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Submitted URL: http://pages.fictiv.com/ODUyLVdHUi03MTYAAAGMXsYckfbTyeqtjSjnsV-SkWkWI7pzqL5llB5K-fDnvPC7oqNFfugzDy40B5SdexUj7L3cNufoAfM6...
Effective URL: https://www.fictiv.com/resources?utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketo&utm_campaign=december-newsletter&mkt_tok=ODUyLVdHU...
Submission: On June 15 via api from US — Scanned from DE
Effective URL: https://www.fictiv.com/resources?utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketo&utm_campaign=december-newsletter&mkt_tok=ODUyLVdHU...
Submission: On June 15 via api from US — Scanned from DE
Form analysis 7 forms found in the DOM
GET https://www.fictiv.com/search/
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</form>GET https://www.fictiv.com
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</form>GET https://www.fictiv.com/filter/
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These properties are related, but they have important differences: For this article, we’ll review the fundamentals of each, identify common pitfalls differentiating mechanical strength vs. stiffness vs hardness, examine the technical […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article TOO TIGHT OR PERFECT FIT? WHEN TO USE PRESS FITS IN ASSEMBLIES example dowel pin interference fit table CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article HOW TO DESIGN SNAP FIT COMPONENTS Designing components with snap-fits can save you time and money in production by reducing material costs and part quantities, as well as making assembly easier. In the past, injection molding was the only viable method for producing snap-fit joints in plastics. However, today 3D printing has opened up both new opportunities and challenges in their […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article SLIP FIT TOLERANCES AND GEOMETRY Have you recently assembled Ikea furniture? If so, I apologize. I send my condolences for the frustration you experienced when the holes did not line up with the pins you put in other holes or when you realized you were missing a fastener. The good news is that you did gain something from the experience […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article NOTHING GETS IN: WATERPROOF ENCLOSURE DESIGN 101 (AND IP68) Design guidelines for waterproof enclosure design, as well as IP68 waterproof rating design. CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST FASTENERS FOR 3D PRINTED PARTS We get a lot of questions about the best methods for fastening different 3D printed components. When prototyping hardware products — like electronics enclosures or robotic assemblies — you often need to design mating structures that are more complex than a single 3D printed component. Other times, you may need to print components larger than […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article BEST PRACTICES FOR ADDING RIBS AND GUSSETS TO 3D PRINTED PARTS FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY When designing plastic components, it’s often necessary to add ribs and gussets to improve the stiffness and strength of load-bearing features. This reduces material volume and optimizes print time for 3D printed parts, since it takes longer to make these features solid structures (print time is largely driven by the volume of material for a […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article HEAT SINK DESIGN GUIDE & CONSIDERATIONS In a world of ever-increasing electronics, our lives are continuously impacted by devices that incorporate some sort of heat-generating circuitry. When it comes to electronics that dissipate power in the form of heat during normal operation, it is often necessary to manage this heat, to ensure the components don’t exceed their maximum allowable temperatures. One […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article LEARN BY EXAMPLE: HOW TO DESIGN LIGHT PIPES Light plays an important role in the design of many hardware products. Often, they are both decorative and functional. Indicator lights are the most minimal user interface: They tell you whether the device is turned on, low on battery, or “thinking” really hard. On modern electronics, the light’s source is almost always an LED. However, […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article FILLETS: WHEN TO USE ‘EM, WHEN TO LOSE ‘EM Fillets are one of those mysterious design features for which there seem to be no clearly defined rules. Either a part is entirely devoid of fillets, and most or all edges are well-defined, or the part’s designer decided to take the opposite route, and every single edge and corner is rounded with some size of […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article HOW TO DESIGN FOR STIFFNESS USING MATERIAL PROPERTIES Improving part stiffness is critical for load bearing applications, and can be accomplished through both design geometry and material properties. In this article, we’ll employ many of the same formulas we discussed in our previous article about leveraging geometric structures to improve stiffness. However, here we’ll focus on material selection, altering the properties of materials […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article HOW TO DESIGN ASSEMBLIES TO BE SELF-LOCATING AND SELF-FIXTURING There’s a reason kids love Lego. When I was a kid, nothing was more valuable to me than my big blue bucket of the multi-colored bricks. Even when my parents encouraged my interest in engineering with more complex Fischer Technics, nothing replaced the joy of quickly snapping pieces together in increasingly complex shapes. Wouldn’t it […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article ENCLOSURE DESIGN 101 While the power of a hardware product comes from its internal