In today’s connected world, it’s become unavoidable for people to constantly stay in communication. In industry, it’s no different. Via machine to machine (M2M) communication and the internet, equipment and processes can be constantly monitored and controlled from anywhere. From machinery in a factory, to construction equipment in the field, to marine craft in the middle […]
We are doing more and more aero simulation work outside traditional transportation type clients. Architectural and Engineering firms have huge opportunities in their MEP (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing) departments in using aero simulation to design more efficient buildings. Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is the modeling of air or fluid as it interacts with surrounding solids and […]
For a design engineer, the ability to use MCAD (mechanical computer aided design) is one of his greatest assets. Using CAD, engineering teams can collaborate to create, edit, view, and share their designs. Traditionally, CAD programs such as SolidWorks, Creo, and Autodesk must be downloaded, configured, and installed in order to operate. Recently, a new CAD […]
Since everything is made out of something, so we thought it a perfect time for a quick discussion about material characteristics. “Inventing is the mixing of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need.” – Charles Kettering Four Material Characteristics Stiffness/elasticity concerns the lengthening or shortening of a material under loading. […]
As basic things such as raw material, labor, and energy have become more expensive, the cost of manufacturing has naturally risen in response. These costs are expanding faster in some countries than in others; this causes a change in where goods can be manufactured more cheaply. The manufacturing costs rose from 2004 to 2014 in […]
Reshoring and Nearshoring of jobs has meet the US has seen a net increase of 10,000 US manufacturing jobs in 2014 according to the Reshoring Initiative. One of the most startling findings shows that in the past five years, almost 25% of manufactures of have reshored at least part of their operations to their home […]
A paper just published in Nature by Hansoo Kim from the University of Science and Technology in South Korea demonstrates that by manipulating the structure of steel on a nano-meter scale, you can create a new steel alloy that is stronger and lighter than titanium but at a tenth the cost. It has been a […]
As companies continue to grow, processes become more and more important. There just isn’t time to rethink how to do each task. As a small engineering firm, we knew the details of each and every project and constantly communicated as we worked. Now that we are twice the size and with multiple offices, it is […]
As US employment finally tops pre-recession peak and the jobless rate falls to 6.3% talk turns to how best in class companies will deal with the looming shortage of engineers. According to a 2010 Pew research study, roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 every day for the next 18 years and this increase in […]