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Die casting beats investment casting for aluminum enclosures above 3,000-5,000 units per year with 40-60% lower per-part costs. Below that volume,...
Continue Reading →A six step process to qualify a new metal parts supplier: document screening, floor audit, production trial order, first article review and ongoing...
Continue Reading →Compliance files fail quietly: a certificate gets filed, and a customs hold proves it showed nothing. The documents I request, the six checks I run on every...
Continue Reading →A drawing that says 17-4PH without a condition leaves the choice to the supplier. H900, H1025, and H1150 compared for strength, hardness, and corrosion...
Continue Reading →First article inspection is the cheapest chance to catch a bad process before you own 5,000 wrong parts. What a real FAI report contains, what it costs, how...
Continue Reading →MIM tooling MOQ usually lands between 3,000 and 5,000 pieces for a first production order. Here is why the minimum exists, how it sets your cost per part,...
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