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Bridge manufacturing is a stage in product development cycle that falls in between successfully completed prototyping and going into mass production.
Why bridge manufacturing is good for business
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Bridge manufacturing enables smooth transition from prototyping to full-scale production.
Bridge manufacturing solves three major problems businesses face when launching a new product
- Products, at the end of the prototyping stage, have limited or lacking market validation
- Significant tooling expenses are necessary to set up production lines for those unproven products
- Once the production lines are set up, the design can’t be changed without time and resource-intensive retooling
Flexible manufacturing
A cluster of 3D printers can perform short-run production with no tooling costs.
Market validation
An initial series of a product can be used for market validation.
Generation of revenue
Fully-functional 3D printed products can be sold to customers to generate income.
No retooling
Once one product reaches the mass manufacturing stage, 3D printers can start producing the next one.