Lattices often crop up in nature. Take the conspicuous design of dragonfly wings (left), a spider web (middle) or the veined underbelly of a Victoria Amazonica water lily (right). Photo Credit: Getty ...

With additive manufacturing, used to build this heat exchanger, one key is to do prototyping for the part and then see whether additive or subtractive manufacturing is the better choice of manufacture ...

In manufacturing, the devil is in the details—and the smallest oversight can lead to big headaches. Too often, it’s 4:30 p.m. on a Friday, you find out your trusted machinist is away on a fishing trip ...

Today’s additive manufacturing part designs are becoming more complex and pushing the limits of manufacturing, explained Egwin Bovyn, Magics product line manager for Materialise, at Rapid+TCT 2024.

Strategies and methods of designing, manufacturing, and testing of mechanical products. Engineering drawing and CAD, design methods, material properties, failure modes, selection methodology, ...

As complicated as the specialty manufacturing industry can be, it’s often governed by a set of relatively simple principles. One of those principles is, “the fewer moving parts involved, the better.” ...

“For those unfamiliar with the quirks of design patent practice, it might be tempting to rely on your patent draftsperson to prepare what they think are adequate drawings, copy the mostly boiler-plate ...