As both Toys R Us and Hasbro embrace the new medium, Marks & Clerk's Matthew Jefferies and Thomas Prock explore the pitfalls and opportunities the landscape presents the industry. 3D printing in the toy industry is on the march. Toys R ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Toys
Sweet snacks are popular around the world as on-the-go treats or as small gifts. From chocolate and cereal bars, through to bite-sized pastries or baked goods, the treats are most often packed in convenient formats. One of the most ...
Tags: Sweet snacks, TLM packaging, flowpack
Gerhard Schubert will showcase a prototype of its TLM packaging machine sans an electrical cabinet, at the FachPack 2015 trade show in Nuremberg, Germany, to be held between September 29 and October 1. The absence of an electrical cabinet ...
LASYS 2014 to see demo of high-power welding with online seam tracking; BMW-Mini already a fan. Laser positioning and deflection technology developer Scanlab and subsidiary Blackbird Robotics will be presenting their new robot-assisted 3D ...
Tags: Scan System, Laser-Robots
One of the neatest items on display at Schubert's stand was its latest prototype top loading machine (TLM) with a virtually empty switch cabinet. In this design, the servoamplifiers are part of the TLM robot within a decentralised ...
Tags: 3D Scanner, Packaging, Printing
Police in Queensland Australia have reported to the media that they now have and are using a device called the Zebedee scanner—it's hand held and can be used to laser scan a crime scene in just a matter of minutes for creation of a 3D ...
Toronto-based Matterform showcased a 3D scanner at this year's CES with two attention-drawing features: It is easy to use for designers, hobbyists and consumers and it is priced below $600. The company promotes the scanner as requiring no ...
Tags: 3-D Scanner
Rapid-prototyping expertise is a new multi penalizing incorporated built-up technology. The product design is finished up with the help of computer-aided and product modeling sketches. The present market situation is very demanding and, ...
Tags: Plastic Prototyping, Processing Machinery, Manufacturing
Fuel3D combines high resolution 3D modeling with accurate color capture Fuel3D Inc. today announced the start of a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter that will bring the Fuel3D scanner to the world. Fuel3D is an affordable handheld 3D ...
Tags: 3D modeling, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial Equipment
Within the framework of the research project (AiF-Nr. 17377 N), scientists at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim are aiming to optimise functionality and comfort of sportswear for wheelchair users. Project leader Anke Klepser ...
Tags: AiF-Nr.17377 N, sports wheelchair, clothing technology, clothing cuts
For work in cold stores,on steel works,a building site or in a laboratory,people depend on perfectly fitting gloves.They protect people's hands,their most important tools,from dangers in their daily working life. Therefore the Hohenstein ...
Tags: Hohenstein, Gloves, protect
Women with plus-size figures made a start two years ago – now it is time for men with large standard clothing sizes to have extensive measurements taken so the data can be scientifically evaluated in the framework of a research ...
Tags: Germany, Apparel, Hohenstein Institute
Companies are using CNC hot wire foam cutters to cut any 2D foam shapes that only requires flat surface.When there is a need to make a 3D shape,a CNC Router needs to be used.A CNC router will machine any 3D shape.It is a 3-axis ...
A 3D laser scanner housed in a prototype system developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques (IPMS) in Freiburg, Germany, can boost the safety and reliability of rail transport. Whether it is to simply ...
Tags: Laser scanner, rail safety, laser beam, measurement of passing trains