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About Finished Products Created Using Rapid Prototyping Services and all Matters Related to Revisions
Getting your prototype ready lays, the ground to test your product and make sure everything is working as it should. A test run is how you get to see if everything related to design and manufacturing is working as it should. Although most of the times even...
A Few Tips to Make your Rapid Prototyping Project a Hit
Any manufacturing project can fail, that is a given. Just try to ask any entrepreneur how many times they have faced failure and how much times out of those someone else is to blame. Many of them will place the fault on the market or the timing while a lot...
The Things You Need to Know Before Choosing an End Mill
As a CNC machining technician, you probably know that one of the most critical steps is selecting the right tooling option for the task you have to complete. Most of the details are worked out by engineering at the development stages, but your expertise is...
Brief Glossary about Rapid Prototyping
No matter at what end of the spectrum you are with the rapid prototyping industry if you are an entrepreneur or a workshop owner you need to know some basic terms that can help you understand the mechanics behind the work that is being done to get a...
The Role of Prototyping in Product Development
Product Development is a complicated process for many organizations. This is the reason why companies are looking into different opportunities that would make the product development process more efficient. The role of prototyping in product development is very...
The Defining Traits of Low Volume Rapid Prototyping Projects
If there is one thing that not many players in the rapid prototyping can get an agreement is on how a "low volume" production run should be defined. There is an unspoken rule among manufacturers in China that states that every order that goes under 100,000...
Why Using Staggered Tooth Keyseats Works so well on CNC Machining?
Keyseat cutters are a fixture on every workshop handling CNC machining jobs. The multiple angles of this mill make it an ideal tool to manage complex shapes and angles, even if most technicians use it on a slot side of the mill to get the best work out of...
The Benefits of Working with Lean Manufacturing in Prototype Molding
We are taking a little time away from technical issues to discuss one of the most misunderstood logistics procedures in the prototype molding industry. Today we are talking about Lean manufacturing and how American manufacturers have poorly perceived this...
Your Complete Guide to Rapid Prototyping Services
Today, product development, especially in complicated and high-tech products, is very competitive. A company needs to be very fast because the sooner it is out in the market, the better are their chances to capture their niche. In the course of product...
Why Creating the Perfect Prototype Requires Two Takes?
Any rapid prototyping service worth a dam should make sure to have an outstanding design team. That being said is harder to find that in mainland China than in America, the counterpart of it, of course, is that American services are much more expensive...
