Aaron Frankel

Aaron Frankel is with the marketing team at Siemens PLM Software and focuses on part manufacturing solutions. He has been in the PLM industry for over 15 years and enjoys helping companies apply innovative technology solutions to design and manufacturing challenges.

Advancing Additive #14 – Automating 3D Printing Build Preparation

Advancing Additive #14 – Automating 3D Printing Build Preparation

May 5, 2021
One key to industrialized additive manufacturing is automating the build preparation steps. Siemens software is easily automated for industrial printing.
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Advancing Additive #13 – Taking control of lattice structure design

Advancing Additive #13 – Taking control of lattice structure design

March 23, 2021
Lattice structures do not need to be uniform. New software capabilities allow you to create lattice structures that mimic what we see in nature.
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Advancing Additive #12 – Powering a Multi-axis AM Operation

Advancing Additive #12 – Powering a Multi-axis AM Operation

March 9, 2021
Additive manufacturing is no longer confined to printing on a plane. Multi-axis additive manufacturing is a growing market with huge potential for the production of unique parts.
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Advancing Additive #11 – The value of EOS North America reselling Siemens software with its machines

Advancing Additive #11 – The value of EOS North America reselling Siemens software with its machines

February 22, 2021
Siemens announces that EOS North America will be reselling Siemens software with their hardware.
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Advancing Additive #10 – Implicit Modeling for Lattice-based Engineered Structures

Advancing Additive #10 – Implicit Modeling for Lattice-based Engineered Structures

January 25, 2021
Implicit modeling allows you to design complex equation-driven structures suitable for 3D printing.
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Advancing Additive #9 – Algorithmic Modeling Simplifies Complex AM Design

Advancing Additive #9 – Algorithmic Modeling Simplifies Complex AM Design

January 12, 2021
Algorithmic modeling allows you to create very complex geometry with a simple graphical programming language.
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Advancing Additive #8 – Enhance AM Productivity with Simple, Rapid Build Preparation

Advancing Additive #8 – Enhance AM Productivity with Simple, Rapid Build Preparation

December 1, 2020
Productivity relies upon efficiency. Siemens' AM software helps you efficiently populate your AM builds for higher productivity.
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Advancing Additive #7 – The Silver Bullet for Print Quality Issues

Advancing Additive #7 – The Silver Bullet for Print Quality Issues

November 17, 2020
People often look for silver bullets when trying to solve a problem.  The term, of course, comes from the slaying...
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Advancing Additive #6 – Predicting Printed Part Durability

Advancing Additive #6 – Predicting Printed Part Durability

November 5, 2020
At Siemens we spend a good amount of time thinking about how to aid our customers in the manufacturing of...
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Advancing Additive #5: Part Serialization Enables a Traceable Digital Thread

Advancing Additive #5: Part Serialization Enables a Traceable Digital Thread

October 20, 2020
To properly industrialize additive manufacturing you must be able to track parts throughout the AM process. Serialization allows for this and can easily be done in NX.
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Advancing Additive #3: The Key to Avoiding Failure is Prediction

Advancing Additive #3: The Key to Avoiding Failure is Prediction

September 22, 2020
With the new, TRUE Multiscale engine, Siemens Simcenter 3D can now predict material failure before the failure happens.
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Advancing Additive #2: Automated powder removal streamlines AM post processing

Advancing Additive #2: Automated powder removal streamlines AM post processing

September 8, 2020
Virtually every part that comes out of a 3D printer requires some form of post-processing, whether it’s support removal, depowdering,...
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Advancing Additive #4: Automated Design Exploration Enables Multi-Objective AM Part Optimization

Advancing Additive #4: Automated Design Exploration Enables Multi-Objective AM Part Optimization

September 8, 2020
Simcenter HEEDS is a solution that allows you to explore hundreds of possible design variants in parallel to find the best-fit solution for your needs.
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Advancing Additive #1: Getting Control of the AM Process at a Meso Level

Advancing Additive #1: Getting Control of the AM Process at a Meso Level

August 25, 2020
Siemens aids companies with first article print quality with their new AM Path Optimizer solution.
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Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 4) – open territory, technical challenges and design

Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 4) – open territory, technical challenges and design

August 7, 2020
In parts one, two and three of this series on the barriers to adopting additive manufacturing, we discussed some of the industry’s challenges that...
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Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 3) – AM Experience Center

Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 3) – AM Experience Center

July 31, 2020
In parts one and two of this series on the barriers to adopting additive manufacturing, we discussed some of the industry’s challenges that are hindering...
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Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 2) – smoothing the adoption

Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 2) – smoothing the adoption

July 8, 2020
Collaborating with partners is crucial to providing essential technologies for customers industrializing additive manufacturing.
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Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 1)

Barriers to adopting additive manufacturing (Part 1)

June 23, 2020
The adoption of additive manufacturing contains tremendous amounts of untapped opportunities for a broad swath of markets, and expectations are...
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Where additive manufacturing meets tomorrow: challenges to industrializing 3D printing

Where additive manufacturing meets tomorrow: challenges to industrializing 3D printing

