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The latest release of Siemens PLM Software's Simcenter Amesim system simulation software helps accelerate digital twin creation through ease of use and democratized access to system simulation, the company notes. By extending Modelica support and integration with other Simcenter solutions, Simcenter Amesim helps users to set up a toolchain throughout the development cycle. With the latest release, Siemens Digital Industries…
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The European “Bionic Aircraft” research project has reached yet another milestone for additive manufacturing: For the first time, CENIT reports that components can be printed directly from the CATIA V5 CAD system. This is made possible with the interface developed by CENIT. All process steps, including post-processing, can be mapped in CATIA V5. Now, exact data is available in CATIA…
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The partnership between Sintratec and the Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) has resulted in the donation of a piece of equipment for students’ use ahead of a new program offering at the college this fall. Sintratec founder and CEO, Dominik Solenicki, travelled from Switzerland to SUSCC’s Opelika campus to hand over the Sintratec Kit for the college’s Additive Manufacturing…
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KineoWorks from Siemens PLM Software is a software component that automatically computes collision-free motion, solving complex path-planning problems in applications such as robot simulation/control and virtual assembly/disassembly verification. KineoWorks version 7.0 includes various new features described as follows. KineoWorks version 7.0 comes with a new standalone application—Kwik—for accelerating your KineoWorks application development. Kwik has a simple and ergonomic graphical interface…
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Stratasys Direct Manufacturing is expanding its additive metals offering with the addition of VELO3D’s Sapphire 3D print system and Flow software. The Sapphire laser fusion metal additive manufacturing system allows for printing of complex part geometries with in-situ metrology, closed-loop control, and low-to-no support structures. The solution’s built-in tools include support generation, simulated print predictions, per-surface process application, slice composer…
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DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers, a global business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, will introduce several advanced new semi-crystalline materials at RAPID + TCT 2019 (booth #552), expanding its 3D printing portfolio. These high-performance materials will offer manufacturing agility by while maintaining consistent properties, the company reports. Jennifer L. Thompson, Ph.D., R&D programs manager for DuPont Transportation & Advanced…
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Stratasys has unveiled a new agreement with Pantone, provider of professional color standards in multiple vertical industries. Under terms of the agreement, Stratasys now becomes a 3D printing solutions provider with technology officially designated as PANTONE Validated, reflecting the qualification and approval to simulate Pantone Matching System 〈PMS〉 colors on printed objects, Stratasys reports. Both Stratasys J750 and J735 PolyJet…
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3D printing is helping bring critical public safety and security communications to the mass transit industry. At Boyce Technologies, the company makes communications equipment mainly for New York City Transit. Examples might include intercoms, public address systems or radio amplifiers—anything that is used for life safety security focused mainly on the MTA for New York City. One of its projects…
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Brian and Christopher Luizzi, owners of medical modeling company Trinota, are using EnvisionTEC’s 3D printing technology to reshape how medical models are presented to surgeons, hospitals and doctors. “We can look at all the 2D images we want, but when you can compile that and get something you can hold in your hand in 3D, it gives you depth and…
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Dear DE reader, Most engineers love the creative side of product development, but are less enthusiastic about managing all the information they create. When creativity moves to additive manufacturing (AM), data management complexity increases. So when somebody comes along with a better mousetrap (so to speak) for engineering data and 3D printing, we pay attention. Which is why 3YOURMIND Manufacturing…
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Siemens Digital Industries Software and SAS announced a new partnership today that will help companies create new IoT edge and cloud-enabled solutions by applying SAS and open source streaming analytics through Siemens’ MindSphere. Users will gain access to SAS advanced and predictive analytics in MindSphere, which can accelerate the adoption of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in Internet…
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Massivit 3D's new Massivit 1800 Pro offers new features including Variable Resolution, new advancements optimizing durability and resolution, and remote-operation options to enhance operation efficiency, the company reports. The Massivit 1800 Pro offers a Variable Resolution capability that can be predefined via the printer’s Massivit SMART Pro software to allow a change of print mode (resolution level and layer thickness)…
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Disabled athletes who often require heavily personalized equipment are being affected by the rise in cost of affordable 3D printing technology, according to the 3d printing company Zortrax. “We are working to design a hand bike handle for Florian Jouanny, the first tetraplegic European who managed to finish the Ironman Triathlon,” says Clement Jacquelin, the CEO of Athletics 3D, a…
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AddiFab plans to highlight its blend of additive manufacturing and injection molding at RAPID + TCT in Detroit in May. “Injection molding—with a much richer legacy and R&D budgets dwarfing those of the AM industry—is churning out hundreds of specialized grades for every generic grade that is being converted to additive. And the materials converted to AM lose out on…
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MecSoft, developer of CAM software, has announced a partnership with FlexCNC, a developer of large-bed computer numerical control (CNC) milling machines. As part of this partnership, FlexCNC will be bundling MecSoft’s VisualCAD/CAM product with their FlexCNC milling machines. VisualCAD/CAM is MecSoft’s flagship CAD/CAM software product that addresses the CNC machining market needs. With modules VisualCAD, VisualMILL, VisualTURN, VisualNEST and VisualART…
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