Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Altair’s 2019 user event ready for ‘open-minded thinkers’ in Detroit this October

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2019

Autumn sees the return of conferences and user events, with the mix of technologies on show at the Global Altair Technology Conference (ATC) caching the eye on 10 – 11…

UK firm raises £3M in funds to develop its electron beam 3D Printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2019

Huddersfield firm Wayland Additive has raised the funding to develop its prototype metals 3D printer, which uses an electron beam rather than a laser to fuse together the metal powder.…

Protolabs bring Carbon 3D printing to its roster of 3D printing technologies

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2019

Online manufacturing portal Protolabs has added the Carbon platform to its portfolio of production-grade additive manufacturing technologies, launching in the USA this month. “We are committed to supporting that demand…

Ansys 2019 R3 comes stacked with tools to engineer safer autonomous vehicles

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2019

A dig amongst what’s new in Ansys 2019 R3 (and there’s a lot) shows up a range of dedicated tools for the automotive industry, including Ansys Autonomy for testing Autonomous…

BAC To The Future – The cutting edge street-legal race car

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 16, 2020

Lightweight but packing a hefty punch, the BAC Mono R is a street-legal race car. Stephen Holmes learns how the car’s design evolved

GE Additive opens latest European facility for production 3D Printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 13, 2019

A 40,000sqm ultra-modern facility in Lichtenfels, Germany forms the latest part of GE’s continued investment in Lean Manufacturing sites, adapting to growing customer demand for its technology and the shift…

Sandvik launches new approach to production with end-to-end toolset

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 16, 2019

It’s latest promotional project was a smash-proof, heavy metal guitar, but Sandvik is keen to show off the digital toolset that can take such ideas right through to production Industrial…

Designing the Ford Police Interceptor 2020

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 5, 2019

With its latest police vehicle, Ford has taken a deep dive into human-centric design. Stephen Holmes learns how watching police agencies at work inspired the purpose-built 2020 Interceptor

Salesforce launches Manufacturing Cloud to link sales directly to production

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 17, 2019

Salesforce has waded into the world of manufacturing software systems as it targets new industry verticals and aims to better join customer demand and production with a new cloud-based service.…

Universal Robots launches heavy-duty payload cobot for collaborative automation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 17, 2019

The Universal Robots UR 16e can lift 16kg The UR16e cobot boasts an impressive 16kg payload capability, making it one of Universal Robots more beefier collaborative robots, and upping the…