Articles by: Eissa Ahmad

Eissa is an Additive Manufacturing Intern Applications Engineer at Javelin Technologies. Studying for a Bachelor’s Degree in Automation Engineering Technology at McMaster University.

UVic Submarine Racing Club at eISR: Final Recap

UVic team with submarine racing club

The races are over and the tallies are in! Javelin is a proud sponsor of the University of Victoria Submarine Racing Club and we are thrilled to announce the results of their most recent race. The UVic Submarine Racing Club blew their competition out of…

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UVic Submarine Racing Club Full Speed Ahead at eISR!

Figure 1 - Chinook, the UVSRC's Flagship Submarine

The European International Submarine Races are well underway and the UVic Submarine Racing Club is already making big waves. They were the 2nd out of 12 teams to arrive on site and were the 1st team to successfully complete underwater wet testing of all systems and safety…

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A closer look at 3D Printing Support Structures and their effect on part wash time

Support material used to fill in the channels.

Soluble Supports The use of soluble support material lifts one of the biggest barriers in designing for Additive Manufacturing (AM), which is the generation of complex structures and embedded channels within parts. Soluble 3D Printing Support Structures are designed to dissolve in a wash station,…

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3D Printing a Small-Block V8 Engine | PART 3

3D Printed V8 Engine

This is the third part of my 3D Printing a Small-Block V8 Engine Project using a Stratasys F123 Series 3D Printer. For previous parts, please refer to the following links: Part 1 – Design and Printing 3D Models » Part 2 – Initial Engine Assembly » External Assembly The…

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Additive Manufacturing Event Recap: Society of Automotive Engineers Ontario

Automotive Additive Manufacturing

Javelin hosted a great Automotive Additive Manufacturing event with the Society of Automotive Engineers Ontario in April 2018. The event kicked off with an amazing dinner as well as a networking session, followed by a special guest speaker presentation and success stories from Canadian manufacturing companies. Watch the…

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University of Victoria Submarine Racing Club – Getting Closer to Race Day!

uVIC Hull design sanding

As introduced in a previous blog post, Javelin’s Additive Solutions team is a proud Silver Sponsor of the University of Victoria Submarine Racing Club (UVSRC), providing them with funding to help develop their submarine. The UVSRC is run by students from both UVic and Camosun College. The UVSRC has…

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How to 3D Print Parts with Moving Components in One Print Job

The final hinge print.

3D printing fully assembled, multi-component parts in a single job allows you to see dynamic components working in their prototyping stages. Rather than 3D printing smaller parts and assembling them together, you can reduce the workload by printing the full part in a single print….

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3D Printing a Small-Block V8 Engine | PART 2

3D Printing V8 Engine Part 2

This is the second part of my LS3 Engine 3D Print Project. You can read Part One here » Initial Engine Assembly Assembling the printed parts to form the final engine was a long process. It involved a lot of sanding, threading and fastening. As mentioned…

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3D Printing with the Stratasys Fortus 450mc

Fortus 450mc Tray Inspect

Production 3D Printing with the Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printer Production 3D printers, like the Fortus 450mc, are ideal for engineers that require demanding flexibility to print larger-sized or many parts in an array of engineering-grade materials with high speed and unfailing throughput. Take designs…

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