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Spinning Quality, Design and Simulation Tools for Faster Wind Turbine Parts
Measuring quality in real-time while reducing the development cycle are both critical to producing the next generation of wind turbines and the components that run them.
Article Published: 9/1/2009
Fast via Machining and Molding
Thanks to a cluster of processors running a home-grown algorithm and lean manufacturing shops in the U.S., Japan and Europe, Proto Labs can deliver machined or molded parts in as little as a day.
Article Published: 9/1/2009
Rapid Tooling: Faster, Better, and Less Expensive
Don’t think of rapid tooling purely for prototyping or short runs.  Additive tech is making it possible to produce steel tools that have decided benefits for injection molding and die casting.
Article Published: 7/1/2009
Incisive Design, Faster Incisors
The old way of making false teeth, crowns and bridges is steadily going the way of wooden choppers.  How your next set of pearly whites may be designed more like your next pair of running shoes.
Article Published: 7/1/2009
Making a Model City
Although there have been some pretty big additive modeling projects done, consider this: 400 city blocks and 1,000 buildings of four-square miles of downtown Chicago.
Article Published: 7/1/2009
User-Driven Development at NuStep
NuStep listened to the user—who may be a stroke victim or in cardiac rehab--when developing its the latest generation low-impact cross-trainer, the T5.  What they discovered resulted in a better product.
Article Published: 7/1/2009
Embody Pushes Herman Miller’s Computing Envelope
When furniture manufacturer Herman Miller introduced its Embody chair, it followed many CAD and CAE applications, not to mention numerous protototypes.
Article Published: 6/30/2009
Pushing Rapid Prototyping Materials to the Limit
Researchers are projecting more age-resistant stereolithography material chemistries that behave much more like injection molding thermoplastics and more polymers with nano-materials to improve mechanical properties in selective laser sintering and ...
Article Published: 3/4/2009
Capitol Idea
Rapid prototyping was the cornerstone behind the creation of a scale replica of the U.S. Capitol Dome and Rotunda.
Article Published: 1/1/2009
Direct Manufacturing Gets a High-Flying Boost
A consortium of companies is working with a German university to advance the state of additive manufacturing processes.
Article Published: 1/1/2009

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