Portability is an important feature in 3D scanning equipment. The MC-XL and MC-SO 3D scanners are built at the Costa Mesa, Calif., headquarters of Capture 3D Inc. Engineered for the aerospace and automotive industries, the larger MC-XL handles parts up to 300 lb, while the smaller MC-SO handles parts weighing 30 lb or less, which…
Exact Metrology Introduces Artec3D Scanners
Cincinnati, OH — Exact Metrology, Inc. introduces the addition of the new Artec3D Scanner to their metrology product offering. Artec3D Scanners require no mounts or markers, and are ideal for a variety of applications including computer graphics & animation, medical imaging, archival, prototyping and more. Complete systems including hardware, software and training start at under…
自动化快速原型工作准备
e-Stage software from Materialise automates the work preparation process when generating support structures, eliminate manual editing, and save in resin and finishing and build time. e-Stage software helps generate support structures to save time, money, and materials. Connections between supports and components helps reduce model post-processing time. The support model can be removed more efficiently…
溅入远离海洋英里的冲浪
Breakthrough hydraulics technology from American Wave Machines (AWM) replicates ocean surfing. The wave surge machine, called Surfstream, offers real surfing and wave riding capabilities for water parks, resorts, hotels, and sports exhibitions. Learn to surf and ride the waves in a Surfstream designed by American Wave Machines. Since each free-standing design is custom, the company…
Proto Labs Teams Up with Design World
Maple Plain, MN – Proto Labs, Inc.the global leader in quick-turn CNC machining and injection molding today announces that design engineers, via an exclusive arrangement with Design World, can now design and order prototype and short-run production parts right from various Design World partner sites, making it easy to order parts and get them fast.…
Rapid Prototypes Now Available for Portescap Brushless DC Motors
宾夕法尼亚州西切斯特市 - PortesCap为其高速无刷直流开机式运动家族提供了新的24小时快速原型制作程序。现在,机器制造商可以订购5,尺寸6,尺寸9和尺寸11 BLDC电动机的原型,具有5:1和25:1齿轮比的齿轮选项,并有24小时的周转。标准…
Biocompatible Material Fits Medical Design Requirements
用于医疗应用的产品面临着针对确保对患者无害的特定限制。一个约束是时间;设备访问或市场问题迫使原型的设计和测试更快。对于一家医疗保健产品制造商的工程师,对灭菌设备的使用有限可能会影响设计原型的数量…
PTC’s Upcoming 3D CAD Lunch and Learn Webinar Series
2009年5月加入PTC,以通过Cocreate建模为您带来的一个,两个或全部三个现场“午餐和学习”网络研讨会。在1990年代中期,在参数和显式3D建模之间进行选择,许多公司购买了3D建模产品,而不知道什么受益于产品所交付的,并且没有明确的3D建模策略。今天…
3M Saves Thousands Using Laser Scanning Processes
When engineers at 3M‚’s Occupational Health and Environmental Safety division started designing a new face shield for welders, they realized they needed to improve aesthetics and needed new CAD data to revise the model. Trial and error methods were not an option. Instead, 3M engineers sent a picture of the clay shield mock-up to GKS…
Designing Small Fuel Cells for Homes
Fuel cells offer many advantages, like cheap electricity, heat, and environmental cleanliness. Here’s how one company designed them small enough to use in a home. A fuel cell is perhaps the ultimate green energy source. It delivers two important home energy needs, electricity and heat, from one system. It operates without burning fuel, cleanly extracting…
高级材料可容纳具有异常特性的新产品
A range of industries such as manufacturing, construction, consumer goods, and electronics now use advanced materials and processes more than ever before to remain competitive. The most critical factors they need to address are improved product quality and precision as well as methods that make plastic materials easier and faster to mold or form. In…
Rapid Prototyping Puts the Fun Back in Aviation
