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Chief Executive Officer Dave Evans to speak on supercharging new product development SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2023 – Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced that CEO Dave Evans will be speaking at the Robotics Summit & Expo 2023 in a session titled “How to Cut Build Cycles in Half and Supercharge New […]
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As a wee mechanical engineering intern working for a local steel manufacturing company, I will never forget the first time I stepped on the shop floor and saw plasma cutting in progress. It was the summer after my sophomore year, so I didn’t have much experience at that point, but I was mesmerized by the […]
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Anodizing is an electrochemical process that deposits an oxide layer on a metallic surface to provide corrosion protection — and anodized coatings may be dyed in various colors. Hard anodizing, when compared to regular anodizing, creates a thicker, more durable, and wear-resistant aluminum oxide layer. Hard anodizing is also known as “Type III anodizing” per […]
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There’s an old saying in business that “Nothing happens until someone sells something”. We don’t know for sure who said it, but we certainly understand its truth. Similarly, nothing in injection molding gets produced until melted thermoplastic enters the mold cavity. Yes, there are plenty of steps before this crucial one, but plastic must flow […]
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Every product design starts with an idea or a request for a quote from a customer and ends with a finished prototype or production part. The process used to start with a hand sketch or simply machining the component, then modifying it and repeating the process to refine the design. In 2023, we can use […]
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Blow molding and rotational molding both produce hollow plastic parts. Unlike injection molding, which can produce solid, high-strength parts with great complexity, blow molding can produce only hollow, thin-walled parts with relatively simple shapes. Rotational molding also produces hollow plastic parts, but they’re typically thicker, stronger, and more complex. There are various applications for these […]
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I’ve had the good fortune in my career to take studio arts classes, and was surprised to also find it gave me clarity in how I think about the broader product development process. Even though I enrolled in those classes with the intent of expanding my design sensibilities with better studio skills, I ended up […]
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Injection molding and vacuum thermoforming are both used to produce plastic parts. Both processes apply heat to plastics, create parts from some of the same types of materials, and use molds. Injection molding and vacuum thermoforming are also similar in that they both require draft angles and can support undercuts, ribs, bosses, and textures on […]
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Plastic injection molding is used in many different applications within the medical industry. Examples include enclosures for medical equipment, the overmolding of surgical tools, and spinal implants. Designers have a choice of materials, but the selected plastic must meet the application’s requirements. For example, plastics that will be sterilized with steam need to resist high […]
