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Following the Digital Thread –Part 7 of 8

April 20, 2018

To take a step back and appreciate the big picture of the full digital thread, Mark heads back to Washington, D.C., to meet with two of the people who see it best — Aaron Johns and Joe Schibi.
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By Jennifer Bradford

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ASME E-Fest East 2018 – Penn State University

April 13, 2018

Siemens is a Platinum sponsor at ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) in its new E-fests.
ASME is launching E-Fests (Engineering Festivals) aimed at college engineering students (ht…

By Bijy Vattathara

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Following the Digital Thread –Part 6 of 8

April 13, 2018

A part exists, but the work isn’t done yet. In this episode, Mark and the team will follow the bell crank across Youngstown to M7 Technologies and through three key steps to complete it, and then the…

By Jennifer Bradford

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Pankl Racing Systems AG and local education institute team up to empower future engineers

April 9, 2018

Pankl Racing Systems AG specializes in developing and manufacturing engine and drivetrain components for racing cars, high performance vehicles and aircraft. They recently team up with HTL K…

By MartinKoczmann

2 MIN READ

Following the Digital Thread –Part 5 of 8

April 6, 2018

We’re making great progress with our new bell crank. So far, we have seen it designed, analyzed, and optimized as it progresses along the digital thread. Now it’s on to the build with the help of the…

By Jennifer Bradford

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Connect Students with Real-Life Experience: The PurdueTracer

April 4, 2018

(This article originally appeared in the Simcenter Blog and was written by @Adolique)

The National Fluid Power Challenge is a series of math and science competitions des…

By Jennifer Bradford

5 MIN READ

Following the Digital Thread –Part 4 of 8

March 30, 2018

“Why would anyone paint a board and leave it in the middle of nowhere?” Because, arguably, the only way to know if the paint will last through two years of weathering is to put it through two years o…

By Jennifer Bradford

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NX Bracket Challenge

March 27, 2018

This article was originally posted in the NX Design Blog by @PatMcManus

So just one week in to March Madness, and my bracket is toast. Absolute toast. One small consolidation is that …

By Jennifer Bradford

7 MIN READ

Following the Digital Thread –Part 3 of 8

March 23, 2018

Our bell crank has made it into the digital thread, but before we go any further, we want to see if we can make it even better, and lighter. For that, we will need to use technology called “topology …

By Jennifer Bradford

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