图标飞机飞行最近公布ing of its ICON A5, a small, recreational plane that its founder, Kirk Hawkins, hopes will revolutionize a market already enamored with powerboats and motorbikes. He calls the two-seat ICON A5 “the ultimate recreational vehicle,” able to reach speeds up to 120 mph. Speed was important when it…
Lattice Technology Upgrades Lattice3D Reporter
Lattice Technology, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL‚® format, announces the availability of an upgrade for Lattice3D Reporter, a digital manufacturing application that allows 3D CAD data, process information and linked parts lists to be shared in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Lattice3D Reporter is a very easy-to-use application that rapidly inserts 3D data into…
Objet Launches Alaris™30 3-D Printer
Rehovot, Israel — Objet Geometries Ltd. (www.objet.com) announces the launch of its newest printer, the Alaris™30. This first-of-its-kind desktop model allows designers and manufacturers to create durable, high-quality models at minimal cost and with utmost accuracy and ease of use. The office-friendly system — small enough to fit on any desk — prints true-to-life prototypes…
Autodesk完成了霉菌的收购
加利福尼亚州圣拉斐尔 - Autodesk,Inc。(NASDAQ:ADSK)今天完成了对Moldflow Corporation的收购。MoldFlow是软件解决方案的领先提供商,允许设计人员预测和优化塑料组件在设计和制造过程的每个阶段的性能。Autodesk宣布打算于2008年5月1日收购Moldflow。
Creaform Goes Worldwide
lƒ©vis,(Quƒâ©bec)加拿大,creaform自豪地宣布其2008年在亚洲的业务发展计划完成,并正式合并其日本办公室Creaform Japan。该活动发生在其中国子公司Creaform上海仅几个月后举行。自2005年以来,Creaform成功地破解了亚洲市场…
New Webcast from RedEye RPM
Minneapolis, MN – RedEye On Demand announces its newest webcast titled “Defining the Rapid Tooling and DDM Matrix,” which will take place on Wednesday, June 18 at 1 p.m. EST. Dan Mishek, part-owner and sales manager for Vista Technologies, will co-host the one-hour webcast with RedEye’s, Jeff Hanson. The webcast will cover the differences and…
The Secret to Digital Prototyping
Jay Tedeschi是Autodesk制造解决方案部的高级解决方案,Autodesk一百二十五名概念设计师。少数工程师。成千上万的决策者。在贸易展览展览馆中,将他们从想法到物理原型的投入开始了72个小时。这是未来的贸易表演还是工厂?发明家本·考夫曼(Ben Kaufman)…
RedEye RPM and Alibre Partner
Orlando — RedEye RPM, a business unit of Stratasys (NASDQ: SSYS), and Alibre, Inc. announced — from the RAPID show in Orlando — a new partnership that enables users of Alibre Design 3D CAD software to obtain instant quotes for designs using RedEye’s Web-based quoting system. As part of the partnership, RedEye created a software…
Rapid Sheet Metal Cuts Prototype Part Lead-times
Nashua, NH — Rapid Sheet Metal, Inc. has announced that its new in-house powder coating and silk-screening lines are now in full-production, enabling the company to meet even tighter turnaround times for its customers. The standard lead time for each process is two days, but because the processes are in-house, even more compressed schedules are…
Acu-Cast Adds Two Viper™ Pro Systems
南卡罗来纳州岩石山 - 3D Systems Corporation(NASDAQ:TDSC)宣布,ACU-Cast Technologies,LLC从3D Systems购买了其第三和第四Viper™ProSLA®Systems,将其专业零件制造能力翻倍,为第二次客户提供了一倍五个月内的时间。ACU-Cast于2007年10月安装了其第一个Viper™ProSla®系统…
3D Systems to Exhibit ProJet™ at Drupa 2008
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC) announced that it was invited by Xerox® Corp. to exhibit its new, high-definition ProJet™ 3-D Production Systems at Drupa 2008, the largest 2-D printing equipment exhibition in the world, held from May 29 to June 11, 2008, in Dusseldorf, Germany. Exhibiting alongside 2-D printing innovator…
Rapid Prototyping terms and definitions
快速原型制造(RP)或快速制造是使用固体自由式制造的物理物体自动构造。大约20年前,用于快速原型制作的第一批技术可用,并用于生产模型和原型零件。如今,它们用于更广泛的应用程序,甚至用于制造……
选择3D打印机的提示
通过Leslie Langnau,执行编辑快速原型制作技术正在迅速压缩产品开发周期。根据航空航天零件的一家制造商的说法,喷气发动机刀片的开发花费了一个月,而不是九个技术。电子制造商报告说,设计电力所需的时间减少了40%…
Clear resins for RP processes: A new standard
编辑总监快速原型(RP)John Gyorki是当今快节奏的设计周期中的关键联系,是一种缩短产品开发从概念到生产的成本效益的方式。RP流程构建了概念模型,以验证形式,拟合和功能的新设计,通常包括积极的测试。这样的原型模型测试相当高…
