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One-Stop Printing
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One-Stop Printing

  • Kip Hanson
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My dad was a commercial artist. He frequently mentioned the service bureau that converted his hand-drawn illustrations into brochures, catalog…

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Measuring Health
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Measuring Health

  • Kip Hanson
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If asked to define the term “medical metrology” and describe what differentiates it from other forms of industrial measurement, many machinist…

Cutting Through Material Challenges
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Cutting Through Material Challenges

  • Ed Sinkora
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Necessity and opportunity—including unforeseen ones—can be the mother of invention and innovation. Several creative cutting tool manufacturers…

The Bottom Line on Sustainability

The Bottom Line on Sustainability

  • Ilene Wolff
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Manufacturers’ cache of clean material for recycling usually dwarfs that of the average household or office, making them coveted sources for s…

Materials Trek

Materials Trek

  • Kip Hanson
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The story of 3D Systems founder Chuck Hull and his invention of a novel manufacturing technology that has since spawned a $13 billion industry…

Which Cut is Best, Water or Laser?

Which Cut is Best, Water or Laser?

  • Geoff Giordano Contributing Editor, SME Media
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Laser and waterjet are very different machines with very different — but perhaps complementary — capabilities