those Who Overcome |
The difficulties of titanium machining are well documented but machinists are just a few steps away from unleashing the full potential of the material. By Joson Ng |
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| Market Outlook 2010 |
Leaders in the metalworking industry reveal their thoughts, the valuable lessons learned and share with us the plans they have in store as they embark on hopefully a brighter 2010 |
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| Special Report: Metalex Thailand 2009 |
The metalworking industry is looking forward to 2010, where previous lessions learned and experiences gained can be put to good use. By Joson Ng |
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| Steel Recycling Radio Telepathy |
To ensure the continuity and quality of steel production, automation technology and industrial wireless LAN are used to ensure fast and safe data transmission. By Luca Piller, IIA&DT AS, Siemens Zurich |
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