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Producing metal parts

Learn how to select the right manufacturing process for your metal parts. This free guide to producing metal parts helps you to easily compare CNC machining and additive manufacturing (AM) technologies.

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What’s inside?

  • Description of the main CNC machining (milling, lathe) and metal AM (powder bed fusion, binder jetting) technologies

  • Key specifications per technology such as tolerances, max part size and minimum wall thicknesses

  • CNC machining and metal 3D printing compared