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Metal Cutting in Detail   Metal cutting is the collection of processes where metal is formed into a desired shape by removing excess material. This uses various tools and results in two products, the waste or excess material and the finished part. There are three...

Metal Rolling Process   Metal rolling is the metal forming process used to reduce the thickness of metal and make the thickness of the reduced metal uniform. The process is very similar to the rolling of dough with rolling pins. There are two types of this...

Why coat metals?   Unprotected metals will rust and corrode as they make contact with the environment.   Coatings are used to protect the metal from these effects, and often perform another function like improving the appearance or reducing friction.  Metal...

Press Brakes in Depth   A press brake is a tool to bend sheet and plate materials.   Two C-frames form the sides of the press brake along with a table at the bottom and a movable beam at the top. The tool has two pieces one mounted on the table, and the other...

The Engineering Design Process   There is no one accepted model of the engineering design process. Each model varies in complexity from 3 step loops to very complicated interwoven steps that are made to monitor the overall progress towards a completed and ready...

Milling Machines and Milling Process Milling is the process of machining using rotary cutters to remove material by advancing a cutter into a workpiece. It requires a milling machine, workpiece, fixture, and cutter. The workpiece is a pre-formed block of material that...

What is CNC?   Using a computer to aid in transforming a stock piece of material to a finished product is CNC. CNC stands for computer numerical control, and started in the 1940’s and 50’s using punched tape or perforated paper tape. It quickly transitioned to...

Laser cutting and other industrial cutting methods Laser cutting uses a focused laser to cut materials and is commonly used industrially with sheet metal parts and products. It can also be used to cut diamond, glass, silicon, wood, and plastics. Older laser cutting...

Parts of a Lathe   Lathes were first used around 1300 BC but without parts like the headstock and tailstock.   They may have even been used in Mycenaean cities going back to the 13th or 14th centuries B.C.   The first major innovations in lathes happened in 1751...

MIG, TIG, and Stick are the three most commonly needed welding services.   There is no one-size-fits-all option for welding services. Your results are highly dependent on applying the right welding process to the task at hand. For example if you use a...