Understanding The Importance Of Cooling Times In Injection Molding
Cooling time and cooling rate are two important factors affecting the cost and quality of your injection molding operation. Because over 75 percent of the operation cycle time is attributable to cooling, achieving the right cooling process and rate can be a make or break in your output (defective or defect-free), cost per unit and […]
A Guide To Hardware Patenting
As more and more businesses continue to emerge, one thing that all of us at Firstpart(plastic casting company) have learnt is the universality of ideas. This is also one of the scariest concepts to any entrepreneur. When we meet our new clients, they’re often curious to know if we’ve run any similar projects, prototypes or design […]
3D Printing Goes On Rail
To say 3D printing is the future of transportation may be a claim too bold. Over the next couple of years however, the involvement of additive manufacturing in just about every technology is inevitable. In the past decade, we witnessed the many ways in which 3D printing reformed the automotive and aeronautic landscape, delivering durable end-use parts that allow […]
Cost Reduction Tips Precision Injection Molding
Precision injection molding is one of the most reliable production techniques in the industry today. Along with CNC machining and 3D printing, injection molding is one of the biggest income streams for most manufacturing hubs. Great as it may be, engaging a molding project is not cheap. Because of how the process is executed and the […]
Cost Saving Sheet Metal Fabrications
From design to prototype and final production, sheet metal fabrication services in china can appear to be costly. This is because the choice of material, the sheet metal processing and finishing operations all have significant cost implications. In order to achieve cost savings and reduce the price per sheet metal, you will need to take […]
Optimizing User Testing In Product Development
User testing is an important phase of product development for so many reasons. From ease of use to general appearance, functionality and even size, getting it right from the start has never been more important. Unlike software and web development, user testing for hardware and physical products is even more challenging. This is why we […]
Understanding Vacuum Casting And All Its Advantages For Your Business
Vacuum mold casting is one of the most versatile services offered here at Firstpart. In today’s blog post, we take a closer look at the process and all the benefits for small and medium scale product manufacturing firms. Before we go any further, let us look at a proper definition for vacuum casting. Vacuum casting is […]
Top Methods For Prototype Manufacturing
As the product development cycle continues to get shorter, rapid prototyping has become an inexcusable phase of manufacturing, allowing for functional testing, fail-proofing, exhibitions, market testing and design evaluation. Today, CNC machining, urethane casting and additive manufacturing are the most widely used processes for producing quick and functional prototypes. Let’s take a deeper dive into […]
General CNC Setup And Overview
Our readers often ask, what exactly does a CNC manufacturing machine look like? Well, there’s no one size fits all diagram for that. From differences in manufacturers to the number of axis, sophistication of the CNC and even the CNC tool being used, one can only come up with a generic sketch of what every machine should […]
