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·        Thomas Register of American Manufacturers:  
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·        AutoDesk (AutoCAD): 
·        Besser Company: 
Industrial Supply Companies (Tools)
·        MSC Industrial Supply Company: 
·        Grainger: 
·        J&L Industrial Supply: 
·        McMaster-Carr: 
·        Reid Tool Supply Company: 
·        Valenite – Milpro:  
Machine Tool Related
·        IMTS:  International Manufacturing Technology Show, Held at, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, Every other September 
·        Manufacturing Info.com:  Provides a complete source of information for industry
·        Metal Web News:  Online Metal hobbyists 
·        The Machinists Exchange: 
·        Grand Rapids Community College, Intermediate machine Tool operations Course:  GRCC machine tool course information
·        Modern Machine Shop Magazine:  Metal working information, Jobs, research materials
·        Matweb:  Online database comprised mostly of Material data sheets and spec sheets supplied by manufacturers and distributors
Job Search
·        Michigan Works:
·        America’s Job Bank: 
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Product Design

The Engineering Zone- Product Definition

Review of Product Design

http://www.pddnet.com/ Product Design online
http://www.rqriley.com/ Commercial product website
http://www.3dguys.com/ Commercial Design site

Materials

Metal Suppliers Online

Metal suppliers online

Omega

Process Measurement and Control products

Introduction to Materials

Introduction to materials

Materials

Review of Materials

http://www.carb.com/ Carbon fiber supplier
http://mems.isi.edu/mems/materials Materials database

Rapid Prototyping

Engineering Zone-RT

Review of rapid tooling

Bridge Tooling

Fit and function of designs in production plastic, without the inordinate time and expense associated with traditional soft and hard tooling for plastic injection molding inserts

ProtoMold

Build aluminum injection mold tooling from  3D CAD part file

Dynamic Tooling

Development of PolySteel™, which offers unique solutions for prototype tooling.

MF Composites

Rapid tooling company

Rapid Prototyping Processes

Review of rapid prototyping processes

RPD

Rapid prototyping database

Worldwide Rapid Prototyping Sites

Big resource for rapid prototyping

CAD/CAM

Custom Cad Edge Cam Provider Site
Edge Cam Main Edge Cam Home Site

The Engineering Zone-CAD

Review of CAD/CAM

3d Gate

3D cad online magazine

Pro/E

Pro Engineer website

http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/ Autodesk
http://www.cadinfo.net/ CAD resource center
http://tribeca.ios.com/~compvent/ cadstuff.html CAD links
http://www.users.bigpond.com/ johncoom/johncooc.html Links to CAD pages and info groups

Parts Catalogs

The Engineering Zone- Mechanical Components

Overview of components

http://www.rushgears.com/mss.htm Machine shop services for custom gear requirements
http://www.thomasregister.com/olc/ nordex/catalog.htm Gears and fasteners catalog
http://www.uscar.org/techno/alumproc.htm Cast aluminum parts
http://www.geplastics.com/ Dealing with cutting edge material technology
http://www.sdplastics.com/polycast.html Acrylic sheets
http://www.quickscrews.com/ Screws and fasteners of all types
http://www.fasteners.net/ Fasteners, bolts and nuts

Design Centers in other Universities

MED97

Intellectual Property in Product Development and Manufacturing Management ( NWU )

http://web.mit.edu/15.783j/www/ MITs program

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