Engineering TV : Rapid Prototyping

SPECK.CHECK For First Article Inspection

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:44:00 GMT

CGI's Spec.Check inspection software, for use with any digitizing system, is designed for first article inspection or mold qualification and can save users time in performing dimension measurements - up to 75 percent, according to the developer. In one instance, a company needed to measure an eight cavity mold with 93 dimensions per cavity -- normally an 80-hour task. With Spec.Check, the job was completed in less than six hours. For more information, visit CGI Inspection.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(477 Views, 0 Comments)

CGI Cross Sectional Scanning

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:04:00 GMT
First article inspection is an essential and crucial step in product development and in proving a new mold. But when the part geometry is complex – and especially when the internal geometry is complex – the measuring and qualifying process can take days, if not weeks. This is unacceptable in terms “time to market” as well as in terms of “cost.” The CGI System and Spec.Check solves these problems by providing complete measured results in one to two days instead of the weeks that others processes require. For more information, visit CGI Inspection.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(506 Views, 0 Comments)

EOS Laser Sintering Systems

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:19:00 GMT
EOS systems enable a wide variety of e-Manufacturing applications for producing metal or plastic parts. e-Manufacturing with EOS technologies is a method of manufacturing by which parts for consumer goods, industrial components and tools are laser-sintered directly from electronic data. A laser selectively melts and fuses together plastic or metal in powder form layer by layer until, after the final layer has been applied, the completed product is removed from the machine. For more information, visit EOS Electro Optical Systems.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(820 Views, 0 Comments)

EOS Laser Sintering Technology

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT
Laser sintering is a generative layer manufacturing technology. Any three-dimensional geometry can be built effectively and flexibly, without any tools or laborious milling path programming. During production, the 3D CAD model is sliced into layers. EOS's innovative laser-sintering technology then builds the required geometry layer by layer. The energy of a laser solidifies powder-based materials, for example plastic, metal or foundry sand. The laser-sintering process allows for the production of several different parts in one single build job. For more information, visit EOS Electro Optical Systems.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(1134 Views, 1 Comments)

uPrint Personal 3D Printer

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT
As a personal 3D printer, uPrint makes 3D printing immediate and convenient through every design iteration. Designed for the desktop, uPrint requires only a 25 x 26 in. footprint and features an 8 x 6 x 6 in. build envelope. Using Dimension’s proven FDM technology, uPrint builds models with Stratasys ABSplus — a material on average 40 percent stronger than the company’s standard ABS material, making it ideally suited for testing the form, fit and function of models and prototypes. uPrint also features a soluble support removal system, allowing for hands-free removal of the model support material. For more information, go to: Dimension uPrint.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(3047 Views, 1 Comments)

Microlution 3-Axis CNC Micromilling Machine

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Design, prototype and manufacture high-precision small parts with Microlution's 363-S 3-Axis CNC Micromilling Machine. Unique features include a 36-pocket automatic tool changer system that is capable of supporting tools ranging from 0.002" - 0.125" in diameter. The tools are held in a rotating carousel with a robotic arm moving tools between the spindle and the carousel. With a trend of miniaturization across industries, Microlution's revolutionary micro-machine tool technology is versatile in its application and can be leveraged in various industries and as a possible alternative to the manufacturing processes currently being utilized in these industries. For more information, go to: Microlution.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(2666 Views, 0 Comments)

Evonik's Lotus Exige

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:48:00 GMT
How can cars be designed to be more attractive, more environmentally friendly, more efficient, and safer? These are questions that Evonik Industries has answers to. The car of the future doesn’t yet fly—but its lightweight construction owes something to aircraft design anyway. The rear spoiler of a RED Motorsport Lotus Exige weighs next to nothing, thanks to ROHACELL, an extremely rigid, but lightweight, structural foam made from PMI (polymethacrylimide), which is used as a core material for sandwich constructions. Other innovations include: "green" tires that produce less rolling resistance (which in turn translates into greater fuel economy), a specialty catalyst that makes it possible to convert canola oil into biodiesel, and Evonik’s methacrylates which are monomers that act both as a base for pigment and as a clear scratch-resistant finish.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(2191 Views, 0 Comments)

FlexStack Modular LabVIEW System

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:05:00 GMT
The Boston Engineering FlexStack is a tiny, rugged deployment platform that combines the flexibility of LabVIEW Embedded technology with the power of the Analog Devices Blackfin Processor. With these 2.5 by 2.5 in. stackable modules, you can implement only the required capabilities and program them quickly and easily using the NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors. FlexStack takes the work and risk out of morphing a "working prototype" into a "presentable prototype" by providing a hardware platform that can migrate from prototype to production thanks to its small and flexible form factor that meets the needs of many small and low powered devices. This platform is ideal for any low-power or space constrained application from portable machine monitoring systems to medical devices to unmanned aerial vehicles.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(1890 Views, 0 Comments)

Rapid Prototyping

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:32:00 GMT
Rapid Prototyping (RP) – technology allows 3D-printing of arbitrarily shaped structures, directly from computer-aided design (CAD) data. It has traditionally been used to produce only passive mechanical parts. A team at Cornell University has developed compact, automatic Solid-Freeform Fabrication systems, or “fabbers”, which can build almost any kind of object – not merely passive mechanical parts, but complete devices, ready to use right out of the machine.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(9082 Views, 3 Comments)

Fab@Home: Artificial Evolution

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:07:00 GMT
Imagine owning a machine, about the size of your desktop printer that, at the touch of a button, will churn out three dimensional, completely functional products such as cell phones, shoes, even food and prosthetic limbs. Evan Malone, a Ph.D. candidate working in Cornell University's Computational Synthesis Laboratory, discusses how Prof. Hod Lipson's work on artificial evolution influenced the Fab@Home project.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(3695 Views, 0 Comments)

Fab's 3-D Plotter

Terry Knight — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:07:00 GMT
Using modeling foam and spatial software, students at Lorain County Community College in Ohio can easily create three-dimensional objects without formal training and with the help of a plotter that renders their designs.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(7991 Views, 1 Comments)

The Fab Lab

Terry Knight — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:28:00 GMT
The Fab Lab at Lorain County Community College in Ohio is only one of two types of personal manufacturing labs in the United States. Using common manufacturing machines in uncommon ways puts fabrication in the hands of the individual.

Have a story suggestion? Want to be featured on Engineering TV?
Send us a tip at: EngineeringTV@Penton.com!

(3576 Views, 1 Comments)