DEVELOP3D - Technology for the product lifecycle

Job Type: Permanent
Industry Sector:  MFG - Industrial Design, MFG - Mechanical Engineering, MFG - Product Design, MFG - Manufacturing, MFG - Design Engineer
Software Category: CAD/CAM/CAE
Software Packages:    CAD - AutoCAD, CAD - Inventor, CAD - NX, CAD - Pro/ENGINEER, CAD - Solid Edge, CAD - SolidWorks
Location: London, South

Foster + Partners is an internationally acclaimed architectural practice whose work embraces all areas of architecture and design from city master planning to product design. This is an opportunity for talented and enthusiastic individuals to join their London studio.

Foster + Partners is expanding its in-house rapid prototyping department. 3D printing technology allows the fast realisation of design models and is an important fabrication tool within the practice. The department has now incorporated SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) technology alongside 3D printing to enable the production of a wider selection of models.

There is an opportunity to join the team working with this exciting technology and helping to keep Foster + Partners at the forefront of design and innovation. Your main responsibility will be the manufacture and delivery of rapid prototype elements.

A flexible approach to working hours is required, along with the ability to work under minimum supervision as an enthusiastic member of the team. Previous experience of model making and/or rapid prototyping technology would be an advantage.

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Mechanisms Designer

Job Type: Permanent
Industry Sector: Product Development and Manufacturing
Software Category: CAD/CAM/CAE
Software Packages: SolidWorks
Location: Andover, Hampshire

Are you demonstrably competent with mechanisms? Do you love mechanisms? Do you see yourself at a candle lit dinner for two with mechanisms? OK, maybe not the last one, but 3FD are searching for a person with at least 3 years commercial experience in the field of mechanism design, with the ability to model anything at all in SolidWorks, and possibly some basic electronics thrown in to boot.

If you’re looking for a place where you are surrounded by creative minds and would like to be part of product design consultancy team, then this could be the job for you.

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Graduate CAD Engineer

Job Type: Permanent
Industry Sector: Product Development and Manufacturing
Software Category: CAD/CAM/CAE
Software Packages: SolidWorks
Location: South Wales

Paper craft tools designers, Tonic Studios, is in search of a graduate designer to join its ranks. Not content with its handicraft roots it has a growing reputation as a design and manufacturing consultancy for other brands. The work is widely varied and its services are in demand around the world - hence the need for a new set of skilled hands.

Amongst other things it will involve creating new product concepts for the Tonic brand; analysing customer’s 3D CAD files and advising on their manufacture. and
Tracking schedules and deliveries for our UK customer, and liaising with the company’s Chinese staff on a daily basis via email.

Requirements:
- A relevant degree in design or engineering
- Well-developed 3D CAD skills
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes (especially injection moulding)
- The ability to deal with multiple projects, correspondence and tight deadlines
- An aptitude for mechanical, basic electrical and hydraulic design

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The Envisiontec Ultra caught our eye

In my first blog I promised to report today on 3D printing and storage, but I realised that, with a couple of exceptions, there is nothing particularly new that has came out of Siggraph in these areas.

So, after a short report, take a ride with me to virtual Hollywood – it might have more relevance than meets the eye.

As expected, the output of 3D printers at Siggraph leaned toward toys, human heads and various alien life forms. Exhibitors included established vendors such as 3DSystems, ZCorporation and Objet. One vendor offering something a bit different was Germany’s EnvisionTEC.

Instead of building objects in layers the company’s Ultra system uses patented technology to produce very smooth surfaces based on what it calls “pixel shift” and “pixel tuning.”

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As spick and span as we’d like to appear, the good folks of DEVELOP3D are a slovenly bunch; living in flea-ridden bedsits behind Kings Cross rail station and eating out of bins.

This life of squalor meant that we’d have no use for this week’s Prime Cuts product when it came to testing it in the flesh - the AEG Electrolux Nimble vacuum cleaner - but we found a person willing to give it a go. My Mother.

AEG’s first upright cleaner was duly shipped off to the furthest reaches of humanity known to mankind - West Cumbria - where life is much simpler and the people don’t find themselves bedding down on a filthy mattress with a pack of feral cats in the evening.

Designed as a high-end cleaning tool, lighter than the other bag-less upright cleaners currently on the market, it followed AEG’s consumer insight surveys that revealed consumers want a vacuum that is easy to push, pull, move around and under furniture and is easy to transport.

Although not a natural fit for the target consumer ‘Monica’, my Mam (Barbara, incidentally) seems distinctly impressed with its performance - especially the ‘swiveling head’ movement and the LED headlight, so much so that we got in touch with AEG Electrolux’s designers to find out some more about their ability to delight northern housewives.

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The X-Scan 3D scanner from 4DCulture, compatible with Geomagic, PolyWorks, RapidForm and GSI Studio processing software

It has been about a decade and a half since 3D scanners burst onto the scene, fuelling speculation about whether we would see an end, or at least a big diminishing, to the type of blank-screen modelling provided by CAD programs.

These days we know better: 3D scanning and processing has evolved into a complementary approach to traditional CAD modeling.

Although 3D scanning and processing, or reverse engineering if you like, has not exploded like its early proponents might have hoped, it has progressed steadily, even within years of almost negligible CAD growth.

Recent years have not brought any revolutions, but there has been an orderly march forward indicative of a mature market – lower hardware costs or greater capabilities at the same cost, more entrants in the field, better portability, and greater ease of use.

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Graduate Mechanical Design Engineers

Job Type: Permanent
Industry Sector: Product Development and Manufacturing
Software Category: CAD/CAM/CAE
Software Packages: Solid Edge, Inventor, AutoCAD, Pro/E, Microstation, SolidWorks
Location: Datchet, Berkshire

Industrial Design Consultancy is a product development consultancy. More than that it is one of the UK’s largest, most established and creative with a stack of internationally recognised awards such as Red Dot Best of the Best, iDea, MedicalDesign Excellence Award, APF, and Greendot weighing down a shelf somewhere within its offices.

The company is on the hunt for graduate designers, promising the successful applicants exciting projects and exposure to many different materials, techniques and projects.

Requirements:

- Current grades indicating achievement of 1st or 2:1 degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Creative problem solving with an aptitude for researching and applying different technologies
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes (for plastic/metal) and their design requirements
- Strong analytical skills including performing engineering calculations
- CAD modelling and preferably software coding skills

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