by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Quoting the print is the easy part. Most shops have dialed in their machine hour rates, material markup, and build-plate nesting logic. But the work that happens after the part leaves the printer — support removal, media blasting, vapor smoothing, heat treatment,...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops have a good handle on machine time. They know their hourly rates, their cycle times, and how to amortize equipment costs across a build. What trips them up is everything that happens after the part comes off the machine.Support removal, heat treatment,...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops have a solid handle on machine time. They know how long a CNC cycle takes, or how many hours a powder-bed fusion build needs. Where quotes go sideways is everything that happens after the part leaves the machine. Why Post-Processing Gets Underestimated...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Post-processing is where digital manufacturing quotes either win or lose margin. For a one-off prototype, you can estimate sanding, dyeing, or heat treatment time with a rough multiplier. But when a customer asks for 500 dyed MJF parts with threaded inserts and a...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
You quoted the print time perfectly. The material cost is dialed in. The machine hour rate covers overhead. Then the parts come off the printer or out of the CNC, and your team spends three hours sanding, removing supports, tapping holes, and bead blasting — labor you...
