Blog
Michigan CNC Machining Parts, Inc.’s blog aims to share our hard earned knowledge on manufacturing and product development. We hope these articles help you to optimize your product design and better understand the world of rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, 3D printing and low-volume manufacturing.
The First 3D Printed Object In Space
One of the essential considerations when designing a product for rapid prototyping, be it in metal or plastics, is the need for supports to hold up the structure while it's being built up layer-by-layer. The inexorable pull of gravity will deform surface features and...
Is This The Future Of 3D Printing?
3D printing is still a relatively new manufacturing technology when compared to traditional machining operations, which have been used in some form for hundreds of years. The industry is changing and growing so fast that categories are rapidly being drawn up to...
What’s In A Color?
Remember when personal computers first started coming into the modern workplace? Almost all of them, regardless of manufacturer, used the same ubiquitous colored plastic case. Called "putty", it was a generic light brown mixed with off-white, and you would find this...
Corporate Social Responsibility In A Progressive Shop
As China's economy has grown enormously over the last few decades, hundreds of thousands of small shops and factories have sprouted up all over the country to take advantage of the influx of foreign capital and those buyers and product developers looking for low labor...
Michigan CNC Machining Parts, Inc. Takes Delivery Of A New Plastic Injection Molding Machine
Michigan CNC Machining Parts, Inc. has just added to its molding capacity with a new Haitian 90-ton injection molding machine. This machine has a re-designed ceramic heating core that allows for the efficient melting of many kinds of thermoplastics for molding. In addition, the bi-metal...
History Flashback – SLA For Medical Modeling In The Mid 90s
From 1994, my first rapid prototyping company STYLES RPD was the first bureau in the UK to do any medical modeling using stereolithography (SLA). Apart from a few innovating surgeons, it was widely rejected by the National Health Service at the time. Although it saved...
Intern from Germany
Hey there! I am Vanessa from Germany and I recently started my 3-month internship at Michigan CNC Machining Parts, Inc.. I’m looking forward to my stay here in Zhongshan and hope to learn more about the local business etiquette as well as the Chinese cultural traits. I have finished my...
Michigan CNC Machining Parts, Inc. At AM 2014 In Bangalore
Nishant Shah will be representing Michigan CNC Machining Parts, Inc. at the upcoming 4th International Conference & Exhibition on Additive Manufacturing Technologies – AM 2014 in Bangalore, India. The show is on the 1-2 September, 2014 in Nimhans Convention Centre, Bangalore, India....