components, a product is typically recognized by its enclosure, the outer shell that encloses electronic products, making them appealing and user-friendly. In this post, I’m going to walk you through the steps for designing a basic enclosure, using the design of a IoT plant […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Teardowns See More Teardown CLASH OF THE CONTROLLERS: WIIMOTE VS. FAKE WIIMOTE In 2006, Nintendo took the world of interactive gaming by storm. The launch of the Wii welcomed gamers and, more importantly, non-gamers alike to physically interact with a virtual world. Whether the user was playing a competitive round of Wii Tennis or customizing their Mii, the Wii remote (otherwise known as the Wiimote) invited users […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Teardown EPSON LW-300 LABEL MAKER TEARDOWN During pandemic lockdown, I noticed several issues with my home, including the broken sprinkler head, dog stains on the carpet, and my mother’s spice cabinet. My mother has a metric ton of spices that used to have labels that have rubbed off after constant use. I bought a portable label maker to replenish the labels […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Teardown FURBO DOG CAMERA One of the coolest things about Fictiv’s San Francisco HQ office is that it’s dog-friendly! Our furry friends can work alongside us everyday, getting their daily dose of head scratches and belly rubs, and we get a daily dose of adorableness. For National Dog Day, we thought it would be fitting to test out and […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Teardown ANKI VECTOR TEARDOWN For our teardown of the Anki Vector Robot, we were joined in the studio by Leanne Cushing, captain of Team Valkyrie on Battlebots. Anki’s Vector Robot, released in late 2018, was designed to listen and respond to its user, interact with its surroundings, recognize people and objects, and avoid obstacles. When released, the robot sold […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Teardown ELECTRIC SHAVER TEARDOWN In this clean-shaven teardown, we’re celebrating Father’s Day and looking at two different electric shavers—the Philips Norelco S9311 and the Braun series 7. We put the two shavers head to head, with our first Fictiv employee to become a dad volunteering his face to see which one left the best shave. Then we put them […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Manufacturing Industry Reports See More eBook 2021 STATE OF MANUFACTURING REPORT Discover insights from a survey of over 200 senior manufacturing decision makers. CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. eBook 2020 STATE OF MANUFACTURING REPORT Conducted with Dimensional Research, the fifth annual manufacturing industry report polled hundreds of senior manufacturing and supply chain decision makers at companies producing medical device, robotics, automotive, aerospace, and consumer electronics products. Key themes from the 30-page report found: COVID-19 Has Negatively Harmed Most Businesses (89%) and Industries Digital and AI Advances are Important, But […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. eBook 2019 STATE OF HARDWARE REPORT 2018 was full of challenges (old and new) for product developers bringing new products to market. Agility is key in the midst of trade tensions 62% say tariffs have increased their material/component costs More teams are turning to local options for prototyping and production manufacturing Bridging the production gap is still high risk 30% of respondents don’t […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Webinar On Demand 2018 STATE OF HARDWARE How Product Innovation is Demanding More from Traditional Manufacturing As hardware developers compete to bring advanced technologies like augmented reality and autonomous mobility to market, development speeds are increasing — yet too often, manufacturing is a source of limiting friction. In a special webinar, Jay Rogers and Mike Geyer discuss the themes uncovered in Fictiv’s […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. eBook 2017 STATE OF HARDWARE REPORT To transform an idea into a commercially-viable hardware product requires vast reserves of curiosity, creativity, and grit. But there are so many valuable learnings along the way that can make the process of hardware development more seamless and efficient. Things like: part symmetry is your friend. And you should never underestimate the value of strategic […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. eBook 2016 STATE OF HARDWARE REPORT The hardware industry is growing at an exhilarating pace. More companies are developing innovative products, we have better tools for prototyping and manufacturing, and access to these tools—and the knowledge around how to use them—is becoming more universally available. But we still have a ways to go before hardware development can be truly accessible to […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Supply Chain Optimization See More Article 4 ESSENTIAL TACTICS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT It’s important for every new product introduction team to consider how to manage against risk in their supply chain, in order to avoid disruption. After you identify your high-level business objectives, I recommend four actionable strategies for supply chain risk mitigation: Dual/triple source for components where applicable Plan proactively against future scenarios Maintain visibility through […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Webinar On Demand HOW TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN WITH PITTSBURGH ROBOTICS NETWORK The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major disruptive force for robotics companies of all sizes