Here are a pair of videos that describe a plastic welding process that I have some experience with. Hot plate welding is a type of plastic welding used in many applications, but the one I am most familiar with is automotive lamps (my LinkedIn profile will give you more insight on that). This process works on thermoplastics and it is …
Milling Spur And Helical Gears
Sandvik Coromat show the process for gear milling with one of their tool sets in this video. They show both spur gear and helical gear manufacture through the steps of rough cutting, bottom profile cutting and shaping the involute tooth profile.
The Speed And Accuracy Of A Delta Robot
Adept Robots demonstrate the speed an accuracy of their Quattro s650 delta robot as it handle a series of pick and place operations on a moving conveyor line.
BMW 7 Series Body Production
It has been a while since I posted a manufacturing video and this one is so interesting I had to share it. This is a short overview (OK, it’s 10 minutes) of the 2016 BMW 7 Series body production. Not only is the hybrid mix of materials in the vehicles body structure incredible but it also shows a significant amount …
I’m Still Here But I’ve Been Busy
It’s been a while since I posted here as life has been a bit hectic for a few months. Given we have a new long weekend thanks to the Victorian government I have a few minutes to post what I have been up to. New Job/s The easiest way to see what I have been up to is to check …
Friction Stir Welding With A Robot Over A Complex Shape
A few weeks ago we looked at a video showing the fundamentals of friction stir welding. That video demonstrated a friction stir weld over a 2-dimensional path, essentially only moving in the X and Y direction of a cartesian co-ordinate system (or on the Z-plane). In today’s post we share a video from Kuka Systems where they have added a …
Laser Metal Deposition Technology
RPM Innovations takes us through their Laser Deposition Technology for metal deposition additive manufacturing and some of the advantages of the technology.
Rolling A Large ACME Thread
Let’s get serious…about thread rolling. This video from Tesker Manufacturing Corporation shows a thread rolling machine that is capable of rolling threads in stock up to 12″ in diameter. The thread they roll in this video is a 4.5″ x 1 TPI single start ACME in 1045 Cold Drawn Steel. Now THAT is a serious thread.
The Basics Of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)
Reliable EDM has a series of videos available on Electrical Discharge Machining or EDM. The company president, Carl Sommer, presents this video that introduces the three types of EDM: wire EDM; ram/sinker EDM; and small hole EDM. The most interesting part of the video is the skim cut being made by wire EDM out of the bath. You can see …
Making Bikes..And Riding Them Too
Here is something fun as we head into the weekend. Yannick Granieri and Sam Reynolds visit Polygon bikes in Indonesia to see how their sponsor makes the machines they ride. OK, so there is all of one minute of manufacturing in this video but it is interesting to see how manual the operation at Polygon is, let alone the apparent …