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How to Find and Hire the Best Mechanical Engineers

February 14, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Mechanical engineers design, build, develop, and test anything that moves – in machinery or the human body (as in the case of prosthetics).

As a result, they play a huge role in many industries such as automotive, biotechnology, computer and electronics, automation, aerospace, and manufacturing.

Essentially, they take a product from start to finish, focusing on the design for aesthetics, functionality, and durability. Sometimes, mechanical engineers dabble into other fields like civil engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, etc.

So, you can see that mechanical engineers are valuable when it comes to manufacturing processes. However, finding and hiring the best mechanical engineers for your organization might seem like a daunting task. [Read more…] about How to Find and Hire the Best Mechanical Engineers

Filed Under: Industry Tagged With: benefits, best, candidates, employees, engineers, hiring, job, mechanical, process

Carbon Robotics unveils new farm tech that kills weeds by zapping them with a laser

February 7, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Carbon Robotics, an agricultural robotics company, today unveiled its 2022 LaserWeeder implement, an autonomous, laserweeding pull-behind robot that seamlessly attaches to the back of tractors.

The new LaserWeeder is a precise, organic, and cost-effective weed control solution for large-scale specialty row crops.

In addition to an updated build, the 2022 LaserWeeder features 30 industrial CO2 lasers, more than 3X the lasers in Carbon Robotics’ self-driving Autonomous LaserWeeder, creating an average weeding capacity of two acres per hour. [Read more…] about Carbon Robotics unveils new farm tech that kills weeds by zapping them with a laser

Filed Under: Agriculture, News Tagged With: carbon, crop, crops, design, effective, farm, farmers, farms, grimmway, hand, implement, including, labor, lasers, laserweeder, laserweeding, mechanical, proven, robot, robotics, row, solution, technology, weed, weeding

The Best Mechanical Engineering Design Software in 2022

December 31, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

3D modeling software has become an essential tool for a lot of industries.

It is used by mechanical engineers as well as designers in various applications ranging from simulation to manufacturing.

But when it comes to choosing a good mechanical engineering design software from the list, it’s confusing. This is because there are a lot of choices available in the market for the same.

So, to ease your work, pick3Dprinter has selected some of the most trustworthy names from a long list of 3D modeling software which you rely upon when working on your mechanical engineering design. [Read more…] about The Best Mechanical Engineering Design Software in 2022

Filed Under: Design, Features Tagged With: cad, complex, design, engineering, mechanical, modeling, projects, software, work

German engineering companies losing massive market share due to subtle trade barriers

August 11, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

German engineering companies are losing massive market share due to trade barriers around the world, according to a new report.

Globally its most successful sector, and represented by industry association VDMA, Germany’s engineering companies say they have lost between 70 and 100 percent of export markets in some countries.

The VDMA blames “egoism” and a climate of protectionism, according to Die Welt, which notes that subtle instruments such as localization initiatives and regulations, as well as the traditional blunt ones such as tariffs and subsidies, are being used to obligate companies to avoid buying from overseas machine builders. [Read more…] about German engineering companies losing massive market share due to subtle trade barriers

Filed Under: Economy, News Tagged With: barriers, companies, countries, engineering, eu, export, free, germany, increasingly, industry, market, markets, mechanical, subsidies, trade, vdma

Kingetics makes ‘big innovations’ in footwear-exoskeleton-robotic ambulation science

May 7, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

By Dakota Grossman, writer, and Dr Steven King, managing member, Kingetics

Kingetics, a small veteran owned startup company has developed and tested new technology that has shown significant improvements in protecting our soldiers as well as improving the gait of mechanical walking systems.

Load carriage and high impact forces on the lower limbs are often cited as leading causes of musculoskeletal injuries. Injury rates during military training range from 1 per cent to 16 per cent, and up to 30 per cent in elite  infantry  units.

Data from Podiatry Arena shows that there are about 32,000 broken bones per year during military combat, costing the US Department of Defense an estimated $240,000,000 in medical expenses.
 [Read more…] about Kingetics makes ‘big innovations’ in footwear-exoskeleton-robotic ambulation science

Filed Under: Features, Humanoids Tagged With: army, average, cent, combat, composite, conducted, data, defense, foot, force, fractures, ground, impact, kingetics, lever, lower, materials, mechanical, medical, orthotic, risk, sbir, stress, system, testing

AREVO partners with AGC on 3D printing in Japanese markets

November 20, 2019 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

AREVO, the Silicon Valley company specialising in composites manufacturing through digitalization – or 3D printing, has chosen AGC as its strategic business partner in Japan.

