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The dangers of Rapid Prototyping

The dangers of Rapid Prototyping

I have recently been visiting secondary schools to find the most suitable for my daughter, and I was delighted to see that many have a 3D printer in their Design Technology workshop. With print-to-order giveaways the machines were a great draw for prospective students and parents alike. This is great to see, as it is

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It’s “Design for Manufacture”, not “Manufacture for design”!

I saw a comment posted a while ago asking if it is necessary to consider Design for Manufacture when in the early stages of design ….. absolutely!  The design itself and the manufacturing technique are so intertwined that to design without manufacture in mind will likely lead to parts that cannot be made within cost targets.  It is

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View a movie showing first assembly of parts made by Rapid Prototyping

This movie captures the moment we fist assembled some parts made by Rapid Prototyping (RP) techniques. We used SLS to represent the longer part that was designed to be extruded in plastic (rather like plastic conduit), and also to make the end caps which would be made by Plastic Injection Moulding (PIM) in volume.  The

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