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Career3D Printing Technology by techmatas(op): 5:37pm On May 27, 2018
All around the world more and more people are employing 3D printing technologies in various ways. This trend has come to stay and keeps advancing every year as more additive manufacturing technologies come to light. Some call this the ‘Maker’ Revolution, while some refer to this as the 3rd Industrial Revolution, because of the disruptive effect it has on the global manufacturing landscape. It has made it possible for Makers to dream-up bigger and better products and at the same time achieve them faster and cheaper!

3D printing is being employed exhaustively in the Industrial Design field, where new and better products seem to be born every day, the Medical field employs 3d printing technologies exhaustively in development of prosthetics, dental fixtures and even 3d printed organs like livers, ears and skin.It’s employed extensively in the manufacture of custom jewelry as well as heavy-duty applications like 3D printed cars, jet engines and even buildings!

In summary 3D printing is extensively vast in its application-anywhere you see a new product now-a-days, almost certainly, 3D printing was involved. With all these advantages available to us, it is high time we rose up and took advantage of this technology and reap the substantial profits therein!

Here at ACECATECH, we elaborate in detail, and in a very practical way the beauty and especially the profitability of 3d printing. Making the student understand and explore available 3d printing technologies as well practice them, to ensure that the students hones 3d printing skills in a very practical way and profitable way! Let’s join the3rd Industrial Revolution, Let’s join the 3D Printing Revolution!

Our training is practical hands on with each participants carrying out a typical 3D project with the necessary software and a 3D printing machine.

Who needs this training?

Product Developers
3D Printer Owners and Prospective owners
Hobbyists and Enthusiasts
Product Designers
Science and Engineering Students
Prerequisite Knowledge

None necessary, but experience with any CAD software will be an advantage.

Course Objectives

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Understand the usefulness of 3D printing and the unique role that it plays in modern Manufacturing.
Understand the concept of Meshes and how to manipulate them suitably for 3d prints.
Prepare a file for 3D printing, considering the best practices.
Have a concrete understanding of how to use and troubleshoot an FDM printer.
Design with 3D printing in mind using CAD software.
Develop 3D scans and 3D print them.
Understand and take advantage of the global Ecosystem of 3D printing resources.


COURSE MODULES

Module 1:Introduction to 3D Printing.

The Wonders of Additive Manufacture.
The Evolution of 3D Printing.
The Uniqueness of 3D Printing.

Module 2:Understanding 3D Printing Technologies
Stereolithography (SLA)
Selective Laser Sintering or Laser Melting (SLS)
Electron Beam Melting (EBM)
Material Jetting (MJ)
Fused-Deposition-Modelling (FDM)
Electron Binder Jetting (BJ)
Photopolymer Jetting (PolyJet)

Module 3:Understanding Meshes
The things to consider while preparing a mesh file.
The limitations of mesh files
The concept of a ‘watertight’ mesh.
How to repair a faulty mesh.


[color=#990000]Module 4: FDM Printing Techniques
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The fundamental components of an FDM printer and some available varieties.
Setting up your FDM printer
How to properly Level a 3D printer.
Understanding various 3d printing filament properties.
How to properly set up the printing temperature for 3D printing job.
How to prepare and maintain your printing surface.
Understanding the concept of ‘slicing’.
How to configure proper settings in a slicing engine to obtain high quality prints.
Best practices to consider while 3d printing various types of objects.
Understanding ‘g-codes’.
3D printing practicals.

Module 5:Exploring the 3D printing Ecosystem
Exploring sources of design inspirations.
The value of ‘making by sharing’.
Understanding ‘Architecture’.
How to learn from available designs.
Taking advantage of diverse 3D printing resources.

Module 6: Designing for 3D Printing
General design considerations for 3D printing
Wall thickness
Warping
Level of detail
Tolerance
Considerations for designs involving;
‘Bridges’.
Vertical axis holes
‘Overhangs’
Corners
Vertical pins
Advanced tips to maximize the quality of 3D prints
How to minimize the use of ‘supports’.
How to prevent overheating and hence warping on parts with narrow points.

Module 7: 3D scanning Techniques
The importance of 3d scanning
Some available 3d scanning technologies and equipment.
How to perform quality 3d scans using free software!

see more


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsW1X_pSYKc

TravelRe: Which State In Nigeria Is Best For You? This Will Help You Decide by techmatas:
Tolzeal:
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Nigeria is a marvelous country, populated with great people. This country can be divided into: the Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria. It can be further divided into states. In Nigeria, there are 36 states and federal capital.

Majority of Nigerians live in the state they are, either because they were raised there or they work there. Unfortunately, majority of citizens of these citizens are not living in the state that suits them best. Now, you may ask: which state of the country is best for me to live in? There isn’t a fixed answer to this question.