November 14, 2019
The goal of industrializing additive manufacturing is moving it past the prototype stage into the mainstream.
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Industrializing additive manufacturing

Industrializing additive manufacturing

July 23, 2019
What is additive manufacturing? It's more than rapid prototyping.
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Additive manufacturing – disrupting the future of manufacturing

Additive manufacturing – disrupting the future of manufacturing

July 9, 2019
Manufacturing is changing in ways never thought imaginable. Though some manufacturers have not yet adopted additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, it is expected to be soon a standard...
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Benefits of additive manufacturing in design

Benefits of additive manufacturing in design

May 30, 2019
The benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) are clearly seen at a centuries-old factory in Finspång, Sweden where technology is entering the modern industrial age with gas turbine production, prototy...
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Digitalization enables industrialization of additive manufacturing

Digitalization enables industrialization of additive manufacturing

May 3, 2019
The centuries-old city of Finspång, on the banks of Skutbosjön Lake, Sweden, has been a center of industry since the 16th century, when local factories produced cannon and cannonballs for the country...
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New Part Manufacturing Platform for additive manufacturing

New Part Manufacturing Platform for additive manufacturing

April 24, 2017
For years Siemens has been talking about the industry game-changer, Additive Manufacturing (AM).  We’ve described how it’s changing the way products are made, enabling us to reimagine products a...
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HAT GIVEAWAY – 30 days left to enter!

HAT GIVEAWAY – 30 days left to enter!

November 1, 2013
ENTEROURHAT GIVEAWAY Visit our NX Manufacturing Forum for a chance to win. We’re looking forward to reading your comments about NX CAM 9. - Here’s how ...
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PLM Connection 2013 Is Here

PLM Connection 2013 Is Here

June 3, 2013
  This week we're in Dallas to learn more about PLM. The conference covers a wide range of the PLM spectrum, but we’re focusing on PLM for part manufacturing. This includes topics such as...
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In Simulation We Trust

In Simulation We Trust

May 30, 2013
This article appeared in MoldMaking Technology magazine, Gardner Publications, Inc., USA. www.moldmakingtechnology.com Some CAD systems come equipped with directly integrated mold flo...
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NX CAM Machine Shop | Managing risk by moving up the supply chain

NX CAM Machine Shop | Managing risk by moving up the supply chain

May 20, 2013
  Family-run machining business manages risk by expanding machining capabilities to directly supply clients Overflow work was no longer a dependable source of revenue for Cre...
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Making the Jump to Five-Axis Machining Easier

Making the Jump to Five-Axis Machining Easier

May 16, 2013
First appeared in MoldMaking Technology magazine, Gardner Publications, Inc., USA. www.moldmakingtechnology.com Improvements in CAM software help bring the benefits of fiv...
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NX helps pump manufacturer increase productivity by 50 percent

NX helps pump manufacturer increase productivity by 50 percent

May 15, 2013
  The Aqua Group consists of Aquasub Engineering and Aquapump Industries. As a leading manufacturer with more than 50 years of experience in the pump industry, the firm has a widely distribute...
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Five Benefits of Integrated CAD/CAM for Mold and Die

Five Benefits of Integrated CAD/CAM for Mold and Die

May 6, 2013
This article first appeared in MoldMaking Technology magazine, Gardner Publications Inc., USA. www.moldmakingtechnology.com Integrated computer-aided design and manufacturing (C...
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Theme of the Month – Mold & Die Machining

Theme of the Month – Mold & Die Machining

May 2, 2013
  Are you involved in manufacturing molds & dies? Are you interested in learning more about NX and how it can help you become more productive?  If so, this month is a great opportunit...
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Download Work-Holding Devices for Your NX CAM Reuse Library

Download Work-Holding Devices for Your NX CAM Reuse Library

April 25, 2013
You may have spotted us using hardware and work-holding devices from the Reuse Library in our Tech Tip webinars. Some of you asked if these components could be made available for download. We thought...
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Master the Challenges of Programming Multi-function Machines

Master the Challenges of Programming Multi-function Machines

April 8, 2013
Multi-function machine tools can do the work of multiple separate machines, but are more challenging to program. A multiple-function machine tool can reduce the number of setups requi...
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The Next Level of CAD/CAM/CNC Process Integration

The Next Level of CAD/CAM/CNC Process Integration

March 27, 2013
  Andreas Saar, Siemens PLM Software Vice President Manufacturing Engineering Software, on the next level of CAD/CAM/CNC process integration (video) The marketing team recently ca...
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A Visual Approach Makes CNC Programming Go Faster

A Visual Approach Makes CNC Programming Go Faster

March 25, 2013
The ability to visualize exactly the material that remains to be cut makes it much easier to create the most efficient machining operations and to determine their optimum sequence. With NX...
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NX CAM Software Self-Study Tutorials

NX CAM Software Self-Study Tutorials

March 14, 2013
This is an example of what you’ll see after you start the 5-axis Bulkhead Machining tutorial. A new browser window is opened and displays step-by-step instructions for completing the tutorial. The pa...
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