Brass Prototype Parts for Medical Designers
Product designers in a wide range ofindustry sectors often choose to machine low quantities of prototype parts inthe early phases of product development before designs are finalised and partsare produced in production volumes. Firstcut can provide marine designers withtruly functional prototype CNC machined brass parts in just 1-3 days.
Customers upload their CAD models to ProtoLabs’ secure servers via the website to receive a FirstQuote: a fullyinteractive and firm-cost analysis that also contains detailed information foroptimising the part design for manufacturing. As soon as the customer places anorder, Firstcut’s proprietary software - running on a purpose-built,ultra-powerful compute cluster, automatically produces the tool paths requiredto program the CNC machines. This fast and automated system eliminatesnon-recurring engineering (NRE) costs and delays, making it an affordableprocess for quantities of between 1 and 10+ parts. Traditionally, subcontractmachining simply cannot deliver one-off parts with such short lead-times andare often prohibitively expensive due to programming and set-up times.
“There simply is no other way of gettinghigh-quality, precision machined brass parts manufactured so quickly,” saysCommercial Manager, Damian Hennessey. “By providing Medical designers andengineers with cost-effective, fully functional components in as little as 1business day we’re helping them to better manage their product developmentprograms. They can identify pre-production difficulties and bring new andbetter products to market faster than ever before.”
As well as brass, Firstcut works with avariety of other stock materials, including aluminium, plastics such as PVC,and resins like PEEK and Ultem. The machining process can also be used on awide range of other resins that can be injection moulded, making it ideal forinitial testing of parts that will later be produced in much higher volumes.
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