The two companies plan to provide “manufacturing-as-a-service” for the on-demand production of ultra-strong, lightweight 3D-printed composite parts for the Japanese market.

This service is based on AREVO’s “Aqua” platform, the world’s first industrial-grade continuous fiber 3D printing system capable of printing parts of up to one meter cubic volume. [Read more…] about AREVO partners with AGC on 3D printing in Japanese markets

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: aerospace, agc, aqua, arevo, carbon, company, composite, consumer, fiber, goods, industrial, industry, japanese, maas, manufacturing, mechanical, meets, parts, platform, print, printer, printing, process, production, products, scale, software, technology, true, volume, working

MIT develops thread-like robot that can slip through brain’s blood vessels

August 29, 2019 by David Edwards

Scientists at MIT have developed a thread-like robot that can be steered using magnets and slip through the brain’s blood vessels. 

The university’s website reports that, in the future, this “robotic thread” may be paired with existing endovascular technologies, enabling doctors to remotely guide the robot through a patient’s brain vessels to quickly treat blockages and lesions, such as those that occur in aneurysms and stroke.

Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, says: “Stroke is the number five cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. [Read more…] about MIT develops thread-like robot that can slip through brain’s blood vessels

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: blood, brain, design, engineering, graduate, mechanical, mit, robot, robotic, slip, steered, stroke, student, thread, thread-like, vessels, zhao

Scurrying cockroaches help researchers steady staggering robots

August 23, 2019 by David Edwards

Ew, a cockroach! But it zips off before the swatter appears. Now, researchers have leveraged the bug’s superb scurrying skills to create a cleverly simple method to assess and improve locomotion in robots.

Normally, tedious modeling of mechanics, electronics, and information science is required to understand how insects’ or robots’ moving parts coordinate smoothly to take them places.

But in a new study, biomechanics researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology boiled down the sprints of cockroaches to handy principles and equations they then used to make a test robot amble about better. [Read more…] about Scurrying cockroaches help researchers steady staggering robots

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: bugs, central, centralization, centralized, clunky, cockroach, control, georgia, leg, legs, locomotion, math, measure, mechanical, method, metronomes, neveln, pendula, physics, platform, principles, researchers, roach, robot, robots, signals, stick, study, system, three, walking

Want to know how safe your warehouse job is? There’s an app for that

August 20, 2019 by David Edwards

In 2017 there were nearly 350,000 incidents of workers taking sick leave due to injuries affecting muscles, nerves, ligaments or tendons – like carpal tunnel syndrome – according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Among the workers with the highest number of incidents: people who work in factories and warehouses.

Musculoskeletal disorders happen at work when people use awkward postures or perform repeated tasks. These behaviors generate strain on the body over time. So it’s important to point out and minimize risky behaviors to keep workers healthy on the job. [Read more…] about Want to know how safe your warehouse job is? There’s an app for that

Filed Under: Features, Industry Tagged With: action, actions, activities, algorithm, app, behaviors, box, dataset, engineering, factories, high, mechanical, monitor, people, researchers, risk, risky, robot, robots, score, shelf, table, task, tasks, team, uw, warehouse, warehouses, work, workers

Subsea valve actuator ‘reduces energy consumption by up to 75 per cent’, says Rexroth

July 22, 2019 by David Edwards

Launched less than a year ago, Bosch Rexroth’s innovative Subsea Valve Actuator (SVA) – an entirely new concept for underwater actuators which offers SIL3 safety levels and up to 75 per cent lower energy consumption – has been granted a Mechanical Engineering Design Award.

The SVA was developed to help address some of the challenges and shortcomings associated with either purely electromechanical or electrohydraulic actuator technology used on the sea floor for oil and gas exploration and production systems.

Until now, underwater actuators required large, central hydraulic power units above water. Designed to supply the actuators with fluid, the fluid-lines themselves can be miles long. [Read more…] about Subsea valve actuator ‘reduces energy consumption by up to 75 per cent’, says Rexroth

Filed Under: Features, Industry Tagged With: actuator, actuators, award, control, cylinder, design, energy, fluid, hydraulic, long, mechanical, operating, power, purely, result, subsea, supply, sva, svas, system, technology, valve

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