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Tech Tuesdays: How Sorbothane has adapted to evolving market and material demands

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:51:40 +0000

In our latest Technology Tuesdays podcast, Design World’s Michelle Froese speaks with David Church, president of Sorbothane, Inc. about innovative shock and vibration solutions. Sorbothane has been developing materials and components that isolate vibration, attenuate shock, and damp unwanted noise for more than 40 years. In this discussion, we cover the unique properties of Sorbothane…

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IDS Imaging Development Systems’ Philip Freidin on vision systems

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:52:43 +0000

In this episode of Design World’s Technology Tuesdays Podcast, VP, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney chats about vision systems with Philip Freidin, an Applications Engineer with IDS Imaging Development Systems Inc. They discuss new and interesting applications, how to select the best industrial camera system, and what the future holds for this important technology area.…

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Tech Tuesdays: How Sorbothane is protecting lightweight devices from shock and vibration

Tue, 02 May 2023 13:00:12 +0000

In our latest Technology Tuesdays podcast, Design World’s Michelle Froese speaks with David Church, president of Sorbothane, about innovative shock and vibration solutions. Sorbothane has been developing materials and components that isolate vibration, attenuate shock, and damp unwanted noise for more than 40 years. In this discussion, we cover the history and unique properties of…

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Technology Tuesdays podcast: Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s Patrick Varley on how robots can ease labor shortages

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:25:41 +0000

In our latest Technology Tuesdays podcast, Design World’s Michelle Froese speaks with Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s product marketing manager for mechatronics and robotics, Patrick Varley. In this discussion, we delve into the topic of robotic automation and software provider solutions — and, specifically, how this combination can help ease labor shortages. Patrick explains the significance of…

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Tech Tuesdays: Sorbothane marks 40 years of shock and vibration innovation

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:42:24 +0000

In our latest Technology Tuesday’s podcast, Design World’s Michelle Froese speaks with David Church, president of Sorbothane, about innovative shock and vibration solutions. Sorbothane has been developing materials and components that isolate vibration, attenuate shock, and damp unwanted noise for 40 years. In fact, the company is celebrating four decades in business this year! In…

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Going digital with additive manufacturing

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:55:38 +0000

The supply chain continues to be a story for additive manufacturing, especially with the recent news from President Biden on the new AM Forward initiative. I recently interviewed Dave Evans, CEO of Fictiv, to discuss AM and the supply chain, among other subjects. Design World · Going digital with additive manufacturing Here are highlights from […]

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Going small with 3D printing

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:29:35 +0000

The scale of sizes that 3D printing machines can handle is impressive, from huge wind turbine blades to parts that are small, such as two microns. John Kawola, CEO of Boston Micro Fabrication discusses the microscale side of 3D printing. Design World · Going small with 3D printing Microscale 3D printing is the concept of […]

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3D printings effects on sustainability

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:49:20 +0000

Among the many benefits of using 3D printing is how it effects sustainable efforts in design and production. Recently I had a chance to speak with Nadav Goshen, president and CEO at MakerBot on 3D printing developments in this area. Here are highlights from our conversation. Design World · 3D printings effects on sustainability Sustainability […]

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3D printing makes it easy to develop tooling for production

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:00:59 +0000

Julliette Combe is a mechanical engineer. She began working on 3D printing during her master thesis on nano 3D printing. When she joined Formlabs, she first went into the business development team for product partnership and worked on custom products for key accounts. She moved into application engineering and has been there for the past […]

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Technology Tuesdays: Sorbothane’s David Church discusses shock and vibration-damping technology

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:23:20 +0000

In our latest Technology Tuesdays podcast, Design World’s Michelle Froese speaks with David Church, president of Sorbothane, about innovative shock and vibration solutions. Sorbothane has been developing materials and components that isolate vibration, attenuate shock, and damp unwanted noise for more than 35 years. We discuss visco-elastic technology and the Sorbothane brand of material, including…

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