Factory Signal Briefing — April 23, 2026
Advanced Manufacturing · 3D Printing · CNC · Robotics · AI Vision
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Mintion releases external filtration unit for enclosed 3D printers
Mintion, a young Chinese company specializing in 3D printer accessories, has released the 3D Printer Filtration System V1, an external air filtration unit designed to reduce particle and…
End of an era: Honeywell hands warehouse automation reins to AIP
Honeywell to sell its Intelligrated and Transnorm warehouse automation brands to American Industrial Partners by late 2026. The post End of an era: Honeywell hands warehouse automation reins…
America’s Submarine Surge: How Additive Manufacturing Is Powering the Golden Fleet
Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe explore how workforce scaling, new production models, and R&D incentives are converging to power the next era of U.S. naval dominance. The post…
GM’s Mikell Taylor to lead Women in Robotics Breakfast at the Robotics Summit
Mikell Taylor has spent 25 years making robots, from a robotic prom date to uncrewed underwater vehicles and industrial robotic systems. The post GM’s Mikell Taylor to lead Women in…
This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC
Tom Burick has always considered himself a builder. Over the years he’s designed robots, constructed a vintage teardrop trailer , and most recently, led a group of students in building a…
Eplus3D metal 3D printing technology used to produce 100,000 (and counting) tyre sipe cuffs
Eplus3D's metal additive manufacturing technology is being harnessed by Hankook Precision Works to support tyre sipes production.
What Anthropic’s Mythos Means for the Future of Cybersecurity
Two weeks ago, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities, turning them into working exploits without expert…
Foldable Raspberry Pi 5 Cyberdeck (with camera) #3DPrinting #3DThursday
ndejongh shares: Here is a brand new Raspberry Pi 5 foldable cyberdeck for a 3.5 inch touch display, camera module (optional) and a Rii Miniture keyboard. download the files on…
Trump science advisor says Chinese actors are copying American AI at massive scale
The US government says it has evidence of large-scale, industrial distillation campaigns targeting American frontier models, with China as the primary culprit. Now the Trump administration…
Drugmaker AbbVie chooses North Carolina for $1.4B manufacturing campus
The 185-acre site will be the company’s largest single investment to date, with a focus on small-volume parenteral products like vials and prefilled syringes.
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
Today on Decoder, I want to lay out an idea that’s been banging around my head for weeks now as we’ve been reporting on AI and having conversations here on this show. I’ve…
OpenAI’s New GPT-5.5 Powers Codex on NVIDIA Infrastructure — and NVIDIA Is Already Putting It to Work
AI agents have revolutionized developer workflows, and their next frontier is knowledge work: processing information, solving complex problems, coming up with new ideas and driving…
How to program weird angles lines cnc haas lathe.
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I’m attempting to create a lathe program to turn this part. The issue is I can’t find a good way in my textbook or online to do the angle and length seen in the first image. I’ve been…
Aluminum Gear Housing CNC Machining, Long Tool Deep Wall Cut
Score 7 · 7 comments
Aluminum gear housing, deep wall cut, long reach endmill. The coolant is doing its job, but the tool length is the part I’d worry about. Long stickout plus side load can leave a wall that…
What’s a realistic hourly rate for 4-axis CNC milling?
Score 16 · 27 comments
I’ve been looking into CNC machining costs and trying to get a realistic hourly rate for a 4-axis CNC milling machine. Based on what I’ve found so far, 3-axis milling usually sits around…
I built LumaChords: a classical CV pipeline that turns piano tutorial videos into MIDI and notation, open-source
Score 34 · 5 comments
Hi, I built LumaChords, an open-source classical CV pipeline that converts Synthesia-style piano tutorial videos into MIDI, MEI, and synchronized sheet-music overlays. The main question…
What are you doing to improve robotics and automation in your professional life?
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Hello! I’m new to this sub, so hopefully this is a discussion topic that is okay with the moderation rules on this sub. I’ve been working professionally as a robotics technician/engineer now…
I designed a foldable horse racing board game you can 3D print (perfect for travel)
Score 332 · 18 comments
Made a foldable horse racing board game you can 3D print. It packs flat, is easy to carry, and is perfect for travel or camping. No supports required, simple assembly using a piece of 1.75…
Anyone know any reputable CNC shops that can handle medium to high volume?
Score 10 · 36 comments
Hey guys, so I've been doing a ton of looking around online, and on here, trying to put my feelers out for some reputable CNC shops that can handle medium to high production. The problem I…
Why CNC parts look simple in CAD but become complicated in real machining
Score 7 · 44 comments
I’ve been noticing a pattern where parts that seem pretty straightforward in CAD end up being more involved once you think about how they’re actually going to be machined. On screen…
E Stop keeps triggering
Score 1 · 12 comments
Hi I am using Mach 3 to control a 3 axis mill. The automatic E-stop keeps showing as being triggered on the screen. It’s very random how this happens sometimes it’s just as soon as it’s…
New Kickstarter CNC Lathe Opinions
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This just launched on Kickstarter and it would actually be perfect for some stuff I make but am interested in opinions and also how likely people think it is to be vaporware? If I was sure…