What Is Rapid Prototyping?
Prototyping plays an important role in
product development process. In the past, it takes a long time and high cost to
create a prototype sample with very little accuracy and a faint resemblance
look to the real products. Rapid prototyping is a quick way to produce parts.
The main difference between rapid prototyping and regular prototyping is the
speed.
Rapid Prototyping lowers the costs, enhance
speed and time-to-market. Small 3D printing parts could be built in a few
hours. In CNC machining and laser cutting, the full automation has a great
effect on overall speed and costs. Whichever services you choose, getting parts
within a week is reasonable. This significantly speeds up product-to-market
cycle.
When manufacturers produce plastic
prototypes, they need to spend much in the up-front investments. Actually, it
will take a lot of money to build a mold for injection molding and create parts
with functions, behaves and similar to the end products. Additive manufacturing
like 3D printing decrease the time and money in small batch and even a single
part producing. In the case of 3D printing, it is even workable to buy a 3D
printer for in-house using as the advancement in technology and the lower
machinery costs. And the automation manufacturing process lowers the machinery
operating cost. Rapid prototyping for metal parts is available in by 3D
printing. It is not easy to find such a machinery with this capabilities and
the cost is higher than CNC machining.
When talking about CNC machining in rapid
prototyping. It includes a few capabilities. CAD or CAM software is able to
translate digital models into G code which effect on the cost and time. More
manufacturers offer CNC machining services for CAD models that decrease the
barrier between initial concept and the first sample by eliminate the
administrative actions and ordering cost.
CNC machining is suitable for prototypes from a variety of different materials like plastics or metals. At TEAM Rapid, we offer online services which allow customers to upload their CAD files on to the platform to get Instant Online CNC Quote China. Our online services help to save a considerable amount of time. By using our online service, you do not have to spend too much time in producing parts by yourselves and also minimizing the outsourcing production activities. If you need help on your rapid manufacturing projects, contact us at [email protected] today.