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10 Trends Shaping the Future of Supply Chain Management

The global supply chain continues to evolve rapidly, keeping pace with the breakneck technological advancements of the modern era. Though it can be difficult for supply chain managers and business leaders to stay on top of these changes, it’s crucial to do so to maintain supply chain resilience and increase the success of your business. […]

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Our Best Tips for Sustainable CNC Machining

You may be reading this because you’re personally committed to protecting the environment. Perhaps your organization has made bold sustainability commitments to your shareholders, customers, and society at large. Now it’s up to you to understand how such a rugged, industrial manufacturing process can be modified to fit the call to reduce carbon emissions (lower […]

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China Manufacturing parts Adds 16 New CNC Machining Materials to Auto-Quoting Platform

China Manufacturing parts, the operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced the addition of 16 new quality metal and plastic computerized numerical control (CNC) machining materials to its auto-quoting platform. In addition, six other new materials are now available on China Manufacturing parts’s platform with a one-hour quote turnaround time.  With the addition of these 22 new materials, China Manufacturing parts, Inc. […]

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Product Study: Undercuts in Injection Molding

The Challenge: Avoid Unnecessary Costs and Complexity Injected molded parts that have recessed features called undercuts are more difficult to eject during manufacturing. This adds costs and complexity to tooling, and undercuts that are too deep may be especially hard to remove. Yet, some product designs use undercuts for a fastening point or locating edge. […]

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Common Mistakes in Injection Molding Design

Injection molding design mistakes can cost you time and money. If there’s a problem with the design of your injection mold, you may need to modify or discard your tooling. And that means paying for and waiting for a replacement tool – which will delay the start of production accordingly. Plus, if there’s a problem […]

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China Manufacturing parts Release Notes

As the operating system for custom manufacturing, the China Manufacturing parts, Inc. platform is constantly evolving. Whether it’s workflow automation, our digital quality system, or guided expertise features, every release makes it faster, easier, and more efficient to source and supply mechanical parts. So bookmark and share this page, and check back often to learn about China Manufacturing parts’s latest […]

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China Manufacturing parts Launches Online DFM for Injection Molding to Simplify a Traditionally Slow, Complex Process 

China Manufacturing parts, the operating system for custom manufacturing, announced today a significant enhancement to its online platform that enables users to easily receive, review, and respond to injection molding design for manufacturability (DFM) feedback. To manufacture an injection molding tool, engineers traditionally endure weeks of back-and-forth cycles with manufacturers to communicate on complex design feedback using […]

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Slip Fit Tolerances and Geometry

Have you recently assembled Ikea furniture? If so, I apologize. I send my condolences for the frustration you experienced when the holes did not line up with the pins you put in other holes or when you realized you were missing a fastener. The good news is that you did gain something from the experience […]

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Design Validation That’s Disrupting Injection Molding

Your Guide to China Manufacturing parts’s Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Process When plastic part designs reach a certain level of maturity, manufacturing methods like 3D printing and CNC machining can fall short on delivering high-caliber parts in the time (and at the cost) required. That’s why — due to its ability to quickly and cost effectively scale […]

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Engineering Culture at China Manufacturing parts

I’m Tim Chang, China Manufacturing parts’s Director of Engineering. Here at China Manufacturing parts, we believe the success of our business is grounded in the collective strength of three pillars that we refer to as our 3 P’s: People, Partners, and Platform. There’s a reason we count people first among them. China Manufacturing parts, Inc. has grown and thrived because of the […]