by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop knows the sting of a bin full of rejected parts. In digital manufacturing — whether you run CNC mills, powder-bed fusion printers, or laser-cut sheet metal — scrap is the silent margin killer. It inflates material costs, consumes machine hours, and pushes...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most quoting workflows rely on what the CAD model shows at first glance: outer dimensions, apparent wall thickness, and visible features. But the geometry that hurts margins most often hides inside the part — internal lattices, conformal cooling channels, undercuts...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
When a shop nests parts efficiently, material yield improves and machine hours drop. But if the quote doesn’t reflect those savings — or the extra engineering time nesting requires — you either lose margin or price yourself out of the job. Most quoting workflows treat...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Quoting FDM jobs is relatively straightforward: material weight, machine time, and a little labor for support removal. Resin printing — SLA, DLP, and MSLA — adds layers of complexity that catch many shops off guard. If you treat resin jobs like filament jobs, you will...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Additive manufacturing quoting trips up shops that treat it like CNC or sheet metal. A 3D printed part isn’t just material plus machine time — it’s build orientation, nesting density, support removal, heat treatment, and inspection all rolled into one....