The answer to this question will depend solely on the person who asks it.

For one to know which state of the country is best for them to live in, it is important for them to outline their deciding factors. What’s the meaning of deciding factors as used in this context? Deciding factors are factors taken into consideration by a person when choosing which state is best for them to live in.

The following are examples of deciding factors: income, safety, social status, industrialization, cost of living, technological advancement and entertainment.

States to Live In According To Deciding Factors

Income

Income is a deciding factor that takes the utmost priority, to some people. Income may mean a number of things. Income may refer to the level of income — it is easier to make money in some states that the other. When the deciding factor of living in a state is income, there are a good number of states that come into the picture.

The first on the list is Lagos State. Although, Abuja is the federal capital territory of Nigeria, we however think of it more like a state, in this article. Abuja is another place to live if one’s utmost priority is income. Rivers State, especially it’s capital — Port Harcourt, is also a great place to live because of income.

Lagos State is known as the most important state in Nigeria, in terms of economy. It is also the richest state in the country. The state is a hub of commercial activities and there is a free flow of money in the state.

It is easier to earn a lot of money in Lagos State compared to the majority of states in the country. This state was once the capital of Nigeria. Furthermore, it houses the most expensive island in the country, Banana Island. There are also lots of commercial organizations located in Lagos.

Note that one earns heavily in Lagos and also spend heavily in the state. The best way to enjoy this benefit of Lagos, is to have your family living in some other state of the country.

This way, you’ll be able to reduce the level of money being spent. If on the other hand, you are not a family man, you should have no problem.



Safety


Safety is a factor given utmost priority by some people. Using safety as your utmost priority when deciding where to live, is a great thing. Some states in this country are safer than the others, and safe states in the country are majorly in the South-west of the country.

Osun State and Kwara State can be considered the safest states in the country. These states have very low crime rates.

Osun State is furthermore a very religious state, this never means it is violent. It is made up both Muslims and Christians who live peacefully. Osun State is climate friendly.

Another distinguished quality of the state is that there is the relatively good power supply in the states, especially its capital, Osogbo.

There is a catch in living in Osun State. Osun State is relatively undeveloped — this does not mean that there aren’t important amenities like health centres. If you are a person who doesn’t mind bearing the site of localness, then you should have no problem.

If localness irritates you greatly, you may have to become a little more tolerant, or better still, live somewhere in the state’s capital.



Cost of Living



A lot of people make the cost of living their deciding factor. Cost of living has always been on the rise in Nigeria.

The cost of living is furthermore higher in places like Lagos and Port Harcourt. Thinking of escaping places like this? Ekiti State is a good place to turn to.

Ekiti State is not the cheapest state in Nigeria, in fact we have a good number of other states ahead of it, in terms of cheapness. Our reason for selecting Ekiti is that is relatively peaceful compared to another cheap state.

However, if we want to be blunt about cheapness, then Yobe State should have been our choice.

Ekiti State is a naturally rich state. This state is rich in mineral resources and it is also agriculturally buoyant. Minerals like granite, kaolin, columbite, channockete, iron ore, baryte, aquamine, gemstone, phosphate, limestone, gold are well-known to be mined in the state.

Furthermore, agriculture is extensively practised in Ekiti State. At the time when agriculture used to be Nigeria’s main source of income, Ekiti state used to account for about 40 percent of Cocoa produced in the country. Ekiti State is not just a cheap state to live in, it is also home to some tourist attractions.

The state houses the following tourist attractions: Ikogosi Warm Spring, Ipole-Iloro Water Falls, Olosunta Hills, and Fajuyi Memorial Park.



Entertainment

Are you looking forward to living in a state where you will be able to enjoy your life to the fullest? Lagos State is the first call. Lagos State is not just a place for commercial activities, it is also an entertainment hub.

Digressing a little, the state is the home of Nollywood as 75 percent of Nollywood movies are produced in Lagos. It is furthermore the heart of the Nigerian music industry. Majority of Nigerian music stars are based in the state. Lagos houses the highest number of entertainment centres.

The most expensive hotels are also located in the state.


