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Manufacturing Success Despite a Difficult Economic Environment
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…designed for direct digital manufacturing (DDM). Image courtesy of Stratasys Nowadays, a primary topic of conversation is how we are all surviving these difficult times. Yet despite the economic doldrums affecting everyone, some companies in the rapid technology sector are maintaining successful operations. Desktop Engineering asked a handful…
article/manufacturing-success-despite-a-difficult-economic-environmentNASCAR Cup Series Team Spire Motorsports Makes Use of MakerBot Printers
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…to move forward with additive manufacturing in the future. MakerBot and their machines like the METHOD X will be able to produce those pieces in the future. They will become part of what we do and what we use on the race cars visibly on a regular basis,”…
article/nascar-cup-series-team-spire-motorsports-makes-use-of-makerbot-printersReclaiming ‘Rapid’ in ‘Rapid Prototyping’
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…investing in its own additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives, Autodesk also supports burgeoning, promising R&D in AM with its Spark Investment Fund. This March, in a special event Autodesk organized at its Pier 9 workshop by the San Francisco Bay, Pierre Lin, the lead engineer for Autodesk’s Ember 3D…
article/reclaiming-rapid-in-rapid-prototyping3D Printing Metals: Why Support Designs Matter
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…for laser-melt, powdered metal additive manufacturing (AM) parts are almost a misnomer. Yes, you could say supports provide a certain amount of anti-gravity assurance in 3D printing, but mostly they serve as solid paths for heat transfer. Why is heat transfer so important? Let me count the ways…
article/3d-printing-metals-why-support-designs-matterMetal 3D Printing Takes Center Stage at formnext 2017
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…on the exhibition floor. Additive Industries used this Sauber Team F1 mockup to demonstrate the capabilities of its new MetalFab1 multi-material metal printing system.Spee3d Introduces Commodity Metal PrintingCreating aluminum die-cast parts for manufacturing is a $55 billion market globally, and it is expected to reach $80 billion by…
article/metal-3d-printing-takes-center-stage-at-formnext-2017Ready or Not, Manufacturers will Soon be Held to Rigid Sustainability Standards
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…for products. Unfortunately, as manufacturing output intensifies, so does its effect on the environment. Common significant environmental footprints in discrete manufacturing include: Material Consumption: The current demand alone exceeds 1.75 of Earth’s capacity. Energy Consumption: 54% of global energy consumption is by manufacturing and production sectors. Waste (Hazardous…
article/ready-or-not-manufacturers-will-soon-be-held-to-rigid-sustainability-standardsImprove Your Security Hygiene
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…intangible. It’s applicable whether additive, subtractive, hybrid or a more traditional manufacturing method. When files lost are irreplaceable or leaking from partners to competitors, security is no longer a corner to cut with fiduciary concerns deferred from yesterday until tomorrow.What once was a test bed is now integral…
article/improve-security-hygieneHyperWorks 14.0: Stronger Graphics Engine, Better Scaling on Clusters, and Lattice-Fill Optimization
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…LatticeAs a recognition of additive manufacturing’s growing importance, the OptiStruct solver in HyperWorks 14.0 includes performance-based lattice optimization. Previously, lattice structures are seldom used in design, as they cannot easily be manufactured. However, such complex structures can now be produced in 3D printers with relative ease. The lack…
article/hyperworks-14-0-stronger-graphics-engine-better-scaling-on-clusters-and-lattice-fill-optimizationRapid Ready Roundup: ABS2, Formlabs, Disarming Corruptor, UK Police
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…on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.We’ll start today’s Roundup with a quick piece of materials…
article/rapid-ready-roundup-abs2-formlabs-disarming-corruptor-uk-policeChoosing the Best AM Materials
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…if you’re considering an additive manufacturing (AM) solution to part production. What factors are important to understand and consider when choosing the best material? DE asked a number of AM system manufacturers, material developers and service bureaus for their advice to prospective customers.Material Properties, System VariablesRandy Stevens, operations…
article/choosing-the-best-am-materialsThe New Age of GPU-Driven Product Design
