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Lightweighting Applications through Smart Engineering Design
Lightweighting technology leads to improved performance, increased energy efficiency, reduced manufacturing costs, and greener products. This article shares lightweighting application examples from the automotive, aerospace, heavy machinery, medical, and sporting goods industries for…
8 Benefits of Lightweighting in Manufacturing & Engineering
Lightweighting isn’t a new concept in engineering, but its relevance and importance are evolving. Find out why lightweighting matters today and how you can maximize its potential benefits by applying the latest developments…
Structural Optimization: 7 Design Tips for Lighter Designs
Lightweighting means more than just reducing mass. Through smart design techniques, you can maximize product functionality and minimize costs. Here are seven design tips for efficient structural design.
3D Printed Fixtures for CMM Inspection with the FDM Fixture Generator
The new CMM Fixturing Module of the FDM™ Fixture Generator streamlines fixture design for inspection in Coordinate Measuring Machines. The tool enables QA engineers and technicians to generate & 3D print custom fixtures…
Stratasys and nTopology Design Competition: Best 3D Printed Fixture or Tool Design
The Stratasys and nTopology design competition committee is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Best 3D Printed Fixture or Tool Design Competition.
How to Design High-Performance Filters for Additive Manufacturing
Filtering contaminants from high-temperature and high-pressure flows can often justify the use of additive manufacturing, especially when the performance enhancements provided by advanced design techniques are considered. This article demonstrates this through two…
Design Brief: 3D Printed Casting of 3-Foot Long Robot Arm
3D printed sand casting molds and cores are changing the way high-performance, large metal parts are manufactured today. Additive manufacturing is enabling modern foundries to produce complex metal parts in rapid lead times.…
A Journey Through Advanced Manufacturing in 2021: Webinar Series
Watch our 6-part webinar series taking you through design, simulation, fabrication, testing, and quality assurance of a clean slate, rapid design of a traditional heat exchanger for Advanced Manufacturing. Watch the entire series…
How Strong is a Space Wrench? Finite Element to Failure: High-Performance, Real-World Parts
The founding mission of polySpectra is straightforward: to create engineering-grade materials for additive manufacturing that help designers, inventors, and engineers make their ideas real. That last word is really key for us. We…