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Digital Manufacturing's Role in Today's Mold Shop

From RedEye On Demand
 

 

Digital Manufacturing’s Role in Today’s Mold Shop Mold manufacturers are seeing the benefits that low-volume digital manufacturing services can provide as a non-competitive alternative.

The complementary relationship between existing CAD technology and digital shape sampling and processing has led to a process called hybrid modeling, which combines the strengths of scan-based measurement with feature-based modeling.

Digital manufacturing is finding a new home with mold manufacturers. With customers placing repeat orders that tend to be low volume and take time and resources away from in-production projects, it makes sense for moldmakers to look for fast, efficient alternatives to in-house production of those projects.

In the past, mold shops hesitantly outsourced those projects to competitors because other options were absent. Recently, mold manufacturers are seeing the benefits that low-volume digital manufacturing services can provide as a non-competitive alternative.

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