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COMPANY Lumenium LLC PROBLEM Long lead times hampered product development SOLUTION Studio System from Desktop Metal RESULTS Produced parts cheaper, faster and lighter than traditional machining The ability to rapidly [...]

Computer industry, Microcomputer industry, HP Inc., and Contract manufacturing

Protolabs has built a business on speed. Today its "digital manufacturing" model is accelerating from rapid prototypes and first-run production parts to "on-demand" short-run manufacturing. It was just a year [...]

Objet Ltd., Computer peripherals industry, and Rapid prototyping

Three forward-thinking custom molders have taken steps to streamline their manufacturing, expand new product development, and add to their customer base--and all in a more cost-effective manner than ever before. [...]

Tool and die industry and Rapid prototyping

3-D 3-D Rapid Rapid Printing Scanning Manufacturing Prototyping Equipment Systems Equipment Equipment COMPANY See 1 2 3 4 Ad 3D Systems, Rock 1 3 4 Hill, SC, 803-326-3900 3M Company, [...]

Tool and die industry and Rapid prototyping

Product Focus / Rapid Prototyping, Tooling Manufacturing 3-D 3-D Rapid Printing Scanning Manufacturing Equipment Systems Equipment COMPANY Advertisers are See Ad 1 2 3 listed in bold type indicates * [...]

Rapid prototyping and Tool and die industry

3-D 3-D Rapid Rapid Printing Scanning Manutacturing Prototyping Equipment systems Equipment Equipment COMPANY 1 2 3 4 Advertisers are listed in bold type 3D Systems, Rock 1 3 4 Hill, [...]

Machine-tools -- Product development, Machinists' tools -- Product development, and Rapid prototyping

To many, additive technology is practically synonymous with rapid prototyping. An additive process such as 3D printing--in which CAD data are used to effortlessly generate a detailed and tangible physical [...]

Prototyping used to mean just making a prototype. It's not that simple anymore. Tony Cremers is living this change. In fact, he has seen the change come quickly. Historically, a [...]

Time to market, Market trend/market analysis, Product development -- Reports, 3D printing -- Reports, Consulting services -- Forecasts and trends, and Consulting services -- Reports

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology--also referred to as 3D printing--continues to make its mark in plastics, with more in the industry turning to the process to accelerate product development and even [...]

Omax's ProtoMax personal abrasive waterjet system is a compact, self-installed cutting system intended for prototyping and low-volume cutting of almost any material as thick as 1 ". The system is [...]

I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corp. -- Capacity, Computer software industry -- Capacity, and Rapid prototyping

Ideal Technology has added a 3D Systems ProX 800 stereolithography (SLA) printer featuring a large 25.6" x 29.5" x 21.6" build envelope to increase its rapid prototyping and tooling/ fixture [...]

3D printing -- Methods and 3D printing -- Usage

Last month, we saw how additive manufacturing (AM) can be used to more quickly and flexibly build parts that can be used as direct replacements for conventionally made components. This [...]

Computer industry, Microcomputer industry, HP Inc., and Computer industry -- Economic aspects

Last month, HP Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., added to its growing line of 3D printers using its exclusive Multi Jet Fusion process with four new, smaller and lower-cost models aimed [...]

Market trend/market analysis, Prototypes, Engineering -- Production processes, Plastics industry -- Forecasts and trends, Plastics industry -- Equipment and supplies, Sintering -- Methods, and Stereolithography -- Usage

Transforming plastic part designs into rapid prototypes with full geometry has become an essential part of the moldmaking process for today's mold builders. Nobody can afford to make mistakes up [...]

PRESENTED BY: esi-group.com DATE AND TIME: OCTOBER 25, 2017 11:00 AM ET PRESENTERS ALAIN TRAMECON Product Manager, Composite Performance, ESI Group While the weight saving potential of advanced materials--such as [...]

Solid Concepts Inc., Computer software industry, Laser industry, and Rapid prototyping

Solid Concepts offers a range of services for rapid prototyping and low-volume production, highlighted in a new brochure. The company uses selective laser sintering, direct metal laser sintering, fused deposition [...]

Technology application, Epoxy resins -- Methods, and Epoxy resins -- Technology application

The benefits of additive technologies for rapid modeling and prototyping of new part designs to reduce time-to-market are well known. Equally important to minimizing product introduction leadtimes is the ability [...]

"Nothing." That would be the reply you'd get if you asked Richard Alfoni how much his Rowley, Massachusetts, contract shop pockets after manufacturing a prototype part. It's for that reason [...]

