Improving Cost Effectiveness of Injection Molding Designs
In 1999, Yuh-Min Chen and Jang-John Liu published a paper discussing various methods to improve the cost-effectiveness of injection-molded designs
Hack the Box (HtB) Walkthrough: Shocker
This is a walkthrough for solving the Hack the Box machine called Shocker. Shocker is an Easy machine. It is
How Do Capacitive Touch Screens Work?
Recently a forum post surfaced where someone reported using different objects to control their cell phone. They decided to see
Design for Manufacturing: Oversizing Clearances for Large Cutters
This article examines why you should preferentially design parts for large cutter use.
Cutter size is determined by both the
How do I plot a sinusoidal equation with MATLAB?
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How do I solve equations in MATLAB?
If you're like me, you one day awoke to discover that you were expected to know how to
Direct Metal Laser Sintering
In direct metal laser sintering, metal powder is placed on a print bed by an automatic powder-layering blade. This blade
Design for Manufacturing: Sheet Metal Bending
The field of Design for Manufacturing provides a lot of excellent tips on how to drive down tooling costs in
Surface-Based Modeling in CAD
At some point, CAD designers transition from solid modeling to surface-based modeling. This requires a greater understanding of modeling compared
Design for Manufacturing: Special Clearances
This article discusses cutter clearance in milling operations focusing on shoulders, flanges, and near the parting lines.
Cutter placement is
