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When you realize it’s time to make internal process improvements at your company, how do you introduce innovation onto your factory floor? Do you have a system for developing better procedures and workflow? If so, how is it working for you? A coherent plan for managing improvement can be a powerful tool for transitioning a...

The general session meeting of the Additive Manufacturing Consortium (AMC), operated by EWI, will be held on August 6, 2020, 10am-1pm EST. This virtual event will feature tours of two international manufacturing facilities involved in AM, SPEE3D in Melbourne, Australia, and DMG Mori-Japan. The meeting will also feature a technical presentation on new metal alloys...

In sheet metal stamping, material property variations between batches of an incoming coil can significantly affect part quality and increase scrap rate. This issue is far more pronounced for emerging third generation (Gen III) high-strength steels. Because there are batch discrepancies, major automotive OEMs and tier 1 suppliers are interested in both real-time measurement and...