“You Can Design and 3D Print Almost Anything. But You Can’t Mold Everything.”
A 3D printer can make some pretty amazing things.
Give a designer the right software and a 3D printer, and almost any shape can become a physical part. That makes 3D printing an incredibly useful tool for product development, prototyping, and testing.
But there is an important distinction between something that can be 3D printed and something that can be efficiently manufactured using plastic injection molding.
You can design it.
You can 3D print it.
That doesn’t necessarily mean you can injection mold it.
This is where Design for Manufacturability, or DFM, becomes critical.
For companies developing custom plastic injection molded parts, considering manufacturability early in the design process can help prevent costly tooling changes, production problems, and redesigns later.
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