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GD&T-A Beginning

Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances is a very broad and complicated subject to write about. There are complete books, websites, college courses, seminars, and high dollar consultants all dealing with GD&T. This column is dedicated to GD&T-an extremely important part of all mechanical design work, modern manufacturing, and inspection of parts.[…]

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Machining Castings

By: Ron Dietz Machining castings is one of the more challenging in machining and involves some careful planning. The fixture must be correct or the part can be ruined from just the wrong clamping areas and sequences. The quality of the casting also plays a big role on how well[…]

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A Day In The Life-I

This is the first post in what will be a continuing series of posts about working as a tooling engineer in industry. It may be boring to some, or it may be highly entertaining to others. I guess it depends on your point of view. Personally, it is boring already-just[…]

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Injection Molding Basics

By: Ron Dietz   High pressure injection molding is one of the basic manufacturing technologies in modern times.  There are three broad categories of materials that are utilized in this process: plastics, rubbers/silicone, and metals. Generally,  the material is in a hot liquid state so that it can be forced[…]

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The Fundamentals of Milling Technology Part I

By: Ron Dietz Milling machining is the most versatile and the most common of all the machining processes. It is not a machine shop without a least one of the many type of mills in it. The history and versatility of  this manufacturing process cannot be thoroughly discussed in one[…]

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