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John Newman · December 19, 2013 · The earliest examples of written language in Ireland can still be found dotting the island. Hundreds of Ogham stones record Irish history, their carvings preserving names of important individuals, tribal affiliation, or geographical information. The oldest of the stones can be traced back to the 4th century CE…
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DE Editors · November 20, 2007 · …of rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M) enabling the simultaneous jetting of different types of model materials. The company says the new technology offers virtually unlimited opportunities for emulating the look, feel, and function of final products. The process allows engineers to create a product with a rubber-like handle…
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DE Editors · August 20, 2021 · …company is also developing additive manufacturing tools that move along a gantry system to add layers of concrete to “print” the interior and exterior walls of the house. These efficiencies could reduce the almost 7 million single-family home shortage that currently exists in the U.S. housing market. “The…
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Kenneth Wong · March 1, 2019 · …the puzzle was missing: manufacturing awareness in the form-generating algorithms. The earliest crop of generative design software succeeded in delivering mathematically optimal shapes based on user query, but also left many users wondering how to manufacture the software-proposed parts and structures. In theory, the organic and somewhat alien-like…
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DE Editors · May 24, 2023 · …Enhancements to model-based definition Enhancements to improve design for additive manufacturing PTC will provide an online launch webinar on June 8 to introduce Creo+ and Creo 10; details here. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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Randall Newton · December 17, 2018 · …DE, June 1, 2018). Additive Manufacturing Advances In the past few years, 3D printing technologies have surpassed the limits of prototype production and have achieved the quality and scalability needed for industrial use – which we call “additive manufacturing.” This technology trend has overcome the hype and shows…
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Jamie Gooch · March 29, 2014 · …comes to prototyping and manufacturing parts via subtractive technologies, as opposed to the additive manufacturing (AM) methods used by 3D printing, speed is the name of the game. Sending the right tool for the job and material along the most efficient path is a key feature of computer-aided…
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Beth Stackpole · January 1, 2016 · …for output using mainstream manufacturing practices.While traditional boundaries don’t necessarily apply in the world of 3D printing, engineers expecting an unfettered design environment will be in for a surprise. “In general, the talk about 3D printing technology delivering design freedom without the constraints of traditional manufacturing is true,…
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DE Editors · October 1, 2018 · …for 3D printing and additive manufacturing, IL-based Union Tech, Inc. wanted to facilitate potential buyers' efforts to evaluate the benefits and advantages of the UnionTech line of commercial and production stereolithography equipment. “The center’s purpose is to provide a convenient venue for a first-hand, close-up examination and hands-on…
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DE Guest · June 1, 2014 · …with breakthrough technologies like additive manufacturing. Traditional manufacturing constraints will soon disappear, opening a new universe of potential designs for even everyday items.With this increased pace comes increased risk. A company may be looking at dozens of innovative ideas. How does it decide which ones to proceed with?…
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DE Editors · April 24, 2018 · …leaders in consulting, engineering, manufacturing and education, including: Todd Grimm, president, T.A. Grimm and Associates Diana Foster, manufacturing engineer II, Harris Corporation Michael Block, CEO, Elite Additive Ryan Erickson, Cedar Park STEM School, District 196, Apple Valley, MNStratasys is awarding a $2,500 scholarship to first-place winners, with second-place…
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DE Editors · November 10, 2020 · …wide range of industries including mechanical CAD, CAE, CAM, additive manufacturing, 3D printing, dental, medical, mining and AR/VR for large capital asset industries such as BIM, offshore, plant and shipbuilding. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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DE Editors · November 15, 2019 · …heat treatment, and metal additive manufacturing. “The Metal Processing Module makes it possible to predict deformations, stresses and strains resulting from wanted or unwanted heat-driven phase changes in metals,” says Mats Danielsson, technical product manager at COMSOL. “The module can be combined with any of the other COMSOL…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · November 9, 2016 · …The just-announced AXIOM 20 additive manufacturing system from Airwolf 3D Printers is a desktop 3D printer suitable for industrial use in an industrial-strength steel and aluminum frame with see-through, 4 mm thick borosilicate glass plate sides. It has a 25x23x35 in. (635x584x889 mm) footprint, and the company says…
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Beth Stackpole · February 10, 2023 · …tool use and on-demand manufacturing as they aim for greater resiliency and agility by reshoring sourcing and production. Though supply chain snafus are certainly not new, their scale over the last few years has been unprecedented, crippling entire industries as companies struggled to source key parts in a…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · October 4, 2018 · …or prep it for additive manufacturing, CAM toolpaths and so on. This e-book does a tidy job framing the problems with multi-CAD environments and leading you through what the ability to track changes within the context of design relationships can mean for you. Brown liberally uses insights from…
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DE Editors · November 1, 2010 · …trial. Rapid prototyping and manufacturing costs are generally calculated in terms of how much the equipment costs, minus how much time and money is saved with the equipment, and what option is chosen—whether it be to purchase 3D printers, systems platforms or to use service providers. Other benefits…
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Kenneth Wong · January 2, 2018 · …Netfabb, Autodesk’s software targeting additive manufacturing. Autodesk also introduced Shape Generator in Autodesk Inventor 2016, Release 2. Topology Study is a new feature debuting in SolidWorks 2018. These features significantly change the way design engineers use CAD software. Speaking at this year’s Additive Aerospace conference in Los Angeles,…
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Jim Romeo · January 4, 2021 · …the evolution of digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D printers and circuit milling systems, humanity can share designs with others who can then replicate medical-grade devices for the cost of locally sourced materials,” Pearce says. Pearce adds that the pandemic “has taught us that massive distributed manufacturing is…
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Pamela Waterman · June 2, 2015 · Attending a Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) RAPID conference gives one a strong desire to perfect the cloning process. You want to sit in on three talks simultaneously while spending at least eight hours a day on the trade-show floor, absorbing everything about additive manufacturing (AM). Now in…
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