Gil Machine is a Cimquest customer in Eastern PA and their owner, Al Gil, often recommends Mastercam to other shops. He finds it invaluable to his business and couldn’t imagine operating without it. Mastercam helps him visualize his entire project so that the toolpaths are perfect every time allowing him to make superior products, quickly. The day we visited, Al performed a roughing test with some GW Shultz end mills to measure the speeds of [...]
This article is a repost from 3Dprint.com. The Feitian is a Chinese spacesuit developed for the Shenzhou 7 mission, and astronaut Zhai Zhigang wore it during China’s first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA) on September 27, 2008. The suit was modeled after the Orlan-M spacesuit developed by the Russian space program, designed to meet the requirements of spacewalks of up to seven hours by providing sufficient oxygen stores and allowing for the excretion of bodily waste. Chinese [...]
In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday - 3D Printing with Stratasys, we discuss TangoPlus, a translucent rubber-like material. http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/g3h6zwucim?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
Take a look at how an innovative company is using 3D printing to produce music earphones. http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/4rgedluela?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
This week's 2 Minute Tuesday for SolidWorks shows an enhancement to the paragraph properties option. http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/eq0efmeg9h?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is one of the only professional 3D printing technologies that uses production-grade thermoplastics. Design and manufacturing engineers, design and engineering services as well as aerospace, automotive, medical and energy companies are using FDM. “With the broadest selection of engineering thermoplastic materials from ABS to ULTEM small, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing has helped customers apply the FDM process to a wide variety of product development and manufacturing needs.” — Chuck Alexander, Director of [...]
This week's 2 Minute Tuesday - 3D Printing with Stratasys discusses VeroClear material and some of its key attributes. http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/2vtrybt0si?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
The Navy has been using 3D printed parts on the Osprey tilt-rotor craft and plans to expand the uses of the technology. (Photo : Allen Onstott / U.S. Navy via Getty Images) The U.S. Navy explored fleet applications of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, into naval weapons systems at the 2015 Naval Additive Manufacturing Technical Interchange (NAMTI) meeting at the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Hundreds of engineers, scientists, acquisition [...]
