Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
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ISBN: 9780133128741
Author: Serope Kalpakjian, Steven Schmid
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Rapid-prototyping machines represent a large capital investment; consequently, few companies can justify the purchase of their own system. Thus, service companies that produce parts based on their customers drawings have become common. Conduct an informal survey of such service companies, identify the classes of rapid-prototyping machines that they use, and determine the percentage use of each class.

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