| January 22, 2025 - Volume 19 Issue 02 |
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3D Printing Now in the Heart of Dixie
An oil and gas equipment manufacturer for more than 9 decades, Dixie Iron Works began incorporating 3D printing as a core principle of product development -- with the help of AM expert, Markforged. Despite the higher material cost of 3D-printed metal parts, the Texas company has found additive manufacturing to actually be less expensive when factoring in CNC machine programming, setup, tooling, and labor costs.
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Achieving reliable, accurate tool setting with Renishaw
When Standard Tool & Mold Inc needed support with its on-machine tool measurement technology, it turned to global engineering technologies company Renishaw, who supplied the new NC4+ Blue tool setter, a high-accuracy blue laser system. This tool setting technology provides precise, high-speed tool measurement and broken tool detection.
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