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…kernel is the Dyndrite Additive Toolkit, designed to improve 3D printing workflows. The toolkit directly imports CAD design files, maintains original spline data and uses the data to drive additive manufacturing processes. Dyndrite says working directly with CAD data provides numerous advantages over STL files. “STL is a…
article/the-new-age-of-gpu-driven-product-designSOLIDWORKS 2017 Expands Across All Engineering Silos
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…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…
article/solidworks-2017-expands-across-all-engineering-silosANSYS 2020 R1 Threads Simulation Across Product Lifecycle Processes
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…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…
article/ansys-2020-r1-digitally-threads-simulation-across-product-lifecycle-processesMicrostructural Composites Simulator Integrates with ANSYS
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…virtual material testing capabilities, additive manufacturing simulation and integration with injection molding orientation data. For modeling of short fiber composites, MultiMech integrates with and imports fiber orientation data from tools like Moldex3D and Moldflow. With MultiMech for ANSYS, engineers can model multiple damage mechanisms such as resin cracking,…
article/microstructural-composites-simulator-integrates-with-ansysIntroducing the New Reverse Engineering
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…design and then using additive manufacture to create a new physical object.” As a result, reverse engineering copyright infringement is a hot-button issue, despite ongoing efforts around the world to sort out the issue. Evidence of this can be found in the news. In November 2020, the Fédération…
article/introducing-the-new-reverse-engineeringDesign for Additive Manufacturing
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Decades in the making, additive manufacturing is moving to the forefront of innovation as emerging capabilities, advanced materials and lower-cost alternatives position the technology as a compelling addition to mainstream production practices. For additive manufacturing to be a catalyst for true innovation, engineers will need to venture outside…
/download-design-for-additive-manufacturingSpecial Technology Focus: Additive Manufacturing Innovations
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The additive manufacturing space is one of the most dynamic technologies we cover. 3D printing is increasingly being used for end products as well as prototypes and tooling, and new advancements in metal printing are enabling a host of applications in the automotive and aerospace sectors. In this…
/special-technology-focus-additive-manufacturing-innovationsSpecial Focus Issue: Additive Manufacturing Innovations
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The additive manufacturing market continues to evolve and expand. Over the past several months, there have been several major mergers and acquisitions in this space, along with the emergence of new players, new software tools and new standards that will help ensure print quality and consistency. Additive is…
/special-focus-issue-additive-manufacturing-innovationsSpecial Focus Issue: Design for Additive Manufacturing
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The additive manufacturing industry has faced a number of challenges the past few years. Several major companies in the space have seen sales decline and gone through dramatic restructuring, while others have merged or been acquired. When we traveled to the Additive Manufacturing Strategies conference in New York…
/special-focus-issue-design-for-additive-manufacturingAdditive Manufacturing/3DP Information Alignment
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…the national accelerator for additive manufacturing (AM) is the nation’s leading collaborative partner in AM and three-dimensional printing (3DP) technologies. Established as a public/private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, and government. America Makes and its members coordinate in projects focused on advancing AM across the U.S.…
/additive-manufacturing-3dp-information-alignmentReduce Part Count with Additive Manufacturing
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…rethink your design and manufacturing process. Compared with traditional metal manufacturing methods, metal additive manufacturing offers three significant benefits: Speed – directly 3D printing a part from a CAD file dramatically cuts the time from concept, to design, to manufactured part. Design for function – additive manufacturing removes…
/reduce-part-count-with-additive-manufacturingAdditive Manufacturing: 3 Opportunities, 3 Paths to Success
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) unlocks new worlds of design freedom, allowing engineers to explore designs, structures, and geometries that are impossible to produce through conventional means. With the endless range of new capabilities it presents, applying AM technologies to real engineering projects can be a difficult challenge. Yet manufacturers…
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