Source: https://realestateko.com/state-nigeria-best-will-help-decide/

I think GDP per capital is the best tool to measure the richest instead of erranous GDP which doesn't show how much an individual make.
China has one of the biggest GDP in the world but are still considered one of the world's poorest!

am afraid, but must say this. for singling out those two states as the safest portrays a very poorly research findings. though Nigerian states are relatively not safe but their are hosts of states that that can be comfortably placed in those league of relative peaceful state. states like Akwa Ibom, cross Rivers, Ebonye, Kebbi, etc. don't Know your criteria though

Cost of living do I Hear you say Ekiti huh
maybe you have never been to the North

If I understand what you mean by entertainment is it in terms of relaxation or Being an actor in the Nollywood movie.
PoliticsRe: Okorocha Gives Imo Workers 18-Day Christmas Holiday by techmatas: 5:03pm On Dec 22, 2017
ensamy:
This is a proof that nothing is working or Imo economy is not working. Any striving economy cannot afford to loose such number of days , otherwise the economy will collapse.
Just imagine that stock markets in Tokyo, New York, Shanghai, Taipei, London close down for one week public holidays or business and government tax offices don't function for one week.
This 18 days holidays is a proof that most states depend solely on federal allocations. They have no economy of thier own. shocked shocked
if he pays salary trouble
if he doesn't pay trouble
if HE GIVE holiday trouble
if he doesn't give trouble
walai talai nothing will please humans
CareerRe: Nigeria’s Only Olympic Gold Medalist Chioma Ajunwa Becomes A/commissioner Police by techmatas: 7:27pm On Dec 13, 2017
commendable smiley
these are the sort of people Nigerian aught to promote to encourage others
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Automation/instrumentation And Control Jobs In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 5:52am On Nov 20, 2017
Senior Automation and Control Engineer at AETI Power Systems and Controls Limited

AETI Power Systems and Controls Limited; a foremost Engineering consulting company in Nigeria rendering the following services in the power sector: Hands-on Technical Training, Power Projects and Consulting Services, Technical Recruitment and Outsourcing Services, Procurement and Supply of Power Equipment and Facilities Management Services to the Power Sector read more
Jobs/VacanciesAutomation/instrumentation And Control Jobs In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 5:47pm On Nov 14, 2017
Automation & Control Specialist at Aeti Power Systems and Controls Limited

Job Description
Will Be Responsible for:
Facilitating Automation and Control Related courses
Avance Programmable Logic Controllers (Any of Siemens, Allen Bradley, ABB, Omron)
Distributed Control System will be an added advantage
Basic Electrical Troubleshooting read more

Automation engineer

Job Description:
– Design, code and test PLC and SCADA applications.
– Design, code and test applications and interfaces. Read more


Building Automation Project Engineer


Job Type
Full-time
Responsibilities
Strong mechanical aptitude and any technical school training.
Working knowledge of MS Office, Windows, File Structure.
Basic TCP/IP network structure and web navigation are desired. Read more

more coming...
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 8:01am On Sep 20, 2017
techmatas:
warm up for the next batch
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 8:01am On Sep 20, 2017
techmatas:
warm up for the next batch
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 5:08pm On Sep 06, 2017
techmatas:
strictly hands on
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 5:07pm On Sep 06, 2017
techmatas:
get the skilll: get the edge; get the job
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 2:40pm On Sep 02, 2017
warm up for the next batch
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 2:39pm On Sep 02, 2017
warm up for the next batch
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 7:50pm On Jul 18, 2017
current batch is about starting call now
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 7:47pm On Jul 18, 2017
ongoing batch.
call now
CareerRe: Free Online App/tool For Automation And Instrumentation Professionals by techmatas(op): 1:18pm On Jul 09, 2017
CareerRe: Free Online App/tool For Automation And Instrumentation Professionals by techmatas(op): 11:57am On Jul 08, 2017
CareerFree Online App/tool For Automation And Instrumentation Professionals by techmatas(op):
Control professions check out this simple online application on real control problem.

This is a very simple Control design where we make use of PLC to control the level of liquid in a tank while displaying the liquid level in the field as well as in the control room. we are going to carry out the design from instrumentation to the control while demonstrating how we can apply ACECATECH APPs to reduce our engineering time. only details that are relevant to the design process are discussed here.
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CONTROL PHILOSOPHY
In this simple level control application we want to control the level of liquid in a tank which is 10m high by activating a motor pump when the fluid level in the tank is 9.5m. the motor will pump out the liquid from the tank until the level is 0.5m. we are also going to have a display of the process variable in the control as well as in the control room as shown below.
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CURRENT LOOP DESIGN
Here we make use of ACECATECH APP. 1.0 to generate the required parameters for our loop design. we look up the manufacturer’s specification sheet for the transmitter (voltage range of operation and current signal range), field display/indicator (get the input impedance), PLC (get the input impedance, and current signal range of operation) and the loop voltage supply.

Let assume we obtain the following from the spec. sheets of the our instrument and controller.
Transmitter working voltage range: 12-30v, current signal range :4-20ma
Display/indicator input impedance: 500 ohms
PLC input impedance: 250, current range: 4-20ma
let assume that the distance between our transmitter and controller is 800m.

we proceed by plugging these values in our current loop design app ACECATECH APP. 1.0 by selecting desired wire size starting from the minimum we find that wire size o.75mm2 and above looks good for the design both at max. current and minimum current level. but voltage drop of 10.17v at maximum current is way too close to the transmitter lower range of operation so we choose 1mm2 for our application.



