Survey Highlights Data Management Challenges Faced by Manufacturers (Infographic)
May 24th, 2012 by guest_blogger
Guest Blog Post by Dave Chadwick, Global Marketing Manager, data management components of the Velocity Series for Siemens PLM Software. See bottom of post for Dave’s bio.
In this 3-part blog post series, I plan to share the results of our recent survey of more than 2300 data management users in manufacturing companies worldwide. The results of the survey are summarized in the accompanying infographic, and are detailed in the full whitepaper from industry analyst Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity.
Tags: Data Management, design data, infographic, PDM, product data management, Tech-Clarity
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Why Become an Engineer?
May 24th, 2012 by Dora Smith
I’ve been spotlighting future engineers to show you some of the great work student engineers are doing. At PLM Connection, surrounded by 1,800 folks who pursued careers in the engineering industry, I thought we should turn the spotlight on them to find out why they became engineers.
This video interview highlights three different stories and career paths. It shows the variety of talents and interests engineering attracts – and the variety of jobs available to those pursuing a career in technology. Continue reading “Why Become an Engineer?” »
Saving Layouts and Views – Femap Tips & Tricks
May 23rd, 2012 by Al Robertson
Femap allows a lot of control of the appearance of the user interface, and lets you specify the desired layout of windows, panes as well as the view attributes. Once you have everything set the way you like it, you can save both the layout and the view so that you can easily recover them when desired.
Femap Layouts and Views
Alastair
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Tags: CAE, FEA, Femap, finite element analysis, layout, simulation, Structural Analysis, Tips and Tricks, User Interface, view
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You’re Hired – Engineering Apprenticeships Develop Future Engineers
May 22nd, 2012 by Dora Smith
Meet Tom Lockwood, a student engineer turned real-life engineer through AESSEAL‘s pioneering apprentice program. Young engineers like Tom in industry-academic programs like AESSEAL’s help close the current skills gap in the global engineering workforce.
AESSEAL uses Solid Edge to manufacture mechanical seals. In a program called “Get the Edge”, the company has partnered with local schools to educate young engineers in Solid Edge and seal manufacturing. You can hear more about it from Tom and Chris Newton in this video interview: Continue reading “You’re Hired – Engineering Apprenticeships Develop Future Engineers” »
Tags: Academic, engineering apprentice, future engineers, software for students, Solid Edge, student engineer
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MakerFaire and The Future of (Personal) Manufacturing
May 20th, 2012 by Mark Burhop
I’m sitting here at MakerFaire amazed at how people are doing more with less. This is a get together of your closest 100,000 friends. Crazy Uncle Al that never leaves his shop… this is the one time he goes out. Aunt Alberta that never misses a craft show… yes, she is here too. That science teacher that caused you to become an engineer… here. That 17 year old hacker neighbor who can’t say a sentence without the word ”arduino”… a rock start at this event. If there is ever a robot uprising, it will start at MakerFaire. Continue reading “MakerFaire and The Future of (Personal) Manufacturing” »
Tags: arduino, Inovation, Local Motors, Ponoko, robot, robot uprising, ShopBot, TechShop
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Femap “How To” Video Series: Creating Constraint Equations
May 18th, 2012 by Al Robertson
This is the first in a new series of “How To” videos that demonstrate some of the more advanced FEA modeling functionality accessible through Femap.
In this video we’ll see how to use Femap to set up a constraint equation that relates nodal degrees of freedom of a finite element model. Constraint equations can be used to create rigid connections between nodes, or calculate some useful quantity that is a function of nodal displacements.
How to set up constraint equations
Alastair
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Tags: CAE, constraint equations, FEA, Femap, finite element analysis, how to videos, MPC, simulation, Structural Analysis, Tips and Tricks
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Composites in Automotive Industry; Ed Bernardon explains
May 17th, 2012 by Susan Cinadr
Composite Material, or composites for short, first use dates back to the 1500s B.C. when early Egyptians and Mesopotamian settlers used a mixture of mud and straw to create strong and durable buildings. If you’re not a history buff, maybe you’re more familiar with modern composites such as vinyl and polyester (plastics). another example includes Surfboards, which are made with fiberglass, also a composite. In the 70s, DuPont developed an aramid fiber known as Kevlar, this fiber has become the standard in armor due to its high tenacity. According to Wikipedia, composites are “engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct within the finished structure.”
I caught up with Ed Bernardon, vice president of Strategic Automotive Initiatives, Specialized Engineering Software, at PLM Connections (#PLMCONX) in Las Vegas last week to learn about composites specifically in the Automotive Industry.
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Tags: "Specialized Engineering Software", automotive, Fibersim, plmconx, syncrofit, Vistagy
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Project-Based Design and Build Courses at Illinois State University
May 16th, 2012 by Dora Smith
Those are Kevin Devine’s hands showing a tool changer rack his students designed. Kevin, an associate professor at Illinois State University, presented last week at PLM Connection on using NX in project-based design and build courses. As he notes in our video interview:
“Our students learn best by doing.”
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Tags: Academic, NX, PLM Connection, software for students, technology in the classroom
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Design1 Sighted at Tacoma World at Local Motors
May 15th, 2012 by Mark Burhop
Last weekend, I headed out to Phoenix and Local Motors for a special event with the Tacoma World truck club. This was a fun group of people with some nice looking trucks full of specialized modifications. Continue reading “Design1 Sighted at Tacoma World at Local Motors” »
Tags: Design1, Local Motors, Solid Edge, Tacoma, Tacoma World
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Siemens at EVS26 – Recap
May 15th, 2012 by Jerry Sarfati
In my last post, I gave an overview of Siemens’ participation in EVS26.
EVS26 was a conference and exhibit event for electric vehicles and the electric drive industry. The topics covered included; Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, EV Charging and Refueling, Auto Marketing, Environmental Policy, and Transportation Policy. The event included:
- Presentations, workshops, seminars and keynote speakers.
- A Ride, Drive & Charge event, where the public and registered attendees could test the latest battery, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric drive vehicles, bikes and scooters.
- Exhibits from EV automakers, technology developers, manufacturers, infrastructure companies.
Now that everyone is back home, I wanted to give you a brief recap of the show.
First of all, the booth; Wow! As you can see, it was gorgeous, and packed with Siemens technology.
Siemens Displays included:
- Drive Technology solutions: Information on Siemens’ motors and inverters.
- Private Charging solutions: Showcasing VersiCharge line of products
- Commercial charging solutions: Showcasing variety of public charging solutions
- Electric highway technology (eHighways), showcasing the new environmental way heavy duty trucks can transport items from ports to metropolitan areas.
- Industry Automation solutions: optimal and sustainable battery manufacturing process.
- EV design software solutions
- An electric car that is an electric conversion performed by local engineering students utilizing Siemens PLM software during the EcoCAR competition.
- Siemens Smart Chopper. An all-electric chopper built by the famed American Chopper group.
Siemens also had a large number of speakers at the conference, including Daryl Dulaney CEO, I&C Sector.
How the Smart Grid will power Electric Cars – Video
As an EV/Alternative fuel enthusiast, I was extremely excited to see this glimpse of the future.
If you want more information on Siemens at EVS26 Click here.
Jerry
Tags: Academic, automotive, Eco Car2, EV, Future Engineer, PLM, product development, Siemens, Siemens PLM
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