CNC or 3D printing? Why not both? Hybrid approaches combine subtractive and additive manufacturing processes to deliver precise outputs at greater speeds. In this piece, we’ll break down the basics of ...

Fotec Research and Technology Transfer, the research company of the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, has developed essential elements for integrating additive manufacturing into ...

Systematic inventive thinking is a globally renowned framework consisting of five techniques for innovation: subtraction (including subtractive innovation), division, multiplication, task unification, ...

Effective CNC Solutions Ltd is a machine tool retrofit specialist based in Crewe, UK. A few years ago, its founding director Gary Pearson had a vision to develop a machine tool that would perform ...

Additive manufacturing technology overcomes the limitations imposed by traditional manufacturing techniques, such as fixtures, tools, and molds, thereby enabling a high degree of design freedom for ...

Abstract: In accordance with the new trends demanded by Industry 4.0, the idea of having manufacturing processes using industrial robotic arms with capabilities and functionalities to achieve ...

As part of the inter-company cooperation project "Ad-Proc-Add"Belgian researchers have investigated the influence of various processes within the additive subtractive manufacturing (ASM) process chain ...

In the Advanced Processing of Additively Manufactured Parts (Ad-Proc-Add) project, researchers have developed new tool concepts, strategies for Additive Manufacturing metal components, sophisticated ...

GKN Aerospace will later this year produce what it describes as the first load-bearing component to be made through additive manufacturing, as the UK-headquartered company eyes a rapid expansion of ...

Sample rates for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) continue to evolve, now reaching 5 Gsamples/s at 10-bit resolutions and 1.5 Gsamples/s at 12 bits. These ...