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DE Editors · March 25, 2022 · …most comprehensive approach to additive manufacturing,” says Menno Ellis, executive vice president, healthcare solutions, 3D Systems. “Integrating these technologies and capabilities into 3D Systems’ surgical planning solutions will make processes more efficient, trackable, and cost-effective. This is another step in our ongoing commitment to innovation that helps our…
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DE Editors · March 1, 2011 · …body 3D printed by additive manufacturing processes. All exterior components of the vehicle—including the glass panel prototypes—were created using Dimension 3D printers and Fortus 3D Production Systems at Stratasys’ digital manufacturing service, RedEye on Demand. Blaine McFarlane, KOR EcoLogic’s senior design engineer, says the electric/liquid-fuel hybrid reaches more…
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Randall Newton · October 12, 2023 · …modern era of automobile manufacturing. When Chrysler bought AMC in 1987, it was so impressed with AMC’s technology that it expanded its use throughout the organization. By the mid-1990s Chrysler was reporting development costs that were half the industry average. PLM continues to evolve as emerging technologies change…
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Beth Stackpole · August 1, 2024 · …carbon fiber materials and additive manufacturing (AM) systems to quickly iterate and create high-performance parts with the partnership now focused on prepping the next-generation race yacht. Stratasys is seeing expanded use of 3D printing for more mainstream commercial and consumer marine use cases. Carbon composites, metal AM and…
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DE Editors · June 7, 2019 · …says.. “Design, engineering and manufacturing practices are changing at lightning speed — organizations are leaning on simulation and digitizing their processes to bring cutting-edge products to customers faster than ever,” says Shane Emswiler, vice president and general manager for ANSYS electronics, fluids and mechanical business units at ANSYS.…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · June 5, 2018 · …help sophisticated engineering and manufacturing processes establish trust in models, any derivatives of models and complex model types. A vendor-neutral application, CADIQ's capabilities for identifying data quality issues can be applied in environments where model reuse for manufacturing, simulation, data exchange and collaboration are critical operations as well…
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DE Editors · June 7, 2022 · …is a designer for Additive Manufacturing at Sirris, and an early user of Magics 26. “With Magics 26, I can easily modify CAD-models without having to go back to a CAD-design software. It is so much more efficient to stay in Magics 26 without the need to switch…
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Beth Stackpole · November 20, 2018 · …and space availability; even manufacturing options like casting or additive manufacturing along with non-engineering parameters related to supply chain or costs. The Frustum technology would quickly generate a range of design alternatives engineers could choose from and in the next phase, use the embedded version of ANSYS Discovery…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · May 30, 2012 · …in the world of additive manufacturing. And Stratasys with its new Mojo 3D Printer might just take the cigar. Where to begin … How about the basics?The Mojo 3D Printer is the heart of the Mojo 3D Print Pack. The latter goes for $9,900. (You can also lease…
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Tom Kevan · April 6, 2023 · …a strategy called virtual manufacturing networks, which has typically been used by larger, more mature industries such as automotive, aerospace, semiconductor and electronics. This shift is supported by economic necessity and the availability of powerful digital platforms, tools and practices that provide granular visibility throughout machines’ and processes’…
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DE Editors · February 26, 2009 · …a combination of rapid manufacturing, information technologies and material science. Using 3D scans, designers capture geometrical characteristics, then data are used to form product shape with the use of CAD. Next the products are made, taking advantage of additive rapid prototyping technologies. InnerSpace, by TNO, allows a designer…
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DE Editors · August 17, 2018 · …gas power conversion, transportation, additive manufacturing, automotive and others. “Every 2 seconds, a GE, CFM or Engine Alliance powered engine takes off or lands somewhere around the world. A key part of this success is our ability to perform advanced simulations of how the aircraft and our engines…
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Beth Stackpole · November 1, 2021 · Design for manufacturing (DFM) practices have long been established as critical guardrails to ensure the parts, components and products that engineers dream up can be efficiently and cost-effectively output at scale. Yet as additive manufacturing (AM) technologies evolve to be better suited for production-grade applications, the traditional DFM…
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Kenneth Wong · January 28, 2022 · …in Fusion 360, our manufacturing platform. They’re also using it for ECAD and plastic simulation through Moldflow,” Vanscoder says. With the pandemic preventing physical contact with potential arm recipients, Limbitless had to find ways to adapt. “Working quickly with our hospital partners and our university we shifted the…
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Pamela Waterman · June 1, 2016 · …Cincinnati Inc. Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) system; design by Local Motors. Image courtesy of Cincinnati Inc. Parts made from carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) have been used for decades because of their high strength-to-weight ratios; polymers such as nylon and fillers such as fiberglass are also widely…
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DE Editors · September 27, 2007 · …a variety of rapid manufacturing applications, DuraForm EX Black Plastic offers the durability of injection-molded polypropylene and ABS. It retains its toughness to -65 degrees F, a critical functional requirement in many aerospace and automotive applications. The material is nonsloughing, so its color won’t rub off onto other…
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DE Editors · October 9, 2018 · …offers OEMs focused on leveraging the benefits of new Additive Manufacturing processes a speedy access-to-market and years of specialized software development at their fingertips. Sources: Press materials received from the company.
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Anthony J. Lockwood · February 21, 2018 · …for this type of manufacturing, according to the company. The new cloud simulation functionality supports real-time simulation rendering even over slow network connections between client and server due to improved implementation, compression and communication tools, MachineWorks adds. MachineWorks CNC (computer numerical control) simulation and verification software version 8.0…
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Kenneth Wong · January 1, 2014 · …Engineering, says he believes additive manufacturing (AM)—better known as 3D printing in mainstream discussions—is “made for the medical industry.” When Ablation Frontiers, a medical device company, urgently needed several hundred Ablation tools for a trade show, it turned to RedEye to produce them in additive manufacturing. Whereas traditional…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · November 25, 2012 · …that the VXC800’s continuous additive manufacturing process is a traditional 3D print process for the most part. Its trick is in the interaction between the coater, printhead, and conveyor belt. The conveyor belt, which is sloped, is key. A coater lays down the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sand on…