View From My Shop: 3D Printing and Postprocessing With Tangible Solutions
Collaboration between Tangible Solutions’ additive and machining departments simplifies their work. Learn more in this episode of The View From My Shop.
Additive manufacturing is more than 3D printing! Additional operations are also vital to completing a precision part, including machining. In this video from our sister brand Modern Machine Shop, medical implant maker Tangible Solutions shows the CNC machining capability that complements laser powder bed fusion.
Seven Growing Pains in an Additive Manufacturing Business
The growing pains Tangible Solutions is facing are of a different sort altogether. They have to do with 3D printing in some cases, but others would be recognizable to any manufacturing business, or even any business generally. READ MORE
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