Fill out the form below to watch on demand. Too many structural components are designed with more weight and material than what’s actually required. With topology optimization, structurally efficient parts are easy to design — saving cost, strengthening durability, and improving safety. Learn how to enhance your design process by starting with the ideal shape…
Flexible vs. Rigid Couplings
Fill out the form below to watch this webinar. We’ve asked three leading industry experts to share their insight on the specifics of flexible vs. rigid couplings. When specifying a coupling for a mechanical system, many factors are involved in the decision. Andy Lechner of R +W America, Ross Rivard of Ringfeder and Bobby Watkins of…
How to create robust guided motion for any environment
This webinar was recorded on September 24, 2015. Fill out the form below to watch on demand. Guided motion is an important feature found in automated machinery and equipment. Motion system components can enable the movement of heavy loads, or allow for equipment to be designed for adjustability and allow for a variety of machine…
Security Fundamental for IoT Devices; Creating the Internet of Secure Things
Fill out the form below to view this webinar. In this webinar we will discuss the state of security for IoT devices, the threats that exists for IoT devices and the challenges for building secure IoT devices. We will also discuss the technologies available to ensure your IoT device is secure. What attendees will learn:…
Expanded 3D Printing Capabilities—Going Beyond Prototyping
Fill out the form the watch this exclusive webinar from 3D Platform. Advanced processes in 3D printing, such as inserts, core modeling and multiple materials, can expand the capabilities of a 3D printer. Incorporating non-printed elements, such as fasteners, electronics, switches, sensors, or even metal sub-structures, into a printed part expands the spectrum of usability—resulting…
Intelligent Compressed Air: Simple Steps for Savings & Safety
This webinar was recorded on September 15, 2015. Please fill out the form below to watch on demand. EXAIR’s webinar will educate customers about the simplicity and effectiveness of improving efficiencies and safety on end-use compressed air applications. Attendees will learn how simple installation of an engineered compressed air product can benefit you with improved…
How to Build Robotic Positioning Systems for Long-Stroke Applications
Watch an exclusive webinar featuring Design World’s Senior Editor Lisa Eitel and Nexen Group’s Regional Manager Jean-Paul Beyak. Gantry and robot positioning and transfer systems often need components that provide high speed, high positional accuracy, low backlash, low maintenance, long life and safety. In this webinar, we covered how to meet these design objectives even for…
On demand webinar: Tips for better 3D printing for medical applications
This webinar was recorded on August 26, 2015. Fill out the form to watch on demand. One of the hottest applications for 3D printing / Additive Manufacturing is medical. Dental appliances, surgical models, prosthetic prototypes and some end use versions, skeletal support, and other applications are possible because of the unique capabilities of 3D printers.…
Combitronic: Multi-axis Control with Animatics SmartMotors
In this webinar we will introduce how Moog Animatics makes multi-axis coordinated motion quick, easy, and fun. Learn about the basics of Combitronic, the simplest and most powerful multi-axis motion control platform in the world. Control three, five, or a hundred axes with just a few simple lines of code! Watch this webinar to learn: What…
Reduce Costs, Streamline Production, Support Design Innovation with Custom Bearings
In many applications, the decision to select a standard bearing yields an effective solution. But there are other instances in which an OEM will actually be short-changed through the selection of a standard bearing. Standard bearings often exceed the functional needs required by an application. The resulting “over-specification” creates unnecessary complexity, size issues, design constraints,…
Designing with Adhesives
Using adhesives as an alternative to mechanical fastening, welding, and other joining methods can help your business achieve a competitive advantage. If you’re looking to reduce overall manufacturing costs, increase product reliability or performance, and operating life, then it’s time for you to integrate adhesives into your design, manufacturing, and assembly process. Join this webinar…
Finally! An Alternative to Slewing Ring Bearings with Heavy Duty Rings and Vee Guide Wheels
When heavy loads need to be automated or supported by large capacity bearings there are few options for selecting standard products. Slewing ring bearings are often selected for heavy load applications and can be supplied in large diameters. However, the use of slewing bearings should be carefully scrutinized due to their high cost, long lead-times,…
3D Embedded Substrate Technologies Increase Density and Performance of Power Supplies
This webinar provides an overview of how embedded substrate technology can be used to increase the power density and performance of packaged power sources. The webinar will present a variety of substrate technologies and where they are available. It will discuss component availability, industry standards and the challenges a designer faces to implement the technology. The…
