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AIDA-America Promotes Employees
Steve Easterling, Jacob Leet, Nick Colarosa and Zach Conner all move into new positions.
The Growing Importance of Direct Part Marking
Traditionally used for fast, error-free traceability of parts in aerospace, medical, automotive and electronics applications, imprinting information directly on parts is ideal for service or recall and assistance in liability and warranty resolution – and it will be needed everywhere as automation and robotics sweep across shop floor operations in Industry 4.0.
No Drip Spray Nozzles Sanitize, Clean and Cool While Conserving Liquid
When the compressed air supply is shut off, the new 1/2 NPT No Drip Internal Mix Atomizing Spray Nozzles from EXAIR positively seal off the flow of liquid, eliminating the possibility of drips.
Mounted CO2 Laser Lenses Field Replacements for Marking Systems
Drop-in field replacement CO2 laser lenses from Laser Research Optics can reduce downtime, provide < 0.2 percent total absorption values and are coated to match specific phase and polarization requirements.
Silence Is Golden: Versatile Deep Part Marking of Hard Materials
The C-Series Silent Scribe marking system and Sound Abatement System from Columbia Marking Tools quietly marks new types of alloys, steels, high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLA) and different formulations of casting materials that require versatile marking pressure capabilities.
High Speed Metal or Plastic Marking with Superior Edge Quality
For high quality customized marking or engraving, the TruMark 5020 fiber laser marker from TRUMPF converts high pulse frequencies up to 1 MHz into high speeds for short marking processes.
How to Make Permanent Part Marking Easy
For directly marking small parts up to full sheets, X Series, Tag Master 3 and KM-1207 benchtop dot peen marker systems from Kwik Mark can process flat, curved and irregular surfaces on materials ranging from hardened tool steels to delicate plastics.
Fiber Laser Marking for High Volume Production
The versatile, easy-to-operate XL-Box from SIC Marking USA uses a high powered, pulsed-wave ytterbium-doped fiber laser for shallow or deep markings of alphanumeric codes, barcodes and 2D Data Matric codes on all metals and some plastics.
Cutting a Path to Profitability
A single carbide saw from HYDMECH can do the work of five conventional band saws, without sacrificing quality.
Sawing Starts with the Material
All materials present unique cutting issues. For the best sawing results, you must understand how material characteristics and sizes affect the cut to achieve the longest band saw blade life and production results.
Post-Processing: The Achilles Heel of Additive Manufacturing
Surface finishing and other post-processing requirements for AM production applications can run up to 60 percent of the total cost per finished part. Here’s how more capable and connected systems can simplify the overall process chain, provide economically viable parts and improve operational sustainability, cost, and timeliness.
