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Intel Edge Computing Manager: Get Ready for Industry 5.0
If you’re just getting comfortable with Industry 4.0, which saw the beginnings of smart manufacturing, digitization and real-time decision-making in factories, a senior leader...
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TI Fluid Systems Opens Facility to Create Cooling Products for EVs
TI Fluid Systems’ newest e-Mobility Innovation Center (eMIC) provides the North American market with a collaborative space to develop efficient thermal management...
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A New Approach to Assessing the Quality of Aerospace Components
In a study, published in the Journal Waves in Random and Complex Media, researchers from the University of Bristol have derived a formula that can inform the design boundaries for a given component’s geometry and material microstructure.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A Consumer’s View: Perry Parts 3D-Printed Bump Stops
I have always loved off-road racing. I love the innovation, grit and determination it takes to get across the finish line after 250, 500 or even 1,000 miles (402, 805 or 1,609 km)...
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Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Ultrahard Steels
Recent advances in both alloy development and additive manufacturing have enabled the production of ultrahigh-strength steels in near net shape parts.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
3D, No Waiting!
Few will dispute that additive manufacturing — commonly called 3D printing — has endured a development path of fits and starts. But as niche applications, an ever-increasing array of material choices — and the...
Articles Materials
Why the Turbomachinery Industry is Increasingly Bullish on Additive Manufacturing
Whether we’re talking about industrial turbines, air breathing jet engines, or liquid-rocket space applications, the higher the pressure and the higher the flow rate, the better the performance.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
WCX 2023: Biomimicry Inspires Product Development
Nature has always served as a giant classroom where problem-solving lessons are taught — a “storehouse of inspiration for new and different ideas,” noted Trisha Brown, co-director...
Articles Materials
John Deere 3D-Prints Production Fuel Valves for Tractors
HP launched its new commercial Metal Jet S100 Solution in September 2022 and two months later showcased the 3D printer for the first time publicly at the Formnext exhibition in...
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BMW Takes Multi-Modal Route to Manufacturing
BMW’s Munich factory remains the fertile root of a century of manufacturing, including its first R32 motorcycle in 1923. But the Bavarian automaker’s oldest assembly site is transforming...
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A Divergent Approach to Vehicle Development and Production
Among the most intriguing vehicles on display at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours D’ Elegance was a pair developed by an obscure brand, Czinger Vehicles, and its parent company,...
Articles Design
Why are Aerospace & Defense Companies Embracing Additive Manufacturing?
It’s no longer a question of when metal additive manufacturing will become an accepted, reliable production technology, particularly in aerospace and defense.
Articles Materials
Cadillac's Future-Tech Flagship
Restoring the Cadillac brand to its golden-age pinnacle, when it stood equal among Europe’s ultra-luxury greats, has long been an intermittent dream within GM. The grandiose ‘Sixteen’ concept in...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Keeping Your Silicon Cool
Onboard electronics continue to evolve rapidly. Components are smaller. Systems are more complex. The sophisticated electronics components that make up modern vehicles require precision heat dissipation for...
Articles Test & Measurement
EVs Drive NVH Material Innovations
The definition of a ‘quiet’ vehicle, as determined by the occupants’ ears, is changing radically, as electric motors replace the internal-combustion engine. And electric vehicles are changing the...
News Materials
3DEO Launches New Metal 3D-Printing Platform
California-based 3DEO unveiled in February its new metal 3D printing platform and patented technology, Saffron. The proprietary platform has been in development for the past five years....
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Toyota R&D Ups Its Additive Manufacturing Game
Toyota Motor North America Research & Development (TMNA R&D) in York Township, Michigan, is Toyota’s largest R&D center outside of Japan. The team there performs engineering...
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Mahle Advances 3D Printing Capabilities
Slashing the time to produce prototypes for complex components, from several months to a few days, explains in part why Mahle’s technology group decided to build a new facility for additive...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printing Scales-Up
While the 3D-printed vehicle remains a dream, the technology also known as additive manufacturing (AM) already has proven its ability to create impressively complex part geometries in concepts such as EDAG’s...
News Design
‘Thinking Ahead’ Maximizes Additive Manufacturing Potential
When it comes to designing automotive parts to be produced by additive manufacturing (AM), one must get comfortable asking tough questions, having difficult conversations...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Virtual Meets Mixed Reality for Vehicle Development
Automakers developing stand-alone technologies, such as driver-interface systems, will increasingly need to consider moving to a company-wide virtual model to create a digital twin of...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
How 3D Printing Could Add Efficiency to EV Power Electronics
“Think production!” Perhaps that advice should be posted on the wall of every design office, R&D lab and advanced technology center in the auto industry. Although...
News Power
Charting the ICE Future with Mahle’s Martin Berger
Electrification nets the current headlines and Wall Street fervor, but the internal combustion engine (ICE) will easily soldier on for several decades, serving as the core of many...
News Power
German OEMs Flex 3D Manufacturing Muscle
A chief impediment for wider adoption of additive manufacturing long has been its potential for application in high-volume and high-throughput production. But continuing process and technique...
News Power
New Initiatives Prep Porsche, GM for Digital-Manufacturing Transformation
The sometimes seemingly mercurial benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) movement are moving into focus for automotive manufacturing, as automakers large and...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ford’s Mielewski Envisions Broad Portfolio of Renewable Materials
A broad portfolio of renewable materials is available now that can help the automotive industry reduce its carbon footprint. Many of these new materials exceed the...
News Motion Control
All-Composite EV Wheel Heads to Production
Designed for EV and niche applications, the first commercially viable, low cost, lightweight, all-composite wheel moves to the next phase of development with a pilot production run. The...
News Materials
Porsche Partners to Develop 3D-Printed Pistons
Additive manufacturing (AM), aka 3D printing, is not new to Porsche. The German manufacturer heavily leverages AM processes in prototyping, and since May 2020, in production for...
News Design
Embracing the Digital Transformation in Aerospace & Defense
The aerospace & defense (A&D) industry has always been known for great innovation and high expectations. Even during the difficult times with the impact of COVID-19,...
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