Rapid prototyping

Wire industry specialist,William Hughes, says it is transcending the boundaries of rapid prototyping for bent wire forms and assemblies by offering a means of effectively checking 3D bent wire forms and assemblies without the lead-times and costs associated with conventional metal fixtures.

Specially designed and made MDF gauges can be produced in a matter of days and, says William Hughes, cost around a tenth of the cost of their metal counterparts. With extensive CADCAM capability available at the company's Dorset HQ, customers requiring rapid prototypes need only send a CAD file of the wire product or assembly, from which a suitable MDF jig can be designed and machined.