Manufacturing companies often use computer-aided design (CAD) files to design, as well as fabricate, products and components. After designing a model and saving it as a CAD file, a worker will upload it to a 3D printer. The 3D printer … Read More

Extrusion is a core component of fused filament fabrication (FFF). During this 3D printing process, a printer will extrude raw material to build the desired object. Most FFF printers use rods or filaments of material. As the material is extruded … Read More

Not all cutting processes involve the use of a physical cutting tool. While lathes and milling machines do, in fact, use a physical cutting tool, laser machines do not. Laser cutting is a cutting process in which a machine projects … Read More

Molding processes are used in the manufacturing industry to create products and components by filling a mold cavity with material. The material is typically heated, and as it fills the mold cavity, it takes the shape of the mold. Once … Read More

3D printing methods, including fused filament fabrication (FFF), offer an easy and effective way for manufacturing companies to produce objects in custom sizes and custom shapes. Using a 3D printer, manufacturing companies can build objects using a digitally created model … Read More

The advent of 3D printers has revolutionized the manufacturing industry. A form of additive manufacturing, it allows manufacturing companies to quickly build objects of nearly all shapes and sizes with the help of a material-depositing machine known as a 3D … Read More

3D printers typically build objects at different rates of speed, depending primarily on the speed for which they are configured. Some 3D printers are able to build objects more quickly than others, which can prove invaluable for manufacturing companies. The … Read More