PLC PROGRAMMING
Many PLC have special function block or already made routine to scale analog signal to correspond to the actual process values in the field. however, some lower end PLCs and older ones may not have this capabilities so you have to write the software routines yourself. In fact, some times it is even desirable to write this routines yourself as you may want to control how the PLC handles the hardware flags. Here we make use of our online app ACACATEC APP 1.7 software scaling equation to generator two equations. the first equation is suitable for real/float point number arithmetic. The second equation suitable for integer arithmetic suitable for PLC that do not have float point math capabilities. for this example we are going to demonstrate how to use this app for PLC without float point capabilities as their analog scaling are pretty more involved.

for this PLC programming lets choose Allen Bradley PLC SLC 5/01 which doesn’t have special function for scaling and do not have float math capabilities either

We start by entering our scaling parameters in ACACATEC APP 1.7

Raw input value: 3277-16384
process output value: 0-10m

from our equation software for integer math we generate the following equation:

Xo=10/13107(Xi-3277)
in the software program we make use of mathematical functions: subtraction, multiplication and double division while storing the data of the equation as integer type.

NB in our program you must multiply before you divide! (sorry for violating the principle of BODMAS as integer math arithmetic seems to flout this rule as it is obvious from the equation.). Also, note that the product of 10 and (Xi-6400) in our equation will at higher value of Xi produce a value in excess of 32767 (ie 16 bits) which is the highest value an integer data type can store. This will prompt an over flow flag notifying that an error has occurred. for AB plc the over flow trap bit s: 5 is set. However, we apply some tricks to beat this in our program by unlatching the bit and using the double divide function to divide the result of operation in the math register which can store 32 bits with the divisor and store the result of operation in an integer register.

the program is as shown below.
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check out some of our other online APPs.
Current loop design (ACECATECH APP. 1.0)
Voltage to voltage hardware scaling (ACECATECH APP. 1.1)
Voltage to current hardware scaling (ACECATECH APP. 1.2)
Current to voltage hardware scaling (ACECATECH APP. 1.3)
current to current hardware scaling (ACECATECH APP. 1.4)
Hardware-software scaling (ACECATECH APP. 1.5)
software scaling Equation Generator (ACECATECH APP. 1.6)
Instrument five-point Calibration generator (ACECATEC APP. 1.7)

http://acecatech.com/acecatech-apps/current-loop-design-acecatech-app-1-0/liquid-level-control-plc/
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 12:05pm On Jun 22, 2017
abbyode:
Hello, can this training be condensed for just a week? I am located in Lagos but might not be able to stay in ph for a whole 4 weeks.
very much possible. our corporate training are usually very short. what matters is covering the training hours
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 12:03pm On Jun 22, 2017
techmatas:
do not miss this opportunity!
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 12:02pm On Jun 22, 2017
techmatas:
We do and train Automation!
Car TalkRe: Wireless Charging In Electric Vehicles Could Soon Become A Reality by techmatas: 10:44am On Jun 22, 2017
Billyonaire:
The technology already existed naturally, our bodies are charged by the sun light daily by the Electronic Magnetic radiation of the sun. We just have to figure out how to lower energy consumption of devices to thresholds of 0.5 to 1 Amps and we wouldnt need wires anymore. At that range, we do not need multiples of power plants.
yeah ur are rigth dear. its only very few savvy tech guys can really make sense out of your posits. The building block of matter is electromagnetic in nature. The entire universe is saturated with electromagnetic radiation of various frequencies but current technology is too primitive to exploit and concentrate this free energy to a useful level. Another angle involves reducing the power consumption of electrical devices as you pointed out. I think this is another area that need to be improved in electrical systems designs but more importantly battery technology need the more attention. imagine a battery system that can be charged within the mili and micro V/A level!
TV/MoviesRe: Kechi Okwuchi Makes It To 2nd Round Of America's Got Talent by techmatas: 4:01am On Jun 15, 2017
Foxrain:
She is not beautiful, I hate it when people tell outright lies. She is every other thing you mentioned though. Don't be unduly sentimental.
its very unfair to say she's not beautiful

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kechi your are not only very beautiful but beautifully amazing and wonderfully talented
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 6:13pm On Jun 13, 2017
techmatas:
strictly hands on
CareerRe: Electrical Control Panel Design, Installation And Maintenance by techmatas(op): 6:13pm On Jun 13, 2017
techmatas:
is on
Certification And Training AdvertsRe: Automation (PLC/SCADA/HMI) Training Live In Nigeria by techmatas(op): 9:51am On May 26, 2017
techmatas:
get the skills; get the edge; get the job

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