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How Lego helped Gold Coast company crack the Top Gun market

AU Manufacturing

“When I wanted to design new concepts, I did use Lego which I commandeered from my parent’s place. However, as time went on, I taught myself how model using 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages so now, I’m afraid, the Lego has taken a back seat and gone back to grandkids.”.

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Solid Carbide Drills are Designed for Manufacturability

Fabricating & Metal Work

Design for manufacturability (DFM) has become increasingly important for manufacturers in a range of sectors — including automotive , aerospace and general engineering. DFM means designing and developing products that can be manufactured more easily, efficiently and cost-effectively.

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Additive manufacturers stretch capabilities with digitalization, motion control

Control Engineering

Additive manufacturing, which involves the construction of a 3D object from a computer-aided design (CAD) model or a digital reconstruction, has gone through many evolutions over the past several years. Even a tiny mistake can lead to serious injury or death. Creating a digital model helps in that journey. “We

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How digital twins speed up the manufacturing process

Control Engineering

Computer-aided design (CAD) has completely transformed the manufacturing process. In fact, CAD and computer numerical control ( CNC) are two technologies responsible for a revolution in most of the manufactured goods we have seen in recent years. 3D scanning is doing the opposite.

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Moving from Contact to Noncontact Surface Analysis

Modern Machine Shop

Computer-aided design (CAD) has dramatically sped up the process of getting ideas into the marketplace. These days, products ranging from children’s toys to passenger jets are completely designed in a virtual environment before a single part is manufactured.

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Metal Additive Manufacturing is an Untapped Market Innovation

Fabricating & Metal Work

Most people have heard of metal additive manufacturing (AM) and have probably seen a 3D printed part or two, but what they may not realize that the ability to create complex components with computer-aided design (CAD) programs or object scans can affect production much more than at the beginning of the value chain.