Generative Design: What it is? How is it being used? Why it’s a game changer

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
New Products ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Generative Design ◽  
Design Technology ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
One Step ◽  
Game Changer ◽  
The Way

<p>This paper represents a snapshot of generative design technology looking at what it is, how it works, how it’s being used and why it’s changing the way we design the next generation of things.</p><p>Predominantly companies investing in this technology are looking for ways to help reduce component mass, improve the performance of their designs, minimize manufacturing process time and help them create new products that are suited to the next generation of customer who’s concerned more than ever with customization and uniqueness.</p><p>Through the course of this paper we’ll look at a number of key technologies being developed in this field, with a particular focus on the optimised lattice and organic algorithmic structures both of which use Autodesk technology.</p><p>An example, the Airbus Group, is used to illustrate innovative ways that manufacturers are applying these technologies to maintain product strength whilst reducing weight, improving performance and, ultimately, helping them to stay one step ahead of their competitors in industries that are rapidly developing and innovating.</p>

A Comprehensive Metric for Evaluating Component Commonality in a Product Family

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henri J. Thevenot ◽  
Timothy W. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Full Advantage ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
New Products ◽  
Product Family ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Product Family Design ◽  
Component Commonality ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Way

The competitiveness in today’s market forces many companies to rethink the way they design (and redesign) products. Instead of developing one product at a time, many manufacturing companies are developing families of products to provide enough variety for the marketplace while keeping costs relatively low. Although the benefits of commonality are widely known, many companies are still not taking full advantage of it when developing new products or redesigning existing ones. One reason is the lack of appropriate methods and useful metrics to assess a product family based on commonality and diversity. Although many component-based commonality metrics have been proposed in the literature, they do not (1) help resolve the tradeoff between commonality and diversity in a product family and (2) capture enough information to be completely useful during product family design and redesign. In this paper, we propose the Comprehensive Metric for Commonality (CMC) to evaluate the design of a product family on a 0–1 scale based on the components in each product, their size, geometry, material, manufacturing process, assembly, costs, and the allowed diversity in a family. To demonstrate the usefulness of this metric for product family benchmarking and redesign, the CMC is compared to six other component-based commonality indices. A CMC-based method is also proposed and applied to a family of staplers to (1) assess the level of commonality in the product family and (2) give recommendations for redesigning the product family.

The Castle of Otranto

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horace Walpole
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Gothic Fiction ◽  
English Novel ◽  
Game Changer ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Grotesque

‘Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions’ The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered. Professing to be a translation of a mysterious Italian tale from the darkest Middle Ages, the novel tells of Manfred, prince of Otranto, whose fear of an ancient prophecy sets him on a course of destruction. After the grotesque death of his only son, Conrad, on his wedding day, Manfred determines to marry the bride–to–be. The virgin Isabella flees through a castle riddled with secret passages. Chilling coincidences, ghostly visitations, arcane revelations, and violent combat combine in a heady mix that terrified the novel's first readers. In this new edition Nick Groom examines the reasons for its extraordinary impact and the Gothic culture from which it sprang. The Castle of Otranto was a game-changer, and Walpole the writer who paved the way for modern horror exponents.

A Demonstration of EFAB™ as a Fundamental Shift in the Way Microdevices Are Manufactured

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Evans ◽  
Christopher Bang
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Southern California ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies ◽  
The University ◽  
Fundamental Shift ◽  
The Way

The authors introduce the EFAB™ manufacturing process originally invented at the University of Southern California and currently being commercialized by MEMGen Corporation. They discuss its significant recent evolution as an alternative to conventional microdevice manufacturing technologies, suggest a range of geometries and applications that are enabled by this process, and develop the case that EFAB represents a fundamental shift in the way the microdevices are manufactured.

Knowledge-Integration Model for Networked Manufacturing

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 2027-2032
Author(s):  
Jiao Jian Liu ◽  
Wen He Liao ◽  
Yu Guo ◽  
Wen Bin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Networked Manufacturing ◽  
Optimum Distribution ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
Key Technologies

In order to maximize knowledge sharing and reuse in networked manufacturing process and improve the rapidity and reliability of decision-making, a knowledge-integration model and its implementation methods are proposed in this paper. First, the requirement for knowledge integration in networked manufacturing is analyzed. On this basis, a knowledge-integration model is built, and then three key technologies are studied, namely knowledge representation and organization based on ontology, knowledge correlation analysis based on complex network and knowledge supply based on decision-making context. This model provides an effective way to realize the optimum distribution of knowledge in networked manufacturing process and to improve the efficiency of decision-making process.

scholarly journals Block of squid axon K channels by internally and externally applied barium ions.

1982 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 663-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Armstrong ◽  
R P Swenson ◽  
S R Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Time Constant ◽  
Recovery Time ◽  
Pulse Voltage ◽  
Squid Axon ◽  
Barium Ions ◽  
K Channels ◽  
Voltage Dependent ◽  
One Step ◽  
Dissociation Constant Kd ◽  
The Way

We have studied the interactions of Ba ion with K channels. Ba2+ blocks these channels when applied either internally or externally in millimolar concentrations. Periodic depolarizations enhance block with internal Ba2+, but diminish the block caused by external Ba2+. At rest, dissociation of Ba2+ from blocked channels is very slow, as ascertained by infrequent test pulses applied after washing Ba2+ form either inside or outside. The time constant for recovery from internal and external Ba2+ is the same. Frequent pulsing greatly shortens recovery time constant after washing away both Ba2+in and Ba2+out. Block by Ba2+ applied internally or externally is voltage dependent. Internal Ba2+ block behaves like a one-step reaction governed by a dissociation constant (Kd) that decreases e-fold/12 mV increase of pulse voltage: block deepens with more positive pulse voltage. For external Ba2+, Kd decreases e-fold/18 mV as holding potential is made more negative: block deepens with increasing negativity. Millimolar external concentrations of some cations can either lessen (K+) or enhance (NH+4, Cs+) block by external Ba2+. NH+4 apparently enhances block by slowing exist of Ba ions from the channels. Rb+ and Cs+ also slow clearing of Ba ions from channels. We think that (a) internally applied Ba2+ moves all the way through the channels, entering only when activation gates are open; (b) externally applied Ba2+ moves two-thirds of the way in, entering predominantly when activation gates are closed; (c) at a given voltage, Ba2+ occupies the same position in the channels whether it entered from inside or outside.

Current and Future Three-Dimensional LSI Integration Technology by “chip on chip”, “chip on wafer” and “wafer on wafer”

2006 ◽  
Vol 970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabu Bonkohara ◽  
Makoto Motoyoshi ◽  
Kazutoshi Kamibayashi ◽  
Mitsumasa Koyanagi
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Future Technology ◽  
Sensor Device ◽  
Research Level ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Chip Size ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Chip Chip

ABSTRACTRecently the development of three dimensional LSI (3D-LSI) has been accelerated and its stage has changed from the research level or limited production level to the investigation level with a view to mass production. This paper describes the current and the future 3D-LSI technologies which we have considered and imagined. The current technology is taken our Chip Size Package (CSP) for sensor device, for instance. In the future technology, there are the five key technologies are described. And considering con and pro of the current 3D LSI stacked approach, such as CoC (Chip on Chip), CoW (Chip on Wafer) and WoW (Wafer on Wafer), We confirmed that CoW combined with Super-Smart-Stack (SSS™) technology will shorten the process time per chip at the same level as WoW approach and is effective to minimize process cost.

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