Sensors provide real-time, non-contact temperature data during machining and welding, improving accuracy and efficiency. The technology is adaptable for friction stir welding, enabling precise thermal ...

Using a router can be dangerous, so it's important to take all proper precautions. Ensure you remove the right amount of material at the bandsaw or jigsaw to prevent the router bit from catching when ...

Designing a file to cut on a CNC is only part of the process. You also have to keep it in place while the machine does its work. [Garrett Fromme] walks us through five different work holding ...

The DIKUQ project has developed a semi-automated process chain for forming steel sheets for shipbuilding. Fraunhofer IOF ...

What is table saw kickback? Kickback is a situation when wood gets picked up by the blade and violently thrown at you, which happens way faster than you can react. This usually occurs when the ...

Impact of Workpiece Materials gives a detailed overview of the various types of workpiece materials, how they can be processed, and the challenges posed by each. Ferrous and nonferrous metals are the ...

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling, Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon ...

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Setting up for I.D. grinding jobs is different from setting up external and surface grinding operations. Because of the wheel-within-a-hole configuration of I.D. grinding, shops must pay special ...