Digital+manufacturing

Digital manufacturing

CNC (computer numerically controlled) machines

[|digital manufacturing lab - example]
 * subtractive technique (in which a product is created through removal of material) - CNC (computer numerically controlled) machines * VF2-TR, a five-axis milling machine * DS-30Y, a dual-spindle turning center with Y-axis milling. handle hard-to-machine materials such as stainless steel and Inconel, and can make just about anything, from sculptures to high-performance pump impellers for rocket engines, with a precision of plus or minus 5 microns.
 * additive process - 3D printers * fused deposition process * cross-linked polymer process * a selective laser sintering metal printer * SLS plastic printer * 3D laser scanner.
 * digital structuring of electronic circuits - multi-layer printed circuit boards to build PCBs with both through-hole and surface-mount components on both sides of the finished board. design tools - Altium Designer, Eagle PCB software.

Meet a CNC machinist
 * [|Linda Ratliff - CNC Machinist], Aventics - I primarily make parts for the various pneumatic devices we make, and I must say, the sheer variety of products we make is astounding. I have made parts that go on fire trucks, railroad cars, medical devices, and more.


 * What's the problem?**
 * **Ask** -
 * **Imagine** -
 * **Design, Build** -
 * **Improve** -


 * That's engineering**
 * [|numerical control] - a way to automate machines. In numerical control, the commands these machines get come from a storage medium; they are not controlled and operated manually.
 * milling machine - machine tool that operates by moving a work piece against a cutter.

> model, stock, pneumatic devices, additive process,
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