The Gantry That Grew in the Afternoon A dispensing machine we built held position to ±0.02 mm in the morning. By 2 PM, after the machine had been running for four hours, the dispense head drifted 0.15 mm. Parts started missing the glue path. The customer called. We checked the linear guides, the ball screw, …

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