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Beth Stackpole · October 27, 2022 · …transform product design and manufacturing processes. As companies steer toward intelligent products and operations, there is a growing desire to create robust digital twins of parts and products—a requirement that benefits from smoother 3D scan-to-CAD-to-3D print integration. Artec 3D’s Leo 3D scanner combines AI-driven automatic processing and wireless…
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Beth Stackpole · June 4, 2024 · …to deploy a hybrid manufacturing system that provides sailors with industrial-grade manufacturing capabilities that enable self-sufficiency while also increasing efficiency and reducing waste. The solution, the Phillips Additive Hybrid system, pairs the Meltio wire-laser metal 3D printing platform with Hass TM-1 computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining capabilities. The…
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DE Editors · January 21, 2020 · …parallel lace toolpath, enhanced additive undercutting and about 30 updates. Additionally, the optional CAD for CAM Designer module has now replaced Part Modeler. From model design to part repair and modification, SURFCAM Designer is said to be the solution for taking geometry through to manufacture. SURFCAM Designer More…
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Kenneth Wong · March 22, 2022 · …developers also turn to additive manufacturing (AM), a strategy proven to offer lightweighting advantages in traditional aircraft. A Recipe for Certification In January 2020, during its Series C financing season, Joby Aviation received $394 million from Toyota. The deal makes the carmaker a lead investor in Joby. It…
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DE Guest · April 1, 2018 · …CubeSAT and DeployerDesigning and manufacturing a functional satellite that is a 3U CubeSat and at the same time a deployer of TubeSats proved to be challenging. Understanding the limitations with traditional manufacturing technologies, the opportunity to develop a unique system based on the use of additive manufacturing (AM)…
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Kenneth Wong · July 14, 2016 · …have access to production-grade manufacturing machines (image courtesy of Fictiv). Dave and Nate Evans, cofounders of Fictiv, run what they describe as “a manufacturing platform” from a small office in San Francisco's Civic Center. Walking inside, you come across whiteboards with scribbles and doodles, staffers squinting at Macs…
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Jamie Gooch · April 1, 2017 · …in society.Downstream from design, manufacturing is being disrupted by new technologies as well—from the connected automation of the industrial Internet of Things to more widespread use of additive and hybrid manufacturing. More skilled employees are always needed to realize the promise of the factory of the future, and…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · May 3, 2013 · …paper printers makes the additive build process sound straightforward enough.Next up is the video demonstration of the Objet500 Connex build process. This is really the heart of the matter. Set to non-obnoxious music and without narration, this 2-minute 44-second video puts into motion and elaborates on what you…
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Beth Stackpole · December 6, 2023 · …infusion have impacted the additive manufacturing (AM) space this year, many bright spots remain, including significant progress on production-scale 3D printing applications as well as technology enhancements that make it easier to support end-to-end, design-to-3D print workflows. After years of hype, 3D printing, especially metal AM technology, is…
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DE Editors · January 25, 2021 · …engineering, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, has introduced simulation and virtual manufacturing capabilities that enable users to analyze the production cost of polymer-based additive manufacturing parts against conventional processes, and continuously improve virtual engineering processes by validating the composite’s microstructure with computing tomography scans of manufactured parts.…
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Kenneth Wong · January 26, 2017 · …your part geometry for manufacturing issues and suggests fixes. It works like a general purpose CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) plugin, but it’s specific to the Plethora production facility’s manufacturing process.“You can’t guarantee manufacturability unless you know everything about the factory,” Herrman says. “Our entire factory is communicating with the…
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DE Editors · February 22, 2011 · …way product development and manufacturing professionals source custom parts. We plan to leverage our proprietary e-commerce and high-touch customer care capabilities for the benefit of the entire 3D Systems’ product portfolio. Our mission has always been to make it easy for our customers to buy custom parts, we…
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Admin · May 11, 2017 · …and adoption of metal additive manufacturing. The partnership, announced during RAPID’s 2017 conference, includes distribution activities and opens the door to further go-to-market activities in the future, according to the companies.As a result of this partnership, customers will be able to work with Stratasys resellers who will begin…
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DE Editors · March 31, 2026 · …National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls totaling a combined $14.5M that are both funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Program (OSD ManTech). The first project call, Delta Qual 2.0, is worth $9M in funding and…
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Beth Stackpole · August 13, 2021 · …recent advances in metal additive manufacturing (AM), have many likening what’s possible with the technology to the sci-fi promises of the Star Trek universe. Proponents of metal 3D printing are bullish on the potential, touting the ability to accommodate complex structures, decrease materials waste and reduce lead times…
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DE Guest · December 1, 2018 · Those in manufacturing already know the industry is among the most targeted sectors for cyberattacks. More than half of the manufacturing plants participating in a recent survey by LNS Research admitted they had experienced at least one cybersecurity breach over the past year. Dana Ellis Although this is…
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DE Editors · February 12, 2019 · …strategic initiatives such as additive manufacturing, generative design and Digital Twin simulation. VCollab reads simulation results from a wide variety of formats and makes them available for visualization and analysis purposes. With Aras’ SPDM capabilities and VCollab working together, simulation experts can better perform cross-discipline analysis, analyze results,…
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John Newman · June 5, 2012 · I really wanted to name this post something snappy. Attack of the Clones, maybe. For the sanity of my editor, I resisted (also, this is part three, not two). For the whole story on the pending collision of 3D printing and intellecutal property, you can check out part…
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Kenneth Wong · December 1, 2018 · …In fact, the term additive manufacturing (AM) has now become just as widely accepted as 3D printing, reflecting the shift in application. In “Charting the Environmental Dimensions of Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing,” published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, in…
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Monica Schnitger · January 3, 2017 · …the welding and other manufacturing processes that prevail in the automotive industry. But it is heavy and therefore not ideal to meet tomorrow’s fuel economy standards.Materials Change EverythingReducing a product’s weight sounds simple—just replace everything heavy with something light—but requires complex engineering and manufacturing techniques that are made…
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