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Aluminum with Tiny Posts

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part machined on the high-speed mill

This part was machined on the high-speed mill. It demonstrates the "micromachining" capability of modern high-speed machine-tools. The post diameters are 0.25 mm and the spacing is 1 mm. MEL has been working on machining even smaller features on the MEL machining testbed.

Manufacturing Metrology Division

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