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In the automotive industry, Aerodynamics has long been put to work to improve the performance. The art and science of making automobiles more "slippery" is now focused on miles per gallon rather than miles per hour. Tomorrow's vehicle's- are more likely to be "Aerodynamics Wonders" rather than today's automobiles on road.

Design for manufacturability is an approach utilized to minimize manufacturing time by incorporating the design process along with the manufacturing processes. To meet the continuous shifting market trends, manufacturers are forced to shrink their product manufacturing cycle. Under such circumstances, developing a product using a learning curve sounds impractical and costly.

Machine design is not guided by any rigid rules; however design is not a random procedure either. There are a number of factors that can aid a machine design process. It is very important to understand the process of mechanical design and follow this process to develop machine/heavy equipment designs that deliver the best performance.

The Cockrell School of Engineering unveiled the third innovative 3D print vending machine at an American university on the 4th of September. The concept is for the students to use it for free where they can upload their own CAD designs to printers and can collect the "built" product on receiving then notification.

Computer aided design and analysis is widely being practiced in the engineering community. However, as new FEA tools continue to make simulation process easier, it has been increasingly tried and tested by novices. While modern tools have attempted to make the life of an analyst much easier, it is simultaneously raising the threat of its misuse.The...

The complexity of diesel engines means optimizing their performance requires a large amount of experimentation. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a very useful and intuitive tool in this, and cold flow analysis using CFD is an ideal approach to study the flow characteristics without going into the details of chemical reactions occurring during the combustion.

3D Concept Drawings are the future of mechanical engineering & their presence is felt widespread. According to a study titled 2D and 3D CAD Trends in Product Design, about 52% of the respondents use 3D only. But the unknown fact is that about 4 out of 10 actually use 2D and 3D together.

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is one of the most frequently used methods for design and development of an engineering product. Its benefits range from faster design development, cost savings and innovation in design. Over the years now, this digital design approach is developed extensively to model complex physics with accuracy.

The world is badly in a need of products that are energy efficient, as global energy consumption levels increase at an alarming rate. It is the only reason why government agencies and manufacturing organizations are strained to look for possible alternatives that consume less energy.

The modern landscape for manufacturers is changing, and is changing big in terms of shrinking profit margins and ever-increasing customer demands. The cost-effectiveness of the product being developed remains a deciding factor that allows manufacturers to gain benefits from the trending market.

As a manufacturing firm or an engineering design consultancy, requirement for CAD data in different formats is very much a common practice. The CAD file is expected to travel across all the departments in-house and also to vendors and clients.

Paper to CAD conversion is increasingly becoming a popular outsourcing service for manufacturers to restore design information of old and obsolete parts digitally. While the process of CAD conversion can be performed in-house, most companies prefer to offshore these activities to engineering consultants that offer cost-effective solutions.

Developing CAD model for large and complex assemblies require a lot of planning and organization. It is most common for designers to deal with large assemblies in many industries, consuming large CPU power and making the modeling process time consuming. In order to simplify large assembly modeling, designers utilize top down modeling approach, which involves creating the assembly design at the highest level possible and individual parts and sub assemblies are defined with the context of the entire assembly.

A manufacturing shop floor cannot be imagined without jigs and fixtures. While jig helps in improving repeatability, accuracy and interchangeability in manufacturing of products, fixtures are used to securely locate and support the work to ensure conformity while manufacturing.

Despite the astronomical benefits offered by 3D modeling, it is quite surprising that nearly 75% of the manufacturing industries still perform design operations using 2D CAD systems. What is the reason that keeps companies hesitant from adopting 3D technology?

Simply put, the bill of materials or most often called as BOM is a list of parts, components, sub-assemblies and assemblies required in developing the product. The BOM is always core for any manufacturing process as it provides all the information required to build the product.

It is of paramount importance for any manufacturing firm to maintain an optimized product to survive in a cut throat competitive market. In a present scenario, every manufacturer tries to achieve a balance between producing products faster while keeping the production cost lower without affecting the quality.

Engineering drawings remain at a core for any manufacturing organization as they communicate ideas that are expected to be transformed into a profitable product. Most companies begin developing engineering drawings using international drafting standards. However, with the course of time, and as the idea begins to shape up, there’s always a deviation from the standards followed.

Reverse engineering is seen as one of the most profitable methods for manufacturers to develop new products from existing ones, restore design data of obsolete parts and study competitor products. However, reverse engineering makes use of CAD tools to covert the design information obtained through scanning or CMM’s.

Smart phones are everywhere now and with the addition of smart apps, its use has been transformed from simply making calls to doing something productive. There are millions of apps available to download for mobile devices working on iOS and Android platforms. For on-the-go mechanical engineers, here are some of the apps that can be productive and time-saving.

Value engineering is essentially a process of implementing optimal product development strategy to produce products that offer better value to the customers at simultaneously reduced costs. It requires redesigning the entire development process right from concept development to final product dispatch, by figuring out the possible areas in the process requiring improvement.

In a competitive environment, product failure rates are required to be as lower as possible. No manufacturer can bear the losses in a market scenario where placing the product at the right time is very crucial. In such straining situation, how can a manufacturer ensure that his product can survive in a tough competitive market without premature failure?

Despite the application of robust engineering and design skills, parts break due to many unavoidable situations. While any manufactured part is designed considering all the stresses and loads it is about to undergo, it is likely to ...