AEROSPACE was one of the first industries to take up three-dimensional (3D) printing. This is because 3D printers are good at making things which are complex and lightweight. The machines work additively, building up layers of material only where it is needed. This allows multiple parts to be consolidated into a single item, rather than […]
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I’ve been going on about how companies are now able to create a digital prototype which can modelled on a computer screen and tested with increasingly powerful simulation software. As an example, a new car can be viewed in a virtual-reality environment and also test driven on a simulator on any sort of road in […]