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Learning From Additive Manufacturing Qualification In The United States Marine Corps 

Additive Manufacturing

The yellow bin also includes prototype parts undergoing refinement. Prototypes and other innovative designs. This reduces inventory challenges, eliminates long-lead times, and increases overall resiliency. Below are examples of yellow bin parts and requirements. . All yellow bin parts require risk assessment.

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Growth Requires Mold Builder/Molder to Shift Tooling Focus to Maintenance, Repair and Replacement

Mold Making Technology

We also build Class 103 or 104 molds as part of prototype-to-production programs. We now have designated engineers focused on our quality management system, processing and manufacturing, new product introduction, validation, metrology and document control.

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Cross Training, In-House Capabilities and Collaborative Design Move Helm Tool Forward

Mold Making Technology

This division provides in-house mold tryouts, prototypes, early sampling and production and high-volume production. Builds a wide range of molds from simple to complex tooling, including sophisticated, high-speed molds and die-cast dies (from prototypes to complex production tools) and full-service custom molding. 2) Custom molding.