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Thomas Register of
American Manufacturers: |
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| · Kennametal: | |
| · Brown & Sharpe: | |
| · Bridgeport Machines Inc.: | |
| · Starrett: | |
| · EdgeCAM: | |
| · 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: | |
| · Headhunters.net: | |
| · Fortune.com: | |
| · Primebyte.com: | |
| · Jobsonline: | |
| · CareerPath.com: | |
| · CareerBuilder.com: | |
| Product Design | |
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Review of Product Design |
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| http://www.pddnet.com/ | Product Design online |
| http://www.rqriley.com/ | Commercial product website |
| http://www.3dguys.com/ | Commercial Design site |
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Materials |
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Metal suppliers online |
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Process Measurement and Control products |
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Introduction to materials |
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Review of Materials |
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| http://www.carb.com/ | Carbon fiber supplier |
| http://mems.isi.edu/mems/materials | Materials database |
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Rapid Prototyping |
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Review of rapid tooling |
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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 |
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Build aluminum injection mold tooling from 3D CAD part file |
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Development of PolySteel™, which offers unique solutions for prototype tooling. |
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Rapid tooling company |
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Review of rapid prototyping processes |
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Rapid prototyping database |
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Big resource for rapid prototyping |
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CAD/CAM |
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| Custom Cad | Edge Cam Provider Site |
| Edge Cam | Main Edge Cam Home Site |
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Review of CAD/CAM |
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3D cad online magazine |
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Pro Engineer website |
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| 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 |
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Parts Catalogs |
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Overview of components |
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| 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 |
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Design Centers in other Universities |
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Intellectual Property in Product Development and Manufacturing Management ( NWU ) |
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| http://web.mit.edu/15.783j/www/ | MITs program |