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Super-Mental-Koenigsegg-Use-3D-Printing-Process…

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 28, 2014

You can either try and make sense of the headline here, or you can watch crazy ol’ Christian von Koenigsegg…

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Shoes not helping you to win the Tour de France? Make your own like Hanseeno

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2014

When pro cyclist Adam Hansen favoured shoes were discontinued he made his own, and an entire brand to go with…

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Lotus F1 and Boeing team up for 3D printing & sintering magic

Posted by Al Dean - July 14, 2014

I think, by now, we’re used to snappy little videos about 3D printing. Whether it’s the patron saint of shitty…

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Missler joins the European project FibreChain for automating carbon fibre production

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 16, 2014

Missler is now involved in a European-wide effort to automate the production of complex composite materials Missler, producer of TopSolid…

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Composites: MSC Digimat v5.1.1 launched with new solutions for efficient modeling of materials

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 23, 2014

FE meshing, solution and post-processing have all been integrated Understanding composite material behaviour is an increasingly needed skill for designers…

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Peugeot Design Lab gets gnarly with Surfboard concept

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 18, 2016

Ready for some Point Break-style action, the Peugeot GTi surfboard As far as experimental products go, Peugeot – makers of…

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McLaren unveils plans for a new carbon fibre chassis production plant in Sheffield

Posted by Tanya Weaver - February 13, 2017

McLaren Automotive to open purpose-built production facility next to the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Since 1981,…