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Machine Design Service Pricing: What Determines the Cost?
How is the machine design service price determined? Cost impact of scope, risk assessment, CE process and documentation; They will be prepared when asking for a quote.
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Design & Development
Custom machinery design, reverse engineering and engineering drawings
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Lightweighting with Lattice Structures: Material Along the Load Path
What is lattice structure and when does it make sense in lightening? Advantages, limitations and decision guide of cellular structures made possible by additive manufacturing.
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Material Selection: Choosing the Right Material, Not the Strongest
How to choose materials for lightweighting? Strength, weight and cost balance of AHSS, aluminum, magnesium and composites; decision table and resources.
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Thermal Expansion Management: Directing Expansion, Not Suppressing it
How is thermal expansion in high-temperature systems calculated, verified by experiment, and managed with controlled freedom? Field example from a tunnel kiln project.
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Sustainable Manufacturing: Achieving Strength with Less Material
What is lightweighting and material efficiency? We explain how the same design decision reduces both cost and carbon footprint.
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Generative Design: Software Proposes, Engineers Validate
What is generative design and topology optimization? We explain why the organic forms produced by the algorithm must pass through the DFM filter..
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Metal Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing the Right Part, Not Every Part
When does metal additive manufacturing (3D printing) really make sense? From a DfAM perspective, we explain which parts should be printed and which should remain machining/laser..