With time-to-market pressures often compressing design engineering cycles, being able to employ creative prototyping techniques to get through vital design hurdles is critical. Using a combination of CAD-based component selection,… Read More
MAKE VS. BUY: IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS IN PART SELECTION
Often, when engineering a design, you may be faced with having to decide between using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts versus designing new, custom parts for the design. Do you “make”… Read More
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS DURING SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES
After a second full year of the pandemic, supply chains for numerous goods, components, and materials continue to be in crisis. The importing companies of the Port of Los Angeles,… Read More
THE THREE STEPS OF TOLERANCE ANALYSIS
Transforming your mechanical CAD designs into real and tangible parts is one of the most rewarding feelings as an engineer. However, a lot of things can go wrong during this… Read More
UTILIZING SOLIDWORKS CONFIGURATIONS WHEN DESIGNING A NEW PRODUCT
Configurations are a powerful tool in SOLIDWORKS which allow users to maintain multiple versions of a part or an assembly in a single file. Like many features in SOLIDWORKS, Configurations… Read More
NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION (NPI): GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PROTOTYPE BUILDS
Your first draft of the design looks good on paper. You are one step closer to realizing your vision of the product. The technology concepts were proven to work on… Read More
WHAT THE PAST TEACHES US ABOUT OPTIMAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PART 1
In this two part blog series we will explore product development and some of the valuable lessons that could benefit your future design by studying goal definitions and managing hierarchical… Read More
MOTION CONTROL TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY 4.0 ERA
The Motion Control market will be worth $22.8 Billion and grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.3% by 2022. What drives this growth? Companies that started automating… Read More
TOP 10 ADVANCED TIPS FOR DESIGNING PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING PARTS
In a follow up to our previous blog post, Top 10 Tips For Designing Injection Molded Plastic Parts, I have listed 10 more advanced tips for designing plastic injection molding… Read More
WHY ON EARTH ARE HEAVY WEIGHTS BEING SUSPENDED FROM THIS PRINTER?
Knuckles were as white as foam from a broken San Diego coastal wave as we applied 50 pounds of force on the printer, making the suspending rope taut. If I… Read More