3D printing is ‘greener’ and more sustainable than you might think. Indeed, as the additive manufacturing world becomes more concerned with the environmental impact of large scale production, the 3D printing process itself enables companies to focus on new ways in which to help the environment. While 3D printing has... read more →
Jun
28
Jun
14
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
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 →
May
25
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
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
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
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
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
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 →