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September 2020
Seeking Applications Engineering Specialist
Cimquest is hiring and is looking for an Applications Engineering Specialist. Job description below. If you are interested in applying, please provide your resume and salary expectations to careers@cimquest-inc.com.
OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION:
This position is for an Application Engineering Specialist for our growing line of 3D Printer solutions including HP and Desktop Metal as well as several other technologies. The specialist will be based out of our 25,000 sq […]
Geomagic Wrap for Point Cloud Editing
Let’s take a look at Geomagic Wrap, a powerful software for point cloud or mesh editing.
Wrap has a collection of tools used for cleaning and finalizing polygonal files to make them suitable for part inspection, reverse engineering, 3D Printing, and more.
The files can come from a traditional CAD system, […]
How Innovative Plastics Is Using Desktop Metal 3D Printing
Using the Studio System by Desktop Metal, Innovative Plastics created mold cavities and cores in far less time – and at significantly less cost – than traditional methods. In addition, the company was able to incorporate features like internal channels into the molds, reducing molding cycle time and increasing their productivity.
The most common manufacturing method for plastic parts, injection molding works by forcing melted plastic into […]
Cimquest Partners with XACT Metal
Cimquest has teamed up with the State College, Pennsylvania-based Xact Metal to bring their low entry cost and small footprint, laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printer to budding enterprise shops and manufacturers without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
For a number of years, Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion technologies have been somewhat out of reach to small to mid-size machine shops due to cost, space, or inaccurate […]
How To Choose Your First 3D Scanner – Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of our Metrology Minute series.
In parts one and two of this three-part series, we explained several key components in choosing your company’s first scanner; Field of View (FOV), Accuracy, and Resolution are the first considerations. For a quick review . . .
- Field-Of-View (FOV) is the volume envelope that your scanner can ‘see’. Ideally, the FOV is large enough to scan your largest parts yet still maintain the accuracy and resolution you […]
3D Printing Proves to be a Powerful Tool for Egar Tool and Die
Based in Cambridge, Ontario Canada, Egar Tool and Die is a leader in the production of automotive stamping dies, production stampings and welded assemblies. The company has been supplying North American Tier 1 and 2 automotive companies for more than 40 years.
The Challenge 
The automotive industry consists of a vast network of suppliers […]