8 Critical DFM Challenges in Sheet Metal Fabrication

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Sheet metal fabrication offers cost-effective solutions for enclosures, brackets, and structural components, but poor DFM decisions can lead to cracked parts, dimensional issues, and budget overruns. With over 15 years of sheet metal fabrication experience across aerospace, medical, and industrial applications, we’ve seen how small design adjustments can dramatically improve both manufacturability and cost-effectiveness. The […]

Is Your CNC Design Production-Ready? Essential Checkpoints

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Unprepared CNC designs cause costly delays and quote rejections. After machining parts for aerospace, medical, and audio sectors, we see the same avoidable mistakes that push back timelines and inflate budgets. A CNC design is production-ready when it passes eight critical checkpoints: appropriate tolerances, adequate wall thickness, standard tooling compatibility, proper hole specifications, size constraints, […]

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