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Kat de Naoum
Kat de Naoum is a writer, author, editor, and content specialist from the UK with 20+ years of writing experience. Kat has experience writing for a variety of manufacturing and technical organizations and loves the world of engineering. Alongside writing, Kat was a paralegal for almost 10 years, seven of which were in ship finance. She has written for many publications, both print and online. Kat has a BA in English literature and philosophy, and an MA in creative writing from Kingston University.
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Die Casting: An Overview
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All About Aluminum for Manufacturing
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What You Need To Know About Gravity Die Casting
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Laser Cutting vs. Plasma Cutting: From Speed to Material to Cost
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Everything You Need to Know About Anodizing
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FreeCAD vs. Fusion 360—A Comprehensive Comparison
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3D Printing vs. CNC Machining: Differences and Comparison
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All About Longitudinal Stress
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All About Laser Etching
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All the CNC Machining Costs You Need to Know About
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All About the Basics of Plastic Injection Molding
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3D Printing Infills Explained—With Examples
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All About Metal Injection Molding (MIM)
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Polycarbonate vs. ABS: What’s the Difference?
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All About Wire EDM Machining
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All About ABS Plastic
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Converting STEP to STL Files
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Get to Know G-Code
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PolyJet vs. SLA: A Side-by-Side Comparison
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All About Copper Laser Cutting
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![Common mild steel Galvalume roof - Image Credit: Shutterstock/Hamid Rustanto](https://images.prismic.io/xometry-marketing/35499890-d944-4082-8eb9-f3e5c0f5c162_All-About-Mild-Steel-Definition-Composition-and-Properties.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=0%2C0%2C486%2C486&w=486&h=486&fit=max)
All About Mild Steel
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All About the IZOD Impact Test