Design Tips
Quick advice on creating plastic, metal and elastomer parts with elimold 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication and injection molding. Designing with manufacturability in mind can speed up production time and reduce production costs.
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Injection Molding
- Adding Strength
- Bosses
- Cams and Side-Actions
- Clips
- Complex Parts
- Core and Cavity
- Cosmetic Defects
- Designing for Moldability
- Ejector Pins
- Gates
- Injection Molding
- Molded Threads
- Undercuts: Complexities
- Insert Molding
- Knit Lines
- Lenses
- Leveraging Low-Volume Molding
- Living Hinges
- LSR Molding
- Mating Parts
- Metal Safe Molds
- Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Molded Parts
- Mold Modifications
- Mold Textures
- Undercuts: Fundamentals
- Multi-Cavity Molds
- Multipart Assemblies
- Overmolding
- Parting Lines
- Radii
- Reducing Molding Costs
- Ribs
- Shut-offs
- Side-Actions
- Surface Finish
- Text
- Wall Thickness
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3D Printing
- STL Files for 3D Printing
- Post-Processing for Metal 3D Printing
- Nylon Living Hinges
- Designing for Jigs and Fixtures
- Secondary Ops
- Cutting Costs
- Designing for Nylon 3D Printing
- Designing for Direct Metal Laser Sintering
- Redefining Design with Metal 3D Printing
- Designing for Multi Jet Fusion
- Designing for Selective Laser Sintering
- Designing for Carbon DLS
- Designing for Stereolithography
- Designing for PolyJet
- Mistakes to Avoid When Designing 3D-Printed Parts
- 3D Printing for Production Parts
- Powder Bed Fusion Technology
CNC Machining
- Designing for Machining
- Fine-Tuning Tolerances
- Finishing Options
- Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Machined Parts
- Cutting Costs
- Machining for Production
- CNC Turning
- Threading
- Complex Parts
Materials
- CNC Machining Materials
- Elastomers
- SLA 3D Printing Materials
- Thermoplastic Additives
- Thermoplastic Colorants
- Thermoplastic Material Selection
- Thermoplastics vs. Thermosets
- Optical LSR
- Material Compatibility, Adhesion, Friction and Wear
- Material Properties
- Heat Resistant Plastics
- Glass Transition Temperature of Polymers
Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Cutting Costs
- Designing for Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Finishing Options
- Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Sheet Metal Parts
- Integrating Hardware into Sheet Metal Design
- Converting 3D Designs to Flat Sheet Metal
- Bend Radii Basics
Rapid Manufacturing
- Aerospace Manufacturing
- Combining Metal 3D Printing and Machining
- Choosing a Process
- Bridge Tooling and On-Demand Production
- Consumer Electronics Manufacturing
- Finishing Options for Machining and Sheet Metal
- Medical Device Manufacturing
CAD Analysis
- CAD Programs
- Navigating Manufacturing Analysis
- Mold Flow Analysis
Design Points
Basic manufacturing techniques are compiled into a design guide for 3D printing, machining, and molding. Focus on improving manufacturability and reducing production costs through design, material selection, etc.
3D Printing
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