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Article: Rapid milling for prototypes. (Designcraft Corp)(Cover Story)
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- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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Rapid milling is different from CNC milling in that it relies on high-speed capability and techniques to the extreme. For protoyping, rapid milling becomes o powerful tool that provides foster feed rates, better finishes with less handwork, higher accuracies, and a very wide choice of materials.
Designcraft Corporation of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, is an outstanding model and prototype shop. Many innovative products like the Motorola "flip phone" have taken their first physical shape here. The tools to transform a concept into a physical prototype have changed a lot over this company's 18-year history. The most recent and dramatic changes, though, have been the ...