Are there additional sources of information about RM?
Ed – First of all, kudos on your site. It is interesting, informative and professionally done. I have been and will continue to browse the available information. Per your note that the first step in solving a problem is to let you know about it, let me describe what Im looking for. Based on the premise that free form manufacturing processes offer substantial potential reductions in production lead-time, concomitant cost reductions, etc., the processes appear attractive for the production of replacement parts of many different types. Were working on a study for the Department of Defense to try to identify processes that typically build up a part directly into net or near-net shape for DOD applications. The general approach would be to build a number of test parts using different methods. At first wed like to characterize the processes in a simple fashion including items such as: material and dimensional constraints, tolerances, maturity and claimed benefits. I would like to get details
