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Extrusions are mainly the small parts that have a varying cross-sectional nature. However, before just manufacturing large parts of extrusions, it is significant to create prototypes so that any errors or fixes can be made easily prior to producing the final product. Hence, this is the reason why manufacturers need extrusion prototyping- it helps to prevent all possible defects and mistakes, thereby, reducing the overall cost of the production.
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Some major benefits of extrusion prototyping:
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From the simplest elements to the most advanced products, extrusion prototyping can be significant for businesses of all sizes due to the benefits that it offers.
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The following are some of the major advantages that it offers:
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1, Extrusion prototyping has high volume, high speed and enables the production of elements at low cost:
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The many production advantages of extrusion prototyping allow companies to manufacture a high volume of parts economically and quickly. Also, when combined with multiple machining centers and tooling costs, professional extrusion prototyping services are capable of offering an even higher degree of manufacturing speed and cost-efficiency.
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2, This process is versatile:
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As a process, extrusion prototyping is very versatile as it enables manufacturers to design and create products with challenging shapes, hardness, size, thickness, texture, color and so on.
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3, It has an option of co-extrusion:
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Unlike other manufacturing technologies, extrusion prototyping has the option of co-extrusion that primarily involves two or even more extruders. With this accessibility, however, the liquid plastic is fed from two or more extruders at varying thicknesses and speeds into one single extrusion head. Furthermore, this process forms the materials into the required shape and size.
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