Product Design & Assembly Features

Manufacturing and the Low Touch Economy

With the 4th July earmarked as the big day England began to step forward into a new version of normal life, the question of workplace safety has been brought to the foreground.

Drones take to the skies as aerospace sector targets diversification

A recent Protolabs Aerospace report shows more than half of people believe commercial drone deliveries will be commonplace by 2023, as governments and firms find new ways to guarantee services.

Schneider Electric paves the way for digital transformation with Stratasys additive manufacturing

Over the past year, Schneider Electric has embarked on a large-scale Industry 4.0 implementation across its worldwide operations. Named the ‘Smart Factory’ project, the company is strategically deploying cutting-edge technologies and the benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to drive process optimisation.

The Future of Aerospace: What will the aerospace industry look like going forward?

The skies are eerily silent, as flights are restricted, the aerospace industry is seeing its worst-ever global decline, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The materials of Formula 1 racing: How material science keeps the world’s most popular motorsport safe(03/06/2020)

Formula 1 is unique. There are few other examples of sports where intense speed, high skill and cutting-edge engineering are intermixed so completely.
Caps and plugs - shock absorption and preventing damage in transit(01/05/2020)

A key component in countless engineering applications, caps and plugs offer protection during the manufacturing process.
Collaborative remote working through VR(16/04/2020)

COVID-19 has forced companies to explore how their multi-national teams can work remotely and still maintain high levels of collaboration. With this in mind, industrial design and innovation company Seymourpowell are utilising VR to work collaboratively from remote locations, by allowing its teams to ‘dial in’ and participate in the design process in real-time via tablets, phones and VR headsets.
The University of Minnesota and Digi-Key quickly designed ventilators for COVID-19 use(08/04/2020)

The University of Minnesota and Digi-Key Electronics collaborated rapidly to make available a basic ventilator that can be manufactured quickly and inexpensively to help novel coronavirus sufferers.
UV curing and tack free cures(30/03/2020)

Sometimes, cured UV adhesives have a tacky or sticky surface, even after being exposed to the correct amount of UV light – due to a phenomenon called oxygen inhibition. However, with a full understanding of the process, manufacturers can achieve tack free cures.