ROBOFORMING: The Future of Metalworking? (I Had NO IDEA This Was Possible) - Smarter Every Day 290

There is so much happening in manufacturing that I am blown away by.

I understand the absolute minimum basics of forging, stamping, casting, and a few other processes, but this concept of slightly deforming a metal sheet by pushing with two (by the company's founders) end effectors without any mold and just using CNC robotic arms is amazing to watch. The process is referred to as incremental forming.

The amount of computing power required to do all of this is stunning to me.

I think manufacturing might be becoming more complicated over time...just maybe.

This second video is ninety-four minutes of behind the scenes footage that Destin edited down into the thirty minute video up top.

Making and Casting (Principles of Metallurgy)

This is a very information dense video explaining...

• where iron ore comes from and what it contains
• how blast furnaces purify iron from ore
• forming the iron from the furnace into steel
• arc furnaces melting and purifying already formed steel
• further steel refining
• casting of the steel into shape via...
• sand casting
• continuous casting
• ingot casting

This would be a great summary of the steel processing processes in class.

There's not much exciting to watch. I'm keeping the tone of my writing this week in line with the tone of the video so you know what to expect.

Thank you for reading.