- RAPID PROTOTYPING: PUSHING THE CUTTING
EDGE.
RAPID PROTOTYPING: PUSHING THE CUTTING EDGE In 1994 three high-school friends--two brothers, Corey and Donavan Weber, and Alex Fima--started a rapid prototyping company in Carlsbad, Calif. Early on it was just the three of them; today, the company has more than 100 employees and three profitable spin-off businesses: Directed ......
- Beams Shine, Chips Fly
Lasers have a real flair for metalworking. They can cut, weld, heat-treat, and perform various surface modifications. Yet injection molds and similar types of complex tooling mostly consist of components that require traditional machining operations such as milling, turning, EDM, and grinding. These two approaches to metalworking have now joined ......
- Laser alignment system.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pinpoint Laser Systems Pinpoint Laser Systems introduces the 2D Microgage Laser alignment tool for precision measuring, machine alignment, calibration and other industrial applications. As the laser moves across the receiver in a vertical or horizontal direction, the display provides a reading of the motion, accurate to 0.0001 in....
- Laser alignment hits the mark
Machinery and equipment with moving parts rely on mechanical alignment between these moving parts to run smoothly and efficiently. Often, machinery alignment is checked, deemed OK for manufacturing, and then forgotten -- at least until some event catches the attention of plant engineers. These events might be a slight decrease ......
- Model It, Then Make It
Rapid prototyping machines ably do what their name suggests. They quickly make physical prototype parts. But some of these machines have started to cross over into the realm of production, turning out the final article or, in some cases, tooling components. Here’s a look at three such developments. Subtractive Systems ......
- 2007 Buyer's guide: product
listings.
Abrasives: wheel Osborn International Partner Industrial Products Pferd, Inc. Pipeline Supply Co. Weiler Corporation Adhesives Unitex Alignment equipment Pinpoint Laser Systems, Inc. Anchors BKW, Inc. Chance Co., A.B. Foresight Products, LLC Pipesak Incorporated Appraisal service Lone Star investments Corp. Asphalt cutters Allied Construction Products Asphalt Zipper, Inc. CASE Construction ......
- Intricate parts from the inside out
HEADNOTE Additive metal-deposition process lets designers use novel shapes, features, and material combinations to build parts that would be difficult or impossible to machine. Designers are familiar with how a concept becomes a real product: Part of the process involves throwing it "over the wall" so manufacturing can determine how, ......