Michael Barkasi

Do benefits of new technology outweigh implementation costs?

Recent promotion of 3-D design software has left many civil engineering firms scrambling to implement the new technology.

It would be terribly inefficient to begin machining a workpiece with the same techniques required to finish it. Because the last passes of the cutting tool determine the workpiece's final shape and s

Anderson Power Products (APP) (Sterling, Massachusetts), specializes in the design and manufacture of electrical power connectors and accessories.As part of its "precision engineering" philo

Reverse engineering is a design process that starts by capturing the original form, but uses the data as a starting point to replicate the required function using contemporary methods and tools.

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Producing exact copies of custom race engine cylinder heads is difficult. Engine builders know that recreating a winning combustion chamber with a hand die grinder is time consuming and doesn’t alway

AutoForm offers software solutions for the die-making and sheet metal forming industries. The use of AutoForm software improves reliability in planning, reduces the number of die tryouts and tryout ti

What is sequential ray tracing?Ray tracing is a widely applicable technique for modeling the propagation of light through an optical system. The modeling of light propagation via ray tracing is common

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Shops using coordinate measuring machines have two general data acquisition methods to choose from. By far the most common probe is the touch trigger (TTP). It has been a CMM staple for many years. Re

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Paul Dvorak
Senior Editor The bracket assembly has been stress analyzed for a load on the Allen-head hex screw. The table shows three of four results requested by the designer in columns to the lower

The concept behind STEP NC is simple. It enables a product model database to serve as direct input to a CNC machine tool. No separate files of tool paths. No G or M codes. No post processors.This is a