When it comes to designing and manufacturing a product or part, many companies find themselves faced with the difficult choice between creating a high-quality product or going to market quickly. Fortunately, rapid CNC machining is giving manufacturers the best of both worlds. Rapid prototyping was originally developed in the 1980’s, but the invention of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining has since revolutionized this method and uncovered a way for companies to quickly iterate on prototypes and create a high-quality final product in record time. CNC machining uses computers to remove excess material to create a desired shape, making it much faster than non-computerized machining processes that must be controlled manually.
Rapid machining is the creation of parts and prototypes with a heavy emphasis on expediting the manufacturing process. This can be accomplished in many ways but is often achieved with the help of CNC machining. In fact, the two strategies are often combined into “rapid CNC,” which is frequently used to create prototypes faster and expedite time-to-market.
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