For years, there has been an almost mystical quality associated with the word "blueprinting." Visions of Grumpy Jenkins and Ed Pink are conjured up, along with clusters of guys in white coats with ...

It is widely recognized that cast, machined metal parts tend to have memory created from internal stresses. In the presence of temperature changes, these stresses often cause dimensional and ...

A flexible hybrid machining system from Heller Machine Tools works on a diesel engine block at Detroit Diesel. Walk the floor of any automotive manufacturing facility and see several types of ...

Through a milling process, cutting tools remove material from the block until the finished part is made. 3-axis CNC machine: A 3-axis CNC uses a combination of three directions, known as the X, Y, and ...

Closing the casting-to-machining divide reduces scrap, speeds production and lowers costs without compromising quality.