Process Zones

Prototyping & Rapid Manufacturing

Getting new products to market quickly using CNC machining or additive processes

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March 2013
Urbee hybrid-electric vehicle

Driving Change, Layer by Layer

By: Matt Danford
A vehicle currently in development will not only have a body produced entirely via additive manufacturing processes, but also promises to break new ground in fuel efficiency.

December 2012

Engineering and Manufacturing Philanthropy

By: Derek Korn
My January MMS column introduces May We Help, a Cincinnati non-profit that creates and makes free assistive devices for people with disabilities. Learn more about this organization, its plans and its needs.

October 2012

More Demanding Than Production

By: Peter Zelinski
The challenges of prototyping have dramatically increased. This company reinvented itself to specialize in the tight-leadtime process development that prototyping now entails.

October 2011

Software Speeds Inspection Documentation

By: Modern Machine Shop
InspectionXpert software from Extensible CAD Technologies has standardized and automated this manufacturer’s process for ballooning drawings and generating inspection reports.

March 2011

Prototyping Via Machining Will Always Have Its Place

By: Derek Korn
CNC machining will continue to be used for prototyping work by shops that see value in offering such a service to their customers.


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