September 25, 2018 · According to GKN, the lead time typically required to produce a metal or plastic replacement tool is several weeks. With a 3D printer in the facility, the company can more quickly produce tools that are better suited to its operational needs.
September 24, 2018 · The Continuous Learning for Additive Manufacturing Processes Through Advanced Data Analytics project goal is to apply data analytics to both empirical and physics-based additive manufacturing data to establish process-structure-property relationships.
September 24, 2018 · MathWorks has released significant deep learning enhancements in its latest Release 2018b of MATLAB and Simulink.
September 20, 2018 · This e-guide provides key principles for choosing a workstation best suited for engineering simulation. With proper configuration, workstations can help drive significant productivity gains for users, enable digital transformations across organizations, and, ultimately, deliver greater competitive advantages.
September 17, 2018 · The HP Metal Jet—a platform that the company says addresses longstanding limitations of metal 3D printing and positions the technology as a cost-effective alternative for low-cost, mass production—is revealed at IMTS.
September 14, 2018 · Simulation is a key technology in today’s fast-paced product design and development environment, make sure your workstation is up to the task.
September 14, 2018 · Technologies such as dedicated GPU appliances, rack-mount workstations, clusters, and cloud computing can speed up intensive simulation and analysis workflows.
September 12, 2018 · SolidWorks 2019 launches with improved assembly performance, file export for AR and VR, tablet sketching tools, and more.
September 11, 2018 · AR-VR panelists discuss hurdles for haptics in AR-VR, cost barriers, and what is possible now without big budgets.
September 7, 2018 · On-demand manufacturing provider Fictiv opens new office in China, expands service offerings with overseas partners, new tariffs affect connected devices.
September 1, 2018 · An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University has developed a technique that uses the optical properties of gold nanoparticles to detect and quantify missing layers in 3D-printed products.
September 1, 2018 · A peek inside the fatigue analysis discipline of the Federal Aviation Administration.
August 31, 2018 · The team employed an electrohydrodynamic printing process known as melt electrowriting (MEW) to engineer 3D fiber scaffolds, which could help the newly-injected cells remain in the live heart and grow. The stretchable microfiber scaffold, which featured a hexagonal or beehive design, was combined with specialized stem cells, with the aim of supporting the cells and improving their maturation, the study said.
August 30, 2018 · The company’s patented units-based licensing model is now being offered as solidThinking Units (sTUs) designed to help small- and mid-sized organizations tap into simulation more readily.
August 29, 2018 · 3D printing startup Mosaic releases add-on Palette 2 to enable multimaterial multocolor 3D printing in single color FDM printers.
August 29, 2018 · Velo3D was formed to address such metal AM challenges as product design limitations, part-to-part build consistency, process control and total manufacturing workflow cost-effectiveness.
August 28, 2018 · In NVIDIA's keynote at SIGGRAPH 2018, GPU maker reveals RTX lineup for GeForce and Quadro GPUs. Chaos Group launches V-Ray for cloud, Epic Games highlights Unreal Studio, and Gravity Sketch offers sketching for AR-VR.
August 27, 2018 · The United Technologies Research Center and researchers at the University of Connecticut (UConn) are leveraging 3D printing technology to create wear sensors that can let operators know when a machine is damaged.
August 24, 2018 · In addition to meeting NASA’s strict requirements for strength, durability, and weight, Lockheed Martin was able to reduce production time for the fuel tank domes by 87%, and cut delivery time from two years to three months.
August 22, 2018 · Digital Alloys’ Joule Printing technology can combine different metals into a single part to improve thermal, magnetic, and other properties.