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Jun 14

The Winners of Enapter’s Design for Impact – A Green Hydrogen Future!

Hot off of the previous challenge of creating a water trap, Enapter once again challenged the GrabCAD community to design systems and devices for hydrogen applications. Hydrogen is one of the most common elements in our known universe. With green hydrogen and other sustainable/renewable energy on the rise, the world... read more →

Jun 02

5 Ways Jigs and Fixtures Changed Manufacturing Forever

What is a Jig and Fixture? Jigs and fixtures are just one of those words we always hear together but it's worth asking all the same, what are jigs and fixtures? Jigs are custom tools used to guide/control the action or movement of another tool. It can help streamline the... read more →

June 2, 2021
Anthony Valle
3D Printing, Competitions, Manufacturing

May 25

How Artificial intelligence Is Changing 3D Printing

First, there's artificial intelligence (AI). And let's face it, we subtly see it in our everyday lives when a form gets filled out, or a choice of books and movies is set up for us, by learning our past preferences. We further see it with new applications like voice activation,... read more →

May 18

Diving into Generative Design

In the era of additive manufacturing, fabrication is more flexible than ever before. Add generative design into the process, and you have an unprecedented innovative and concise outcome. Generative design is a process of design aided by the horsepower of computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate concise designs... read more →

May 11

5 Ways Additive Manufacturing Is Making the Smart Factory Floor Smarter

Complex, flexible, affordable, and usable. These are all watchwords that describe the paramount role that 3D printing is delivering in today's technology stream. For the smart factory and the product life cycles it produces, 3D printing makes it a bit smarter each month and year that passes. Additive manufacturing plays... read more →

May 03

The Top 7 Schools with Additive Manufacturing Labs

If you're looking to learn about additive manufacturing (AM), you want to make sure the educational institutes you're applying to will have a 3D printing lab. With 3D printers costing anywhere from a few hundred dollars to million-dollar-plus, the odds are that just about any university -- or community college,... read more →

Apr 27

Industry 4.0 and Why Your Factory Floor Needs to Embrace It

The agility and precision of manufacturing today has led to an emergent topic in the lexicon of efficient and smart manufacturing: Industry 4.0. Smart manufacturing is sophisticated, complex, and driven by the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Fourth Industrial Revolution comes after a succession of other changes since... read more →

Apr 26

IndusIntel Offers Innovative Solutions to Industry IoT Troubles

With Industry 4.0 on the rise and smart manufacturing becoming more of a mainstay of how we conduct business, data has never been more important. Improving on the solutions that we have today are highly dependent on the data that is known now. IndusIntel at their core are problem solvers... read more →

Apr 22

Why Smart Factories Need 3D Printers to be Connected

As 3D printers become increasingly part of the manufacturing floor, whether as part of an additive manufacturing (AM) fleet of 3D printers, or mixed in with traditional "subtractive manufacturing" machines, 3D printers offer exciting new opportunities for existing and new manufacturing plants. The benefits 3D printing offers include: Changes in... read more →

April 22, 2021
Daniel Dern
3D Printing, Software

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