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The five manufacturing challenges shaping modern fabrication (and why certainty has become the competitive advantage).

The five manufacturing challenges shaping modern fabrication (and why certainty has become the competitive advantage).
Sheet metal fabrication has never...
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Bringing creativity to more places with portable haptic design 

Bringing creativity to more places with portable haptic design 
If you’ve ever tried to design something...
3 min read
From classroom to shop floor: why manufacturing’s skills challenge is about more than numbers 

From classroom to shop floor: why manufacturing’s skills challenge is about more than numbers 
Manufacturing has never been more...
4 min read Insights
From fragmented workflows to unified precision in mouldmaking

From fragmented workflows to unified precision in mouldmaking
How a French mouldmaker is...
4 min read Insights
Why your tooling library data is the first step to real manufacturing automation

Why your tooling library data is the first step to real manufacturing automation
Walk into any machine shop...
5 min read Strategy
How additive manufacturing and 3D scanning improves product quality

How additive manufacturing and 3D scanning improves product quality
Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D...
5 min read Insights
Tailored vs Cloud AI: Choosing the right CAM automation path  

Tailored vs Cloud AI: Choosing the right CAM automation path  
In today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment,...
4 min read Insights
How portable manual metrology contributes in an automating world  

How portable manual metrology contributes in an automating world  
There is a lot of...
8 min read Insights
Facing labour shortages and workforce challenges in manufacturing 

Facing labour shortages and workforce challenges in manufacturing 
Labour shortages and a growing...
5 min read Strategy
Understanding smart manufacturing

Understanding smart manufacturing
In the beginning, there were...
7 min read Insights
Additive manufacturing: an overview for modern manufacturers

Additive manufacturing: an overview for modern manufacturers
The word “manufacturing” suggests a...
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Advanced manufacturing: What you need to know

Advanced manufacturing: What you need to know
Welcome to the brave new...
8 min read Insights
Digital workflows in orthotics & prosthetics easier than ever with Geomagic Freeform 2025.0.0

Digital workflows in orthotics & prosthetics easier than ever with Geomagic Freeform 2025.0.0
The ambition to make 3D modelling easy is at the heart of Geomagic Freeform. What makes the...
4 min read Product focus
The hypothetically perfect product

The hypothetically perfect product
What is the perfect product? Have humans ever created such a thing? And if we had, how...
11 min read Insights
From scan to surgery: Understanding workflow for patient-specific implant design 

From scan to surgery: Understanding workflow for patient-specific implant design 
Hip replacement is a very common surgery, one typically used to treat osteoarthritis. In these cases, the...
4 min read Deep dive
3D workflow guide: From organic toy design to a manufacturing-ready model

3D workflow guide: From organic toy design to a manufacturing-ready model
Today’s toy aisles offer a genuine shape galore. From hyper-realistic representations of any animal you can imagine,...
7 min read Deep dive

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