by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop gets the call: a customer needs a replacement part for equipment built twenty years ago. The original drawings are lost, the OEM is gone, and all they have is a worn-out sample sitting on a pallet. For digital manufacturers, these legacy part requests are...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Customer-supplied material sounds like a win: the client buys the stock, you just cut or print it. In practice, it often introduces hidden risk that eats margin and schedule. The material shows up late, out of spec, without certs, or damaged in transit. When the job...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Powder bed fusion (PBF) — whether laser or electron beam — is the workhorse of metal additive manufacturing. But every shop running DMLS, SLM, or EBM knows the sinking feeling when a 40-hour build crashes on hour 38. A recoater blade hits a curled edge. Supports...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every quote you send makes a promise about when parts will ship. Miss that date and you lose credibility — sometimes the customer too. Yet many shops still treat lead time as a guess rather than a calculated commitment. If you’re quoting digital manufacturing...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops know how to price material, machine time, and labor. Fewer know how to price the risk that a part fails in the field six months later and the customer comes back for a replacement, a refund, or worse.Warranty and liability exposure is a real cost of doing...
