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How Would You Redesign the Star Wars TIE Fighter?
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…Autodesk business consultant and additive manufacturing (AM) specialist, chose overengineering to account for the unknown. “We know about the conditions on earth and we have a pretty good idea about the other planets in our solar system. So if it can handle conditions 10 times worse than the…
/article/how-would-you-redesign-the-star-wars-tie-fighterGet the Most from Advanced Materials
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…to predict and mitigate manufacturing-induced variations. Image courtesy of MultiMechanics. Catalysts for Change Why are engineers and developers turning to advanced materials, and why have technologies like multiscale modeling and simulation become important? This movement has been percolating for a while, slowly gaining momentum over time. Once relegated…
/article/get-the-most-from-advanced-materialsNotes from the Mesh-Making Frontline
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…BrainsIn its early days, additive manufacturing (AM) was a prototyping method, but the more mature AM technologies of today are well on their way to becoming viable manufacturing options. AM can build biomimicry-inspired design like organic shapes and honeycomb structures previously dismissed as impractical or too costly to…
/article/notes-from-the-mesh-making-frontlineRapid Technology Makes Gains
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…is rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M)? Is it solid freeform fabrication? 3D conversion? Whichever term you choose, the in-the-trenches folk keep making progress, offering new systems and materials. From the race for less-expensive hardware to the drive for more durable materials, there have been some interesting gains across…
/article/rapid-technology-makes-gainsSiemens Puts Simulation on the Path of Predictive Analysis
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…such as machine learning, additive manufacturing and robotics; andchanging the way products evolve, through use of cloud technology, knowledge automation and big data analytics.For CAE engineers in the meeting, Leuridan brought all this talk of business transformation and digitalization home. Mechanical components will become smart systems that integrate…
/article/siemens-puts-simulation-path-predictive-analysisDesigning Machines in the Age of the IIoT
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…or spatial requirements, materials, manufacturing methods and cost constraints. Through an iterative process, the software explores all possible permutations and quickly generates several design alternatives, learning what works and what doesn’t from each iteration (Fig. 2). Current use cases have shown that generative design can reduce part weight…
/article/designing-machines-in-the-age-of-the-iiotPLM Gets a Collaboration Makeover
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…James White, practice director, additive manufacturing at CIMdata. “A lot of what’s required for product lifecycle management involves objects, documents, files and metadata that is outside of the engineering department. There’s a recognition that much of the content is coming from other places.” Solid Edge Portal allows users…
/article/plm-gets-collaboration-makeoverTiny Devices, Big Simulation Hurdles
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…interesting surfaces over the manufacturing-friendly oval, rectangular and cylindrical products. This has resulted in the use of flexible PCBs, dubbed Flex Rigid boards. Many of them were incorporated into the flip phones that now seem quaint. Because of their bendable, flexible, fabric-like connectors, they can fit into tighter,…
/article/tiny-devices-big-simulation-hurdlesSimulate to Shed Weight Sooner
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…geometry: Material choices and manufacturing options are increasingly critical trade-off parameters. In addition, an optimization process should account for the manufacturing approach (mill, cast, stamp, layer) and possible subsystem assembly options (weld, rivet, glue). Making wiser decisions before a part or assembly is ever handed over for refined…
/article/simulate-to-shed-weight-soonerMake Good Products Great with Outside Expertise
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…its design. Part count, manufacturing approaches, assembly requirements, material properties, and costs must be constantly reviewed and evaluated. The more complex the product is, the harder it can be, especially under time-to-market pressures. The ideal product includes innovation at every step, and Altair ProductDesign offers this through its…
/article/make-good-products-great-with-outside-expertiseTopology Optimization
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…designs from structural and manufacturing perspectives. The basic idea behind topology optimization is to define a design space and mesh that with a regular array of elements. In some cases, this will be an arbitrary 3D or 2D space; in other cases, as shown in Fig. 1(a), the…
/article/topology-optimizationRapid Prototyping’s New Rules of Engagement
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…of medium- to high-end additive manufacturing (AM)/3D printers from a variety of vendors, along with a computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling machine to produce more functional parts. Yet when the engineering group has a requirement to produce multiple iterations of a part or assembly, it frequently turns to…
/article/rapid-prototypings-new-rules-engagementFaster. Higher. Stronger.
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…made of carbon fiber. Additive manufacturing and more tooling were used for certain constituent parts—which included a unique aerodynamic front fork and a handlebar design—to help helped further accelerate the bike’s performance for the cycling team. Olympic torches used repurposed materials. Torches designed by Tokujin Yoshioka were made…
/article/faster.-higher.-stronger3D-Printed Electronics Get Real
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…Netherlands. The group discussed additive manufacturing (AM) opportunities for electronics during the 3D Printing Electronics Conference, held in the Netherlands in January.TNO points out that most electronics built today require environmentally unfriendly chemical processes to produce PCBs as well as multiple assembly steps to add discrete components. What…
/article/3d-printed-electronics-get-realReconfiguring Human Bones
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…of rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M) technology. After finding that other approaches to RP&M were either too slow, not accurate enough, or too expensive, he configured his own desktop RP&M laboratory using off-the-shelf hardware and software. Siderits’ entire system fits on his desktop, cost him less than $8,000,…
/article/reconfiguring-human-bonesDesign for Additive Manufacturing
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Decades in the making, additive manufacturing is moving to the forefront of innovation as emerging capabilities, advanced materials and lower-cost alternatives position the technology as a compelling addition to mainstream production practices. For additive manufacturing to be a catalyst for true innovation, engineers will need to venture outside…
/download-design-for-additive-manufacturingSpecial Technology Focus: Additive Manufacturing Innovations
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The additive manufacturing space is one of the most dynamic technologies we cover. 3D printing is increasingly being used for end products as well as prototypes and tooling, and new advancements in metal printing are enabling a host of applications in the automotive and aerospace sectors. In this…
/special-technology-focus-additive-manufacturing-innovationsSpecial Focus Issue: Additive Manufacturing Innovations
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The additive manufacturing market continues to evolve and expand. Over the past several months, there have been several major mergers and acquisitions in this space, along with the emergence of new players, new software tools and new standards that will help ensure print quality and consistency. Additive is…
/special-focus-issue-additive-manufacturing-innovationsReduce Part Count with Additive Manufacturing
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…rethink your design and manufacturing process. Compared with traditional metal manufacturing methods, metal additive manufacturing offers three significant benefits: Speed – directly 3D printing a part from a CAD file dramatically cuts the time from concept, to design, to manufactured part. Design for function – additive manufacturing removes…
/reduce-part-count-with-additive-manufacturingAdditive Manufacturing/3DP Information Alignment
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…the national accelerator for additive manufacturing (AM) is the nation’s leading collaborative partner in AM and three-dimensional printing (3DP) technologies. Established as a public/private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, and government. America Makes and its members coordinate in projects focused on advancing AM across the U.S.…
/additive-manufacturing-3dp-information-alignmentAdditive Manufacturing: 3 Opportunities, 3 Paths to Success
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) unlocks new worlds of design freedom, allowing engineers to explore designs, structures, and geometries that are impossible to produce through conventional means. With the endless range of new capabilities it presents, applying AM technologies to real engineering projects can be a difficult challenge. Yet manufacturers…
/additive-manufacturing-3-opportunities-3-paths-to-successMicro 3D Printing: Enabling Miniaturization
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…benefits and drawbacks of additive manufacturing, what becomes most clear is that when fabricated parts are easy to make using standard machining methods, additive manufacturing becomes less and less necessary as a tool. Yet, when that is not the case, additive manufacturing becomes a very beneficial tool. Additive…
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