AliasStudio Tutorials: How to Design to Volume.

Designing plastic bottles, which can have wildly creative shapes, need to conform to many technical requirements and in particular a specified volume. The design process ends up being very iterative, so this tutorial shows you how to accurately calculate volumes for your design and provides some tips to speed up the iterations.
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Manufacturing Methods: Die Casting.

Molten aluminum, magnesium or zinc alloys are injected into the water-cooled dies under high pressure. The dies open and the part is ejected. The flash is removed, usually by a trimming die, and finished.

There are two types of machines: cold chamber and hot chamber.
In a cold chamber process, the molten metal is ladled into the cold chamber for each shot. There is less time exposure of the melt to the plunger walls or the plunger. This is particularly useful for metals such as Aluminum, and Copper (and its alloys) that alloy easily with Iron at the higher temperatures.
Instead in a hot chamber process the pressure chamber is connected to the die cavity is immersed permanently in the molten metal. The inlet port of the pressurizing cylinder is uncovered as the plunger moves to the open (unpressurized) position. This allows a new charge of molten metal to fill the cavity and thus can fill the cavity faster than the cold chamber process. The hot chamber process is used for metals of low melting point and high fluidity such as tin, zinc, and lead that tend not to alloy easily with steel at their melt temperatures.

Process properties:
Advantages:

• high production, good tolerances, low part price, good surface finish.
• thin walls.

Disadvantages:

• limited to nonferrous metals and fairly small parts.
• expensive tools, long lead time, required draft angles.

Typical Parts:

• automotive parts, industrial tool and motor housings, plumbing fixtures.
  

AliasStudio Tutorials: Performance Tips.

In this tutorial is shown how to make a few setups to make AliasStudio interact much better with our workflow...


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in full resolution (1024x764).

MEDHOME - Furniture & Decor Fair for Professionals (Greece)

MedHome's, furniture & decor fair for professionals, dates has been announced.

from official site:
MEDHOME is a BRAND NEW professional furniture and décor exhibition to be held between 17 and 19 October 2009. It is the result of the coordinated efforts of the companies AG Communications and ROTA. The aim of the exhibition is to generate new data for the Greek market in the organization of furniture exhibitions, and to become the first option for exhibitors and visitors alike. The use of European standards in the setting up of the exhibition, the organization of parallel shows and the management of business meetings during the exhibition, will surely confirm that this is indeed a NEW exhibition. The exhibition will not only be visited by furniture traders, but also by decorators, architects, hoteliers, industrial designers and companies producing instore equipment.
Also in fair will be attending all the works of the participants to the "ID, 1st National Furniture Competition".

latest news:
The organizers has canceled the "MEDHOME" exhibit due to financial difficulties. The "ID" design competition exhibition will be held anyway, location and dates to be announced.Medhome - Exhibition for Furniture & Design (Greece)_Brochure

link:
MEDHOME - Furniture & Decor Fair for Professionals

Greek Child Abuse Commercial

Even if the industrial design field is not so widely spread in the Greek territory...it seems that the graphic,interactive and advertising industry is at his best.
As below commercial for child abuse reveals!
Keep up the good work...