Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

IMechE pay tribute to the spark of the Industrial Revolution for Engineering Heritage Award

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 10, 2014

The Old Furnace was used in 1709 by Abraham Darby to pioneer the use of coke as a fuel for smelting iron, an innovation that sparked the beginning of the…

DesignSense launches DSTools for tool-design in SolidWorks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 13, 2014

DesignSense has launched its first add-on product for simplified tool design in SolidWorks Bangalore-based DesignSense Software Technologies has launched the first of its software range for tool-design in SolidWorks. There’s…

Vero’s Radan adds in 180 enhancements to latest version of the sheet metal software

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 13, 2014

The latest edition of Vero Radan pushes on from being merely a sheet-metal CAM tool, with enhancements linking all its connected product On a lonely winter’s night it must be…

New bra for D+ cups CNC machined from aircraft-grade aluminium

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 13, 2014

The Kewi Bra brings in some much needed engineering to the larger sizes of women’s bras Forgive this article for treading carefully, as we attempt avoid undoing all our fine…

Water treatment system cleaning up due to SolidWorks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 15, 2014

Using 3D CAD the engineering teams at Clear Stream Environmental have improved efficiency by 25 per cent – making more water drinkable Water is important, but we don’t have much…

Haas opens its first CNC school in Africa

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 16, 2014

The first Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC) in Africa has opened to students The first Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC) has opened in Casablanca, Morocco, at the Institute of Aeronautics…

Aerospace: New fan blade design could mean 25% less fuel for Rolls Royce engines

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 16, 2014

The test flight is another step on the path towards entering service in 2020 The Rolls-Royce composite carbon/titanium (CTi) fan blade for its Advance and UltraFan eco engine designs has…

The Weekender: Charitable endeavours and proving a point

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 17, 2014

A team from University of Wales TSD Swansea are looking to kite surf across the Bristol Channel This weekend you’ve probably a friend, relative or colleague doing something, somewhere for…

Metals 3D printing: Power of laser melting allows new materials control on a micro level

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 20, 2014

Using an Arcam electron beam melting system researchers say they can control the variations in crystallographic orientation in a nickel-based alloy While 3D printed metals are still metals, there’s a…

New pro 3D print model fixer utilising MachineWorks Polygonica

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 20, 2014

LimitState has unveiled its new STL fixer as a ‘one click automatic fix’ solution for professionals Sheffield’s LimitState software has released its new application, LimitState:Fix, which sets out to simplify…