WATCH // How Rolls-Royce assembles its Trent XWB aero engine Posted by Tanya Weaver - June 21, 2017 Rolls-Royce recently uploaded a video of its new Trent XWB assembly line in Dahlewitz, Germany, offering a glimpse into how…
Review: Granta Design CES Selector 2017 Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 29, 2017 Materials selection is often guided more by intuition and prior experience than by formalised research. Al Dean takes a look…
Graduates 2017 // 15 of the best Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 17, 2017 Another year of high-flying product design graduates were on show at New Designers, London, where we headed along to uncover…
MSC releases Marc 2017 for nonlinear modelling Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 18, 2017 Marc 2017 has been expanded to incorporating adaptive meshing, material modeling, and contact capabilities to increase productivity and accuracy for…
Aerospace’s adoption of 3D printed parts reaches new level Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 18, 2017 A rare view of 3D printed components, ready to be fitted to an Airbus A350 XWB An announcement by Airbus…
WATCH // NASA’s R&D back catalogue Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 21, 2017 https://giphy.com/embed/54yzeA4OkvyLe Say goodbye to many, many, many, many hours of your life – once you’ve clicked the link, you’ve signed…
WorldViz set to launch VR communication tool Vizible Posted by Greg Corke - July 26, 2017 Presenter Using Pointer “Project Skofield”, the VR communication technology that was first previewed by WorldViz in 2016, has now been…
Review: Ansys Mechanical R18 Posted by DEVELOP3D - August 3, 2017 R18 is a major update across Ansys' whole product portfolio for the next 12 months. Al Dean begins a two…
Renishaw and Aeromet to optimise high-performance alloy for AM Posted by Al Dean - August 14, 2017 Renishaw and Aeromet International (a specialist in the casting field) have signed an agreement to add Aeromet’s A20X aluminium alloy…
Giant Rolls Royce turbofan engine design gets £2M grant for topology optimisation Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 21, 2017 The next generation of Rolls Royce UltraFan engine architecture has received a £1.998M grant from the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)…