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Continuous Ceramic Fibers Let CMCs and MMCs Take Off in Aerospace and Other Industries

Continuous ceramic fibers are anticipated to see a compound annual growth rate of more than 27% over the next 10 years. What's driving growth?
April 27, 2018
Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and metal matrix composites (MMCs) are not new concepts, but they have yet to reach their potential. To date, a wide range of particles and whiskers have been used in these matrices, but the advantages have been questionable, applications limited, and manufacturing challenges difficult.
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Calibration Intervals

Hill Cox
April 16, 2018

Establishing calibration intervals for gages and instruments is a tricky business, particularly if you’re starting from scratch. Calibration data, knowledge of metrology and experience come into play in this game so before we begin, let’s look at the goal we hope to achieve.


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Metrology for Additive Manufacturing to Come of Age

Currently, there’s not enough data for designers and manufacturers to accurately predict the performance of some additive-manufactured parts.
April 10, 2018

NIST’s Material Measurement Lab contributes to the measurement methods, standards, data, and models required to realize the full promise of additive manufacturing.


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The Productivity+ CNC plug-in software application

Boost Productivity, Profits with Active Controls

Increasing machine uptime has never been easier.
Leah Pickett
April 10, 2018

The proverb “time is money” applies to almost every profession today, but especially to manufacturing, and certainly to CNC machining. Lights-out facilities are becoming more prevalent, and the importance of active controls with automated feedback is growing, too.


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Fischer Opens New Chicago Sales and Service Facility

April 5, 2018

Craig Kuchta, the new Fischer representative and technical adviser for this office, has more than 20 years of technical instrumentation sales and support of products by manufacturers such as Siemens, Honeywell and Wika.


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CT scanning software displays the analysis after scanning two parts and comparing both CT datasets to each other. Source: Jesse Garant Metrology Center

Computed Tomography Analysis Techniques

Industrial computed tomography cuts deep for applications beyond just porosity analysis.
Edward McMenamin
April 2, 2018

Industrial computed tomography has been a buzz-worthy technology for several years, and NDT experts know it’s a valuable tool for inspecting the complex internal geometries of 3D-printed parts, or for finding porosity in both additively and traditionally manufactured parts.


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