Additive Manufacturing

AUG 2013

Modern Machine Shop and MoldMaking Technology present ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, a quarterly supplement reporting on the use of additive processes to manufacture functional parts. More at additivemanufacturinginsight.com.

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F E AT U R E By Christina M. Fuges It's not just for prototyping. Additive manufacturing can help with the manufacturing side of your business as well. rom a piece of automation that helps hold a fshing lure container in a die press to a simple milling fxture for a secondary operation on a molded part to a fxture to aid production in packaging assembly, Premier Source of Brookings, South Dakota, proves every day that there are strong manufacturing reasons to use additive manufacturing (AM). Although its parent company, Falcon Plastics, boasts 200+ employees, Premier Source is F 10— AM Supplement 27 employees strong and an avid fan of AM for everyday production work. Spawned originally to work with small entrepreneurs and on new product development for existing customers, Premier's toolroom took over all moldmaking responsibilities for the parent ABOVE: Rapid-prototyped master unit die sets like this one help Premier win work from customers otherwise unable to justify a mold.

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