Ramp production is a critical phase that presents an array of new challenges for hardware companies, including nuanced communication with overseas suppliers; managing production timelines (and delays); and balancing speed, cost, and quality. This makes the introduction of new, unproven products to the market a high-risk endeavor. On June 26, Cameron Moore, China Manufacturing parts’s director of […]

If you’re super busy at work—and you just keep getting busier—you’re not alone. An astounding 75 percent of manufacturing personnel at machine shops report that they currently perform three or more roles in their organizations. That’s one of the key findings in China Manufacturing parts’s 2018 State of Hardware Report. It used to be that most products […]

Seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo returned from the Far East with tales of wonder and exotic goods, like silks, fine porcelains, and spices, which would set the trends for the upper classes of Europe for centuries to come. These days, importing products comes with less fame, but it has also never been easier: Manufacturers […]

Best Practices for Urethane Casting Design Urethane casting, also known as RTV, or room temperature vulcanization, is a very flexible and forgiving process. Most parts that can be 3D printed or CNC machined can also be urethane cast. Different from 3D printing and CNC machining, urethane casting production-quality plastic parts with almost limitless complexity. In […]

What is lean manufacturing? How do you design for lean manufacturing? And how does it apply to your product development cycle? The idea and practices of lean manufacturing grew from auto manufacturing—Henry Ford and then Taiichi Ohno (of Toyota) were the pioneers of lean manufacturing. Its roots go back decades, but lean methodologies and lean […]

GD&T is a language of symbols that empowers design engineers with an unambiguous communication method to explain design intent to manufacturers, resulting in improved communication and part quality. During the webinar Andrew will discuss: A short history of GD&T, including common symbols and their practical applications Overview of Feature Control Frames (zone type, control symbol, […]