Designing these innovative vehicles requires powerful, integrated digital tools.
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Terrific Tooling Timesaver
Tooling design is challenging work. In the case of jigs and fixtures, the part must be held securely enough that it won’t move during machining, but not so tightly that damage or distortion can occur.
3D Printing the “Impossible” Metal Part
Whether it’s for the portable generator that keeps the refrigerator cold and the light bulbs lit during a power outage, or the hybrid-electric engines that can lift delivery drones high into the sky, the world needs compact and reliable energy sources. Making them smaller, more powerful, and especially more affordable is the vision of Enrique Enriquez, president of KW Micro Power.
Adopting MBD is About More Than Technology
There is a lot of promise in the coming adoption of Model-Based Definition (MBD) in industry. MBD is the practice of attaching useful information to a 3D CAD model, such as tolerances or material properties.
nTopology Robot Report
The tools that robotics developers use to design new products are just as important to performance as their choice of materials and components, according to nTopology. The New York-based software company works with aerospace, automotive, consumer, medical, and industrial design customers.
Q&A With a Software Expert
Brad Rothenberg, cofounder and CEO of New York, NY-based nTopology, provider of nTop Platform engineering sofware for additive manufacturing (AM), discusses the current state of 3D metal printing and its future. Spoiler alert: he's really excited.
Does Your SMB Need PLM?
We spoke separately with Razorleaf’s chief architect, Jonathan Scott, and Adaptive Corp.’s director of sales, Jon Gable, on the subject of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs).
The following Q&A distills their comments.
VELO3D announces Assure™ Quality Assurance and Control System for 3D metal printing and Stratasys Direct Manufacturing as First Customer of Assure
VELO3D, an innovator in metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) has announced the release and availability of the VELO3D Assure™ Quality Assurance and Control System for its Sapphire® 3D metal printers. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and one of the largest providers of additive (3D printing) and conventional manufacturing services in North America, is the first customer to implement Assure.
RBF Morph Speeds Real-Time Design-Data Feedback Critical to the Digital Twin in Industry and Research
As engineers in industry and research look to develop Digital Twins of their physical products—with the longer-term goal of integration with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)—the pivotal importance of up-front, accurate, real-time modeling and simulation to optimize both manufacturing and product performance is becoming very clear.
Volume Graphics Teams with Industry Consortium to Improve Rapid-Prototyping of Plastic Mold Inserts
Volume Graphics, the leading provider of industrial CT software according to management consultants Frost & Sullivan, has announced its involvement with the Kunststoff-Institut in a second joint project on “Rapid Tooling” with companies from a wide range of industries.