Step NC
Having start my professinal career has a machinist, i always keep an eye on what happend on this side of the fence.
Tecnomatix
Over the years where I had the chance to work in manufacturing companies, even if the were small and medium in size (commonly know has macine shop), I understand the importance of controling the overall process to get better efficiency.
With a rainy day, I surf the web and take few minutes to look at Tecnomatix.
Québec Talent
Québec talent get honnor in a north american competition.
The Mars “patenteux” get the honnors years after years in a competiton where thirty team compete.
A nice windows for the those future engineers of the agribusiness department
Real projects
«…..Dans le cadre de leur formation, les étudiants en génie agricole, qui trouveront ensuite du travail dans la conception de bâtiments, de systèmes d’irrigation ou d’équipements agricoles, doivent réaliser un projet concret.
“Nous prenons contact avec des producteurs agricoles confrontés à des problèmes techniques dans leur exploitation. Nous envoyons nos étudiants pour qu’ils analysent les besoins du producteur et ils reviennent ensuite pour travailler sur des solutions. On ne peut pas trouver des solutions entre quatre murs, il faut aller sur le terrain”
Explique le professeur Khelifi.
C’est ainsi que par le passé, des machines pour récolter l’if, pour laver les légumes ou encore pour épandre de la chaux dans les érablières ont été conçues et dessinées par Les étudiants. À la fin du projet, les dessins sont remis au producteur qui verra s’il souhaite I ou non faire construire ladite machine. On peut en effet comprendre que les ressources et le temps disponibles au département ne permettent pas de fabriquer la machine…..»
You have a project, contact Khelifi, Mohamed, perhaps on their way to the competiton they could stop by and fix things.
Or directly by mail mohamed.khelifi@fsaa.ulaval.ca
Visit the site of Ultrac team http://www.ultrac.fsaa.ulaval.ca/
Of check the picture http://www.ultrac.fsaa.ulaval.ca/7796.html
Read the article, it is in french but at least check the pictures 
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Solid Edegd mold tooling
Questions has been ask about stuff on Solid edge Mold tooling.
For few release now a mold tooling module is available ( V17), to have more information visit this website. They are the developper of that module and would be happy to anwser our questions.
They have a tutorials section and a forum where you will be able to ask specific questions
CNC machining – Good Vibration
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Good Vibrations
Chatter is self-excited vibration that can keep your machining center from realizing its potential productivity. The solution can be as simple as tuning the process, so that the speed of
the spindle synchronizes with the natural vibration of the system. This video provides a clear illustration of the process. The machine shown here can achieve a much greater metal removal rate at a specific speed—14,144 rpm—than it can at its top speed of 16,000 rpm.
Click here (or the image above) to hear the sound of chatter versus the sound of a stable cut