Designing a Motion-Control System…Software in 2015 Makes It Easy
Designing a Motion-Control System … Software in 2015 Makes It Easy will show how software is simplifying the work of motion-control designs. It will cover programming and software tools that help engineers pick component faster and with the physical layout of a motion system. Then the webinar will segue into an explanation of programming options…
3D Printing: Past, Present, & Future
Join us for an all-encompassing look at industrial 3D printing – where the technology is today, how it got there, and where it’s heading. Early adopters are using 3D printing to improve product design, streamline manufacturing processes, and lean out their supply chains. Cutting-edge software is being used alongside 3D printing to design previously “impossible,”…
Advanced Design Options for Custom Springs
Most engineers are familiar with traditional wire wound (coiled) springs, but in this webinar attendees will learn about a viable alternative known as “machined springs”. Based on the whitepaper “Choosing between Machined and Wire Wound Springs”, the webinar will review differences between these two types of springs along with the advantages of each and application…
Create Radically Better Products with Design Optimization and 3D Printing
Designing for additive manufacturing requires a new mindset. Simply designing traditional parts and producing with additive manufacturing will likely result in more costly, slower to produce results. In order to truly benefit from the advantages of the additive process, designers must think differently when designing parts. Topology optimization is a technology that generated ideal structural…
Designing with the 3DExperience – First Look at SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer
The 3DExperience Platform for SOLIDWORKS is a Single Modeling Environment from Dassault Systemes aimed at enabling social collaboration during the concept design phase. SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer is a purpose-built app on the platform which can utilize traditional keyboard and mouse, or tablet input to create concept Industrial Designs using sketches, 2D or 3D primitives, and…
MPLAB® Harmony Ecosystem
With ever increasing Connectivity options, Security Protocols and Sophisticated Human Interfaces, Software and AP developers find themselves caught more deeply in the dichotomy of dealing with increasing complexity of designs and shrinking timelines. Resource constraints and constantly evolving software landscape provide challenges to software Integration that have to be overcome to enable designers to focus…
MPLAB® Harmony Configurator – Graphical system and middleware configuration
With ever increasing Connectivity options, Security Protocols and Sophisticated Human Interfaces, Software and AP developers find themselves caught more deeply in the dichotomy of dealing with increasing complexity of designs and shrinking timelines. Resource constraints and constantly evolving software landscape provide challenges to software Integration that have to be overcome to enable designers to focus…
Engineered Plastic Bearings for Automotive Applications
The manufacturing industry has witnessed the rise of plain plastic bearings during the last 20 years, more and more so in automotive applications. Unknown to many engineers, plastic bearings have high wear resistance, require minimum maintenance and provide thermal stability, qualities imperative to the automotive industry. Bearings made from high strength, self-lubricating plastic materials also…
EtherCAT as a Master Machine Control Tool
There is an increasing demand in the automation and motion control industries for a localized motion control solution that can coordinate motion between multiple remote components. Previously, field bus protocols such as Modbus or Ethernet have been implemented to address this demand. Although successful in moving data across automation networks, these protocols lacked the real…
Innovate in new and exciting optical sensing applications in industrial markets with award-winning DLP® technology
This webinar gives an overview of many new industrial applications enabled by award-winning DLP ® technology across industrial and factory automation applications. DLP technology is a high-value TI content in a given system and has strong pull-through impact for rest of the electronics – analog and embedded processors. DLP fundamentally is an advanced MEMS devices…
Overcoming software development challenges by using an integrated software framework
With ever increasing Connectivity options, Security Protocols and Sophisticated Human Interfaces, Software and AP developers find themselves caught more deeply in the dichotomy of dealing with increasing complexity of designs and shrinking timelines. Resource constraints and constantly evolving software landscape provide challenges to software Integration that have to be overcome to enable designers to focus…
Selecting the Right Gear Coupling for your Application
This webinar will place the spotlight on gear couplings with a focus on factors to consider when making a coupling selection for your application. Topics covered will include basic sizing, application criteria, coupling design features and the variety of coupling types available.