Prototyping Introduction Stereolithography Selec. Typically, time to first articles is below one-fifth that of conventional tooling. Cost can be below five percent of conventional tooling cost. Tool life is considerably less than for a conventional tool.
Tolerances are wider than for a conventional tool.
We do not intend to comprehensively cover all types of RT in this narrative. The field of RT is expanding rapidly and information on many of the new methodologies is still changing.