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Rapid prototyping
25 January 2013
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 withou

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.
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.
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