Broken gear for a German Knapp rack mill. (Image courtesy of Hansford Parts and Products.)
Do a little snooping on the floor of any machine shop and you’re likely to find a piece of legacy equipment older than company’s youngest employee. It’s no secret; it’s the logical outcome of adhering to a variation on that old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t replace it.”
Of course, the risk of keeping old machines around for too long is that you end up …
Source URL: Additive Manufacturing Breathes New Life into Legacy Equipment
Source Website: Advance Engineering – Engineering.com