Sorry, there are no results matching “"

You might also be interested in this

Article

Aerospace Manufacturing: A Guide to Processes, Materials, Quality Standards, and Supply Chain

Aerospace manufacturing operates under a different standard than commercial manufacturing: the finished part, the process that made it, and the paperwork proving both are correct all need to hold up together. Standard industrial production optimizes for cost per unit and throughput. Aerospace production is built around a zero-defect standard for delivered hardware, meaning nothing nonconforming […]

Article

Forging vs. Casting: How to Choose the Right Near-Net-Shape Metal Process

In the design and production of structural metal components, one of the most important decisions the engineer must make is the choice of manufacturing process—and casting vs. forging is a common question. The two differ from each other not just in their approaches but also in terms of what that implies for part performance, costs, […]

Case Study

How Fictiv armed Team Valkyrie for BattleBots in 2 weeks

From order to arena in 14 days Team Valkyrie, a top-tier BattleBots competitor, faced a critical deadline—custom CNC-machined parts needed to arrive in Las Vegas with just three weeks to spare. Fictiv tapped its distributed manufacturing network spanning the US, Mexico, and China to source, produce, and deliver a $20K order in two weeks, giving […]

Article

Industrial AI in Manufacturing: Applications, Adoption, and What Engineers Need to Know

Artificial intelligence in manufacturing is a grouping of distinct technologies applied across a wide range of production contexts—from computer vision systems inspecting parts on a moving line, to physics-informed AI accelerating structural simulation, and demand-sensing models optimizing supply chain inventory. The term “industrial AI” has emerged to describe the specific subset of these applications that […]

Article

The Ultimate Guide to Injection Molding Tolerances

Injection molding tolerances are acceptable variations in size for part features and overall dimensions. They are expressed as plus or minus (±) values in millimeters or inches and vary by the type of material that’s used and the overall size of the part.  Part designers add tolerances to 2D drawing files to tell an injection […]

Tool

Injection Molding Tolerances Calculator

Injection-molded plastic part tolerances are primarily driven by material shrinkage and nominal dimension, not the molding process alone. Different resins shrink at different rates as they cool, so the same nominal dimension can require a tighter or looser tolerance depending on the material you choose. Tolerance standards give you a consistent way to account for […]