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Testing: How the new iPhone 6 stands up to third-party product testing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 22, 2014

Dropping your brand new iPhone 6 could end in tears Here in Blighty we’ve been shelling out £4.6 billion over…

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Manufacturing

3D printing issues and challenges: Material costs

Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 22, 2014

In the first of his comment pieces on 3D printing issues and challenges, Jeremy Pullin delves into the murky waters…

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3D Printing

3D Printing in glass? HP keeps us guessing what technology it’s working on

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2014

HP Labs has already been playing around with glass printing, comparing particle sizes and firing of the glass prints We’ve…

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Materials thinking – Seat string a few things together for lace car

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 23, 2014

A lace ‘cover’ of the new Seat city car has us thinking about local production and materials It has no…

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Formlabs announces castable, flexible resins

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 27, 2014

The new cartable resin should burn out cleanly, without ash or residue, capturing crisp, precise details, and smooth surfaces FormLabs…

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Granta Design to promote its latest software at the Advanced Engineering UK 2014 Show

Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 28, 2014

Granta MI:Materials Gateway enables access to authoritative materials data from within CAD software From 11 to 12 November Birmingham’s NEC…

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A UK engineering team turning waste into plastic wins gold at an international competition

Posted by Tanya Weaver - November 17, 2014

The team of students from Imperial College London whose project uses harmless engineered bacteria to turn landfill waste into bio-plastic…

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Autodesk joins structural and manufacturing simulation tools for composites analysis

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2014

Autodesk Simulation Composite Analysis can now interpret Moldflow information and combine it with structural analysis for more realistic simulation results…

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PSA Peugeot Citroën to use materials software Granta MI in its product development processes

Posted by Tanya Weaver - December 12, 2014

PSA Peugeot Citroën will be using the Granta MI system for materials information management during its design process With European…

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New colours and digital materials for Stratasys FDM and Polyjet 3D printers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 2, 2015

Stratasys’ FDM ASA material is available in eight new colours Stratasys has expanded its 3D Printing material options, with its…

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