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Load ‘Em Up! Stackers, Conveyors, and Advanced Assembly

By Geoff Hedges | Published: May 23, 2013

Mineral resources come out of the ground and are then processed into energy, fertilizer, steel, and so on. We all kind of knew that already. But while mining and processing minerals are complex on their own, transporting the big loads of materials between the mine and processing plants also presents a unique, and fascinating, set […]

Posted in Creo Customers | Tagged AAX, LAM, large assembly, materials handling, PTC Creo, ThyssenKrupp Materials Handling, Top Down Design | Leave a comment

TERA Semicon Drives Its Own Destiny with CAD and PDM

By Geoff Hedges | Published: May 22, 2013

When you read the history of TERA Semicon, you can see right away that the company has had a strong vision and direction from Day 1. The South Korean company began developing high-temperature heat treatment equipment in 2002 during what it calls its “foundation phase.” It established an in-house research facility, and it laid the […]

Posted in Creo Customers | Tagged FMX, PDM, PDM-Customer, Product Data Management, PTC Creo Parametric, TERA Semicon, Windchill | Leave a comment

When Physical Prototypes Aren’t an Option

By Geoff Hedges | Published: May 21, 2013

I can think of a lot of items that you might build, test, scrap, build again, test again, scrap again, and so on until you have exactly the product you want. Luxury yachts are not one of them. They’re too expensive for any meaningful physical mock up. You need to know before you start sanding […]

Posted in Creo Customers | Tagged Boat, CNB, LAM, Mockup, PDM-Customer, PTC Creo, PTC Windchill PDMLink, Watercraft, Yacht, yacht design | Leave a comment

Webcast Replay: Flexible Design with PTC Creo

By kestrachan | Published: May 20, 2013

If you’re already familiar with Pro/ENGINEER, you’ll find PTC Creo familiar and intuitive in many ways, especially with the newly added PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension (FMX). PTC recently joined forces with Connect Press to host a 60-minute Flexible Design with PTC Creo webcast. On May 14th, Brad Tallis, a 13 year PTC technical sales […]

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Path to Sustainable Product Design Starts with Greener Materials

By barb schmitz | Published: May 20, 2013

Consumers have traditionally made buying decisions based on whether a product was well designed, useful, affordable, and/or attractive. Today, however, many consumers are weighing in a product’s sustainability—or lack thereof—as well so manufacturers must add the environmental impact of products to their growing list of requirements they must meet. Everyone knows that designing for sustainability […]