digital manufacturing

Technology Advice for Job Shops

There are steps job shops should consider to help protect themselves from the forces of globalization and intense competition.Full Article

Seamless Computing: A Conversation with John Hengeveld

Intel's John Hengeveld likes automotive analogies. "If you haven't got a car, you don't need an on-ramp," he says, a statement that makes perfect sense in the context of ...Full Article

Training or Technology – Why Not Both?

A host of regional and international initiatives, including the White House-backed Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, seek to give advanced manufacturing a starring role in the revitalization of our economy.Full Article

A PIC for Bob

There's no denying the business benefits of modeling and simulation, but smaller manufacturers rarely have the capital resources to invest in these tools. Now a new effort is underway ...Full Article

Altair’s Approach to Solving the Software Licensing Problem

Licensing is one of the major stumbling blocks to the spread of digital manufacturing technology among small- to medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs). Rapid advances in CAE software, especially in modeling ...Full Article

Play-Doh, Today

So much of manufacturing and product design still depends on that brick of clay, cut and shaped and formed into a car, or a camera, or a toaster oven. ...Full Article

Ambitious Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Announced by White House

On Friday, President Obama, speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, announced the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national initiative that enlists the cooperation of industry, academia and the federal government. ...Full Article

Hybrid Manufacturing Technique Holds Revolutionary Appeal

Software-based "Design for Manufacturing" solution promises faster, cheaper product development.Full Article