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DE Editors · December 4, 2001 · …the Right Material Download: Additive Manufacturing Trends in Aerospace: Leading the Way Watch: Can Your CAD Do This? P is for Productivity Download: Using Acoustic Beamforming for Pass-By Noise Source Detection New Mesh Generator Has Long Heritage PolyJet 3D Printing and the Objet500 Connex Read: Ten Good Reasons…
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Jess Lulka · September 22, 2016 · …design, integrated design to manufacturing and connected objects.Where is the ‘A’ in computer-aided design? These solutions are about putting a big, bold and underline under that ‘A.’Strategic partnerships are bolstering SOLIDWORKS’ features. Xively, an Internet of Things platform for connected devices, is adding tools into the connected objects…
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Pamela Waterman · September 1, 2010 · …a consultant in the additive manufacturing arena who also follows the scanning world, sees a real convergence in the field, particularly in user interfaces. “You have to dive deep into the software to distinguish among the three,” he says. Until a few years ago, reverse engineering software basically…
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DE Editors · July 2, 2012 · …battery with a new additive to help low-temperature performance, calorimeter testing can tell how the additive affects performance at high temperatures. “You can’t simulate that. You have to perform the testing,” Keyser says. Types of Battery Tests Functional electrical tests • Characterize the battery’s electrical capacity as a…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · February 15, 2017 · …Systemes' SIMULIA for improving additive manufacturing processes and parts through design optimization, print process simulation as well as strength and fatigue analysis. The Stratasys F123 Series employs 15 new Stratasys patents in its design. For more information, click here. Watch a video on the new Stratasys F123 Series…
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DE Editors · January 30, 2020 · …enterprise-wide digital prototyping and additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives,” says Todd Earls, vice president of Information Technology at Eaton. “Additionally, traceability and management are essential for efficiency and there are many steps necessary to design and manufacture parts using AM or other processes.” An interoperable knowledge management application engineered…
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Kip Hanson · June 30, 2022 · …healthcare device contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) PreciHealth, such unpleasant medical procedures will soon become much less painful and more convenient. Their work was inspired by an annoying, often life-threatening insect. “Mosquitos have a proboscis that can not only inject fluids into their host but also extract blood,…
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Stephanie Skernivitz · November 21, 2024 · …jobs in architecture or manufacturing or electrical or anything along those lines—there’s going to be a hard line between the professional tools and more accessible tools,” Maher explains. (See sidebar at end on a sampling of low-cost options.) On the accessible end of the spectrum, Maher says, “Tools…
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Jamie Gooch · May 13, 2015 · …and new materials and manufacturing processes via simulation-led design, optimization and high-performance computing. They have to do it all without ostracizing their core users who have invested the time and money to learn their existing software inside and out.Altair Chairman and CEO James Scapa walked that tightrope as…
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Kenneth Wong · March 1, 2014 · …of SolidCAM, compares computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to a religion. “It’s something you have to devote yourself to if you want to do it well,” he says. “On our staff, we don’t have any application engineers who are not machinists. Every single one of them knows how to run…
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Pamela Waterman · June 1, 2012 · …exponentially growing number of additive manufacturing (AM) systems targeted directly to consumers, you definitely have a few decisions to make. Established systems and crowd-funded start-ups now number in the dozens, and are getting more exciting by the week. From total-do-it-yourself to assembled-but-needing-attention to almost-completely-out-of-the-box, the variety of choices…
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Jess Lulka · June 11, 2018 · …Siemens’ market-leading design and manufacturing solutions creates an immense new set of possibilities for products and applications,” said Stephen Nigro, president of 3D Printing, HP Inc. “It is exciting to deliver the power of our technologies to customers large and small, fundamentally changing the 3D printing end-to-end process,…
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Beth Stackpole · February 2, 2017 · …materials like rubber and manufacturing methods such as casting or 3D printing, MIT/NASA’s digital materials concept stakes claim to a more scalable approach, making it better suited for the construction of large-scale objects like aircraft wings or wind turbine blades, according to Ben Jennett, a graduate student at…
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Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2008 · …the tandem components of additive rapid prototyping (RP): machines and materials. Increased precision in layered-manufacturing techniques has opened up new possibilities for material use. Consequently, new materials, with such properties as increased strength, flexibility, and temperature-handling capabilities, have generated more interest in the machines, so system designers keep…
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Jim Romeo · November 10, 2023 · …cloud-based CAD, simulation and additive manufacturing (AM). Chris Whipple is a senior project engineer for animatronics at Hasbro Inc. As a traditional CAD user, Whipple says that tools like Onshape are a huge leap forward over existing software workflows. “Being cloud native offers a lot of benefits over…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · January 9, 2019 · …handling industries such as additive manufacturing,” said Richard LaRoche, CEO of EDEM, in a press statement. “This means it is more important than ever to be able to simulate a large number of particles in a shorter time. With EDEM 2019 we’re excited to announce a range of…
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Kenneth Wong · May 1, 2018 · …firm CIMdata’s director of Manufacturing Systems Engineering Consulting Practice. The Integrated Engineering Blockchain Consortium (IEBC.com) plans to launch a blockchain for engineers, by engineers. “Bitcoin taught us that a decentralized ledger is a feasible idea, and that it works,” says Robles. “Blockchain development is often compared to powered…
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Kenneth Wong · June 24, 2022 · …as machine learning and additive manufacturing. Most Japanese swordsmiths would be reluctant to work with computer-driven design methods, but fortunately, Yasu found a rare exception in Kunihira Kawachi, a 15th-generation swordsmith and the author of The Art of the Japanese Sword (coauthor Masao Manabe, Floating World Editions, 2006).…
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Randall Newton · February 23, 2024 · …design, digital twin and additive manufacturing (AM). The reality is that more seats of 2D CAD are still in use today for mechanical design than 3D CAD. Why? For many companies, 2D use is all about practicality. 2D drafting is more straightforward, making it easier to learn. 2D…
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Kenneth Wong · September 1, 2015 · …global 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions provider Stratasys, a thriving user community coexists alongside an online collaboration product called GrabCAD Workbench. “Users may find inspiration from a community project and decide to incorporate elements into their own design. We ask that people downloading from the community request…
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