Posts by Adam Beck
Dimensioned 3D Previews Deliver Enhanced Customer Experience for Manufacturer Components
Industrial component manufacturers are streamlining the process of finding, configuring, specifying, and purchasing products by including dimensions directly within their 3D product previews. This feature helps engineers quickly determine the scale of a product, as well as critical dimensions like…
MoreBIM vs. CAD – What’s the difference?
BIM vs. CAD: Today’s engineering and architectural space is a thriving ecosystem of software, tools, and terminology. Among the most often confused are BIM and CAD. These two terms are closely related, yet quite different in form and function. …
MoreHow Much Time do Engineers Spend Recreating Parts?
Auto manufacturers assemble thousands of cars every week, with most vehicles using identical standard components. For instance, virtually any OEM automaker uses many of the same door hardware and body clips across brands, as well as the same brake pads,…
MoreDoes your internal part library contain duplicate or obsolete parts?
Through no fault of their own, most engineering design teams are on a hamster wheel of creating and recreating standard parts. Unable to find the part they need in their internal libraries, the same part is often created multiple times…
MoreEngineering the Bubble Wrap Jukebox With Simone Giertz [VIDEO]
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This inventor created the “Bubble Wrap Jukebox” to make sweet music out of bubble wrap! Simone Giertz is affectionately known as the “Queen of the $#!tty Robots.” I think this is an unfair title. Who else could have created the…
MoreDoes Your Engineering Department Work in a Multi-CAD Environment?
Regardless of your industry, chances are most players in your supply chain use CAD systems. Which is great! Technology is a beautiful thing. However, as with my Dell not being compatible with your Mac, most of these companies use different…
MoreMoeller Precision Tool Launches 3D Tooling Configurator
Global manufacturer of precision tooling components accelerates design process for engineers with new online features. Cincinnati, OH and Wixom, MI – Moeller Precision Tool, a predominant American manufacturer of standard and special precision tooling components, has unveiled a new version…
MoreMetaphase Technologies Launches Configurable Catalog of LED Illuminators
Engineers can now customize LED components to fit designs through a new, online configurator catalog. Metaphase Technologies, a nearly 30-year-old, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of LED illuminators and lighting solutions, has recently launched an all-new catalog of configurable LED products. Built by…
MoreEngineers Say THIS Is the Most Important PART of Their Online Search
There are many ways to search for supplier parts—however, one way surpasses the rest: direct access to CAD data on a manufacturer’s website. Oftentimes, engineers will not consider a product until they review critical CAD data, because it is so…
MoreHow Efficient is Your Parts Management?
Many old stories begin with the phrase “Back in the day…” Well, back in the day when Industrial Design Engineers, Procurement Professionals and Supply Managers needed to vet suppliers and find parts, they went to their bookcase where they housed…
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