Exploring the: Prototype Zone Zone
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- Scanning Facilitates PD of Really Big Products
- Imagine having to deal with the development of parts that are about 18-ft. long and can weigh 100,000 lb.
Case Study Published: 4/20/2010
- Avatar's More Than Just A Movie
- It’s not often that a movie studio is willing to fork over more than $300-million for a sci-fi feature film, especially one that was written more than 15 years ago.
Case Study Published: 1/11/2010
- A New Take on the Lawn Mower
- Lawn mowers seem like pretty simple machines.
Case Study Published: 1/11/2010
- Getting Fit Faster (Clothes, That Is)
- When you think about underwear, pantyhose, sportswear, and other tight-fitting clothing, you probably don’t think of finite element analysis (FEA). But the people at Osaka-based Toyobo Co.
Case Study Published: 10/29/2009
- Building Character
- Garner Holt Productions has been producing animatronic figures for amusement parks, casinos and retail customers for more than 30 years.
Case Study Published: 9/2/2009
- Building a Better Carbon Fiber Mountain Bike
- Carbon fiber is as expensive as it is light. So when Santa Cruz Bicycles, looked at building its first carbon fiber frame, the company wanted to avoid a bumpy ride.
Case Study Published: 5/4/2009
- Flying With The Help of Faster Inspection
- Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. is moving faster with the help of Verisurf software.
Case Study Published: 5/4/2009
- Growing It on the Fly
Case Study Published: 5/4/2009
- NASA Deadlines
- NASA works to tight deadlines, and that was certainly the case when it
called up Quickparts for prototype components on its 21st Century Lunar
Rover concept. But instead of a launch clock, the two-week deadline
handed down by NASA was in advance...
Case Study Published: 5/4/2009
- Machining “Bones”
- The potential of rapid manufacturing was recently demonstrated by Seco Tools Inc. (www. secotools.
Case Study Published: 3/26/2009
