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Which Components Would Give the Biggest Weight Saving?
This post has been contributed by my colleague, Lars Fredriksson, Director at Altair ProductDesign, Germany As engineers in an ideal world, we would...
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Optimization Strategies for Multi-Material Vehicles
This post has been contributed by Regu Ramoo, Director of Engineering at Altair ProductDesign Many studies on automotive mass reduction have been...
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Fuel Economy & Footprint: What Does it Have to do with Mass Reduction?
CAFE standards for model year 2017 have automakers looking towards lightweight materials to help meet automotive fuel economy benchmarks.  Prior...
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Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, partnered with the University of Connecticut to establish one of the nation's most advanced additive manufacturing laboratories, the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center. "We are excited to further strengthen our partnership with Pratt & Whitney, an industry leader in using additive manufacturing technology," said Susan Herbst, president, University of Connecticut. "Our partnership with Pratt...
According to an article on Automotive Engineer, Dailmer has made use of a mixed metal body to save weight on the new Mercedes S-Class....
GKN Aerospace has successfully concluded a composite manufacturing and assembly research programme using of out of autoclave (OOA)...
The latest prototype car from SIM-Drive Corporation, a pioneering electric vehicle developer in Japan,...
The 6th European Altair Technology Conference took place in Turin, Italy last month and featured a wide...