When Dr. Jozsef Gabor Kovács at Budapest University was commissioned to develop a fan the improved engine cooling and reduce noise he needed to make production representative prototypes for testing. A Stratasys Objet500 Connex 3D printer was used to create a simple tool made from their digital ABS photopolymer. It took 22 hours to print the three-piece tool. The rapid …
Robots And Fried Shrimp
Robots And Fried Shrimp – What do they have in common? This robot from Nachi.
CNC Press Brake Operations To Form A Sheet Metal Box
See a CNC press brake in operation forming a sheet metal box.
CNC Turning Alloy Steel For An Aerospace Component
Glacern Machine Tools presents this video showing a series of CNC lathe and milling operations on a single machine. The process is used to manufacture an aerospace component made from alloy steel. The machine is a Mori Seiki NL2500SY-700 CNC Turning Center with two spindles and a twelve position turret that includes four rotary tools.
The Fundamentals Of Friction Stir Welding
Manufacturing Technologies Inc have produced this video explaining the fundamentals of friction stir welding. A colleague of mine in the Aerospace industry directed me to this process as one that has allowed significant optimization in the aircraft manufacturing industry. As he explained to me the technology has been implemented in select areas aircraft manufacturing in lieu of painstaking process of …
Injection Molding Hot Runner System
The runner system in an injection molding tool distributes the molten material into the mold cavities. Many tools use a simple cold runner system where the material injected solidifies in the sprue and runners and is ejected with the parts resulting in waste and requiring de-gating. An alternative is a hot runner which is a more complex system than using cold …
Mandrel Forging A Ring
Here is a brief video of a ring of 316 Stainless Steel being forged on a ring. I am not sure what it is going to be used for but it looks impressive.
Friction Welding Pipe
The friction welding process is quite straight forward on face value. It is essentially rubbing two pieces of metal together with pressure to get them to a red-hot melting point then stop the rubbing, but keep the pressure, and let the pieces fuse. I am sure there is a lot of technical know how to make sure you get a …
Forming Hinges On A Punch Press
In this video MatePrecision Tooling takes us through the operations required to form a hinge using a punch press. Manufacturing a hinge on a punch press can be completed using two forming tool sets in a three stage process. The first tool forms the leading edge and root of the hinge knuckle in a two stage process. The second tool …
A Robot That Can Safely Work Alongside Humans
In a typical manufacturing plant with automation, significant integrated safety systems are required around equipment such as robots. The need for separation means floor space is consumed with cells required to keep robots and other automated equipment from harming humans. In their video below, KUKA Systems demonstrate a robot that can work alongside a human without the need for the …