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A practical ordering guide for metal 3D printing, prototype machining and development tooling. Confirm the scope before production begins.
Prepare your enquiry →Quality requirementsProvide the intended application, quantity, target date and delivery country. Include the current CAD and drawing revision, or explain which information is still being developed.
Your checkpoint: confirm what the prototype must demonstrate.
Discuss geometry, material, accessible features, support removal, machining and inspection needs. Process suitability is assessed for the actual part; catalogue examples are not blanket capability guarantees.
Your checkpoint: resolve open technical questions.
Check the material grade, manufacturing route, quantities, post-processing, inspection, included documents and exclusions. Confirm shipping, commercial terms and the schedule basis.
Your checkpoint: approve the written scope.
Identify the approved files and part numbers. If a drawing changes, obtain written confirmation of its cost and delivery impact before releasing the change.
Your checkpoint: confirm the production revision.
Use the inspection plan and agreed records to review the prototype. Where a first-article stage is included, complete the agreed approval before proceeding to a repeat batch.
Your checkpoint: assess against defined acceptance criteria.
Confirm the consignee, packaging, part identification and documents required. Record feedback against the supplied revision before planning any design change or repeat order.
Your checkpoint: retain the order and revision records.
Geometry, material availability, build orientation, support removal, post-machining, finish, inspection and quantity can all change the project scope.
Lead time is confirmed in the written quotation. Do not assume a universal turnaround from a catalogue example.
Yes. Explain the application and share non-sensitive sketches, reference dimensions or interface information. State that the design is incomplete. Any design work, file conversion or drawing preparation must be separately agreed; it is not automatically included.
Prepare a 3D CAD model such as STEP and a dimensioned PDF drawing where available. Confirm accepted formats before transfer. Identify units, revision, material, critical dimensions, threads and finish. A mesh alone may not define tolerances or manufacturing intent.
Include your prototype quantity and expected follow-on quantity in the brief. Ask for separate pricing and an agreed sample-approval stage. Feasibility, minimum quantities and repeat-order terms are confirmed per project.
Send the new revision and a clear change summary. Do not assume an email attachment automatically replaces an approved production file. Obtain written confirmation of the accepted revision and any cost or schedule change.
No such qualification is implied. These are custom development enquiries. Road, race, flight and other safety-critical applications require the relevant engineering validation and approvals. Aerospace catalogue examples focus on ground-test fixtures and tooling.
Use the enquiry checklist to organize your project before contacting NEXFORGE AM, the manufacturing-services brand of GROCERYSTORE CO., LIMITED.
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