Take a look at Xpress3D. They provide a plug in for
several solid molding programs including that gives you instant quotes on
several rapid prototyping processes including SLA.
http://www.xpress3d.com/
Alex Madsen
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From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Joa Harrison
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:48
AM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: SLAs.... was Re: titanium
single rotor
Nope, I don't have an SLA machine. Normally the casting houses
will have folks they like to work with and will include the price of the
SLA in the casting price. Of course
they mark up the SLA (as well as all
tooling). You would be amazed at the mark-up for non-recurring charges
:)
Basically the sales guy (they like to call themselves
"account managers") will give you a high price and see if you gag. If
you don't then they know you "really need it" and are happy to take your money
:)
I was recently reminded of this in the extrusion
industry. I went out for quote to bunch of houses for aluminum
extrusions for some new VGs I'm developing and the both the die
price and the price per pound varied up to 350%! I also
found that if I went through a broker the prices doubled to tripled. The moral: shop around and deal
directly with the manufacturer :)
Joa
www.landshorter.com
WRJJRS@aol.com wrote:
Joa,
Do you have access to thew SLA machine? I use SolidWorks all the time and they have
the ability to output a SLA file directly. It
would be great to do a clean inlet manifold and throttle body castings. Any
idea if we can buy time? Thanks,
Bill Jepson
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