Across the medical device industry, product development is under increased pressure. An estimated 80% of a medical device manufacturer's profits come from products released within the last five ...

How do you close the gap between I wonder and I know? You make a prototype. A prototype is a tool that gives you a chance to investigate your ideas and explore what could, should, or would come next, ...

Prototyping: With the use of CAD and massive amounts of digital simulation software available, it can often seem superfluous to make early appearance models, or even undertake early testing of new ...

Anaheim, Calif. — Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical launched its new Rapid Development Center in Delano, Minn., to create a single source of design, rapid prototyping, development and serial production ...

Model early, model often, and pass the prototype around. Despite the lifelike renderings of 3D CAD models, there are intangibles in designs that cannot be conveyed through a computer monitor. Just ...

In part one of this two-part article, design engineer Michael Paloian outlined the first four milestones of a product-design project, ending with the “cornerstone” of the product-design cycle — ...

Both approaches have their place in the modern manufacturing landscape, but understanding their unique advantages is key. Digital prototyping and traditional prototyping are two distinct approaches to ...

Mary McGrath, the principal-in-charge of several community-serving projects, spells out the pluses and minuses of designing fire stations based on a prototype approach. If your department is in a high ...

Design is an iterative process. The more quickly you can test ideas and make improvements, the faster you reach the finished product. That's where prototyping comes in. It is an iterative process of ...

The Dimension (above) from Stratasys creates prototypes in ABS. The Dimension is used primarily in the design stage, while the FDM Maxum?also by Stratasys?is used to create higher-resolution ...

The world of the hardware design engineer has changed dramatically in recent years. Designers no longer sit and code RTL in isolation to meet a paper specification, and then wait for a hardware ...