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Producing a Prototype with a Roland MDX Milling Machine
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Can Your 3D Printer Do This?
By starting with a solid object and removing unwanted material, Roland’s Subtractive Rapid Prototyping (SRP) solutions offer several advantages over 3D printers and other rapid prototyping systems:
- Lower cost of ownership – with no annual maintenance fees and low cost materials, Roland MDX users save thousands of dollars over the annual cost of other RP systems
- Wide range of materials – woods, brass, aluminum, ABS, Acetal, Nylon, and FDA approved plastics
- Smooth surface finish
- Tight tolerances
MDX-40A and MDX-540 series milling machines cost significantly less than 3D printers while producing precision prototypes out of a wider variety of nonproprietary materials. A larger selection of materials makes it easier to create prototypes that meet FDA and other special government requirements, including UV resistance, bending strength, surface hardness and electrical conductivity. This is particularly important for biomedical and food processing products, where biocompatibility and chemically inert properties are critical. Roland SRP solutions come with SRP Player, powerful, easy to use CAM software that delivers the speed, tight tolerances and exceptionally smooth surface finishes required for prototyping and custom rapid manufacturing applications.
Functional Prototypes
Mill functional prototypes using a wide range of FDA approved materials that additive systems do not support. Users can choose from popular engineered plastics such as ABS, Acetal and Nylon, as well as acrylic and polycarbonate for transparent parts and a variety of woods and metals including aluminum, brass and copper. Compared to additive RP systems, Roland desktop devices produce functional prototypes that are better for structural, thermal and electrical testing.
Models
Product designers rely on models to thoroughly review a design and confirm its fit, finish and functionality. Roland’s MDX series creates models in ABS and other materials used to produce actual products. As a result, users can review a prototype that closely matches their final product.
Molds
The MDX series produces precision injection molds, parts and jigs for small lot production. The MDX-540A/540 series mills light metals such as aluminum and brass to meet a range of production demands.
Go From 3D CAD File to Prototype Part in 6 Easy Steps:
Roland R-Wear Studio is the most comprehensive apparel and gift design software ever produced. The software lets you create all elements of a design, including images, text, shapes, and rhinestone patterns. Roland R-Wear Studio can output to the Roland EGX-350 desktop engraver, the GX-24 desktop cutter, the Roland VP-300 printer/cutter and any standard inkjet printer. This unprecedented versatility is the key to creating such a wide range of custom gift and apparel products.
Heat Press, Engraving Stock & Heat Transfer Tape
After cutting your design into standard engraving stock, simply set the rhinestones into the design’s holes, cover them with the hot fix transfer tape and heat press them onto the garment. The entire process takes just a matter of minutes!
Hot Fix Rhinestones come in a dazzling array of shapes, sizes and colors! Whether your customers are making a fashion statement or creating a special costume, you will be able to give them all the glitter and glitz they could ever want. They can even add sparkle to children’s sports apparel.
Special Training
In today's competitive environment, expertise is more important than ever. Roland University's state-of-the-art training workshops, including Apparel Decoration, teach valuable skills that can help your business thrive. Professionals like you have depended on Roland University to reach their goals since 1999.
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