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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a widely celebrated holiday throughout Asia and is fast approaching. This festival celebrates the end of the autumn harvest and is similar to Thanksgiving in the US. This year, the festival falls on September 29th.   Additionally, October 2nd through the 6th in mainland China is National Day Golden Week, which celebrates […]

Forging is a basic cycle in metalworking that permits manufacturers to shape and change unrefined substances into accurately designed parts. Hot forging and cold forging are the two basic methods, and each offers unmistakable benefits and is fit for specific applications.  This article discusses hot and cold forging, their disparities, applications, and a rubric for […]

When designing robust 3D-printed assemblies, you need a comprehensive understanding of the optimal ways to assemble different components. And when it comes to securing 3D-printed parts, Metal inserts are a superior method as opposed to 3D printing threads, which often result in subpar connections. This article will delve into the various types of inserts, strategies […]

Manufacturers increasingly agree sustainability is a priority but are still struggling to meet gaps in technology and measurement to meet new standards headed into 2024 SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, 2023 — Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, announced today the release of new survey data focused on sustainability in manufacturing, conducted in partnership with […]

A robot performing parkour was impossible 30 years ago, but now, Boston Dynamic’s Atlas robot can traverse an obstacle course gracefully and precisely. Boston Dynamics uses Atlas as an exercise to unlock the next generation of mobility, perception, and athletic intelligence in robotics. The Atlas robot is constructed of a beautiful combination of 3D-printed titanium […]

Available today, Fictiv Premium members can integrate directly with market-leading P2P suites including SAP Ariba, Coupa, and Microsoft Dynamics 365, further simplifying team-based procurement workflows.  SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 12, 2023 – Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced a brand-new integration with market-leading Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Suites in order to simplify and accelerate procurement […]

Counterbore holes are popular for receding fasteners and seals in machined parts, especially in sealing applications, mechanical assemblies, and automotive parts. They have a non-tapered recessed area, so the heads of installed fasteners sit flush with the surface of the part.  In this article, we’ll define counterbore holes, explain when to use a counterbore, and […]

Solidworks® and Solid Edge® are premium CAD packages used for product and machine design. Solidworks is primarily parametric whereas Solid Edge combines parametric design with synchronous modeling, a kind of direct editing.  Solid Works and Solid Edge have various tiers that lock complex functionality like FEA (Finite Element Analysis) behind higher costs, though Solid Edge […]

As a design engineer, you should be intimately familiar with the essential mechanical properties that quantify how materials respond to load or stress application — and Poisson’s Proportion and Young’s Modulus are two of those properties. These properties offer critical information for engineers looking to achieve robust designs that can withstand demanding environments. This article […]

If injection molding is fast, how is rapid injection molding different? Traditional injection molding already has short cycle times, aka the amount of time it takes to produce parts. Depending upon a part’s size and complexity, a single cycle can take just a few seconds. That’s significantly faster than CNC machining, which can take anywhere […]