There are a number of powder metallurgy production processes and the most basic is mechanical compaction plus sintering. This video runs us through the compaction part of the process in detail and discusses why the part is then sintered as well as the range of sintering options. It also touches on other powder metallurgy manufacturing techniques such as a metal …
Making Springs By Eibach
Eibach takes us through their German spring manufacturing operations. Some operations shown include hot forming, cold forming (including coiling and winding), grinding, tempering, shot peening, pre-setting, inspection and finishing.
Milling A Custom Piece On A 3-Axis CNC Mill
In this video we see a 3-axis CNC milling machine in operation to manufacture a custom aluminium foot peg (I assume for a motorcycle). The video of the operation has been sped up so the feed rates appear higher than the actual feeds and the time of the video is much shorter than the time it took to make the piece. The …
Vacuum Forming Plastic
Here’s a video that shows the fundamentals of the vacuum forming process being; 1) heat sheet material to a point above softening temperature but below melt temperature; and 2) suck material over a plug with the form you want to create. This machine also does a pre-expansion of the material before the vacuum forming which I assume provides a better …
Deep Draw Hydroforming Animation And Process
Triform Sheet Hydroforming have prepared this animation that shows the process of deep draw hydroforming. It shows the complex and deep form that can be created from the hydroforming process.
Making Aluminium Wheels For Cars
Since it is the weekend let’s look at a video that steps us through the various processes from start to finish of two manufacturing methods for the same product. In this video we are taken through the manufacturing processes at Rays Wheels for their forged aluminium wheels and cast aluminium wheels. First we are shown the steps undertaken in their …