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Benefits/Advantages of Rapid Prototyping In-house
If you’re on the fence about setting up your own prototyping lab, the following ten benefits of bringing rapid prototyping in-house should convince you of its advantages. As manufacturing evolves and the market demands more, with respect to faster and...
3D Printing vs CNC Milling: Which Do You Need When Setting Up a Prototyping Lab?
In order to accurately assess what you need when setting up a prototyping lab, the first order of business is deciding between 3D printing vs. CNC milling. Both options have proven critical to modern manufacturing processes, with each one featuring a roster...
What is Rapid Prototyping?
Without rapid prototyping, which allows CNC machinists and engineers to transform a scale model into physical, tangible product, Microsoft might not be so excited—or quick—to show off its latest gaming console. “Billed as the most powerful games console...
CNC Programming for Batch Machining
Today, we’re going to answer a question that we get a lot – how do I program for batch machining? What is Batch Machining? “I need to make identical parts in one fixture. Should I take first position as a program zero or do I need to find zero point for each...
Machining Engineered Plastics and Composites for Electronics
In the 1960’s and ‘70’s Bill Devine, did tours of duty both in Vietnam and working at Excellon selling equipment to printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers. In 1978, he set out on his own and founded QC Drilling, Inc. (now called QC Precision Machining) in...
Machining Custom Aluminum Panels
DataPro International Inc. is a leading supplier of panel-mount connectivity solutions ranging from panel-mount cables and couplers to customized wallplates, panels, rugged cases and enclosures. With over a decade of industry experience milling and engraving...
Aerospace Instruments Made from Military-Grade Material
Aero-Tec Industries, based in Seminole, OK, manufactures aerospace instruments including a wide variety of internally illuminated control panels for usage in fixed wing, rotary wing and simulator applications. A large percentage of these are manufactured to...
Making Molds for Pharmaceutical Packaging
Kansas City Design (Lambertville, NJ) is not a typical mold shop: it is a one-of-a-kind engineering studio that specializes in prototyping and production tooling. Owner William Arnold began his career doing conceptual work in pharmaceutical packaging and...
What is Generative Design?
In the past, an engineer would make a part or product by developing a drawing in CAD. The drawing would be the result of that engineer’s experience, imagination (creativity), and historical data (how similar parts have been made before). Generative design is...
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