Prototyping & Design

Get With The Program column from January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

It's not just for prototyping; additive, or rapid, manufacturing can be a cost-effective way of producing parts, especially when used for mass customization of parts and for low-volume runs of smaller, complex, net- and near net-shape parts.

With the development of new, less expensive systems, rapid prototyping makes its moves to the masses