Every Thursday, our Industry Readlines email features interesting, helpful, or funny things from around the technical world. Whether you are in design, machining, production, or inspection this will be a great weekly read.
November Public Training - Last Chance to Register
Our November GD&T Fundamentals Public Training will take place November 6-9th from 12:00pm-4:30pm (EST) via Zoom. Registration ends tomorrow - make sure you secure your spot today! Discounts are available for groups and returning seminar attendees. See link for details.
From the GD&T Basics Team: Flatness - Per Unit Basis
Did you know that you can control flatness over an entire surface, while also refining that form control to hold a tighter tolerance over a smaller area of that surface? In this Question Line Video, Jason explains form controls on a per unit basis.
The Erodium Copy robot is a tiny device, made mostly of Oakwood, used for planting seeds. Testing using drone-aided seed airdrops has had a 90% success rate. Watch this video to learn about the design and see it in action. - Emily
We are excited to highlight our client, Kimball Physics, this week! Kimball Physics is a high-tech manufacturer of scientific instruments with over 50 years of experience in ultra-high-vacuum electron and ion optics. Watch this video to learn how they got started and how their product offerings have evolved.
NASA's clever technique to make combustion chambers:
In the 1970s, NASA developed a clever technique to manufacture the regenerative cooling channels on the Space Shuttle's main combustion chamber. Learn how they used a combination of conventional machining with electroplating to mimic what we can now do with 3D printing.
If you come across anything interesting that you'd like us to highlight in our weekly updates, please send it our way! info@gdandtbasics.com
Until next week,
Your GD&T Basics Team
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