Bills of material (BOM) software, Manufacturing software, CAD/CAM software, CAD software, CAD-CAM systems -- Computer programs, and Tool and die industry

When Dale Greife decided to open his own rapid prototyping machine shop Aspire Machine Tool in Union, Missouri--in 2006, the first thing he did was place an order for the [...]

Natural gas -- Conferences, meetings and seminars and Plastics industry -- Conferences, meetings and seminars

The growing importance of rapid prototyping and rapid tooling was a prominent theme of the recent annual conference and design competition of the SPI Structural Plastics Div., held in Charlotte, [...]

Laser, Technology installation instructions, Technology application, Market trend/market analysis, Transportation equipment industry -- Installation, Metal industry -- Technology application, Lasers -- Evaluation, and Lasers -- Forecasts and trends

When you're doing production prototype work for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), you've (1) got to be good and (2) you've got to be able to prove it. Which is what [...]

Objet Ltd. and Rapid prototyping

3-D printing has been a game changer for modeling and rapid prototyping, allowing teams to produce accurate, finely finished parts in just a few hours. It's emerged as a great [...]

Prototypes, Engineering and Automobiles, Racing -- Design and construction

The Stratasys FDM rapid prototyping system was an important tool used by students of Thayer School of Engineering in designing a Formula-type race car for the 1996 Formula SAE competition. Since different teams developed different components of the car, they discovered that these components oftentimes do not work together. The rapid prototyping system allowed them to construct prototypes and revise in much less time than without it.

Prototypes, Engineering -- Methods and CAD-CAM systems industry -- Product information

Rapid prototyping (RP)--the technology for creating a physical model directly from a computer-aided design (CAD) solid model--has grown quite a bit since its introduction in the early 1990s. For starters, [...]

Company business management, Tecumseh Products Co. -- Production processes, Tecumseh Products Co. -- Management, Compressors -- Production processes, Compressors -- Management, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry -- Production processes, and Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry -- Management

For a high-volume manufacturer of consumer products, developing a new production process represents a challenging endeavor. Existing production levels must be maintained while phasing in new machine tools, and the [...]

Time to market, Automobile Industry, General Motors Co. Technical Center -- Product development, Automobile industry -- Product development, Product development, and Rapid prototyping

On the campus of the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, is a 9,000 ft2 laboratory where they're building a wide variety of prototypes--from bumpers to spoilers and almost [...]

Machine shops -- Equipment and supplies and Machine-tools -- Innovations

Computer numerical control (CNC) machining can be used as a rapid prototyping tool to create complex workpieces. This approach is capable of handling a variety of materials and is very useful for producing metal molds which can be used in short-run molding processes. However, there are several factors that must be considered before applying CNC technology to any machining process. These include the machinability of the workpiece and the cost of CNC machining equipment.

Company marketing practices, Stratasys Ltd. -- Marketing, and Computer software industry -- Marketing

"All the additive fabrication technologies have limitations," admits Fred Fisher, product marketing manager for Stratasys Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN; www.stratasys.com). "We will never replace injection molding, for instance. But the [...]

Technology application, Company business management, Plastics industry -- Technology application, and Plastics industry -- Management

Digital prototyping gives designers and engineers the ability to virtually explore a complete product before it is built--so they can design, visualize and simulate products from the conceptual design phase [...]

Founding and Industrial equipment

* A new rapid-prototyping technique combines casting with CNC milling in a novel way create proto type parts faster than conventional rapid prototyping approaches--and it all happens in one machine. [...]

Rapid prototyping

When you think "rapid prototyping" via 3D printing you might think of models that aren't particularly robust, models that are more show than go. But materials and equipment providers are [...]

National Design Engineering Show -- 1991 AD, Plastics industry -- Technology application, and CAD-CAM systems -- Exhibitions

Rapid prototyping, a collection of computer-generated technologies used to fabricate complex 3-D plastic models directly and automotically from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, was highlighted at the recent National Engineering Show [...]

Company investment and Technology

Adding value to your services is one way today's mold manufacturers diversify--and thrive--in today's difficult economic times. Offering rapid manufacturing services shows your customers that you are on the cutting [...]

Machining -- Usage and Rapid prototyping -- Usage

Surely you've noticed that we cover additive manufacturing from time to time. In fact, we cover it this month--see page 66. Such CAD-to-component technologies have proven valuable for rapid prototyping [...]

Plastics -- Molds, Injection molding -- Innovations, and Molding materials

No longer just for making prototype parts, 'rapid manufacturing' systems offer promising shortcuts to production tooling Imagine if moldmaking were this easy: First, your part concept takes shape on a [...]

