You can justify low-volume injection molding, and rapid injection prototyping shows you how. Traditional injection molding is all about quantity. Making a multi-cavity, high-performance hardened steel tool is a slow, expensive process, but once … [Read more...] about Injection molding cost: Making cents
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Scanner Creates Realistic 3D Models
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V-Flash™ Desktop Modeler
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How to Make Accurate CAD to STL File Transitions
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How to Design Your Part for Direct Digital Manufacturing
Forget the details and unlearn the past. Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) presents a radical departure in design practices, techniques and methodologies. Traditional manufacturing methods, like machining and injection molding, have many … [Read more...] about How to Design Your Part for Direct Digital Manufacturing
Direct Digital Manufacturing Defies Predictions
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