and sectors. With shelter-in-place regulations established first in China, then Europe, and now sweeping across North America, robotics manufacturers and OEMs alike are forced to navigate mandatory closures, material shortages, importation road blocks, and remote work scenarios. These roadblocks can […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. eBook THE FUTURE OF THE HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN IS DIGITAL Healthcare’s digital evolution is real. It’s happening at every stage of the value chain in every segment of this critical space. Tightened development cycles, resilient supply chains that support rapid change while diminishing risk, and vigorous controls, certifications, and traceability models to ensure patient safety are important steps on a path to a viable healthcare […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article BUILDING SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE: WEBINAR RECAP Recently I sat down with MacroFab CEO Misha Govshteyn to talk about building supply chain resilience, during a webinar hosted by industry journalist Philip Stoten. We looked at supply chains in the COVID-19 era and explored how we got here, then discussed the digitally connected supply chain of the future. How we got here: a perfect […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article SUPPLY CHAIN AGILITY AND RESILIENCE: NOTES FROM THE SUPPLY CHAIN BUNKER This week we brought together two guests who have not just spent years in the manufacturing and supply chain industries, but who are regularly published as experts in their field. First up was Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, founder and host of podcast and blog “Let’s Talk Supply Chain” (LTSC). With 20 years in logistics and supply chain, Sarah […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article THE HIDDEN COSTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN UNPREDICTABILITY: A RECAP Unpredictability and disruption in the supply chain world are often thought about, yet rarely prepared for. With the global spread of COVID-19, manufacturing has changed dramatically over the last few months, and it seems as if there’s no end in sight. Last week, we hosted a webinar on the Hidden Costs of Supply Chain Unpredictability, […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Fictiv Updates See More Article FICTIV SESSION TO HIGHLIGHT HOW AUTOMATION CAN DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY & TIME-TO-MARKET AT AUTOMATE 2023 SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, 2023 – Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced that Director of Product Marketing Riley Hall will be speaking at Automate 2023 in a session titled “How Automation Can Drive Speed to Market and Reduce Costs for Low-Volume Custom Manufacturing.” It will take place on Tuesday, May 23rd, at […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article FICTIV AND HELIOSPACE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO ACCELERATE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR CUTTING-EDGE SPACE TECHNOLOGY SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 2023 — Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced its partnership with Heliospace, harnessing the power of digital manufacturing to dramatically accelerate new product development for ground breaking space technology. Heliospace is an agile aerospace company that produces flight hardware, systems engineering, and mission formulation services to NASA, nonprofits, and commercial customers […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article FICTIV & COO JEAN OLIVIERI NAMED FINALISTS IN THE 2023 MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP AWARDS Fictiv and Olivieri are nominated for the Digital Supply Chain and Digital Transformation Leadership categories, recognizing operational and leadership excellence on the transformation journey to digital manufacturing. SAN FRANCISCO, April 6, 2023 — The Manufacturing Leadership Awards, awarded by the National Association of Manufacturers, today announced both Fictiv and Chief Operating Officer Jean Olivieri as finalists in the 2023 […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article 10 NEW 3D PRINTING MATERIALS Fictiv is now better prepared than ever to meet your most demanding 3D printing project needs. We’ve supercharged our portfolio of capabilities with 10 new 3D printing materials for Stereolithography (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), and Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technologies. We also now have bigger bed sizes and can 3D […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article FICTIV’S JOSE MANUEL DEL ANGEL NAMED ONE OF SUPPLY & DEMAND CHAIN EXECUTIVE’S 2023 PROS TO KNOW This award recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chains for competitive advantage. SAN FRANCISCO, CA —March 22, 2023 —Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, today announced Jose Manuel Del Angel, Fictiv’s Vice President of Development and Services Operations, […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. Article FICTIV APPOINTS FORMER TWILIO EXECUTIVE LYNDA SMITH TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAN FRANCISCO – March 10, 2023 – Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced the appointment of Lynda Smith to its Board of Directors. Smith brings over 35 years of experience in product, marketing, sales, and general management across a diverse set of hardware and software industries and has spent over 25 years […] CTA - Read More Button Created with Sketch. CALIFORNIA 168 Welsh Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Arizona 1001 N. 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