Technical guides, case studies, and field-proven manufacturing insight for teams building real products with additive.
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Real SLA handle shells and SLS nylon casings show how material choice, mating features and an initial print check turn medical device CAD into useful evaluation parts.
How Forge manufactures clear SLA fluid bodies and SLS nylon valve hardware, connecting passage geometry, drawing requirements, cleaning and inspection to practical medical-device production.
How Forge combined metal 3D printing and machining to manufacture a stainless steel engine-maintenance fixture with internal air passages, threaded ports and precise O-ring grooves.
Real aircraft and UAV manufacturing examples show how printed aluminum sections, nylon cooling ducts and integrated body shells support practical development decisions.
DMLS pistons, counterweights, valve parts and a trigger wheel plus an ULTEM 9085 intake fitting, four drawn for machining: lessons on alloy callouts, post-machining, threads and EDM.
Repeat FDM production of ASA covers, Nylon 12 stops and carbon-fibre nylon flexures: how drawing notes, build orientation, bore sizing and first articles support consistent reorders.
SLS PA12 sensor enclosure parts moved from prototypes to repeat production without tooling. Lessons on specifying M4 and M5 inserts, matching holes to the hardware, and shipping complete kits.
Manufacturing lessons from humanoid-hand projects: lighter SLS PA12 fingers, separate grip pads, protective shells and repeat batches made without tooling.
How Forge manufactures drone mounts, covers and enclosures in SLS PA12, with integrated assembly features, drawing-defined threaded inserts and batches in the hundreds.
Small actuator parts in repeat SLS PA12 and TPU lots: lessons on released files, consistent build orientation, handed pairs, shared builds and drawings that match the process.
Black SLS PA12 card brackets, slide pads, rails and cable posts for a subsea electronics chassis, reordered with unchanged geometry: lessons on drawing notes, slotted holes, part IDs and shared builds.
Flanged transition fittings and threaded collars printed in clear SLA resin over two rounds, then revised into SLS PA12: lessons on printed threads, revisions and material by stage.