Z Corp., 3D Systems Corp., Wohlers Associates Inc., and Image processing equipment industry

* Bringing rapid prototyping capabilities in-house is becoming a reality for many plastics manufacturers, thanks to more affordable, faster, and easy-to-use 3D printers. On the market almost seven years, these [...]

Contract agreement, 3M Co. -- Production management, 3M Co. -- Equipment and supplies, 3M Co. -- Contracts, Vista Technologies Inc. -- Contracts, Paper products industry -- Production management, Paper products industry -- Equipment and supplies, Paper products industry -- Contracts, and Computer software industry -- Contracts

3M is world-renowned for its innovation. With more than 55,000 products, 30-plus core technologies and leadership in major markets, 3M serves as an example to other manufacturers of efficient, innovative [...]

Ford Motor Co. -- Production management -- 00303604, Automobile industry -- Production management, and Prototypes, Engineering -- Management

Ford Motor is benefitting from the use of rapid prototyping equipment developed at its Advanced Manufacturing Center in Redford, MI. The equipment has already been implemented in the manufacturer's different plant sites. The application is made much easier through the training courses on rapid prototyping offered by the center. The innovative prototyping equipment developed at the Advanced Manufacturing Center helps engineers verify the effectiveness of their decisions and allow operations to save significant amount of time and money. Rapid prototyping has been used by Ford for the development of the transfer case housing for the Ford Explorer's V8 engine and the rocker arm for a high-output, 302-engine.

Compcast Technologies L.L.C. -- Contracts, Compcast Technologies L.L.C. -- Distribution, Compcast Technologies L.L.C. -- Production processes, Compcast Technologies L.L.C. -- Innovations, Gusmer Corp. -- Contracts, Gusmer Corp. -- Distribution, Machinery industry -- Contracts, and Machinery industry -- Distribution

A newly developed reactive casting process makes glass-reinforced nylon 6 prototypes and production parts quickly and easily from low-cost molds. Likely applications are automotive under-hood parts such as intake manifolds, [...]

Rapid prototyping

Today there are many prototyping technologies to support the full development cycle of a product from initial idea to manufacturing full-scale parts to low-volume production. Read this brief overview about [...]

Prototypes, Engineering -- Services and Engineering design -- Services

Rapid prototyping (RP) service bureaus, those firms that hire out their modeling systems and related engineering expertise, make it a whole lot easier to develop representational parts when speed counts. [...]

Time to market and Product development

It's just a cap, so how hard can it be, right? Those in the industry know well that it's not making a cap that's hard; it's making millions of caps [...]

Society of Manufacturing Engineers -- Exhibitions, CAD-CAM systems -- Exhibitions, Computer-integrated manufacturing -- Exhibitions, and Prototypes, Engineering

AutoFact '91: News in CAD/CAM, CIM Rapid Prototyping As befits a recession, it was a conservative AutoFact '91 show in Chicago this past November, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing [...]

Autofact Conference and Exposition -- 1990 AD and CAD-CAM systems -- Exhibitions

Faster Design and Prototyping Are Focus of Autofact '90 Many of the new computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) products introduced at November's Autofact '90 show in Detroit are intended to [...]

Insight (Manufacturing software) -- Product introduction, Computer software industry -- Product introduction, and Machinery industry -- Equipment and supplies

The company has introduced Insight, its new preprocessing software. Insight increases rapid-prototyping machine build speed and improves design engineers' control and efficiency. The software will enhance performance of fused deposition [...]

Stereolithography -- Services and Sintering -- Services

Pretty Soon, You Won't Be Able To Get Along Without It Since their first commercial launch in the late 1980s, rapid-prototyping (RP) technologies have aimed to speed up product development. [...]

Aircraft gas-turbines -- Design and construction

When setting out to build a car capable of surpassing 1,000 mph, strong but light materials are required for a vehicle to move faster than a bullet fired from a [...]

3 D Technical Services -- Management, Milltronics -- Product information, SETCO Group -- Product information, and Control equipment industry -- Product information

3-D Technical Services (Franklin, Ohio) is an industrial design prototyping company. It provides its customers with assistance in product development, product engineering, sales aids, architectural models, marketing tools, litigation models [...]

Stratasys Ltd. -- Product introduction and Computer software industry -- Product introduction

Significantly faster model building and material savings are claimed for new software that provides improved control over toolpath and model-support creation for fused-deposition modeling (FDM) systems from Stratasys, Inc., Minneapolis. [...]

Bits2Parts.com -- Services, Automobile equipment and supplies industry -- Services, and Online services -- Services

Automate the submission of requests for quotations (RFQs) to your preferred vendors using Bits2Parts.com, an easy-to-use web-based interface. Its fast, straightforward and free to use. Bits2Parts.com is a robust, secure [...]