Update on 3D Printers
For less than the cost of a good used car, you can buy a 3D printer that will turn your CAD designs into three-dimensional objects overnight. 3D printing is a unique form of printing developed for rapid prototyping. In the process, a three dimensional object is created by layering and connecting successive cross sections of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive fabrication technologies. While prototyping dominates current uses, 3D printing offers strong potential for short-run digital manufacturing. Intent of this article is to inform you of recent developments in this key technology. Check ...
CFdesign Motion Module Reduces Process Time from 200 Hours to Just 2
Cornell Pump Co. experienced a 100x speed-up of a full transient system-level simulation and performance curve generation using the new CFdesign Motion and high performance computing (HPC) Modules from Blue Ridge Numerics. Cornell engineers performed transient simulations to evaluate a centrifugal pump design in only 2 hr, down from 200 hr, significantly slashing product development time. Cornell has been building centrifugal pumps since 1946. Their pumps are used in water intake, water processing, pressure boosting, refineries, energy recovery, cooling towers, distillation systems, wastewater processing, mining and power plants. The significant performance increases the Cornell team experienced using CFdesign will have ...
Technology Helps Automakers Meet Fuel Standards
Automakers are turning to product lifecycle management (PLM) software from Siemens PLM Software to help them design and validate plants to support flexible manufacturing and drive innovation into vehicles to meet new, strict Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards of at least 35 mpg by 2020.Tecnomatix software helps automakers evaluate manufacturing alternatives by enabling them to better understand plant capabilities through simulation.To achieve CAFÉ, car makers will have to re-tool manufacturing facilities to make them more flexible to accommodate the significant increase in variation of power trains and the trend toward more models on fewer platforms. The software provides an ...
Tools for CAD Collaboration
by Larry Boulden, Senior Editor When CADCAMNet surveyed how 3D data is used, they found that interoperability issues are universal: every respondent dealt with different file types; most used some type of collaboration tools. Take a typical design scenario: a machine assembly created using one CAD system, for example, SolidWorks. The engineers do not design all the parts, however; they specify many parts from their supply chain, even more may be supplied by a program partner, contracted for a specialized system. The Tier I supplier may use another CAD system, like Pro/ENGINEER, the program partner uses a third, say CATIA. This three-legged ...
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Order Prototype Parts With Ease via Design World Online Network Proto Labs now offers its quick-turn CNC machining and injection-molding services through the Design World Network of Online Sites Maple Plain, Minn., June 5, 2009—Proto Labs, Inc. (www.protolabs.com), the global leader in quick-turn CNC machining and injection molding today announces that design engineers, via an exclusive arrangement with Design World, can now design and order prototype and short-run production parts right from various Design World partner sites, making it easy to order parts and get them fast. Proto Labs offers two quick-turn services: First Cut (www.firstcut.com) offers CNC machining and Protomold (www.protomold.com) offers ...
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Siemens PLM
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Blockbuster Upgrades to CAD/CAM PackageIMSI is shipping TurboCAD Professional version 16 and touts it as the largest upgrade...
SolidWorks
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SolidWorks 3D ContentCentral 2009 Blends Social Media and Self-Publishing Into Community for Sharing Design KnowledgeEliminates the Cost and Complexity of Maintaining Online Parts Catalogs; Improves...
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PTC Ranked Top Performer In Aberdeen PLM AXIS ReportPTC today announced that it has been ranked top performer within the PLM industry...
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