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July 2017
Additive Manufacturing Innovating the Future of Aviation
As the adoption of additive manufacturing processes continues to take hold in aviation, with leaders like Airbus incorporating hundreds of printed parts on their new generation aircraft, and Boeing production lines, we’re starting to recognize a next level of maturity in how regulations are being implemented to accommodate for these changes.
Airline carriers are beginning to use additive manufacturing to reduce inventory and alleviate supply chain […]
SOLIDWORKS 2017 Advanced Holes
Since as early as SolidWorks 2000, SolidWorks has had the Hole Wizard tool to quickly help you create a hole on your part with a predefined cross-section, based on the standard and sizes that you chose, but now there is a new tool in SolidWorks 2017 called Advanced Holes.
This is useful when the hole gets a little more involved, containing multi-sized cross-sections, like trying […]
Why Product Manufacturing Information is Important
By Joel Pollet, Senior Services Specialist
Historically, machine shops relied on two items from their customer to fulfill a machining order; a CAD model and an inspection drawing. During my 3 ½ decades in our industry, the high-end, integrated CAD/CAM systems have always been able to convey manufacturing information from CAD to CAM or CAD to CAE.
But what about CAD/CAM interfacing, such as Solidworks into […]
3D Printed Aircraft Interior Innovations
Think about the last time you took a commercial flight. What are some of the distinct things you remember about the aircraft cabin? If you could, how would you change some of the design elements using 3D printing technologies?
The Paris Airshow recently took place and Stratasys was there to exhibit some of the new and innovative ways they think about aircraft interiors. From […]
June 2017
Simultaneous Synchronized Scanning
This blog post is going to show you how to scan a mid-size part with tiny features. When scanning a model, you’re usually faced with the decision of using a scanner that either has a large scan envelope and good resolution, or a scanner that has a small scan envelope with high resolution. But what if you needed the best of both worlds, that is, […]
Infinite Build 3D Printer
There’s a revolutionary new technology in 3D printing called the Stratasys Infinite Build. 3D printing has provided a means to produce highly accurate parts in a variety of build sizes. With production machines like the Fortus 900 and Objet 1000, industry leaders in both aerospace and automotive have been able to experiment with increasingly larger prototypes and production parts. Nonetheless, there has always been a ceiling (or […]