In the early 1980s, machine tool builders added milling spindles to turning machines, and Multi-Tasking was born. Within a decade, the concept quickly progressed to machines that not only combined ...

“Additive manufacturing” describes a range of technologies that convert CAD models into 3D forms, including stereolithography and fused deposition modeling, for polymers and other non-metallic ...

The Integrex i-400 AM integrates Direct Energy Deposition additive manufacturing technology into a 5-axis Multi-Tasking machine to offer machine users hybrid technology, combining the benefits of ...

Mazak’s Integrex i-400AM “fuses” fiber-laser sintering with full five-axis milling “Done-in-one” production Generate/clad near-net-shape features Process prismatic parts from billets or castings The ...

Design For Manufacturing (DFM) approaches aim to integrate manufacturability aspects during the design stage. Most of DFM approaches usually consider only one manufacturing process, but products ...