A few readers wrote in to MACHINE DESIGN commenting on the mistake I made on my blog item ''Artistic EDM''. In it, I said that ''electrically conductive materials cannot be EDMed.'' Ovbiously, this is incorrect. As one reader says, ''EDM will spark-erode any material that conducts electricity.'' Dear readers, thanks for keeping me on my ...

The Medical Design & Manufacturing show is being held again in Anaheim California. Last year, I blogged about the artistic creations of James Kim, applications engineer at a company then called Charmilles. It has since merged with Agie to form AgieCharmilles. In addition to electrical discharge machinery, the company now provides ...