Digital design, engineering and AM additive manufacturing is used today to innovate in many fields from surgical planning to everyday consumer items where it is used to improve aesthetics, safety, and reduce tooling costs. Described as disruptive technologies, with the right planning and investment in training and technology, it can be a new tool in the box to provide new business opportunities, address Lean Manufacturing objectives, and help meet global initiative to design reliable longevity, for sustainability, lowering plastic use responsible and Carbon Neutrality, to promote a greener World.
2003 established (ADM) advanced digital manufacturing, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) into the production process at Weston Beamor, One of Europe’s largest jewellery manufactures, Director of the Goldsmiths’ Centre, Peter Taylor MBE, explains: “one of the most respected and trusted names in the UK jewellery industry.”
Dec 2018 Meeting the fire Service in Port of Spain and discussed 7 years of drought, part corrosion from pumping salt water from the sea, higher corrosion levels on Parts, spare parts and the importance of a reliable supply chain, and contacted the director of High Value Manufacturing catapult and was given the go ahead to contact those local officials the impending pandemic triggered a global transport and servers supply chain issues. shortly returned to UK Hartree Center global center of Covid 19 research
The ensuing pandemic then affected the Global supply chain, MTC focused efforts on the design and manufacture of a refrigerated cooling system for COVID 19 Vaccines, and respirators without the need for mains electricity. See Medicaltech and Pandemic
Additive manufacturing and the COVID-19 challenges: An in-depth study link
Contacted the director of MTC The National Advanced Manufacturing Centre link and was given the go ahead to contact relevant parties about the Factory In A container Box (FIAB) project link, FIAB is the remote manufacturing of certified parts, using industry 4.0. link which also reduces the carbon footprint of the distribution supply chain.
A family Indian friend wrote a long message explaining how the designer of the container clamps released its IP free as it was the best design for the good of mankind.
IDE Innovation Design engineering: UK High Value manufacturing: precision and design excellence
Described as disruptive technology in traditional industry, working closely with traditional master craftsman established the complete production process, was then commissioned by the The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths to write technical White paper on CAD for British Craft industriese.
Soon became the first commercially available CAD/CAM “one stop” bureau service in the United Kingdom, Disruptive technology which revolutionised traditional manufacturing, utilizing the technical process established within high value industry, and used by thousands of businesses and students from esteemed colleges and universities including Royal College of Art.
Idea of the scale of microns the general engineering tolerances are in micron scale 0.020 mm 2 hundredths of a millimetre or 20 microns.
Modelling Liquid thermal and flow dynamics for Platinum Super cooling of 1000 degrees to illuminate porosity in casting, When I started you could receive a MSc engineering degree simply 3D printing a ring with a stone setting.
Emerging Technology at the time included solid scape and Envion Tech was in early Beta stages and had low reliability and regularly having to replace materials with new versions. 36 times at one count.
This continues to create UK trade, revenue and TAX generation in those countries, paying for Schools, Health and Emergency services etc. (See About James A. Mirrlees)
Maeve Gillies
Worked closely on designs with MAEVE GILLIES a multi-award-winning artist and designer who grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a family of nationally-acclaimed writers, musicians, academics and politicians. Her mother is Valerie Gillies, one of Scotland's best loved poets. Her father is the renowned Celtic scholar William Gillies, Professor Emeritus of Edinburgh University. Her aunt is the acclaimed Gaelic singer Anne Lorne Gillies, and her great grandfather William Gillies was a founder of the SNP Scottish National Party in 1920.
Article The necklace for a First Nation chief who helped save a Scottish mountain Link
see cultural connector
Godson of J.R.R Tolkien commemorative engraved rings where produced by WB and broadcast on BBC East Midlands a short distance from the inspiration of the twin towers.
Coincidentally I met the lead animator for Lord of the Rings at his Autodesk Maya training session in London, while I was writing industry white paper on CAD, Maya had acquired Rhino 3D NURBS engine.
Goldsmiths’ Company
The Goldsmiths' Company almost 700 year history, granted its first Coat of Arms by the College of Heralds in 1571.
The third industrial revolution link the Economist Aug 2012: The digitisation of manufacturing will transform the way goods are made—and change the politics of jobs too.
2017 Weston Beamor, engaged in a Government funded ‘High Value Manufacturing Catapult’ initiative, working closely with academics at a well-known Midland university, to move its casting processes forward for the next decade. Financial Times article Link
While writing the technical White paper, trialed the software available on the market for the MATRIX including from NASA and DELCAM etc, After discovering CAD CAM software on sale for $1 in a shopping mall in South East Asia, was invited to Delcam HQ (Acquired by Autodesk) in Birmingham UK, the Aviation CNC engineering software was analysed and was found to have essential code missing and Malware inserted.
Autodesk and other CAD Software companies introduced Education and low price Hobbiest Lic* i.e. Pro-E software was £30K and with the introduction of the WIldfire version the price reduced to £3k to increase adoption and reduce piracy. Delcam developed the Spark Open Software platform for 3D printing build preparation and AutoDesk the Ember DLP Digital Light projector SLA technology, all in the theme of igniting the third industrial revolution link after the patients for 3D printing eased and the consumer devices appeared on the market circa 2014
Delcam
Delcam Artcam was the distributor of the Autodesk Ember DLP 3D printer, Delcam was then acquired Autodesk in 2014 for £300m the highest acquisition in CAM history, 2015 ember part assembly was published as open source, today Delcam is synonymous with Autodesk advanced engineering.
New design concept
Japanese companies like many professions a culture of not be allowed to complain about your manager, Toyota 4x4 design HQ Nice on the french riveria worked on a new design compititon, they where confidant of there design work, the server crashed over the weekend and lost all the work and they where unable to complain about the manager who didn’t backup there work.
Vehicle pollution
Johnson Matthey is industry largest supplier of platinum an essential material used in catalytic converters, to reduce harmful particulates from vehicle exhaust emissions. The platinum in catalytic converters is leased to industry.
Worked with production manager from Porsche exhaust manufacturing.
Met the founder of 3DConnexion as he developed the SpaceMouse working closely with F1 design teams.
2004 tested the SpaceMouse and its universal drivers over CAD software platforms.
SOLIDWORKS – Partner of the Year 2023′ award during this year’s 3DEXPERIENCE World event.
This has had a huge influence on the Global focus in the design and engineering industries, key design principals include improve safety, aesthetics, maximize strength, reducing weight and waste, while being easily serviceable, and using sustainable materials wherever possible. FEA Finite Element Analysis software is used to reduce weight and waste and AM additive manufacturing is used to produce iterations of designs without the high cost of tooling.
Distributed parts model
The European right to repair directive, became active 22 March 2023 technically repairable under EU law for products including washing machines TV etc to be easily serviced and repaired by consumers, to reduce cost and environmental waste, engineering and design industries aware of the changes for a number of years.