No CAD file for your part? How manufacturing actually starts from a sample or sketch: modeling hours, real costs, and the three kinds of projects we see.
No CAD File? How a Part Gets Manufactured From a Sample Read More »
How much does 3D printing cost per part? Real production numbers: 5 to 20 cents for small parts, what drives the price, and where the math beats tooling.
3D Printing Cost Per Part: Real Numbers From a Production Floor Read More »
3D printing has no minimum order quantity. Here’s what MOQ-free manufacturing means for mid-volume parts, with real numbers from a Utah production floor.
No Minimum Order Quantity: How MOQ-Free Manufacturing Works Read More »
On America’s 250th birthday, a note from a Carbon County shop floor. My ancestor Simeon Merrell was 15 when he lied about his age to enlist in May 1775.
America at 250: A Fourth of July from a Carbon County Shop Floor Read More »
Coal country to production additive. What it actually took to build an AS9100-certified manufacturing shop in Price, Utah — honestly.
Rural Manufacturing: What Building an AM Shop in Carbon County Took Read More »
Slide the numbers, see the crossover. The interactive break-even chart plus the four factors that move the real answer — lead time, revisions, inventory, and cash.
3D Printing vs Injection Molding: The Volume Math That Wins Read More »
An honest look at what industrial LCD like the Photocentric Magna does that desktop SLA does not, from build volume and materials to certified production.
Photocentric Magna vs Desktop SLA: What Industrial LCD Gives You Read More »
DfAM optimizes a single part. DfMPAM optimizes the whole build plate. Here is why production additive shops need a new design discipline.
DfAM vs DfMPAM: Designing for Mass Production Additive Read More »
Why Merit3D drop tests every new material on the shop floor before reading the datasheet — the cheapest filter in additive manufacturing qualification.
Drop Test Material Qualification Before You Read the Datasheet Read More »
The NNSA just unveiled Aires Tide, a flight vehicle built with additive as its production layer. What AS9100 actually means for AM shipping flight hardware.
After Aires Tide: What AS9100 Means for AM Flight Hardware Read More »
